Isn't there anything available in the file upload component that can tell the what type of content is being uploaded?
Regards Awais Bajwa Sr Software Engineer MERCATOR - the IT division of the Emirates Group Emirates Aviation College- First Floor Room 111 DUBAI -United Arab Emirates Tel: +971-42-187997 Cell: +971-50-8930159 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martin Cooper Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 8:33 PM To: Jakarta Commons Users List Subject: Re: Size of the list containing file items is null. On 4/28/07, Awais Ahamed Bajwa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Worst thing is that I am getting "application/octet-stream" even for > html and PDF files ...I am sure what is happening . That's up to the browser, or other client. I don't believe there's any way to control or influence that. Your best bet is to analyse the content as it's uploaded, to determine its true type. -- Martin Cooper -----Original Message----- > From: Awais Ahamed Bajwa [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 7:56 PM > To: Jakarta Commons Users List > Subject: RE: Size of the list containing file items is null. > > No problem I shall be working on this. Thanks for your emials, one > more concern I have is, I don't want the user to upload the .exe files > using , so I am using the following > > if(fileItem1.getContentType().trim().equals("application/octet-stream" > )) > > It works sometimes, but I have noticed, sometimes the above stands > true even for text files, is there any other way to find that the > uploaded file is an executable file? Obviulsy checking the file > extension is not enough ? Any idea? > > > > > > Regards > > Awais Bajwa > > Sr Software Engineer > MERCATOR - the IT division of the Emirates Group Emirates Aviation > College- First Floor Room 111 DUBAI -United Arab Emirates > Tel: +971-42-187997 > Cell: +971-50-8930159 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Martin Cooper > Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 7:42 PM > To: Jakarta Commons Users List > Subject: Re: Size of the list containing file items is null. > > On 4/28/07, Awais Ahamed Bajwa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Martin, > > I am really very confused, so far I concluded that If I deploy the > > applicaion on Tocmat it works and if I deploy it on WebLogic the > > fileItemsList returns me no list of items after > > parseRequest(HttpServletRequest). But my requiremetn is to deploy it > > into weblogic. I am trying to find out any way..if you have any > > thing in your mind? > > > Most likely your WebLogic instance is either configured to parse > uploads automatically, or configured to block upload requests as a > security policy. > I'm not sufficiently familiar with WebLogic to tell you how to check > or change those settings, so you'll probably need to read the docs. > > -- > Martin Cooper > > > Regards > > > > Awais Bajwa > > > > Sr Software Engineer > > MERCATOR - the IT division of the Emirates Group Emirates Aviation > > College- First Floor Room 111 DUBAI -United Arab Emirates > > Tel: +971-42-187997 > > Cell: +971-50-8930159 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > Martin Cooper > > Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 6:51 PM > > To: Jakarta Commons Users List > > Subject: Re: Size of the list containing file items is null. > > > > On 4/28/07, Awais Ahamed Bajwa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Thanks Martin, > > > But I am not consuming request anywhere, is it a bug in the > > > FileUpload > > > > > or what? > > > > > > Are you sure the container is not consuming the stream before you > > get a chance to access it? Or that you are not causing the container > > to consume it by trying to access request parameters? Have you > > looked at the request on the wire to make sure that it's > > well-formed? Have you verified that the max size you are setting is > > a meaningful value, or tried taking that line out (along with all > > the other lines that aren't > > > doing anything useful)? > > > > -- > > Martin Cooper > > > > > > Martin Wrote: > > > > > > > > > Please see the first entry in the FileUpload FAQ: > > > > > > http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/fileupload/faq.html > > > > > > Also: > > > > > > * Using FileUpload in a JSP page is not recommended. You should > > > use a servlet instead. > > > * Your code is configuring diskFileItemFactory but never using it. > > > > > > -- > > > Martin Cooper > > > > > > > > > On 4/27/07, Awais Ahamed Bajwa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi folks, > > > > > > > > > > > > I have a JSP containing five ITEMs, > > > > > > > > Here is some code of the JSP: > > > > > > > > FORM: > > > > <form name="frmPR" method="post" > > > action="/upload/servlet/UploadServlet" > > > > id="frmPR" enctype="multipart/form-data"> > > > > > > > > FILE ITEMS: > > > > <input name="document" id="document" type="file" > > > > class="textbox"/> > > > > > I have five items. > > > > > > > > > > > > Here is my servlet code: > > > > > > > > File repositoryPath=null; > > > > a List uploadedFiles=new > ArrayList(); > > > > HttpSession session = > > > > request.getSession(true); > > > > StringBuffer errors=new > > > StringBuffer(); > > > > if > > > > (!ServletFileUpload.isMultipartContent(request)){ > > > > > > > > response.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_NO_CONTENT); > > > > } > > > > ServletFileUpload > > > > servletFileUpload = new ServletFileUpload(new > DiskFileItemFactory()); > > > > DiskFileItemFactory > > > > diskFileItemFactory = new DiskFileItemFactory(); > > > > > > > > diskFileItemFactory.setSizeThreshold(40960); /* the unit is > > > > bytes > */ > > > > List fileItemsList = null; > > > > > > > > repositoryPath = new > > > > File(Configurations.getRootFileLocation()); > > > > > > > > diskFileItemFactory.setRepository(repositoryPath); > > > > > > > > servletFileUpload.setSizeMax(Configurations.getMaximumFileSize() > > > > ); > > > > /* the unit is bytes */ > > > > > > > > try { > > > > fileItemsList = > > > > servletFileUpload.parseRequest(request); > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > When I check the above FileItemList, it returns me the size > > > > equal > > > > > to 0 > > > > > > > > > > > > AM I Missing something:????? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards > > > > Awais Bajwa > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards > > > > > > > > Awais Bajwa > > > > > > > > Sr Software Engineer > > > > MERCATOR - the IT division of the Emirates Group Emirates > > > > Aviation > > > > College- First Floor Room 111 DUBAI -United Arab Emirates > > > > Tel: +971-42-187997 > > > > Cell: +971-50-8930159 > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > -- > > > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
