//get the file name from the 'file' parameter
String fileName = (String) request.getParameter("file");
if (fileName == null || fileName.equals(""))
throw new ServletException(
"Invalid or non-existent file parameter in SendWord servlet.");
// add the .doc suffix if it doesn't already exist
if (fileName.indexOf(".doc") == -1)
fileName = fileName + ".doc";
//where are Word files kept?
String wordDir = getServletContext().getInitParameter("word-dir");
if (wordDir == null || wordDir.equals(""))
throw new ServletException(
"Invalid or non-existent wordDir context-param.");
ServletOutputStream stream = null;
BufferedInputStream buf = null;
try{
stream = response.getOutputStream();
File doc = new File(wordDir + "/" + fileName);
//set response headers
response.setContentType("application/msword");
response.addHeader(
"Content-Disposition","attachment; filename="+fileName );
response.setContentLength( (int) doc.length() );
FileInputStream input = new FileInputStream(doc);
buf = new BufferedInputStream(input);
int readBytes = 0;
//read from the file; write to the ServletOutputStream
while((readBytes = buf.read()) != -1)
stream.write(readBytes);
} catch (IOException ioe){
throw new ServletException(ioe.getMessage());
} finally {
//close the input/output streams
if(stream != null)
stream.close();
if(buf != null)
buf.close();
}
