com.vaadin.server
Class FileDownloader

java.lang.Object
  com.vaadin.server.AbstractClientConnector
      com.vaadin.server.AbstractExtension
          com.vaadin.server.FileDownloader

All Implemented Interfaces:

ClientConnector, Extension, RpcTarget, com.vaadin.shared.Connector, java.io.Serializable

public class FileDownloader
extends AbstractExtension

Extension that starts a download when the extended component is clicked. This is used to overcome two challenges:

• Resource should be bound to a component to allow it to be garbage collected when there are no longer any ways of reaching the resource.
• Download should be started directly when the user clicks e.g. a Button without going through a server-side click listener to avoid triggering security warnings in some browsers.

Please note that the download will be started in an iframe, which means that care should be taken to avoid serving content types that might make the browser attempt to show the content using a plugin instead of downloading it. Connector resources (e.g. FileResource and ClassResource) will automatically be served using a Content-Type: application/octet-stream header unless setOverrideContentType(boolean) has been set to false while files served in other ways, (e.g. ExternalResource or ThemeResource) will not automatically get this treatment.

Since:

7.0.0

Author:

Vaadin Ltd

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

FileDownloader(Resource resource)
Creates a new file downloader for the given resource.

Method Summary

void	extend(AbstractComponent target)
Resource	getFileDownloadResource() Gets the resource set for download.
boolean	handleConnectorRequest(VaadinRequest request, VaadinResponse response, java.lang.String path) Handle a request directed to this connector.
boolean	isOverrideContentType() Checks whether the content type should be overridden.
void	setOverrideContentType(boolean overrideContentType) Sets whether the content type of served resources should be overriden to application/octet-stream to reduce the risk of a browser plugin choosing to display the resource instead of downloading it.

Methods inherited from class com.vaadin.server.AbstractExtension

extend, getSupportedParentType, removeFromTarget, setParent

Methods inherited from class com.vaadin.server.AbstractClientConnector

addExtension, addMethodInvocationToQueue, attach, beforeClientResponse, createState, detach, encodeState, getAllChildrenIterable, getConnectorId, getExtensions, getParent, getResource, getRpcManager, getRpcProxy, getSession, getState, getStateType, getUI, isConnectorEnabled, markAsDirty, markAsDirtyRecursive, registerRpc, registerRpc, removeExtension, requestRepaint, requestRepaintAll, retrievePendingRpcCalls, setResource

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface com.vaadin.server.ClientConnector

attach, beforeClientResponse, detach, encodeState, getExtensions, getParent, getStateType, getUI, isConnectorEnabled, markAsDirty, markAsDirtyRecursive, removeExtension, requestRepaint, requestRepaintAll, retrievePendingRpcCalls

Methods inherited from interface com.vaadin.shared.Connector

getConnectorId

Methods inherited from interface com.vaadin.server.RpcTarget

getRpcManager

Constructor Detail

FileDownloader

public FileDownloader(Resource resource)

Creates a new file downloader for the given resource. To use the downloader, you should also AbstractExtension.extend(AbstractClientConnector) the component.

Parameters:

resource - the resource to download when the user clicks the extended component.

Method Detail

extend

public void extend(AbstractComponent target)

getFileDownloadResource

public Resource getFileDownloadResource()

Gets the resource set for download.

Returns:

the resource that will be downloaded if clicking the extended component

setOverrideContentType

public void setOverrideContentType(boolean overrideContentType)

Sets whether the content type of served resources should be overriden to application/octet-stream to reduce the risk of a browser plugin choosing to display the resource instead of downloading it. This is by default set to true.

Please note that this only affects Connector resources (e.g. FileResource and ClassResource) but not other resource types (e.g. ExternalResource or ThemeResource).

Parameters:

overrideContentType - true to override the content type if possible; false to use the original content type.

isOverrideContentType

public boolean isOverrideContentType()

Checks whether the content type should be overridden.

Returns:

true if the content type will be overridden when possible; false if the original content type will be used.

See Also:

setOverrideContentType(boolean)

handleConnectorRequest

public boolean handleConnectorRequest(VaadinRequest request,
                                      VaadinResponse response,
                                      java.lang.String path)
                               throws java.io.IOException

Description copied from interface: ClientConnector

Handle a request directed to this connector. This can be used by connectors to dynamically generate a response and it is also used internally when serving ConnectorResources.

Requests to /APP/connector/[ui id]/[connector id]/ are routed to this method with the remaining part of the requested path available in the path parameter.

DynamicConnectorResource can be used to easily make an appropriate URL available to the client-side code.

Specified by:

handleConnectorRequest in interface ClientConnector

Overrides:

handleConnectorRequest in class AbstractClientConnector

Parameters:

request - the request that should be handled

response - the response object to which the response should be written

path - the requested relative path

Returns:

true if the request has been handled, false if no response has been written.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if there is a problem generating a response.