Broken pipe

[Tim Slattery]

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.

 

[Gordon Beaton]

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]

Hi!

Thus spake Gordon Beaton on 05/11/2007 09:02 AM:

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