Broken pipe

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Tim Slattery - 10 May 2007 19:11 GMT

My webapp is generating "Broken Pipe" errors
(java.net.SocketException). I can't figure out what "broken pipe"
means. I've tried Google. Can somebody translate this for me?

FWIW: the exception occurs while evaluating a Struts <logic:iterate>
group in a JSP page.

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Gordon Beaton - 11 May 2007 08:02 GMT

> My webapp is generating "Broken Pipe" errors
> (java.net.SocketException). I can't figure out what "broken pipe"
> means. I've tried Google. Can somebody translate this for me?
>
> FWIW: the exception occurs while evaluating a Struts <logic:iterate>
> group in a JSP page.

It means that you've attempted to write to a file descriptor (probably
through an OutputStream or similar ), but the reader at the remote end
of the connection (pipe or socket, etc) has closed his corresponding
descriptor.

/gordon

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Philipp Taprogge - 11 May 2007 20:59 GMT

Hi!

> It means that you've attempted to write to a file descriptor (probably
> through an OutputStream or similar ), but the reader at the remote end
> of the connection (pipe or socket, etc) has closed his corresponding
> descriptor.

In this special case, it could mean that the underlaying socket was
closed by the client prematurely. IIRC, these errors often occur,
when a servlet sends a wrong (i.e. too small) content-length header,
causing the client to stop reading after it receives the initial n
bytes of data.

Regards,

Phil

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