Re: httpheader result type

2009-09-03 Thread Mark Rollins
Thanks folks... My goal is to deliver PDFs back to an automated process from an already existing Web application (it's internal so security isn't an issue), which has a Struts front end for the UI. A simple HTTP GET request seems to fit the bill. Once the automated process has been written the

Re: httpheader result type

2009-09-02 Thread Dave Newton
FWIW, I did a quick dispatcher result hack that allows setting the HTTP result; we use it for Ajax calls (not 404s). I'll probably fold that property back into S2, but like Wes said it's not so handy for 404s. Dave Wes Wannemacher wrote: 404 is a tricky header... Most of the time, you really

Re: httpheader result type

2009-09-02 Thread Wes Wannemacher
404 is a tricky header... Most of the time, you really don't want to send content along with an http header, think of redirects, etc. If you want some app-specific behavior, I would try to fit it into your app rather than trying to munge headers. In the case of redirects, when you see content it is

Re: httpheader result type

2009-09-02 Thread Mark Rollins
Thanks Wes. The 'documentation' (it's very limited) gives the impression that you can specify an error message when using the errorMessage parameter with the error parameter, and even being able to pick up a message from the value stack using an OGNL expression. Having looked at what is returne

Re: httpheader result type

2009-09-02 Thread Wes Wannemacher
The HTTP Header result type doesn't really have the ability to write content. You could try mapping 404 in your web.xml, then use the http header result type in conjunction with the 404 mapping in web.xml (never tried it, so let us know if that works). -Wes On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 5:35 AM, Mark Ro