request.getParameter always null

[pixelmeow]

Hello,

I'm using the Apache Commons FileUpload package to upload a file,
along with some other information such as username. I'm using JSP to
send the file and info to a servlet. The problem is that the
request's parameters are always null.

The form section of the JSP:

<form action="receivefileservlet" method="POST"
enctype="multipart/form-data">
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"
width="100%">
<tr>
<td valign="middle" align="right" width="20%"
height="110" style="font-family:Arial;
font-size:16.0px;"><br />Select a file type to
upload:&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="middle" align="left" width="80%"
height="110" style="font-family:Arial;
font-size:16.0px;">
<br />
<input type="radio" name="inputradio"
value="0"/>option 1<br />
<input type="radio" name="inputradio"
value="1"/>option 2<br />
<input type="radio" name="inputradio"
value="2"/>option 3<br />
<input type="radio" name="inputradio"
value="3"/>option 4<br />
<input type="hidden" name="username" value= <%=
username %> >
<input type="hidden" name="full_name" value= <%=
full_name %> >
<input type="hidden" name="state" value= <%=
state_code %> >
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="middle" align="right" width="20%"
style="height:30.0px; font-family:Arial;
font-size:16.0px;"
height="37">Enter file name to
upload:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="middle" align="left" width="80%"
style="height:30.0px; font-family:Arial;
font-size:16.0px;"
height="37">
<input type="file" name="uploadfield"

accept="application/excel,application/vnd.ms-excel,application/x-excel,application/x-msexcel"
size="20"/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="middle" align="right" width="20%"
style="height:30.0px; font-family:Arial;
font-size:16.0px;">&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="middle" align="left" width="80%"
style="height:30.0px; font-family:Arial;
font-size:16.0px;">
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit"/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>

I've tried several ways to get the parameters from this, like:

--the way I'm used to doing it
String username = request.getParameter("username").toString();
String fullname = request.getParameter("full_name").toString();
String state = request.getParameter("state").toString();
String filetype = request.getParameter("inputradio").toString();
--First line throws nullpointerexception

--(found this on the web while googling)
Attributes attribs = new Attributes();
Map map = request.getParameterMap();
Iterator iter = map.entrySet().iterator();
while (iter.hasNext()) {
Entry n = (Entry)iter.next();
String key = n.getKey().toString();
String values[] = (String[]) n.getValue();
attribs.putValue(key,values[0].toString());
}
--map values, null, no keys or values

--The example code from Apache:
DiskFileItemFactory factory = new DiskFileItemFactory(size, tempPath);
ServletFileUpload upload = new ServletFileUpload(factory);
ServletFileUpload sfu = new ServletFileUpload();
isMultipart = sfu.isMultipartContent(ctx);
--last line ^^ throws nullpointerexception

I've been trying to find the answer for this all week, and I can't
find it. I've got some other code that worked for this, but it
depended on finding the indexOf() certain characters to get username
and state, and the file. I don't really want to do that. It was also
in a JSP rather than a servlet.

Almost bald from pulling my hair out, I'd love some help, and thank
you in advance for your consideration.

 

[Lew]

Why in the world did you set follow-up to alt.fan.heinlein?

I'm using the Apache Commons FileUpload package to upload a file,
along with some other information such as username. I'm using JSP to
send the file and info to a servlet. The problem is that the
request's parameters are always null.

--The example code from Apache:
DiskFileItemFactory factory = new DiskFileItemFactory(size, tempPath);
ServletFileUpload upload = new ServletFileUpload(factory);
ServletFileUpload sfu = new ServletFileUpload();
isMultipart = sfu.isMultipartContent(ctx);
--last line ^^ throws nullpointerexception

You didn't use the factory to create sfu.

The line didn't throw a "nullpointerexception", it threw a
"NullPointerException", am I right?

Which variable was null?

I've been trying to find the answer for this all week, and I can't
find it. I've got some other code that worked for this, but it
depended on finding the indexOf() certain characters to get username
and state, and the file. I don't really want to do that. It was also
in a JSP rather than a servlet.

Almost bald from pulling my hair out, I'd love some help, and thank
you in advance for your consideration.

If your form posted using enctype="multipart/form-data" then you need to use
org.apache.commons.fileupload.FileItem to retrieve parameters:

List items = upload.parseRequest( request );
FileItem item = getItemOfInterest( items, name );
// use your favorite algorithm to get the item from the List
String value = (item == null? null : item.getString());

- Lew

 

[pixelmeow]

Why in the world did you set follow-up to alt.fan.heinlein?

My goodness, I didn't realize. It's my usual Usenet haunt. I'll have
to go apologize to everyone there.

You didn't use the factory to create sfu.

So the line
ServletFileUpload sfu = new ServletFileUpload();
should have had its own factory, another DiskFileItemFactory?

The line didn't throw a "nullpointerexception", it threw a
"NullPointerException", am I right?

Yes, I was lazy and didn't capitalize.

Which variable was null?

For the code above, it was ctx, which I had set to null instead of
RequestContext ctx = new ServletRequestContext(request);
which I did just now after walking through the code again. I've got
it setting isMultipart to true. So far so good.

If your form posted using enctype="multipart/form-data" then you need to use
org.apache.commons.fileupload.FileItem to retrieve parameters:

List items = upload.parseRequest( request );
FileItem item = getItemOfInterest( items, name );
// use your favorite algorithm to get the item from the List
String value = (item == null? null : item.getString());

I do have something similar in my code, I just have to work with it a
bit more. Now that you've helped me get past the above problem, I can
stop pulling my hair.

Thank you so much, and have a great weekend.

--
Teresa Robinson
General Dynamics
Information Technology
Teresa.Robinson [at] gdit [dot] com
--
~teresa~
AFH Barwench

=^..^= "Through the walls! The heck with doors!" =^..^=
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The Heinlein Centennial, July 7 2007
http://www.HeinleinCentennial.com
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email my first name at pixelmeow dot com

 

[Andrew Thompson]

My goodness, I didn't realize. It's my usual Usenet haunt. I'll have
to go apologize to everyone there.

The fact you did it *again* makes me wonder whether
a) You are doing it deliberately
b) You do not know how to use your own software
to post to usenet newsgroups.

Please fix whatever the problem is, before posting again.

(alt.test is good for sorting things out)

(Group address reset to reply to c.l.j.p. - no follow-ups set)

Andrew T.