rich:fileUpload byte[] array is null

[georgemic]

I've looked up all discussions within richfaces pertaining to rich:fileUpload and couldn't find where there was any solution in RF3.3.3 where the rich:fileUpload functionality successfully calls the listener with a populated UploadEvent object where the event.getUploadItem().getData() attribute is null (after posting to the listener). I am using IE7, FF3.6.8, Tomcat 6 on a WinXP machine, RichFaces 3.3.3.Final, JSF1.2, Facelets-1.1.14. I am using the code from the demo website. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated. The code snippets are as follows...

home.xhtml

<rich:fileUpload fileUploadListener="#{myAppView.fileUploadListener}"
id="upload"
maxFilesQuantity="#{myAppView.uploadsAvailable}"
immediateUpload="#{myAppView.autoUpload}"
acceptedTypes="jpg, gif, png, bmp" allowFlash="#{myAppView.useFlash}">
<a4j:support event="onuploadcomplete" reRender="info" />
</rich:fileUpload>

MyAppView.java

 

public void fileUploadListener(UploadEvent event) {
     try {          String fileName = event.getUploadItem().getFileName();
          System.
out.println("INSIDE fileUploadListener - " + fileName);          UploadItem item = event.getUploadItem();

          if (item != null && item.getData() != null) {               File fileData = 
new File();               fileData.setData(item.getData());
               fileData.setLength(item.getData().
length);               fileData.setName(item.getFileName());
               getFiles().add(fileData);

               uploadsAvailable--;          } 
else {               System.
out.println("Byte data is null");          }
     } 
catch(Exception e) {          e.printStackTrace();
     }
}

 

OUTPUT

INSIDE fileUploadListener - C:\Documents and Settings\Michael\My Documents\My Pictures\87[1].gif
Byte data is null

[georgemic]

My apologies, that wasn't posted correctly......

I've looked up all discussions within richfaces pertaining to rich:fileUpload and couldn't find where there was any solution in RF3.3.3 where the rich:fileUpload functionality successfully calls the listener with a populated UploadEvent object where the event.getUploadItem().getData() attribute is null (after posting to the listener). I am using IE7, FF3.6.8, Tomcat 6 on a WinXP machine, RichFaces 3.3.3.Final, JSF1.2, Facelets-1.1.14. I am using the code from the demo website. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.

Here is the missing web.xml snippets too...

<context-param>

<param-name>createTempFiles</param-name>

<param-value>true</param-value>

</context-param>

<context-param>

<param-name>maxRequestSize</param-name>

<param-value>1024000</param-value>

</context-param>

<context-param>

<param-name>tempFilesDirectory</param-name>

<param-value>d:</param-value>

</context-param>

[nbelaevski]

Hi Michael,

According to documentation, you should be using another method: http://docs.jboss.org/richfaces/latest_3_3_X/en/apidoc_framework/org/richfaces/model/UploadItem.html#getData()