Question

I am using JSF 1.2 with Seam 2.2.2

And woundering if i can render a page from with in the Code and Save the output to a file instead of sending it to the client.

//Trind

Answer 1

The easiest way would be just sending a HTTP request yourself (which should be particularly cheap when performing on localhost).

InputStream input = new URL("http://localhost:8080/context/page.jsf").openStream();
// ...

If you’d like to request it within the same session as the current client and your server accepts URL rewriting, then use the following URL instead.

InputStream input = new URL("http://localhost:8080/context/page.jsf;jsessionid=" + session.getId()).openStream();
// ...

Or if your server doesn’t accept URL rewriting, but accepts cookies only, then use the following approach instead.

URLConnection connection = new URL("http://localhost:8080/context/page.jsf").openConnection();
connection.setRequestProperty("Cookie", "JSESSIONID=" + session.getId());
InputStream input = connection.getInputStream();
// ...