That's great Wes. I am using the file upload but only sparingly (and hacked) due to some existing glitches.
I read how the Stripes framework does file upload: http://www.stripesframework.org/display/stripes/File+Uploads Thought you might find it interesting/useful.. Andy > Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 16:48:56 -0400 > Subject: Re: About the "struts.multipart.saveDir" for file upload > From: w...@wantii.com > To: user@struts.apache.org > > I don't know if I would suggest it, but you might be able to call - > > Dispatcher.getInstance().setMultipartSaveDir(String path) > > Now, I can't remember if there is one dispatcher per thread, so you > might have to call it in an interceptor. > > However, I would strongly suggest against doing that. > > I am working on an enhanced file upload plugin right now and will > probably commit it to the sandbox by tomorrow. The problem with the > stock file upload capability is that the FileItemFactory and > FileUpload objects are not available to be overridden, and hardly any > configuration is made visible. So, I've got a new > JakartaMultiPartRequest class I'll have out by tomorrow. > > -Wes > > On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 4:37 PM, Andy <andrh...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > It defaults but I think he's wondering how he can set the dir > > programatically. > > > > > > > >> Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 15:35:33 -0500 > >> Subject: Re: About the "struts.multipart.saveDir" for file upload > >> From: burtonrho...@gmail.com > >> To: user@struts.apache.org > >> > >> I wasn't aware that it was required. If you don't specify doesn't it > >> default to the 'work' directory? > >> > >> On 6/3/09, Qunhuan Mei <q...@qm18.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote: > >> > > >> > Hi, > >> > > >> > When implementing file upload, it is required to specify an absolute > >> > directory in struts.xml such as following: > >> > > >> > <constant name="struts.multipart.saveDir" value="C:/fileUploadTempDir" > >> > /> > >> > > >> > But this might be difficult to achieve, say when the project war is > >> > deployed > >> > in a external shared server and we do not have much idea about the > >> > directory > >> > structure of the target server machine. > >> > > >> > I was wondering if there is any recommended way to handle this issue. > >> > > >> > Ideally I would like to specify the directory in java code where I can > >> > detect the current working directory and specify the saveDir > >> > accordingly. Is > >> > this possible? > >> > > >> > Many thanks in advance, > >> > > >> > Qunhuan > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org > >> > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org > >> > > >> > > >> > >> -- > >> Sent from my mobile device > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org > >> For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org > >> > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. > > http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_BR_life_in_synch_062009 > > > > -- > Wes Wannemacher > Author - Struts 2 In Practice > Includes coverage of Struts 2.1, Spring, JPA, JQuery, Sitemesh and more > http://www.manning.com/wannemacher > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org > _________________________________________________________________ Insert movie times and more without leaving Hotmail®. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/QuickAdd?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_QuickAdd_062009
