BBjspWebResponse::setContentType

Description

In BBj 16.0 and higher, this method sets the MIME type for the BBjspWebResponse object.

Syntax

Return Value	Method
void	setContentType(string type)

Parameters

Variable	Description
type	Specifies the MIME type..

Return Value

None.

Remarks

The example below shows setting and getting the content type of a response within a BBJSP Servlet.

Example

This example demonstrates how this works in a BBJSP web-page

<%
    #getResponse().setContentType("application/json")
%>
{"menu": {
  "id": "file",
  "value": "File",
  "popup": {
    "menuitem": [
      {"value": "New", "onclick": "CreateNewDoc()"},
      {"value": "Open", "onclick": "OpenDoc()"},
      {"value": "Close", "onclick": "CloseDoc()"}
    ]
  }
}}

This example demonstrates how this works in a BBJSP servlet

class public MyServlet

  field private BBjspWebRequest request!
  field private BBjspWebResponse response!
  field private BBjspWebSession session!

  method public void service(BBjspServletContext context!)

    #request! = context!.getRequest()
    #response! = context!.getResponse()

    #response!.setContentType("application/json")
    s!.write("{'data': {'id': '123','value': 'ABC'}}")
  methodend
classend