问Java Servlet:为什么PrintWriter.flush()不刷新？

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public void event(CometEvent event) throws IOException, ServletException {
    HttpServletRequest request = event.getHttpServletRequest();
    HttpServletResponse response = event.getHttpServletResponse();
    if (event.getEventType() == EventType.BEGIN) {
        request.setAttribute("org.apache.tomcat.comet.timeout", 300 * 1000);
        PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
        out.println("BEGIN!");
        out.flush();
        System.out.println("EventType.BEGIN");
    } else if (event.getEventType() == EventType.READ) {
        InputStream is = request.getInputStream();
        byte[] buf = new byte[512];
        do {
            int n = is.read(buf); //can throw an IOException
            if (n > 0) {
                System.out.println("Read " + n + " bytes: " + new String(buf, 0, n) 
                        + " for session: " + request.getSession(true).getId());
            } else if (n < 0) {

                return;
            }
        } while (is.available() > 0);
        System.out.println("subtype: "+event.getEventSubType());
        System.out.println("EventType.READ");
    } else if (event.getEventType() == EventType.END) {
        PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
        out.println("END!");
        out.close();
        System.out.println("checkError: "+out.checkError());
        System.out.println(event.getEventSubType());
        System.out.println("EventType.END");
        //eventWorker.enqueue(new EndEvent(request, response));
    } else if (event.getEventType() == EventType.ERROR) {
        PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();

        out.println("ERROR!");
        out.flush();
        System.out.println("checkError: "+out.checkError());
        System.out.println("subtype: "+event.getEventSubType());

        //response.getWriter().close();
        System.out.println("EventType.ERROR");
    } else {
        (new ServletException("EXCEPTION")).printStackTrace();
    }
}