[That is, given the form:
<FORM ACTION="/servlet/FooServlet"
ENCTYPE="multipart/form-data"
METHOD=POST>
What is your name? <INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME='submitter'><br>
What file are you sending? <INPUT TYPE=FILE NAME=secretDocument><br>
<input type="submit" value=Submit><br>
</FORM>
I cannot read the submitter using request.getParameter("submitter") (it returns null). ]
Situation:
javax.servlet.HttpServletRequest.getParameter(
String) returns null when the ContentType is multipart/form-data