request.getRequestDispatcher("ajax.jsp").forward(request, response) 和 response.sendRedirect("ajax.jsp") 。
其中
- response.getWriter() 输出页面
- response.getOutputStream() 输出二进制流文件
- request.getRequestDispatcher("ajax.jsp").forward(request, response) 页面跳转
- response.sendRedirect("ajax.jsp") 重定向
这四种方式单独使用,大家应该都很熟悉,如果一个servlet里面写了两种响应,会出现什么情况呢,今天看一下写两个响应的现象分析。
servlet的四种响应
getWriter
getWriter 返回可将字符文本发送到客户端的 PrintWriter
对象。
- protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {
-
- PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
- out.println("<body><h1>");
- out.println("Welcome to Servlet");
- out.println("</h1></body>");
-
- }
输出

getOutputStream
getOutputStream 返回适用于在响应中编写二进制数据的
ServletOutputStream
。
- protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {
-
- OutputStream os = response.getOutputStream();
- InputStream is = new FileInputStream(new File("D:\\pic\\P41004-154736.jpg"));
- byte[] buf = new byte[1024];
- while (is.read(buf) > 0) {
- os.write(buf);
- }
- os.flush();
- is.close();
- os.close();
-
- }
输出

getRequestDispatcher("ajax.jsp").forward(request, response)
- protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {
-
- request.getRequestDispatcher("ajax.jsp").forward(request, response);
-
- }
跳转到 ajax.jsp页面

sendRedirect("ajax.jsp")
- protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {
-
- response.sendRedirect("ajax.jsp");
-
- }
重定向到ajax.jsp页面

上面采用forward跳转的时候,地址栏显示的是res请求,使用redirect重定向之后,等于重新发送了一个ajax.jsp的请求,URL地址栏变为了ajax.jsp
两个响应情况
一个servlet请求会有一个request请求和一个response响应,那如果一个response想响应两次呢?一般都是会出错的。代码中避免使用多个响应的情况。
getWriter和getOutputStream
- protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {
-
- PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
- out.println("<body><h1>");
- out.println("Welcome to Servlet");
- out.println("</h1></body>");
-
- OutputStream os = response.getOutputStream();
- InputStream is = new FileInputStream(new File("D:\\pic\\P41004-154736.jpg"));
- byte[] buf = new byte[1024];
- while (is.read(buf) > 0) {
- os.write(buf);
- }
- os.flush();
- is.close();
- os.close();
-
- }
输出

抛出 getWriter() has already been called for this response 异常信息
上面介绍了单独使用getWriter和 getOutputStream的情况,分别返回响应页面和二进制流文件。
这两个方法都有几个共同的异常信息,IOException 和 IllegalStateException。
getWriter的IllegalStateException异常描述:if thegetOutputStream
method has already been called for this response object
getOutputStream的IllegalStateException异常描述:if thegetWriter
method has been called on this response
这个IllegalStateException信息说明,这两个响应不可以同时使用,否则会出现IllegalStateException。
getWriter和forward
- protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {
-
- PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
- out.println("<body><h1>");
- out.println("Welcome to Servlet");
- out.println("</h1></body>");
-
- request.getRequestDispatcher("ajax.jsp").forward(request, response);
-
-
- }
输出

没有输出Welcome to Servlet ,直接跳转到了ajax.jsp页面
getWriter和redirect
- protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {
-
- PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
- out.println("<body><h1>");
- out.println("Welcome to Servlet");
- out.println("</h1></body>");
-
-
- response.sendRedirect("ajax.jsp");
- }
输出

通过上面的getWriter和forward的例子和这里的getWriter和redirect的例子可以看出,getWriter只向页面输出内容,但并没有提交(commit)该响应。后续有可以提交响应的响应代码时,会覆盖掉getWriter的响应输出。
将上面的代码做一点修改,添加一行代码out.flush();
- protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {
-
- PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
- out.println("<body><h1>");
- out.println("Welcome to Servlet");
- out.println("</h1></body>");
- out.flush();
-
- request.getRequestDispatcher("ajax.jsp").forward(request, response);
-
- }
out.flush() 方法会提交掉该response响应,此时页面响应为

同时,后台会出现异常
- java.lang.IllegalStateException: Cannot forward after response has been committed
- at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:348)
- at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:338)
getOutputStream和forward
- protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {
-
- OutputStream os = response.getOutputStream();
- InputStream is = new FileInputStream(new File("D:\\pic\\P41004-154736.jpg"));
- byte[] buf = new byte[1024];
- while (is.read(buf) > 0) {
- os.write(buf);
- }
- os.flush();
- is.close();
- os.close();
-
- request.getRequestDispatcher("ajax.jsp").forward(request, response);
-
- }
前台页面依然出现

同时后台会出现
- 严重: Servlet.service() for servlet [com.test.ResTest] in context with path [/servletDemo] threw exception
- java.lang.IllegalStateException: Cannot forward after response has been committed
- at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:348)
- at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:338)
- at com.test.ResTest.doPost(ResTest.java:52)
- at com.test.ResTest.doGet(ResTest.java:34)
RequestDispatcher 类的forward方法有个IllegalStateException
异常
异常信息这样描述:if the response was already committed ,如果响应已经被提交。
这里例子说明getOutputStream,对前台进行了响应,并且提交了该响应。
getOutputStream和redirect
出现与getOutputStream和forward中同样的结果,前台展现,后台出错
forward和redirect
- protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {
-
- request.getRequestDispatcher("ajax.jsp").forward(request, response);
-
- response.sendRedirect("ajax.jsp");
- }
输出

这个异常信息与前面的相同,就不再做分析了。
经过上面的几个同时两个响应的例子,可以看出,一个servlet请求只能有一个响应,任何多个响应的代码都是错误的,都会出现IllegalStateException
。也就是说,多个响应的场景是非法的,一个servlet一个响应就可以了,是它的标配。