java.lang.IllegalStateException
    at org.apache.catalina.connector.ResponseFacade.sendError(ResponseFacade.java:407)
    at org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.Dispatcher.sendError(Dispatcher.java:725)
    at org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.Dispatcher.serviceAction(Dispatcher.java:483)
    at org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.ng.ExecuteOperations.executeAction(ExecuteOperations.java:77)
    at org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.ng.filter.StrutsPrepareAndExecuteFilter.doFilter(StrutsPrepareAndExecuteFilter.java:76)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
    at filters.TomcatFormFilter_UTF8.doFilter(TomcatFormFilter_UTF8.java:79)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:233)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:128)
    at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
    at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:293)
    at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProcessor.process(Http11AprProcessor.java:859)
    at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11AprProtocol.java:574)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.AprEndpoint$Worker.run(AprEndpoint.java:1527)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

 

原因：

 

JSP文件或struts action(纯servlet应用中没发现此问题)中采用了,如下代码:

 

public void print2Screen(HttpServletResponse resp,String encodeString,String[] htmlCommands) throws IOException{
        resp.setCharacterEncoding(encodeString);
        ServletOutputStream httpOutput= resp.getOutputStream();
        for(String temp:htmlCommands)
            httpOutput.write(temp.getBytes());
    }

 

深层原理

 

1.Servlet规范说明，不能既调用 response.getOutputStream()，又调用response.getWriter()，无论先调用哪一个，在调用第二个时候应会抛出 IllegalStateException.
2.servlet代码中有out.write(””)，这个和JSP中缺省调用的response.getOutputStream()产生冲突.
因为在jsp中，out变量是通过response.getWriter得到的，在程序中既用了 response.getOutputStream，又用了out变量，故出现以上错误。

 


解决:

 

法一:在JSP文件中,加入下面两句

 

<%
out.clear();
out = pageContext.pushBody();
%>

 

此法的缺陷:
很多开发项目并不是JSP前端,如freemarker,velocity等
造成问题的"response.getOutputStream()"并未被写在JSP里,而是写在servlet/action里

法二: 在action中,不要return 回具体的result文件,而是return null

 

//return SUCCESS;
 return null;或者是返回类型是void，无须返回值

 

 

很好的解决了问题，同时也明白了相应的原理。