download a pdf file from a given url in blackberry - blackberry

Question

I am working on a blackberry application in which I need to hit a url create a connection and write a file and save that to SDcard. Currently I am following this particular code. But while creating FileOutputStream object it throws CLassCastException. I am struggling with this.
public void run() {
HttpConnection httpConnection = null;
DataOutputStream httpDataOutput = null;
InputStream httpInput = null;
OutputStream fos=null;
int rc;
try {
httpConnection = new HttpConnectionFactory()
.getHttpConnection("http://faultcode.techvalens.net/PDF/DrawingSample.PDF");
rc = httpConnection.getResponseCode();
if (rc != HttpConnection.HTTP_OK) {
throw new IOException("HTTP response code: " + rc);
}
httpInput = httpConnection.openInputStream();
InputStream is = httpInput;
FileConnection fconn=(FileConnection)Connector.open("file:///SDCard/Test.txt",
Connector.READ_WRITE);
if(!fconn.exists())
fconn.create();
System.out.println(fconn.exists());
fos = new FileOutputStream( File.FILESYSTEM_PATRIOT, "Test.txt" );
// byte[] b = IOUtilities.streamToBytes(inp);
byte[] buffer = new byte[702];
int len1 = 0;
while ((len1 = is.read(buffer)) != -1) {
fos.write(buffer, 0, len1);
}
} catch (Exception ex) {
System.out.println("URL Error........" + ex.getMessage());
} finally {
try {
if (httpInput != null)
httpInput.close();
if (httpDataOutput != null)
httpDataOutput.close();
if (httpConnection != null)
httpConnection.close();
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
the above code i am using.
Please let me know what is my mistake.
THanx in advance...!!!

Answer 1

The task was basic but created an unforgettable concept for me. Below is the code now i am using, its the best if i need to download any type file from URL.
public void run(){
GetURLWebService _webService = new GetURLWebService(methodName,elecID,pdfType,performedBy,notes);
String pdfURL = _webService.getWebServiceData();
_pdfURL = pdfURL;
System.out.println("Download the pdf...!!!");
try {
int chunkIndex = 0;
int totalSize = 0;
/*
* File connection
*/
FileConnection file =(FileConnection)Connector.open(localFile);
if (!file.exists()) {
file.create();
}
file.setWritable(true);
OutputStream out = file.openOutputStream();
/*
* HTTP Connections
*/
String currentFile = _pdfURL + connectionType();
//log("Full URL: " + currentFile);
HttpConnection conn;
InputStream in;
int rangeStart = 0;
int rangeEnd = 0;
while (true) {
// log("Opening Chunk: " + chunkIndex);
conn = (HttpConnection) Connector.open(currentFile,
Connector.READ_WRITE, true);
rangeStart = chunkIndex * chunksize;
rangeEnd = rangeStart + chunksize - 1;
// log("Requesting Range: " + rangeStart +
// "-" + rangeEnd);
conn.setRequestProperty("Range", "bytes=" +
rangeStart + "-" + rangeEnd);
int responseCode = conn.getResponseCode();
if (responseCode != 200 && responseCode != 206)
{
// log("Response Code = " + conn.getResponseCode());
break;
}
// log("Retreived Range: " + conn.getHeaderField("Content-Range"));
in = conn.openInputStream();
int length = -1;
byte[] readBlock = new byte[256];
int fileSize = 0;
while ((length = in.read(readBlock)) != -1) {
out.write(readBlock, 0, length);
fileSize += length;
Thread.yield(); // Try not to get cut off
}
totalSize += fileSize;
// log("Chunk Downloaded: " + fileSize + " Bytes");
chunkIndex++; // index (range) increase
in.close();
conn.close();
in = null;
conn = null;
/*
* Pause to allow connections to close and other Threads
* to run.
*/
Thread.sleep(1000);
}
// log("Full file downloaded: " + totalSize + " Bytes");
out.close();
file.close();
// log("Wrote file to local storage");
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println(e.toString());
}
}
private String connectionType() {
switch (conn) {
case 1:
return ";deviceside=false";
case 2:
return ";deviceside=true;interface=wifi";
default:
return ";deviceside=true";
}
}