getting the full file path from FormFile

[Steve Ashton]

Hi, I am reading in a .csv file from my JSP page and I want to pass the String path from my Action class to the logic layer class. When I try and pass it at the moment, it throws an FileNotFound error as it is only passing the file name. i.e
Passing
text.csv
not
C:\text.csv
Is there anyway of detirming the full file path using the FormFile class?
Thanks in advance

[David Yutzy]

Here is a method I use to handle uploading a file using the commons libraries from Apache. You should be able to see how to get what you want out of it (and more).

public ActionForward upload(ActionMapping mapping, ActionForm form, HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException, ServletException {
init(request, Attachments.class);
try {
/* Receive file and save to local file */
UploadForm theForm = (UploadForm) form;
FormFile file = theForm.getTheFile();

Attachment attachment = new Attachment();
attachment.setFileName("" + theForm.getTheFile());
attachment.setContentType(file.getContentType());
attachment.setSize(file.getFileSize());

InputStream stream = file.getInputStream();
getLogger().debug(".upload(): OutputStream = " + theForm.getFilePath() + "\\" + theForm.getTheFile());
getLogger().debug(".upload(): attachment.getFileName() = " + attachment.getFileName());
OutputStream bos = new FileOutputStream(theForm.getFilePath() + "\\" + theForm.getTheFile());
int bytesRead = 0;
byte[] buffer = new byte[8192];
while ((bytesRead = stream.read(buffer, 0, 8192)) != -1) {
bos.write(buffer, 0, bytesRead);
}
bos.close();
stream.close();

UploadForm offerForm = (UploadForm)getSession().getAttribute("UploadForm");
ArrayList attachments;

if (offerForm.getAttachments() != null) {
attachments = (ArrayList)offerForm.getAttachments();
} else {
attachments = new ArrayList();
}
/* Add attchment object to attachments ArrayList */
attachments.add(attachment);
offerForm.setAttachments(attachments);

/* Recalculate total attachment size */
int Total = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < attachments.size(); i++) {
Total += ((Attachment)attachments.get(i)).getSize();
}

offerForm.setTotalSize(Total);

/* Update Session form (with new attachments) */
getSession().setAttribute("UploadForm", offerForm);
/* Delete temp file */
file.destroy();

return (mapping.findForward(Constants.MANAGE));
} catch (Exception e) {
getLogger().error(".upload(): EXCEPTION: " + e.toString());
e.printStackTrace();
getErrors().add("upload", new ActionError("errors.general"));
saveErrors(request, getErrors());

return (mapping.findForward(Constants.ERROR));
}
}