Problem displaying CLOB in text file

Question

Hello All,
I have a problem displaying the content from the database in notepad. When I click on a link on my jsf screen, I retrieve the data and display it in notepad.
I have my text content stored in the database with CLOB datatype. When I look in the database the data looks in the following format:
---------STARTS FROM NEXT LINE-------------
The firm, known for its keen oversight of products, has been the subject of complaints from firms who have had apps blocked from the store. Some developers have complained that the company's rules seem inconsistent.
Some have found apps blocked after seemingly minor updates, or for having content deemed inappropriate by them. In light of this, and after careful consideration, I believe it is unnecessary to sign this measure at this time.
Sincerely,
ABC
----------ENDS IN THE PREVIOUS LINE------------
Now when I display this content onto the notepad, all the spaces and new line characters are lost, and the entire display looks awkward. This is how it looks:
The firm, known for its keen oversight of products, has been the subject of complaints from firms who have had apps blocked from the store. Some developers have complained that the company's rules seem inconsistent.[]Some have found apps blocked after seemingly minor updates, or for having content deemed inappropriate by them. In light of this, and after careful consideration, I believe it is unnecessary to sign this measure at this time.[]Sincerely,[]ABC
All the new line characters are lost and it just puts some junk character in place of a new line.
When I copy the same text onto textpad, everything is alright and it displays exactly the way it is present in the database. I am also open to display the content in html, but in HTML it doesn't even display me the junk character in place of new line. It is just one single string without any line separators.
I am using the following code to put the content into the text.
public String writeMessage(){
   OutputStream outStream = null;
   HttpServletResponse response = getServletResponseFromFacesContext();
   Reader data = null;
   Writer writer = null;
   try{
      response.reset();
      response.setContentType("text/plain; charset=UTF-8");
      response.setHeader("Content-Disposition","attachment; filename="+id+"_Message.txt");
      outStream = response.getOutputStream();
      QueryRemote remote = serviceLocator.getQueriessEJB();
      data = remote.retrieveGovernorsVetoMessage(billId);
      writer = new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter( outStream, "UTF-8" ) );
      int charsRead;
      char[] cbuf = new char[1024];
      while ((charsRead = data.read(cbuf)) != -1) {
         System.out.println(charsRead);
      writer.write(cbuf, 0, charsRead);
      writer.flush();
   }catch(Exception ex){
      ex.printStackTrace();
   }finally{
      //Close outStream, data, writer
      facesContext.responseComplete();
   return null;
}Any help or hints on resolving this issue would be highly appreciated.
Thanks.

Answer 1

The data is imported from a third party application to my database. It doesn't display any newline characters when I view the data.
But when I do a regular expression search on text pad, I could see that my clob contains \n as the new line character. Is there a way to replace \n with \n\r while writing the data.
Thanks.