[FILEUPLOAD-165] Reading an uploaded file and returning that uploaded file in the exact same structure as the input file

• Type: Task
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Invalid
• Affects Version/s: 1.2
• Fix Version/s: 1.2.1

Environment

Windows XP Professional

• Assignee: Jochen Wiedmann
• Reporter: Barry Barrios
• Created: 28/Aug/08 12:36
• Updated: 03/Jun/17 17:17
• Resolved: 28/Aug/08 13:06

Description

I am using response.getWriter().write(new String(uploadItem.get() to write the uploaded input file. The code works pretty well except the output is very disorganized. I want the output to look exactly the same as the input file, in structure, the same space, the same columns, a perfect copy. However the output file, is scrammbled all together. What can be done to alter this code so that the input file looks like the output file.

Sample Code Below:

package de.herbstcampus.server;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.List;

import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;

import org.apache.commons.fileupload.FileItem;
import org.apache.commons.fileupload.FileItemFactory;
import org.apache.commons.fileupload.FileUploadException;
import org.apache.commons.fileupload.disk.DiskFileItemFactory;
import org.apache.commons.fileupload.servlet.ServletFileUpload;

public class FileUploadServlet extends HttpServlet {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1156467149259077140L;

protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request,
HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {
FileItem uploadItem = getFileItem(request);

/*

• Note this must be 'text/html', otherwise the onSubmitComplete(...)
• won't work properly and the browser may open a save dialog.
  */
  response.setContentType("text/html");

if (uploadItem == null)

{ response.getWriter().write("No data"); return; }

else

{ response.getWriter().write(new String(uploadItem.get())); }

}

@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
private FileItem getFileItem(HttpServletRequest request) {
FileItemFactory factory = new DiskFileItemFactory();
ServletFileUpload upload = new ServletFileUpload(factory);

try {
List<FileItem> items = upload.parseRequest(request);

for (FileItem item: items) {
if (!item.isFormField()
&& "uploadFormElement".equals(item.getFieldName()))

{ return item; }

}
} catch (FileUploadException e)

{ return null; }

return null;
}