How to display the source code for this friggin' file.

Question

Below is a rather lengthy bit of code that provides the behavior and attributes of a web server for OpenCyc. I need to know if I can enter some java to have the HTML source code displayed in a separate text file whenever this class returns some resulting webpage. If you have any ideas it will be greatly appreciated.
-"Will code for foo."
package org.opencyc.webserver;
* Class WebServer is simple multithreaded HTTP server
* with CGI limited to a Cyc connection on default port 3600.
* <p>
import java.net.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.util.jar.*;
import java.text.*;
import org.opencyc.util.*;
public class WebServer extends Thread {
     * Singleton WebServer instance.
    public static WebServer current;
     * Default HTTP port.
    protected static int DEFAULT_PORT = 80;
     * Default Cyc base port.
    protected static int DEFAULT_CYC_PORT = 3600;
     * Default directory to serve files from on non-Windows OS.
    protected static String DEFAULT_DIR = "/";
     * Default directory to serve files from on Windows.
    //protected static String DEFAULT_WIN_DIR = "C:\\";
    protected static String DEFAULT_WIN_DIR = "k:\\opencyc\\run\\httpd\\htdocs";
     * File cache capacity.
    protected static final int CACHE_CAPACITY = 100;
     * File cache to improve file serving performance.
    protected static Hashtable fileCache = new Hashtable(CACHE_CAPACITY);
     * Number of files served from this web server.
    protected static long nbrFilesServed = 0;
     * Number of files served from this web server that were found in the cache.
    protected static long nbrCacheHits = 0;
     * Server socket for accepting connections.
    protected ServerSocket server;
     * Directories to serve files from.
    protected ArrayList dirs;
     * Map from String (jar root) to JarFile[] (jar class path).
    protected HashMap map;
     * Webserver HTTP port.
    protected int port;
     * Cyc HTML host.
    protected String cycHost = "localhost";
     * Cyc HTML port.
    protected int cycPort;
     * Expand jar tress.
    protected boolean trees;
     * Requests flag.
    protected boolean traceRequests;
     * Constructs a WebServer object.
     * @param port the port to use
     * @param directories the directory to serve files from
     * @param trees true if files within jar files should be served up
     * @param traceRequests true if client's request text should be logged.
     * @exception IOException if the listening socket cannot be opened, or problem opening jar files.
    public WebServer() throws IOException {
        getProperties();
        server = new ServerSocket(port);
        processDirectories();
     * Class Task processes a single HTTP request.
    protected class Task extends Thread {
         * Socket for the incoming request.
        protected Socket sock;
         * Client socket to the Cyc KB HTML server.
        protected Socket cycHtmlSocket;
         * Output tcp stream.
        protected DataOutputStream out;
         * Contains the file request path for a not-found error message.
        protected String notFoundPath;
         * Contains the first line of a request message.
        protected String methodLine;
         * Contains the body of a POST method.
        protected String bodyLine;
         * Constructs a Task object.
         * @param sock the socket assigned for this request.
        public Task(Socket sock) {
            this.sock = sock;
         * Processes the HTTP request.
        public void run() {
            if (traceRequests)
                Log.current.println("connection accepted from " + sock.getInetAddress());
            notFoundPath = "";
            try {
                out = new DataOutputStream(sock.getOutputStream());
                try {
                    getBytes();
                catch (Exception e) {
                    Log.current.println("file not found: " + notFoundPath);
                    try {
                        out.writeBytes("HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found\r\n");
                        out.writeBytes("Server: Cyc WebServer\r\n");
                        out.writeBytes("Connection: close\r\n");
                        out.writeBytes("Content-Type: text/html\r\n\r\n");
                        out.writeBytes("<HTML><HEAD>\n");
                        out.writeBytes("<TITLE>404 Not Found</TITLE>\n");
                        out.writeBytes("</HEAD><BODY>\n");
                        out.writeBytes("<H1>404 - Not Found</H1>\n");
                        out.writeBytes("</BODY></HTML>");
                        out.flush();
                    catch (SocketException se) {
            catch (Exception e) {
                Log.current.printStackTrace(e);
            finally {
                try {
                    sock.close();
                catch (IOException e) {
         * Reads the HTTP request and obtains the response.
         * @exception IOException when HTTP request has an invalid format.
        private void getBytes() throws IOException {
            // Below logic is complex because web browsers do not close the
            // socket after sending the request, so must parse message to find
            // the end.
            BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(sock.getInputStream()));
            ArrayList inBytes = new ArrayList(200);
            int ch = 0;
            boolean postMethod;
            methodLine = in.readLine();
            //if (traceRequests)
            //    Log.current.println("methodLine=" + methodLine);
            bodyLine = "";
            if (methodLine.startsWith("POST /"))
                postMethod = true;
            else
                postMethod = false;
            //if (traceRequests)
            //    Log.current.println("postMethod=" + postMethod);
            int ch1 = -1;
            int ch2 = -1;
            int ch3 = -1;
            int ch4 = -1;
            // Read the HTTP request headers.
            while (true) {
                ch = in.read();
                inBytes.add(new Integer(ch));
                ch1 = ch2;
                ch2 = ch3;
                ch3 = ch4;
                ch4 = ch;
                if (ch1 == '\r' && ch2 == '\n' && ch3 == '\r' && ch4 == '\n')
                    break;
                if ((! postMethod) &&
                    (! in.ready()) &&
                    ch1 == -1 &&
                    ch2 == -1 &&
                    ch3 == '\r' &&
                    ch4 == '\n') {
                    inBytes.add(new Integer('\r'));
                    inBytes.add(new Integer('\n'));
                    break;
            byte[] byteArray = new byte[inBytes.size()];
            for (int i = 0; i < inBytes.size(); i++) {
                Integer ich = (Integer) inBytes.get(i);
                byteArray[i] = ich.byteValue();
            String headers = new String(byteArray);
            if (postMethod) {
                String lcHeaders = headers.toLowerCase();
                int i = lcHeaders.indexOf("content-length: ");
                String contentLength = lcHeaders.substring(i + 16);
                int j = contentLength.indexOf("\r\n");
                contentLength = contentLength.substring(0, j);
                int bodyLen = (new Integer(contentLength)).intValue();
                for (int k = 0; k < bodyLen; k++) {
                    bodyLine = bodyLine + (new Character((char) in.read())).toString();
            String line = methodLine + "\r\n" + headers + bodyLine;
            if (traceRequests)
                Log.current.println(line);
            if (postMethod)
                processHttpPost();
            else
                if (line.startsWith("GET /"))
                    processHttpGet(line.substring(4));
                else {
                    Log.current.println("Invalid request = " + line);
                    throw new IOException();
         * Processes an HTTP GET method.
         * @param httpGetPath the path of the file to get.
         * @exception IOException if the file is not found.
        private void processHttpGet(String httpGetPath) throws IOException {
            int i = httpGetPath.indexOf(' ');
            if (i > 0)
                httpGetPath = httpGetPath.substring(0, i);
            Log.current.println(methodLine + " from " + sock.getInetAddress().getHostName());
            i = httpGetPath.indexOf("cg?");
            if (i > 0) {
                cycHtmlRequest(httpGetPath.substring(i + 3));
                return;
            notFoundPath = httpGetPath;
            i = httpGetPath.indexOf('/');
            if (i < 0 || map == null) {
                if (map == null || httpGetPath.endsWith(".jar")) {
                    for (int j = 0; j < dirs.size(); j++) {
                        String dir = (String) dirs.get(j);
                        String nativePath = dir + httpGetPath;
                        nativePath = nativePath.replace('/', File.separatorChar);
                        if (fileCache.containsKey(nativePath)) {
                            writeDataBytes((byte[]) fileCache.get(nativePath));
                            Log.current.println("...cached");
                            nbrCacheHits++;
                            nbrFilesServed++;
                            return;
                        try {
                            File f = new File(nativePath);
                            byte[] fileBytes = getBytes(new FileInputStream(f), f.length());
                            writeDataBytes(fileBytes);
                            if (fileCache.size() >= CACHE_CAPACITY)
                                fileCache.clear();
                            fileCache.put(nativePath, fileBytes);
                            Log.current.println("...from " + nativePath);
                            nbrFilesServed++;
                            return;
                        catch (IOException e) {
                throw new IOException();
            String jar = httpGetPath.substring(0, i);
            httpGetPath = httpGetPath.substring(i + 1);
            JarFile[] jfs = (JarFile[]) map.get(jar);
            if (jfs == null)
                throw new IOException();
            for (i = 0; i < jfs.length; i++) {
                JarEntry je = jfs.getJarEntry(httpGetPath);
if (je == null)
continue;
writeDataBytes(getBytes(jfs[i].getInputStream(je), je.getSize()));
nbrFilesServed++;
return;
throw new IOException();
* Processes an HTTP POST method.
* @exception IOException if the file is not found.
private void processHttpPost() throws IOException {
Log.current.println("POST " + bodyLine + " from " + sock.getInetAddress().getHostName());
cycHtmlRequest(bodyLine);
* Reads the specified number of bytes and always close the stream.
* @param in the file to be read for subsequent downloading.
* @param length the number of bytes to read from the file.
* @return An array of bytes from the file.
* @exception IOException if an error occurs when processing the file.
private byte[] getBytes(InputStream in, long length) throws IOException {
DataInputStream din = new DataInputStream(in);
byte[] bytes = new byte[ (int) length];
try {
din.readFully(bytes);
finally {
din.close();
return bytes;
* Sends the HTML request to Cyc.
* @param cycPath the portion of the URL which is given to the Cyc HTML server.
private void cycHtmlRequest(String cycPath) {
String request = sock.getInetAddress().getHostName() + "&" + cycPath + "#";
System.out.println("request=" + request);
ArrayList bytes = new ArrayList(10000);
try {
cycHtmlSocket = new Socket(cycHost, cycPort);
System.out.println("cycHost=" + cycHost + " cycPort=" + cycPort);
BufferedReader cycIn = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(cycHtmlSocket.getInputStream()));
PrintWriter cycOut = new PrintWriter(cycHtmlSocket.getOutputStream(), true);
cycOut.println(request);
cycOut.flush();
int ch = 0;
while (ch >= 0) {
ch = cycIn.read();
bytes.add(new Integer(ch));
catch (Exception e) {
Log.current.printStackTrace(e);
byte[] byteArray = new byte[bytes.size()];
for (int i = 0; i < bytes.size() - 1; i++) {
Integer ich = (Integer) bytes.get(i);
byteArray[i] = ich.byteValue();
try {
writeTextBytes(byteArray);
catch (Exception e) {
Log.current.println(e.getMessage());
* Responds to the HTTP client with data content from the requested URL.
* @param bytes the array of bytes from the URL.
* @exception IOException if there is an error writing to the HTTP client.
public void writeDataBytes(byte[] bytes) throws IOException {
out.writeBytes("HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n");
out.writeBytes("Server: Cyc WebServer\r\n");
out.writeBytes("Connection: close\r\n");
out.writeBytes("Content-Length: " + bytes.length + "\r\n");
String prefix = (new String(bytes)).toLowerCase();
if (prefix.indexOf("<html>") > -1)
out.writeBytes("Content-Type: text/html\r\n\r\n");
else
out.writeBytes("Content-Type: application/java\r\n\r\n");
out.write(bytes);
out.flush();
* Respond to the HTTP client with text content from the requested URL.
* @param bytes the array of bytes from the URL.
* @exception IOException if there is an error writing to the HTTP client.
public void writeTextBytes(byte[] bytes) throws IOException {
out.writeBytes("HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n");
out.writeBytes("Server: Cyc WebServer\r\n");
out.writeBytes("Connection: close\r\n");
out.writeBytes("Content-Length: " + bytes.length + "\r\n");
out.writeBytes("Content-Type: text/html\r\n\r\n");
out.write(bytes);
out.flush();
* Gets properties governing the web server's behavior.
private void getProperties() {
port = DEFAULT_PORT;
String portProperty = System.getProperty("org.opencyc.webserver.port", "");
if (! portProperty.equalsIgnoreCase(""))
port = (new Integer(portProperty)).intValue();
Log.current.println("Listening on port " + port);
cycPort = DEFAULT_CYC_PORT;
String cycPortProperty = System.getProperty("org.opencyc.webserver.cycPort", "");
if (! cycPortProperty.equalsIgnoreCase(""))
cycPort = (new Integer(cycPortProperty)).intValue();
Log.current.println("Cyc connections directed to port " + cycPort);
String dirsProperty = System.getProperty("org.opencyc.webserver.dirs", "");
dirs = new ArrayList(3);
StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(dirsProperty, ";", false);
while (st.hasMoreTokens()) {
String dir = st.nextToken();
dirs.add(dir);
trees = false;
String treesProperty = System.getProperty("org.opencyc.webserver.trees", "");
if (! treesProperty.equalsIgnoreCase(""))
trees = true;
traceRequests = false;
String traceRequestsProperty = System.getProperty("org.opencyc.webserver.traceRequests", "");
if (! traceRequestsProperty.equalsIgnoreCase("")) {
traceRequests = true;
Log.current.println("tracing requests");
* Adds transitive Class-Path jars to jfs.
* @param jar the jar file
* @param jfs the list of jar files to serve.
* @param dir the jar file directory.
* @exception IOException if an I/O error has occurred with the jar file.
private void addJar(String jar, ArrayList jfs, String dir) throws IOException {
Log.current.println("Serving jar files from: " + dir + jar);
JarFile jf = new JarFile(dir + jar);
jfs.add(jf);
Manifest man = jf.getManifest();
if (man == null)
return;
Attributes attrs = man.getMainAttributes();
if (attrs == null)
return;
String val = attrs.getValue(Attributes.Name.CLASS_PATH);
if (val == null)
return;
dir = dir + jar.substring(0, jar.lastIndexOf(File.separatorChar) + 1);
StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(val);
while (st.hasMoreTokens()) {
addJar(st.nextToken().replace('/', File.separatorChar), jfs, dir);
* Administrative accessor method that obtains list of directories from which files are served.
public ArrayList getDirs() {
return dirs;
* Administrative method that updates the list of directories from which files are served.
public synchronized void setDirs(ArrayList dirs) throws IOException {
this.dirs = dirs;
fileCache.clear();
processDirectories();
* Administrative accessor method that obtains number of files served.
* @return The number of files served.
public long getNbrFilesServed() {
return nbrFilesServed;
* Administrative accessor method that obtains number of files served from cache.
* @return The number of files served from the cache.
public long getNbrCacheHits() {
return nbrCacheHits;
* Administrative method that clears the file cache.
public synchronized void clearFileCache() {
Log.current.println("Clearing file cache");
fileCache.clear();
nbrFilesServed = 0;
nbrCacheHits = 0;
* Processes the directories from which files are served, expanding jar trees if
* directed.
* @exception IOException if problem occurs while processing the jar files.
private void processDirectories() throws IOException {
if (dirs.size() == 0)
if (File.separatorChar == '\\')
dirs.add(DEFAULT_WIN_DIR);
else
dirs.add(DEFAULT_DIR);
Iterator directories = dirs.iterator();
while (directories.hasNext())
Log.current.println("Serving from " + directories.next());
if (trees) {
map = new HashMap();
for (int j = 0; j < dirs.size(); j++) {
String dir = (String) dirs.get(j);
String[] files = new File(dir).list();
for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
String jar = files[i];
if (!jar.endsWith(".jar"))
continue;
ArrayList jfs = new ArrayList(1);
addJar(jar, jfs, dir);
map.put(jar.substring(0, jar.length() - 4), jfs.toArray(new JarFile[jfs.size()]));
* Provides the command line interface for creating an HTTP server.
* The properties are:
* <pre>
* org.opencyc.webserver.port=<HTTP listening port>
* </pre>
* which defaults to 80.
* <pre>
* org.opencyc.webserver.cycPort=<Cyc connection port>
* </pre>
* which defaults to 3600.
* <pre>
* org.opencyc.webserver.dirs=<path>;<path> ... ;<path>
* </pre>
* with the argument enclosed in quotes if any path contains an
* embedded space.
* The default directory on Windows is C:
* and the default on other systems is / the default
* can be overridden with this property. By default, all files
* under this directory (including all subdirectories) are served
* up via HTTP. If the pathname of a file is <var>path</var> relative
* to the top-level directory, then the file can be downloaded using
* the URL
* <pre>
* http://<var>host</var>:<var>port</var>/<var>path</var>
* </pre>
* Caching of file contents is performed.
* <pre>
* org.opencyc.util.log=all
* </pre>
* If the all value is given, then all attempts to download files
* are output.
* <pre>
* org.opencyc.webserver.traceRequests
* </pre>
* If this property has any value, then the client HTTP requests are
* output.<p>
* <pre>
* org.opencyc.webserver.trees
* </pre>
* This property can be used to serve up individual files stored
* within jar files in addition to the files that are served up by
* default. If the property has any value, the server finds all jar files
* in the top-level directory (not in subdirectories). For each
* jar file, if the name of the jar file is <var>name</var>.jar, then any
* individual file named <var>file</var> within that jar file (or within
* the jar or zip files referenced transitively in the Class-Path manifest
* attribute, can be downloaded using a URL of the form:
* <pre>
* http://<var>host</var>:<var>port</var>/<var>name</var>/<var>file</var>
* </pre>
* When this property has any value, an open file descriptor and cached
* information are held for each jar file, for the life of the process.
* @param args an unused array of command line arguments.
public static void main(String[] args) {
Log.makeLog();
System.out.println("OpenCyc Web Server");
try {
// Launch thread to accept HTTP connections.
current = new WebServer();
current.start();
catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
* Just keep looping, spawning a new thread for each incoming request.
public void run() {
try {
while (true) {
// Launch thread to process one HTTP request.
new Task(server.accept()).start();
catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();

Answer 1

JLundan,
I want to thank you for responding to the thread I started on the forum at java.sun.com. Your solution to my problem of needing to print the code of the html pages that the file I included generates was just what I was looking for. However, I have some further questions to ask, if you don't mind. To clarify my task I should say that your rephrasing of the problem is accurate: "You wan't to display the contents of the HTML file that the web server produces in response of client's request?"
Yes, this is what I need to do, but also it needs to display the source code of that html file that the server produces in response to the client's request. Also, in this case, I am the client requesting that the server return some html file, and I'm not sure where the server is. But the webserver.java file that I shared on the forum is on my local machine. I was wondering if I could modify this webserver.java file at my home so that any html file the server returns to me would automatically display the source code. This is a school project of mine and I am stuck on this one thing here.
Further, where would I put the "foo.html" file so it can be written to?
FileOuputStream fos = new FileOutputStream("foo.html");
fos.write(bytes);
fos.close();
Thanks so much for your help. I look forward to your response, at your convenience.
Regards