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+++ b/src/main/java/de/mpiwg/gazetteer/rest/GetTabDelimited4File.java	Tue Sep 08 16:33:31 2015 +0200
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+package de.mpiwg.gazetteer.rest;
+
+import java.io.PrintWriter;
+
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+import org.json.JSONObject;
+
+import de.mpiwg.gazetteer.bo.LGFile;
+import de.mpiwg.gazetteer.utils.DataProvider;
+import de.mpiwg.gazetteer.utils.HTTPUtils;
+
+public class GetTabDelimited4File extends AbstractServletMethod {
+	public static String name = "getTabDelimited4File";
+	
+	public static void execute(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws Exception{
+		
+		Long fileId = getQueryLongParam(request, "fileId");
+		
+		if(fileId != null){
+			LGFile file = DataProvider.getInstance().getFile(fileId);
+			if(file != null){
+				String text = HTTPUtils.getTabDelimitedOfFile(fileId);	// get text as tab-delimited file
+					
+				if(StringUtils.isNotEmpty(text)){
+					
+					PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
+					out.print(text);
+					out.flush();
+					response.setContentType("text/plain; charset=UTF-8");
+					
+				}	
+			} else{
+				response.setContentType("application/json");
+				JSONObject json = new JSONObject();
+				json.put("status", "error");
+				json.put("message", "File no found (" + fileId + ")");
+				PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
+				out.print(json.toString());
+				out.flush();
+			}
+		}else{
+			response.setContentType("application/json");
+			JSONObject json = new JSONObject();
+			json.put("status", "error");
+			json.put("message", "Following parameters are mandatory: fileId.");
+			PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
+			out.print(json.toString());
+			out.flush();
+		}
+	}
+	
+}