Error in displaying doc file on a jsp

Question

Hi
I have an Web appln which retrieves a file stored in the DB. I am using a clob datatype
I have the data stored in an InputStream . When i try to display the file the file contains junk values and the data is not displayed properly . Sometimes i get an error saying that the word document is corrupt
Here is my code :
String fileName = bioFrm.getBiography().getBioFileName();
response.setContentType("application/octet-stream");
response.setHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=\"" + fileName + "\"");
response.setHeader("cache-control", "must-revalidate");
InputStream in = bioFrm.getBiography().getBioFileData();
BufferedReader bf = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in));
byte[] buf = new byte[1024];
int count;
while ((count = in.read(buf))>= 0) {
     String line = bf.readLine();
     out.write(line);
in.close();
I had tried storing the data in a file array but I do not know how to convert a byte[] into an outpustream. I cannot use response.getOutputStream() bcoz the user should have the functionality to download the file twice which i guess is not possible using response.getOutputStream(). I am using struts so i tried doing the same thing using an Action class but still the file was not getting downloaded correctly . Thanks in advance

Answer 1

I think the problem is in your read loop. Try:
String line = null;
while ((line  = bf.readLine()) != null) {
       out.write(line);
}