This is my struts.xml file.
<action name="sample" class="com.action.getPdf" method="getPdf">
<result name="success" type="stream">
<param name="inputName">fileInputStream</param>
<param name="contentType">application/pdf</param>
<param name="contentDisposition">attachment;filename="${fileName}"</param>
<param name="bufferSize">1024</param>
</result>
</action>
and this is action code where the object of File is getting null.
public String getPdf()throws Exception
{
Session ss = HibernateUtils.getSess();
Transaction t=ss.beginTransaction();
HttpSession httpsession=request.getSession();
String path2=request.getParameter("path1");
ServletContext servletContext = ServletActionContext.getServletContext();
//String path3=servletContext.getRealPath(path2);
System.out.println("the relative path of the file is:"+path2);
try
{
File fileToDownload = new File(path2);
fileInputStream = new FileInputStream(fileToDownload);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
if (t!=null)
{
t.rollback();
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
finally
{
ss.close();
}
return "success";
}
I have stored the file which I want to download in web content folder and I have stored the path of it in the database.
The problem with
String path2=request.getParameter("path1");
This method may return null if parameter path1 is missing. If it's not null then it should be a valid path to the readable file that you application has access.
Read the example: How to read file in Java – FileInputStream. You can trace the output with the code.
System.out.println("Total file size to read (in bytes) : "
+ getFileInputStream().available());
The getter is needed to return a stream result, and as you are using dynamic parameter in the result config. You should provide the getter for fileName.