Can JSP flush their output?

09-05-2006

Hi all.
I'd like to talk about jsp's. I'm working with tomcat 4.1.
I would like to know if i can somehow "flush" the output stream of my
jsp as the output is produced.
In the following tiny (odd) example:
---------CUT---------------
<html>
<h1> start </h1>
<%
Thread.sleep(10000);
%>
<h1> end </h1>
</html>
---------CUT---------------
I would like to see the "start" string before the thread starts
sleeping.
Actually i don't : i get it simultaneously with the "end" string.
Is there a way to easily achieve this in jsp's? Without
javascript/dhtml/ajax stuff i mean.

09-05-2006

ennio wrote:
> I'd like to talk about jsp's. I'm working with tomcat 4.1.
> I would like to know if i can somehow "flush" the output stream of my
> jsp as the output is produced.
> In the following tiny (odd) example:
> ---------CUT---------------
> <html>
> <h1> start </h1>
> <%
> Thread.sleep(10000);
> %>
> <h1> end </h1>
> </html>
> ---------CUT---------------
> I would like to see the "start" string before the thread starts
> sleeping.
> Actually i don't : i get it simultaneously with the "end" string.
> Is there a way to easily achieve this in jsp's? Without
> javascript/dhtml/ajax stuff i mean.

You can try calling out.flush() but I seriously doubt
you will get it working as you want to.

I think you should go the AJAX route.

Arne

09-05-2006

Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> ennio wrote:
>> I'd like to talk about jsp's. I'm working with tomcat 4.1.
>> I would like to know if i can somehow "flush" the output stream of my
>> jsp as the output is produced.
>> In the following tiny (odd) example:
>> ---------CUT---------------
>> <html>
>> <h1> start </h1>
>> <%
>> Thread.sleep(10000);
>> %>
>> <h1> end </h1>
>> </html>
>> ---------CUT---------------
>> I would like to see the "start" string before the thread starts
>> sleeping.
>> Actually i don't : i get it simultaneously with the "end" string.
>> Is there a way to easily achieve this in jsp's? Without
>> javascript/dhtml/ajax stuff i mean.
>
> You can try calling out.flush() but I seriously doubt
> you will get it working as you want to.
>
> I think you should go the AJAX route.

And BTW calling Thread.sleep in a JSP page is
not good !!

Arne

09-05-2006

Arne Vajhøj ha scritto:
> You can try calling out.flush() but I seriously doubt
> you will get it working as you want to.

I've already tried, it doesn't work
I was wondering if this thing is possible without involving ajax.
It's apparently easy: if it's not possible, why is it not?

09-05-2006

> And BTW calling Thread.sleep in a JSP page is
> not good !!

it's just an example.
you can substitute Thread.sleep(10000) with
doSomethingThatNeeds10SecondsToAccomplish();

09-05-2006

"ennio" <> wrote in message
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> Hi all.
> I'd like to talk about jsp's. I'm working with tomcat 4.1.
> I would like to know if i can somehow "flush" the output stream of my
> jsp as the output is produced.
> In the following tiny (odd) example:
> ---------CUT---------------
> <html>
> <h1> start </h1>
> <%
> Thread.sleep(10000);
> %>
> <h1> end </h1>
> </html>
> ---------CUT---------------
> I would like to see the "start" string before the thread starts
> sleeping.
> Actually i don't : i get it simultaneously with the "end" string.
> Is there a way to easily achieve this in jsp's? Without
> javascript/dhtml/ajax stuff i mean.

What the client actually sees on their screen is browser dependent. The
browser may, for example, refuse to render anything until the entire page is
downloaded, regardless of what you do on the server side.

- Oliver

09-05-2006

ennio wrote:
> Arne Vajhøj ha scritto:
>> You can try calling out.flush() but I seriously doubt
>> you will get it working as you want to.
>
> I've already tried, it doesn't work
> I was wondering if this thing is possible without involving ajax.
> It's apparently easy: if it's not possible, why is it not?

I do not think the servlet specification requires
the container to actually send the stuff to the
browser just because you flush it out of the web app.

[but maybe if you combine it with response.flushBuffer() !]

I do not think the browser necesarrily will start
displaying just because it received something.

If there are a web server in front of the container,
then it may hold on to things.

If there are a proxy server in between it may hold
on to things.

Arne

09-06-2006

Arne Vajhøj ha scritto:
> [but maybe if you combine it with response.flushBuffer() !]

That's what i was looking for, pal. It does work.
Thank you very much.

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