Spring - display PDF-file in browser instead of downloading

Question

i am trying to display a pdf in my browser with spring. my problem is that the browser downloads the file instead of displaying it. this is my code:

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Answer 1

Content-Disposition to control either download or view in browser

View in browser

headers.add("Content-Disposition", "inline; filename=" + "example.pdf");

Download

headers.add("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=" + "example.pdf");