This code is to get the pdf request from Flex application and generate pdf file which will be displayed in the flex application.
@Override public void doGet(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) throws ServletException, IOException { System.out.println("I am in pdf Exporter get method"); int maxLength = req.getContentLength(); String method = req.getParameter("method"); String name = req.getParameter("name"); ServletInputStream si = req.getInputStream(); ServletOutputStream stream = resp.getOutputStream(); resp.setContentType("application/pdf"); resp.setContentLength(maxLength); resp.setHeader("Content-Disposition", method + ";filename=" + name); copyStreams(si, stream, 100); stream.close(); } //read the input stream and copy in to output steam //Input stream will have pdf content which is coming from flex application private void copyStreams(InputStream inStream, OutputStream outStream, int flushCount) throws IOException { int currentByte; int flushCounter = 0; while((currentByte = inStream.read()) != -1) { outStream.write(currentByte); if(flushCounter++ > flushCount) { outStream.flush(); flushCounter = 0; } } outStream.flush(); }