Help with Responses and Internet Explorer

[Jon Nelson <jo...@dessci.com>]

Hi,

I'm running Tomcat 4.1.24 on a Windows XP machine.  I also have Apache
2.0.46
running, but the two are not connected.  I have two questions related to
Responses and Internet Explorer.

My test file (test.xml) is an xml file.  We have developed a control for
Internet Explorer that requests that any xml file be sent to a special
filter
to see if it should be applied to a page.

1.  When I request my test file directly in Internet Explorer v6 via
         http://myserver:8080/mycompany/test.xml
     our filter is called and my file displays properly.
     
     I can also request my test file via a ViewFile servlet:
         http://myserver:8080/mycompany/servlet/ViewFile/test.xml
     This servlet reads test.xml from the file system and returns it.  I
     also set the Content-Type to text/xml and the charset to utf-8.
     Interent Explorer does not initially recognize this as an xml file
     and our filter is not called.  However, before the file is displayed,
     Internet Explorer realizes that it is indeed an xml file and displays
     it as such (but without our filter kicking in).
     
     My question is, what is different in what Tomcat is sending to the
     browser that would cause different behavior in these two 
     scenarios?  I have matched the Header Response records as
     much as I can, but what else should I look at (i.e., what else is
     being transmitted to the browser and what can I control)?
     
     I know Internet Explorer does not follow the standards in this area,
     but if I can get Tomcat to do the same thing in each scenario, I
     will be satisfied.
     
2.  The other thing I noticed in fooling around with this, is that if you
     do not specify a MIME type for a response, Tomcat will default it
     to text/plain for a servlet.  Where is this defined and how can I
     change it?
     
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Jon

     

RE: Help with Responses and Internet Explorer

[Mike Curwen <gb...@gb-im.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jon Nelson [mailto:jonn@dessci.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 2:18 PM
> To: 'tomcat-user@jakarta.apache.org'
> Subject: Help with Responses and Internet Explorer
> 

<snip />

>      
> 2.  The other thing I noticed in fooling around with this, is 
> that if you
>      do not specify a MIME type for a response, Tomcat will default it
>      to text/plain for a servlet.  Where is this defined and how can I
>      change it?
>      

response.setContentType("text/xml");

?

> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> Jon
> 
>      
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> To unsubscribe, e-mail: tomcat-user-unsubscribe@jakarta.apache.org
> For additional commands, e-mail: tomcat-user-help@jakarta.apache.org
>