How to serve a file with JSP?

Question

This may sound totally stupid, but is a case of real life :(

I\'m able to display a HTML table with a \"virtual\" link name.

Something like this:

Answer 1

You need to set the MIME type in the HTTP response like below in addition to the sample code you provided.

response.setContentType("application/octet-stream");

Note, the application/octet-stream MIME type is used to indicate a binary file.