Servlet runs twice at PDF Stream

Question

I made a servlet that post a PDF file. I see the servlet run twice when I invok it just once.
That happens only on pdf files, I try wdith gif an jpeg files and runs fine.
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public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {
InputStream in = null;
OutputStream out = null;
try {
System.out.println("get PDF file");
response.reset();
out = response.getOutputStream();
response.setContentType("application/pdf");
in = new BufferedInputStream( new FileInputStream("file.pdf"));
int ch;
while ( (ch = in.read()) != -1 ) {
out.write( (char)ch );
catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
finally {
if( in != null ) {
in.close();
if( out != null ) {
out.flush();
out.close();
}

Answer 1

I ran across this problem last month. The problem only occurs in Internet Explorer. Netscape runs fine. It used to be that Internet Explorer sent three separate requests in order to receive an in-line pdf. I ended up just having to code around it.