Hi,

You need to open the file in the servlet (using java.io.File API), and
then stream/write the file on the response *after setting appropriate
headers* (using Servlet API). In particular you need to take a look at
HttpServletResponse methods.

-cheers,
Manish

You don't need this. See java.net.URL.openStream().

Simply open the stream, schlurp the contents either into memory or a local
file, or simply print it directly to the output stream. For example:

       /**
        * read the value at this URL and return it as a string
        *
        * @param source where to read from
        *
        * @return a string representation of the data fetched from the URL
        *
        * @since Jacquard 1.9
        */
       protected String readStringFromURL( URL source ) throws IOException
       {
               BufferedReader in =
                       new BufferedReader( new InputStreamReader( source.openStream(  ) ) );

               StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer(  );

               for ( String line = in.readLine(  ); line != null;
                                       line = in.readLine(  ) )
               {
                       buf.append( line );
                       buf.append( '\n' );
               }

               return buf.toString(  );
       }