Should the StreamingOutput
's OutputStream
be closed by the implementing class?
The java-doc does not give any recommendations. I guess it just delegates to the underlying ServletOutputStream
which means it should not be closed, but my guess might be wrong :) Also the javadoc makes a reference to the MessageBodyWriter
interface where it's explicitly said that the output stream must not be closed.
https://docs.oracle.com/javaee/7/api/javax/ws/rs/core/StreamingOutput.html
Being unable to find a definitive answer I took a look at jersey's source being the reference implementation. In Jersey the StreamingOutput
is processed by a MessageBodyWriter
by simply calling streamingOutput.write(os)
[1] where os
is the OutputStream
passed to the MessageBodyWriter
. That's good because its javadoc is quite clear that this OutputStream
must not be closed.
To summarize: The OutputStream
passed to the StreamingOutput
must not be closed.