Override velocity view and output an image instead

Question

I have hijacked the normal processing of velocity templates by calling response.getOutputStream in my controller, and I do get an image, but there is an exception "java.lang.IllegalStateException: getOutputStream() has already been called for this response" whenever an image is generated. Is there a way to tell velocity not to parse the file for a certain controller?

Answer 1

Return null from your Controller's handleRequest() (or handleRequestInternal()) method to indicate that you have already handled the response and view should not be rendered.

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