java servlet/jsp download string into text file - spring controller method

Working example for downloading a text file out of a String . Code segment in Spring MVC controller .

 @RequestMapping(value = "/download", method = RequestMethod.GET)
 public @ResponseBody
 void downloadFile(HttpServletResponse resp) {
  String downloadFileName= "download.txt";
  String downloadStringContent="Download text \n This is working.";
  try {
   OutputStream out = resp.getOutputStream();
   resp.setContentType("text/plain; charset=utf-8");
   resp.addHeader("Content-Disposition","attachment; filename=\"" + downloadFileName + "\"");
   out.write(downloadStringContent.getBytes(Charset.forName("UTF-8")));
   out.flush();
   out.close();

  } catch (IOException e) {
  }
 }