MYFaces JSF UploadedFile Object

[Jeremy Wilson]

When using the object in the backing bean I get two different results with different browsers. When using IE the getName method returns the Path information along with the file name. When using FireFox only the file name is returned with getName. Does anyone have any clue as to which is operating correctly? Any other information on these differences would be appreciated.

thanks

[Jamie Williams]

Hi Jeremy

This little difference was a real for me when I first encountered it! I was doing my development with Firefox and everyone else was using IE. Depending on where the file was on their computer they got different exceptions and I had no idea what was going on! I don't know which browser you would say is 'right', but it's not too hard to work with both in your application:

int index = myFile.getName().lastIndexOf("\\");
    
if(index != -1)
{
uploadedFileName = myFile.getName().substring(index + 1);
}
else
{
uploadedFileName = myFile.getName();
}

If anyone has a shorter way of doing this I'd appreciate them posting it!

[Jeremy Wilson]

That worked for me. I appreciate it. I just wish there would be more consistency between browsers, but I know that will never happen. I use Firefox all the time as well and it is was in testing that the issue was discovered.