how to make the response as .txt file from @Responsebody annotation using the spring3.0

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can any one please explain me how to achieve this output using spring 3.x when i clicked on a button i want to submit the data to the server and getting the response as text(.txt) file from the spring controller 3.x using the @ResponseBody annotation...

please post the code you tried till now if any. – Jayesh Aug 13 '13 at 14:47 — Jayesh, Aug 13 '13 at 14:47

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 14 '13 at 01:37

Try to write your @ResponseBody method like this

@ResponseBody
@RequestMapping(value ="/txt" )
public String txtResponse(HttpServletResponse response){
    String fileName = "a.txt";
    response.setHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=" + fileName);
    String content = "This is txt content";
    return content;
}

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 12 '17 at 16:32

This looks very similar to: Spring MVC 3 Return Content-Type: text/plain and Who sets response content-type in Spring MVC (@ResponseBody)

You should be able to set the Content-Type header of your response via @RequestMapping:

@RequestMapping(..., produces = org.springframework.http.MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN)

Which requires the client to pass in a Content-Type header to match.

Or by setting the header directly on your response object in your service method, like in: https://stackoverflow.com/a/5268157/1546662.

Or by adding a new message converter to the spring context, as noted in: https://stackoverflow.com/a/3617594/1546662

In my @RequestMapping it is showing no produces option available.Any way i got my answer thanks for the response....it is also usefull for another work.... — narendra, Aug 16 '13 at 05:55

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 15 '19 at 11:22

A better solution seems

public ResponseEntity<Resource> exportTemplate() throws IOException {
    return ResponseEntity.ok().header("Content-Disposition", "inline;filename=" + "filename.txt")
            .body(new ByteArrayResource(new pojoObject()));
}

how to make the response as .txt file from @Responsebody annotation using the spring3.0

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