First the context:
I am using jxls to export to an excel using an excel template & its working fine.I am saving to a folder under webcontent
WebContent\reports\report_output.xls
What additionally i need to do:
I have to provide a hyperlink to the user in the webpage that will access this saved file.
What i am failing to do:
The hyperlink is throwing exception (resource not found) if i don't refresh my web-content in eclipse
My questions
a. Refreshing a webcontent through java & isit nessarily the way out to this situation? b. Alternative approach keeping in mind i cant do the following
1.cant use a spring mvc framework(time & effort constraints) and stick with jxls only.
2.can't save the file in local drive and access through hyperlink for security reasons.
I figured it out using using a particular URK pattern the servlet will respond back after copying the content and streaming back with mime type as XSL. here is the working example: "Exporting To Excel: JXLS".