FlyingSaucer renderer.setDocument throws "Stream closed" exception

java stream pdf-generation flying-saucer
paben picture paben · Feb 22, 2011 · Viewed 13.6k times · Source

I am having problems with creating a PDF using the simple example found here. It is my first time trying to use it and I have tried a few things and lots of searching but haven't found a reason why the error is generating. The error originates on the renderer.setDocument(url); line. If anyone has any ideas, suggestions or alternatives it would be greatly appreciated.

package flyingsaucerpdf;

import java.io.*;
import com.lowagie.text.DocumentException;
import org.xhtmlrenderer.pdf.ITextRenderer;

public class FirstDoc {

    public static void main(String[] args) 
            throws IOException, DocumentException {
        String inputFile = "samples/firstdoc.xhtml";
        String url = new File(inputFile).toURI().toURL().toString();
        String outputFile = "firstdoc.pdf";
        OutputStream os = new FileOutputStream(outputFile);

        ITextRenderer renderer = new ITextRenderer();
        renderer.setDocument(url);
        renderer.layout();
        renderer.createPDF(os);

        os.close();
    }
}

Console prints out the error below.

ERROR:  'Stream closed'
org.xhtmlrenderer.util.XRRuntimeException: Can't load the XML resource (using TRaX transformer). java.io.IOException: Stream closed
    at org.xhtmlrenderer.resource.XMLResource$XMLResourceBuilder.createXMLResource(XMLResource.java:191)
    at org.xhtmlrenderer.resource.XMLResource.load(XMLResource.java:71)
    at org.xhtmlrenderer.swing.NaiveUserAgent.getXMLResource(NaiveUserAgent.java:211)
    at org.xhtmlrenderer.pdf.ITextRenderer.loadDocument(ITextRenderer.java:134)
    at org.xhtmlrenderer.pdf.ITextRenderer.setDocument(ITextRenderer.java:138)
    at com.asiaprice.service.email.template.CompletePdf.createpdf(CompletePdf.java:28)

Answer

Terry Horner picture Terry Horner · Feb 21, 2013

renderer.setDocument can throw a “Stream closed” exception if the xhtml references a file that the renderer can't find, such as a css file.

The symptoms of this don't exactly match the original posters, as "Can't load the XML resource" doesn't appear in the error message, I am including this for the benefit of those who come here via google.

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