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I'm trying to upload a file using PrimeFaces, but the fileUploadListener method isn't being invoked after the upload finishes.
Here is the view:
<h:form>
<p:fileUpload fileUploadListener="#{fileUploadController.handleFileUpload}"
mode="advanced"
update="messages"
sizeLimit="100000"
allowTypes="/(\.|\/)(gif|jpe?g|png)$/"/>
<p:growl id="messages" showDetail="true"/>
</h:form>
And the bean:
#ManagedBean
#RequestScoped
public class FileUploadController {
public void handleFileUpload(FileUploadEvent event) {
FacesMessage msg = new FacesMessage("Succesful", event.getFile().getFileName() + " is uploaded.");
FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().addMessage(null, msg);
}
}
I've placed a breakpoint on the method, but it's never called. When using mode="simple" and ajax="false", it is been invoked, but I want it to work in the advanced mode. I'm using Netbeans and Glassfish 3.1.
How to configure and troubleshoot <p:fileUpload> depends on PrimeFaces and JSF version.
All PrimeFaces versions
The below requirements apply to all PrimeFaces versions:
The enctype attribute of the <h:form> needs to be set to multipart/form-data. When this is absent, the ajax upload may just work, but the general browser behavior is unspecified and dependent on form composition and webbrowser make/version. Just always specify it to be on the safe side.
When using mode="advanced" (i.e. ajax upload, this is the default), then make sure that you've a <h:head> in the (master) template. This will ensure that the necessary JavaScript files are properly included. This is not required for mode="simple" (non-ajax upload), but this would break look'n'feel and functionality of all other PrimeFaces components, so you don't want to miss that anyway.
When using mode="simple" (i.e. non-ajax upload), then ajax must be disabled on any PrimeFaces command buttons/links by ajax="false", and you must use <p:fileUpload value> with <p:commandButton action> instead of <p:fileUpload listener>.
So, if you want (auto) file upload with ajax support (mind the <h:head>!):
<h:form enctype="multipart/form-data">
<p:fileUpload listener="#{bean.upload}" auto="true" /> // For PrimeFaces version older than 8.x this should be fileUploadListener instead of listener.
</h:form>
public void upload(FileUploadEvent event) {
UploadedFile uploadedFile = event.getFile();
String fileName = uploadedFile.getFileName();
String contentType = uploadedFile.getContentType();
byte[] contents = uploadedFile.getContents(); // Or getInputStream()
// ... Save it, now!
}
Or if you want non-ajax file upload:
<h:form enctype="multipart/form-data">
<p:fileUpload mode="simple" value="#{bean.uploadedFile}" />
<p:commandButton value="Upload" action="#{bean.upload}" ajax="false" />
</h:form>
private transient UploadedFile uploadedFile; // +getter+setter
public void upload() {
String fileName = uploadedFile.getFileName();
String contentType = uploadedFile.getContentType();
byte[] contents = uploadedFile.getContents(); // Or getInputStream()
// ... Save it, now!
}
Do note that ajax-related attributes such as auto, allowTypes, update, onstart, oncomplete, etc are ignored in mode="simple". So it's needless to specify them in such case.
Also note that the UploadedFile property is declared transient just to raise awareness that this is absolutely not serializable. The whole thing should be placed in a request scoped bean instead of a view or even session scoped one. If this is the case, then you can safely remove the transient attribute.
Also note that you should immediately read and save the file contents inside the abovementioned methods and not in a different bean method invoked by a later HTTP request. This is because technically speaking the uploaded file contents is request scoped and thus unavailable in a later/different HTTP request. Any attempt to read it in a later request will most likely end up with java.io.FileNotFoundException on the temporary file and only cause confusion.
PrimeFaces 8.x or newer
Configuration is identical to the 5.x version info below, but if your listener is not called, check if the method attribute is called listener and not fileUploadListener like as in versions before 8.x.
PrimeFaces 5.x
This does not require any additional configuration if you're using at least JSF 2.2 and your faces-config.xml is also declared conform at least JSF 2.2 version. You do not need the PrimeFaces file upload filter at all and you also do not need the primefaces.UPLOADER context parameter in web.xml. In case it's unclear to you how to properly install and configure JSF depending on the target server used, head to How to properly install and configure JSF libraries via Maven? and "Installing JSF" section of our JSF wiki page.
If you're however not using JSF 2.2 yet and you can't upgrade JSF 2.0/2.1 to 2.2 yet (should be effortless though when already on a Servlet 3.0 compatible container), then you need to manually register the below PrimeFaces file upload filter in web.xml (it will parse the multi part request and fill the regular request parameter map so that FacesServlet can continue working as usual):
<filter>
<filter-name>primeFacesFileUploadFilter</filter-name>
<filter-class>org.primefaces.webapp.filter.FileUploadFilter</filter-class>
</filter>
<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>primeFacesFileUploadFilter</filter-name>
<servlet-name>facesServlet</servlet-name>
</filter-mapping>
The <servlet-name> value of facesServlet must match exactly the value in the <servlet> entry of the javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet in the same web.xml. So if it's e.g. Faces Servlet, then you need to edit it accordingly to match.
PrimeFaces 4.x
The same story as PrimeFaces 5.x applies on 4.x as well.
There's only a potential problem in getting the uploaded file content by UploadedFile#getContents(). This will return null when native API is used instead of Apache Commons FileUpload. You need to use UploadedFile#getInputStream() instead. See also How to insert uploaded image from p:fileUpload as BLOB in MySQL?
Another potential problem with native API will manifest is when the upload component is present in a form on which a different "regular" ajax request is fired which does not process the upload component. See also File upload doesn't work with AJAX in PrimeFaces 4.0/JSF 2.2.x - javax.servlet.ServletException: The request content-type is not a multipart/form-data.
Both problems can also be solved by switching to Apache Commons FileUpload. See PrimeFaces 3.x section for detail.
PrimeFaces 3.x
This version does not support JSF 2.2 / Servlet 3.0 native file upload. You need to manually install Apache Commons FileUpload and explicitly register the file upload filter in web.xml.
You need the following libraries:
commons-fileupload.jar
commons-io.jar
Those must be present in the webapp's runtime classpath. When using Maven, make sure they are at least runtime scoped (default scope of compile is also good). When manually carrying around JARs, make sure they end up in /WEB-INF/lib folder.
The file upload filter registration detail can be found in PrimeFaces 5.x section here above. In case you're using PrimeFaces 4+ and you'd like to explicitly use Apache Commons FileUpload instead of JSF 2.2 / Servlet 3.0 native file upload, then you need next to the mentioned libraries and filter also the below context param in web.xml:
<context-param>
<param-name>primefaces.UPLOADER</param-name>
<param-value>commons</param-value><!-- Allowed values: auto, native and commons. -->
</context-param>
Troubleshooting
In case it still doesn't work, here are another possible causes unrelated to PrimeFaces configuration:
Only if you're using the PrimeFaces file upload filter: There's another Filter in your webapp which runs before the PrimeFaces file upload filter and has already consumed the request body by e.g. calling getParameter(), getParameterMap(), getReader(), etcetera. A request body can be parsed only once. When you call one of those methods before the file upload filter does its job, then the file upload filter will get an empty request body.
To fix this, you'd need to put the <filter-mapping> of the file upload filter before the other filter in web.xml. If the request is not a multipart/form-data request, then the file upload filter will just continue as if nothing happened. If you use filters that are automagically added because they use annotations (e.g. PrettyFaces), you might need to add explicit ordering via web.xml. See How to define servlet filter order of execution using annotations in WAR
Only if you're using the PrimeFaces file upload filter: There's another Filter in your webapp which runs before the PrimeFaces file upload filter and has performed a RequestDispatcher#forward() call. Usually, URL rewrite filters such as PrettyFaces do this. This triggers the FORWARD dispatcher, but filters listen by default on REQUEST dispatcher only.
To fix this, you'd need to either put the PrimeFaces file upload filter before the forwarding filter, or to reconfigure the PrimeFaces file upload filter to listen on FORWARD dispatcher too:
<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>primeFacesFileUploadFilter</filter-name>
<servlet-name>facesServlet</servlet-name>
<dispatcher>REQUEST</dispatcher>
<dispatcher>FORWARD</dispatcher>
</filter-mapping>
There's a nested <h:form>. This is illegal in HTML and the browser behavior is unspecified. More than often, the browser won't send the expected data on submit. Make sure that you are not nesting <h:form>. This is completely regardless of the form's enctype. Just do not nest forms at all.
If you're still having problems, well, debug the HTTP traffic. Open the webbrowser's developer toolset (press F12 in Chrome/Firebug23+/IE9+) and check the Net/Network section. If the HTTP part looks fine, then debug the JSF code. Put a breakpoint on FileUploadRenderer#decode() and advance from there.
Saving uploaded file
After you finally got it to work, your next question shall probably be like "How/where do I save the uploaded file?". Well, continue here: How to save uploaded file in JSF.
You are using prettyfaces too? Then set dispatcher to FORWARD:
<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>PrimeFaces FileUpload Filter</filter-name>
<servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
<dispatcher>FORWARD</dispatcher>
</filter-mapping>
One point I noticed with Primefaces 3.4 and Netbeans 7.2:
Remove the Netbeans auto-filled parameters for function handleFileUpload i.e. (event) otherwise event could be null.
<h:form>
<p:fileUpload fileUploadListener="#{fileUploadController.handleFileUpload(event)}"
mode="advanced"
update="messages"
sizeLimit="100000"
allowTypes="/(\.|\/)(gif|jpe?g|png)$/"/>
<p:growl id="messages" showDetail="true"/>
</h:form>
Looks like javax.faces.SEPARATOR_CHAR must not be equal to _
Putting p:fileUpload inside a h:form solved the problem at my case.
I had same issue with primefaces 5.3 and I went through all the points described by BalusC with no result. I followed his advice of debugging FileUploadRenderer#decode() and I discovered that my web.xml was unproperly set
<context-param>
<param-name>primefaces.UPLOADER</param-name>
<param-value>auto|native|commons</param-value>
</context-param>
The param-value must be 1 of these 3 values but not all of them!! The whole context-param section can be removed and the default will be auto
bean.xhtml
<h:form enctype="multipart/form-data">
<p:outputLabel value="Choose your file" for="submissionFile" />
<p:fileUpload id="submissionFile"
value="#{bean.file}"
fileUploadListener="#{bean.uploadFile}" mode="advanced"
auto="true" dragDropSupport="false" update="messages"
sizeLimit="100000" fileLimit="1" allowTypes="/(\.|\/)(pdf)$/" />
</h:form>
Bean.java
#ManagedBean
#ViewScoped
public class Submission implements Serializable {
private UploadedFile file;
//Gets
//Sets
public void uploadFasta(FileUploadEvent event) throws FileNotFoundException, IOException, InterruptedException {
String content = IOUtils.toString(event.getFile().getInputstream(), "UTF-8");
String filePath = PATH + "resources/submissions/" + nameOfMyFile + ".pdf";
MyFileWriter.writeFile(filePath, content);
FacesMessage message = new FacesMessage(FacesMessage.SEVERITY_INFO,
event.getFile().getFileName() + " is uploaded.", null);
FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().addMessage(null, message);
}
}
web.xml
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>*.xhtml</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<filter>
<filter-name>PrimeFaces FileUpload Filter</filter-name>
<filter-class>org.primefaces.webapp.filter.FileUploadFilter</filter-class>
</filter>
<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>PrimeFaces FileUpload Filter</filter-name>
<servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
</filter-mapping>
Neither of the suggestions here were helpful for me. So I had to debug primefaces and found the reason of the problem was:
java.lang.IllegalStateException: No multipart config for servlet fileUpload
Then I have added section into my faces servlet in the web.xml. So that has fixed the problem:
<servlet>
<servlet-name>main</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>org.apache.myfaces.webapp.MyFacesServlet</servlet-class>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
<multipart-config>
<location>/tmp</location>
<max-file-size>20848820</max-file-size>
<max-request-size>418018841</max-request-size>
<file-size-threshold>1048576</file-size-threshold>
</multipart-config>
</servlet>
For people using Tomee or Tomcat and can't get it working, try to create context.xml in META-INF and add allowCasualMultipartParsing="true"
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Context allowCasualMultipartParsing="true">
<!-- empty or not depending your project -->
</Context>
With JBoss 7.2(Undertow) and PrimeFaces 6.0 org.primefaces.webapp.filter.FileUploadFilter should be removed from web.xml and context param file uploader should be set to native:
<context-param>
<param-name>primefaces.UPLOADER</param-name>
<param-value>native</param-value>
</context-param>
I had the same issue, due to the fact that I had all the configuration that describe in this post, but in my case was because I had two jQuery imports (one of them was PrimeFaces's bundled jQuery) which caused conflicts to upload files.
Manually adding / loading jQuery with PrimeFaces results in Uncaught TypeErrors
I'm trying to upload a file using PrimeFaces, but the fileUploadListener method isn't being invoked after the upload finishes.
Here is the view:
<h:form>
<p:fileUpload fileUploadListener="#{fileUploadController.handleFileUpload}"
mode="advanced"
update="messages"
sizeLimit="100000"
allowTypes="/(\.|\/)(gif|jpe?g|png)$/"/>
<p:growl id="messages" showDetail="true"/>
</h:form>
And the bean:
#ManagedBean
#RequestScoped
public class FileUploadController {
public void handleFileUpload(FileUploadEvent event) {
FacesMessage msg = new FacesMessage("Succesful", event.getFile().getFileName() + " is uploaded.");
FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().addMessage(null, msg);
}
}
I've placed a breakpoint on the method, but it's never called. When using mode="simple" and ajax="false", it is been invoked, but I want it to work in the advanced mode. I'm using Netbeans and Glassfish 3.1.
How to configure and troubleshoot <p:fileUpload> depends on PrimeFaces and JSF version.
All PrimeFaces versions
The below requirements apply to all PrimeFaces versions:
The enctype attribute of the <h:form> needs to be set to multipart/form-data. When this is absent, the ajax upload may just work, but the general browser behavior is unspecified and dependent on form composition and webbrowser make/version. Just always specify it to be on the safe side.
When using mode="advanced" (i.e. ajax upload, this is the default), then make sure that you've a <h:head> in the (master) template. This will ensure that the necessary JavaScript files are properly included. This is not required for mode="simple" (non-ajax upload), but this would break look'n'feel and functionality of all other PrimeFaces components, so you don't want to miss that anyway.
When using mode="simple" (i.e. non-ajax upload), then ajax must be disabled on any PrimeFaces command buttons/links by ajax="false", and you must use <p:fileUpload value> with <p:commandButton action> instead of <p:fileUpload listener>.
So, if you want (auto) file upload with ajax support (mind the <h:head>!):
<h:form enctype="multipart/form-data">
<p:fileUpload listener="#{bean.upload}" auto="true" /> // For PrimeFaces version older than 8.x this should be fileUploadListener instead of listener.
</h:form>
public void upload(FileUploadEvent event) {
UploadedFile uploadedFile = event.getFile();
String fileName = uploadedFile.getFileName();
String contentType = uploadedFile.getContentType();
byte[] contents = uploadedFile.getContents(); // Or getInputStream()
// ... Save it, now!
}
Or if you want non-ajax file upload:
<h:form enctype="multipart/form-data">
<p:fileUpload mode="simple" value="#{bean.uploadedFile}" />
<p:commandButton value="Upload" action="#{bean.upload}" ajax="false" />
</h:form>
private transient UploadedFile uploadedFile; // +getter+setter
public void upload() {
String fileName = uploadedFile.getFileName();
String contentType = uploadedFile.getContentType();
byte[] contents = uploadedFile.getContents(); // Or getInputStream()
// ... Save it, now!
}
Do note that ajax-related attributes such as auto, allowTypes, update, onstart, oncomplete, etc are ignored in mode="simple". So it's needless to specify them in such case.
Also note that the UploadedFile property is declared transient just to raise awareness that this is absolutely not serializable. The whole thing should be placed in a request scoped bean instead of a view or even session scoped one. If this is the case, then you can safely remove the transient attribute.
Also note that you should immediately read and save the file contents inside the abovementioned methods and not in a different bean method invoked by a later HTTP request. This is because technically speaking the uploaded file contents is request scoped and thus unavailable in a later/different HTTP request. Any attempt to read it in a later request will most likely end up with java.io.FileNotFoundException on the temporary file and only cause confusion.
PrimeFaces 8.x or newer
Configuration is identical to the 5.x version info below, but if your listener is not called, check if the method attribute is called listener and not fileUploadListener like as in versions before 8.x.
PrimeFaces 5.x
This does not require any additional configuration if you're using at least JSF 2.2 and your faces-config.xml is also declared conform at least JSF 2.2 version. You do not need the PrimeFaces file upload filter at all and you also do not need the primefaces.UPLOADER context parameter in web.xml. In case it's unclear to you how to properly install and configure JSF depending on the target server used, head to How to properly install and configure JSF libraries via Maven? and "Installing JSF" section of our JSF wiki page.
If you're however not using JSF 2.2 yet and you can't upgrade JSF 2.0/2.1 to 2.2 yet (should be effortless though when already on a Servlet 3.0 compatible container), then you need to manually register the below PrimeFaces file upload filter in web.xml (it will parse the multi part request and fill the regular request parameter map so that FacesServlet can continue working as usual):
<filter>
<filter-name>primeFacesFileUploadFilter</filter-name>
<filter-class>org.primefaces.webapp.filter.FileUploadFilter</filter-class>
</filter>
<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>primeFacesFileUploadFilter</filter-name>
<servlet-name>facesServlet</servlet-name>
</filter-mapping>
The <servlet-name> value of facesServlet must match exactly the value in the <servlet> entry of the javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet in the same web.xml. So if it's e.g. Faces Servlet, then you need to edit it accordingly to match.
PrimeFaces 4.x
The same story as PrimeFaces 5.x applies on 4.x as well.
There's only a potential problem in getting the uploaded file content by UploadedFile#getContents(). This will return null when native API is used instead of Apache Commons FileUpload. You need to use UploadedFile#getInputStream() instead. See also How to insert uploaded image from p:fileUpload as BLOB in MySQL?
Another potential problem with native API will manifest is when the upload component is present in a form on which a different "regular" ajax request is fired which does not process the upload component. See also File upload doesn't work with AJAX in PrimeFaces 4.0/JSF 2.2.x - javax.servlet.ServletException: The request content-type is not a multipart/form-data.
Both problems can also be solved by switching to Apache Commons FileUpload. See PrimeFaces 3.x section for detail.
PrimeFaces 3.x
This version does not support JSF 2.2 / Servlet 3.0 native file upload. You need to manually install Apache Commons FileUpload and explicitly register the file upload filter in web.xml.
You need the following libraries:
commons-fileupload.jar
commons-io.jar
Those must be present in the webapp's runtime classpath. When using Maven, make sure they are at least runtime scoped (default scope of compile is also good). When manually carrying around JARs, make sure they end up in /WEB-INF/lib folder.
The file upload filter registration detail can be found in PrimeFaces 5.x section here above. In case you're using PrimeFaces 4+ and you'd like to explicitly use Apache Commons FileUpload instead of JSF 2.2 / Servlet 3.0 native file upload, then you need next to the mentioned libraries and filter also the below context param in web.xml:
<context-param>
<param-name>primefaces.UPLOADER</param-name>
<param-value>commons</param-value><!-- Allowed values: auto, native and commons. -->
</context-param>
Troubleshooting
In case it still doesn't work, here are another possible causes unrelated to PrimeFaces configuration:
Only if you're using the PrimeFaces file upload filter: There's another Filter in your webapp which runs before the PrimeFaces file upload filter and has already consumed the request body by e.g. calling getParameter(), getParameterMap(), getReader(), etcetera. A request body can be parsed only once. When you call one of those methods before the file upload filter does its job, then the file upload filter will get an empty request body.
To fix this, you'd need to put the <filter-mapping> of the file upload filter before the other filter in web.xml. If the request is not a multipart/form-data request, then the file upload filter will just continue as if nothing happened. If you use filters that are automagically added because they use annotations (e.g. PrettyFaces), you might need to add explicit ordering via web.xml. See How to define servlet filter order of execution using annotations in WAR
Only if you're using the PrimeFaces file upload filter: There's another Filter in your webapp which runs before the PrimeFaces file upload filter and has performed a RequestDispatcher#forward() call. Usually, URL rewrite filters such as PrettyFaces do this. This triggers the FORWARD dispatcher, but filters listen by default on REQUEST dispatcher only.
To fix this, you'd need to either put the PrimeFaces file upload filter before the forwarding filter, or to reconfigure the PrimeFaces file upload filter to listen on FORWARD dispatcher too:
<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>primeFacesFileUploadFilter</filter-name>
<servlet-name>facesServlet</servlet-name>
<dispatcher>REQUEST</dispatcher>
<dispatcher>FORWARD</dispatcher>
</filter-mapping>
There's a nested <h:form>. This is illegal in HTML and the browser behavior is unspecified. More than often, the browser won't send the expected data on submit. Make sure that you are not nesting <h:form>. This is completely regardless of the form's enctype. Just do not nest forms at all.
If you're still having problems, well, debug the HTTP traffic. Open the webbrowser's developer toolset (press F12 in Chrome/Firebug23+/IE9+) and check the Net/Network section. If the HTTP part looks fine, then debug the JSF code. Put a breakpoint on FileUploadRenderer#decode() and advance from there.
Saving uploaded file
After you finally got it to work, your next question shall probably be like "How/where do I save the uploaded file?". Well, continue here: How to save uploaded file in JSF.
You are using prettyfaces too? Then set dispatcher to FORWARD:
<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>PrimeFaces FileUpload Filter</filter-name>
<servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
<dispatcher>FORWARD</dispatcher>
</filter-mapping>
One point I noticed with Primefaces 3.4 and Netbeans 7.2:
Remove the Netbeans auto-filled parameters for function handleFileUpload i.e. (event) otherwise event could be null.
<h:form>
<p:fileUpload fileUploadListener="#{fileUploadController.handleFileUpload(event)}"
mode="advanced"
update="messages"
sizeLimit="100000"
allowTypes="/(\.|\/)(gif|jpe?g|png)$/"/>
<p:growl id="messages" showDetail="true"/>
</h:form>
Looks like javax.faces.SEPARATOR_CHAR must not be equal to _
Putting p:fileUpload inside a h:form solved the problem at my case.
I had same issue with primefaces 5.3 and I went through all the points described by BalusC with no result. I followed his advice of debugging FileUploadRenderer#decode() and I discovered that my web.xml was unproperly set
<context-param>
<param-name>primefaces.UPLOADER</param-name>
<param-value>auto|native|commons</param-value>
</context-param>
The param-value must be 1 of these 3 values but not all of them!! The whole context-param section can be removed and the default will be auto
bean.xhtml
<h:form enctype="multipart/form-data">
<p:outputLabel value="Choose your file" for="submissionFile" />
<p:fileUpload id="submissionFile"
value="#{bean.file}"
fileUploadListener="#{bean.uploadFile}" mode="advanced"
auto="true" dragDropSupport="false" update="messages"
sizeLimit="100000" fileLimit="1" allowTypes="/(\.|\/)(pdf)$/" />
</h:form>
Bean.java
#ManagedBean
#ViewScoped
public class Submission implements Serializable {
private UploadedFile file;
//Gets
//Sets
public void uploadFasta(FileUploadEvent event) throws FileNotFoundException, IOException, InterruptedException {
String content = IOUtils.toString(event.getFile().getInputstream(), "UTF-8");
String filePath = PATH + "resources/submissions/" + nameOfMyFile + ".pdf";
MyFileWriter.writeFile(filePath, content);
FacesMessage message = new FacesMessage(FacesMessage.SEVERITY_INFO,
event.getFile().getFileName() + " is uploaded.", null);
FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().addMessage(null, message);
}
}
web.xml
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>*.xhtml</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<filter>
<filter-name>PrimeFaces FileUpload Filter</filter-name>
<filter-class>org.primefaces.webapp.filter.FileUploadFilter</filter-class>
</filter>
<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>PrimeFaces FileUpload Filter</filter-name>
<servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
</filter-mapping>
Neither of the suggestions here were helpful for me. So I had to debug primefaces and found the reason of the problem was:
java.lang.IllegalStateException: No multipart config for servlet fileUpload
Then I have added section into my faces servlet in the web.xml. So that has fixed the problem:
<servlet>
<servlet-name>main</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>org.apache.myfaces.webapp.MyFacesServlet</servlet-class>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
<multipart-config>
<location>/tmp</location>
<max-file-size>20848820</max-file-size>
<max-request-size>418018841</max-request-size>
<file-size-threshold>1048576</file-size-threshold>
</multipart-config>
</servlet>
For people using Tomee or Tomcat and can't get it working, try to create context.xml in META-INF and add allowCasualMultipartParsing="true"
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Context allowCasualMultipartParsing="true">
<!-- empty or not depending your project -->
</Context>
With JBoss 7.2(Undertow) and PrimeFaces 6.0 org.primefaces.webapp.filter.FileUploadFilter should be removed from web.xml and context param file uploader should be set to native:
<context-param>
<param-name>primefaces.UPLOADER</param-name>
<param-value>native</param-value>
</context-param>
I had the same issue, due to the fact that I had all the configuration that describe in this post, but in my case was because I had two jQuery imports (one of them was PrimeFaces's bundled jQuery) which caused conflicts to upload files.
Manually adding / loading jQuery with PrimeFaces results in Uncaught TypeErrors
I'm trying to upload a file using PrimeFaces, but the fileUploadListener method isn't being invoked after the upload finishes.
Here is the view:
<h:form>
<p:fileUpload fileUploadListener="#{fileUploadController.handleFileUpload}"
mode="advanced"
update="messages"
sizeLimit="100000"
allowTypes="/(\.|\/)(gif|jpe?g|png)$/"/>
<p:growl id="messages" showDetail="true"/>
</h:form>
And the bean:
#ManagedBean
#RequestScoped
public class FileUploadController {
public void handleFileUpload(FileUploadEvent event) {
FacesMessage msg = new FacesMessage("Succesful", event.getFile().getFileName() + " is uploaded.");
FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().addMessage(null, msg);
}
}
I've placed a breakpoint on the method, but it's never called. When using mode="simple" and ajax="false", it is been invoked, but I want it to work in the advanced mode. I'm using Netbeans and Glassfish 3.1.
How to configure and troubleshoot <p:fileUpload> depends on PrimeFaces and JSF version.
All PrimeFaces versions
The below requirements apply to all PrimeFaces versions:
The enctype attribute of the <h:form> needs to be set to multipart/form-data. When this is absent, the ajax upload may just work, but the general browser behavior is unspecified and dependent on form composition and webbrowser make/version. Just always specify it to be on the safe side.
When using mode="advanced" (i.e. ajax upload, this is the default), then make sure that you've a <h:head> in the (master) template. This will ensure that the necessary JavaScript files are properly included. This is not required for mode="simple" (non-ajax upload), but this would break look'n'feel and functionality of all other PrimeFaces components, so you don't want to miss that anyway.
When using mode="simple" (i.e. non-ajax upload), then ajax must be disabled on any PrimeFaces command buttons/links by ajax="false", and you must use <p:fileUpload value> with <p:commandButton action> instead of <p:fileUpload listener>.
So, if you want (auto) file upload with ajax support (mind the <h:head>!):
<h:form enctype="multipart/form-data">
<p:fileUpload listener="#{bean.upload}" auto="true" /> // For PrimeFaces version older than 8.x this should be fileUploadListener instead of listener.
</h:form>
public void upload(FileUploadEvent event) {
UploadedFile uploadedFile = event.getFile();
String fileName = uploadedFile.getFileName();
String contentType = uploadedFile.getContentType();
byte[] contents = uploadedFile.getContents(); // Or getInputStream()
// ... Save it, now!
}
Or if you want non-ajax file upload:
<h:form enctype="multipart/form-data">
<p:fileUpload mode="simple" value="#{bean.uploadedFile}" />
<p:commandButton value="Upload" action="#{bean.upload}" ajax="false" />
</h:form>
private transient UploadedFile uploadedFile; // +getter+setter
public void upload() {
String fileName = uploadedFile.getFileName();
String contentType = uploadedFile.getContentType();
byte[] contents = uploadedFile.getContents(); // Or getInputStream()
// ... Save it, now!
}
Do note that ajax-related attributes such as auto, allowTypes, update, onstart, oncomplete, etc are ignored in mode="simple". So it's needless to specify them in such case.
Also note that the UploadedFile property is declared transient just to raise awareness that this is absolutely not serializable. The whole thing should be placed in a request scoped bean instead of a view or even session scoped one. If this is the case, then you can safely remove the transient attribute.
Also note that you should immediately read and save the file contents inside the abovementioned methods and not in a different bean method invoked by a later HTTP request. This is because technically speaking the uploaded file contents is request scoped and thus unavailable in a later/different HTTP request. Any attempt to read it in a later request will most likely end up with java.io.FileNotFoundException on the temporary file and only cause confusion.
PrimeFaces 8.x or newer
Configuration is identical to the 5.x version info below, but if your listener is not called, check if the method attribute is called listener and not fileUploadListener like as in versions before 8.x.
PrimeFaces 5.x
This does not require any additional configuration if you're using at least JSF 2.2 and your faces-config.xml is also declared conform at least JSF 2.2 version. You do not need the PrimeFaces file upload filter at all and you also do not need the primefaces.UPLOADER context parameter in web.xml. In case it's unclear to you how to properly install and configure JSF depending on the target server used, head to How to properly install and configure JSF libraries via Maven? and "Installing JSF" section of our JSF wiki page.
If you're however not using JSF 2.2 yet and you can't upgrade JSF 2.0/2.1 to 2.2 yet (should be effortless though when already on a Servlet 3.0 compatible container), then you need to manually register the below PrimeFaces file upload filter in web.xml (it will parse the multi part request and fill the regular request parameter map so that FacesServlet can continue working as usual):
<filter>
<filter-name>primeFacesFileUploadFilter</filter-name>
<filter-class>org.primefaces.webapp.filter.FileUploadFilter</filter-class>
</filter>
<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>primeFacesFileUploadFilter</filter-name>
<servlet-name>facesServlet</servlet-name>
</filter-mapping>
The <servlet-name> value of facesServlet must match exactly the value in the <servlet> entry of the javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet in the same web.xml. So if it's e.g. Faces Servlet, then you need to edit it accordingly to match.
PrimeFaces 4.x
The same story as PrimeFaces 5.x applies on 4.x as well.
There's only a potential problem in getting the uploaded file content by UploadedFile#getContents(). This will return null when native API is used instead of Apache Commons FileUpload. You need to use UploadedFile#getInputStream() instead. See also How to insert uploaded image from p:fileUpload as BLOB in MySQL?
Another potential problem with native API will manifest is when the upload component is present in a form on which a different "regular" ajax request is fired which does not process the upload component. See also File upload doesn't work with AJAX in PrimeFaces 4.0/JSF 2.2.x - javax.servlet.ServletException: The request content-type is not a multipart/form-data.
Both problems can also be solved by switching to Apache Commons FileUpload. See PrimeFaces 3.x section for detail.
PrimeFaces 3.x
This version does not support JSF 2.2 / Servlet 3.0 native file upload. You need to manually install Apache Commons FileUpload and explicitly register the file upload filter in web.xml.
You need the following libraries:
commons-fileupload.jar
commons-io.jar
Those must be present in the webapp's runtime classpath. When using Maven, make sure they are at least runtime scoped (default scope of compile is also good). When manually carrying around JARs, make sure they end up in /WEB-INF/lib folder.
The file upload filter registration detail can be found in PrimeFaces 5.x section here above. In case you're using PrimeFaces 4+ and you'd like to explicitly use Apache Commons FileUpload instead of JSF 2.2 / Servlet 3.0 native file upload, then you need next to the mentioned libraries and filter also the below context param in web.xml:
<context-param>
<param-name>primefaces.UPLOADER</param-name>
<param-value>commons</param-value><!-- Allowed values: auto, native and commons. -->
</context-param>
Troubleshooting
In case it still doesn't work, here are another possible causes unrelated to PrimeFaces configuration:
Only if you're using the PrimeFaces file upload filter: There's another Filter in your webapp which runs before the PrimeFaces file upload filter and has already consumed the request body by e.g. calling getParameter(), getParameterMap(), getReader(), etcetera. A request body can be parsed only once. When you call one of those methods before the file upload filter does its job, then the file upload filter will get an empty request body.
To fix this, you'd need to put the <filter-mapping> of the file upload filter before the other filter in web.xml. If the request is not a multipart/form-data request, then the file upload filter will just continue as if nothing happened. If you use filters that are automagically added because they use annotations (e.g. PrettyFaces), you might need to add explicit ordering via web.xml. See How to define servlet filter order of execution using annotations in WAR
Only if you're using the PrimeFaces file upload filter: There's another Filter in your webapp which runs before the PrimeFaces file upload filter and has performed a RequestDispatcher#forward() call. Usually, URL rewrite filters such as PrettyFaces do this. This triggers the FORWARD dispatcher, but filters listen by default on REQUEST dispatcher only.
To fix this, you'd need to either put the PrimeFaces file upload filter before the forwarding filter, or to reconfigure the PrimeFaces file upload filter to listen on FORWARD dispatcher too:
<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>primeFacesFileUploadFilter</filter-name>
<servlet-name>facesServlet</servlet-name>
<dispatcher>REQUEST</dispatcher>
<dispatcher>FORWARD</dispatcher>
</filter-mapping>
There's a nested <h:form>. This is illegal in HTML and the browser behavior is unspecified. More than often, the browser won't send the expected data on submit. Make sure that you are not nesting <h:form>. This is completely regardless of the form's enctype. Just do not nest forms at all.
If you're still having problems, well, debug the HTTP traffic. Open the webbrowser's developer toolset (press F12 in Chrome/Firebug23+/IE9+) and check the Net/Network section. If the HTTP part looks fine, then debug the JSF code. Put a breakpoint on FileUploadRenderer#decode() and advance from there.
Saving uploaded file
After you finally got it to work, your next question shall probably be like "How/where do I save the uploaded file?". Well, continue here: How to save uploaded file in JSF.
You are using prettyfaces too? Then set dispatcher to FORWARD:
<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>PrimeFaces FileUpload Filter</filter-name>
<servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
<dispatcher>FORWARD</dispatcher>
</filter-mapping>
One point I noticed with Primefaces 3.4 and Netbeans 7.2:
Remove the Netbeans auto-filled parameters for function handleFileUpload i.e. (event) otherwise event could be null.
<h:form>
<p:fileUpload fileUploadListener="#{fileUploadController.handleFileUpload(event)}"
mode="advanced"
update="messages"
sizeLimit="100000"
allowTypes="/(\.|\/)(gif|jpe?g|png)$/"/>
<p:growl id="messages" showDetail="true"/>
</h:form>
Looks like javax.faces.SEPARATOR_CHAR must not be equal to _
Putting p:fileUpload inside a h:form solved the problem at my case.
I had same issue with primefaces 5.3 and I went through all the points described by BalusC with no result. I followed his advice of debugging FileUploadRenderer#decode() and I discovered that my web.xml was unproperly set
<context-param>
<param-name>primefaces.UPLOADER</param-name>
<param-value>auto|native|commons</param-value>
</context-param>
The param-value must be 1 of these 3 values but not all of them!! The whole context-param section can be removed and the default will be auto
bean.xhtml
<h:form enctype="multipart/form-data">
<p:outputLabel value="Choose your file" for="submissionFile" />
<p:fileUpload id="submissionFile"
value="#{bean.file}"
fileUploadListener="#{bean.uploadFile}" mode="advanced"
auto="true" dragDropSupport="false" update="messages"
sizeLimit="100000" fileLimit="1" allowTypes="/(\.|\/)(pdf)$/" />
</h:form>
Bean.java
#ManagedBean
#ViewScoped
public class Submission implements Serializable {
private UploadedFile file;
//Gets
//Sets
public void uploadFasta(FileUploadEvent event) throws FileNotFoundException, IOException, InterruptedException {
String content = IOUtils.toString(event.getFile().getInputstream(), "UTF-8");
String filePath = PATH + "resources/submissions/" + nameOfMyFile + ".pdf";
MyFileWriter.writeFile(filePath, content);
FacesMessage message = new FacesMessage(FacesMessage.SEVERITY_INFO,
event.getFile().getFileName() + " is uploaded.", null);
FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().addMessage(null, message);
}
}
web.xml
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>*.xhtml</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<filter>
<filter-name>PrimeFaces FileUpload Filter</filter-name>
<filter-class>org.primefaces.webapp.filter.FileUploadFilter</filter-class>
</filter>
<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>PrimeFaces FileUpload Filter</filter-name>
<servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
</filter-mapping>
Neither of the suggestions here were helpful for me. So I had to debug primefaces and found the reason of the problem was:
java.lang.IllegalStateException: No multipart config for servlet fileUpload
Then I have added section into my faces servlet in the web.xml. So that has fixed the problem:
<servlet>
<servlet-name>main</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>org.apache.myfaces.webapp.MyFacesServlet</servlet-class>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
<multipart-config>
<location>/tmp</location>
<max-file-size>20848820</max-file-size>
<max-request-size>418018841</max-request-size>
<file-size-threshold>1048576</file-size-threshold>
</multipart-config>
</servlet>
For people using Tomee or Tomcat and can't get it working, try to create context.xml in META-INF and add allowCasualMultipartParsing="true"
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Context allowCasualMultipartParsing="true">
<!-- empty or not depending your project -->
</Context>
With JBoss 7.2(Undertow) and PrimeFaces 6.0 org.primefaces.webapp.filter.FileUploadFilter should be removed from web.xml and context param file uploader should be set to native:
<context-param>
<param-name>primefaces.UPLOADER</param-name>
<param-value>native</param-value>
</context-param>
I had the same issue, due to the fact that I had all the configuration that describe in this post, but in my case was because I had two jQuery imports (one of them was PrimeFaces's bundled jQuery) which caused conflicts to upload files.
Manually adding / loading jQuery with PrimeFaces results in Uncaught TypeErrors
Here is my simple example:
Index.xhtml in root:
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' ?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html">
<h:head>
<title>Title</title>
</h:head>
<h:body>
<h:form>
<h:inputText value="#{index.variable}"></h:inputText>
<h:commandButton action="#{index.submit()}" type="submit"></h:commandButton>
</h:form>
</h:body>
</html>
Its ManagedBean:
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.Serializable;
import javax.faces.bean.ManagedBean;
import javax.faces.bean.ManagedProperty;
import javax.faces.bean.ViewScoped;
import javax.faces.context.ExternalContext;
import javax.faces.context.FacesContext;
#ManagedBean
#ViewScoped
public class Index implements Serializable {
#ManagedProperty("#{sessionBean}")
private SessionBean sessionBean; /*getter&setter*/
private String variable; /*getter&setter*/
public void submit() {
sessionBean.setAsd(variable);
ExternalContext context = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getExternalContext();
try {
context.redirect("next");
} catch (IOException ex) {
}
}
}
/next/index.xhtml:
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' ?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html">
<h:head>
<title>Check variable</title>
</h:head>
<h:body>
#{sessionBean.asd}
</h:body>
</html>
SessionBean.java:
import java.io.Serializable;
import javax.faces.bean.ManagedBean;
import javax.faces.bean.SessionScoped;
#ManagedBean
#SessionScoped
public class SessionBean implements Serializable {
private String asd;
public String getAsd() {
return asd;
}
public void setAsd(String asd) {
this.asd = asd;
}
}
If I use mojarra implementation everything works as expected: after form submitting, user gets redirected to root/ and see the value that was printed in the form of index.xhtml.
But if I use myfaces, asd becomes null right after existing form gets submitted. SessionScoped bean acts like RequestScoped
Why?
here is my web.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app version="3.0" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_3_0.xsd">
<context-param>
<param-name>javax.faces.PROJECT_STAGE</param-name>
<param-value>Development</param-value>
</context-param>
<listener>
<listener-class>org.apache.myfaces.webapp.StartupServletContextListener</listener-class>
<!--listener-class>com.sun.faces.config.ConfigureListener</listener-class-->
</listener>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet</servlet-class>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<welcome-file-list>
<welcome-file>index.xhtml</welcome-file>
</welcome-file-list>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<session-config>
<session-timeout>
30
</session-timeout>
</session-config>
</web-app>
Server: Apache Tomcat 7.0.34
UPDATE: it works if we change the ViewScoped annotation of Index.java bean to RequestScoped or SessionScoped. But why?
I currently have a JSF 2.1 project written with the help of Mojarra. Just for experimenting, I changed the implementation to MyFaces and ran the application only to see issues similar to yours (all my injected #ManagedProperty variables end up null after a POST submit). I switched back to Mojarra and the app runs fine. So, basically something is different in the MyFaces implementation.
A bit of googling led me to this unresolved issue - MYFACES-3656. Here's an excerpt from the issue reporter on how to fix the issue:
If you set the org.apache.myfaces.SERIALIZE_STATE_IN_SESSION to false
and redeploy the application then everything works as expected.
How does this help? The answer is in the comments section:
I think the behavior described is expected (different to say that the
behavior described is desired or intentionally done in that way).
What's happening here is in MyFaces serialization is set to true by
default (some old lines from JSF 1.0 spec says so, even if RI does not
implement it in this way). In JSF 2.2 spec, SERIALIZE_STATE_IN_SESSION
param will be standardized and set to false by default.
Serialization causes that all beans under view scope are in fact
"recreated". If the param is set to false, the beans are stored into
session and on further requests are used, looking like everything is
ok, but that fact is not true because in a cluster configuration the
same application will fail.
Only the first time the view scope bean is created, the references
from managed-property takes effect, but if the bean is
serialized/deserialized, the references are not restored back, because
on the serialization step, even the application and session scope
beans are serialized too.
.....
How to solve it? I haven't found a decent solution to this issue. One
could think on just restore the view scope bean and reapply
#ManagedProperty annotations or entries found in faces-config.xml, but
the problem is the view scope bean still is storing information that
shouldn't be there from start (only marking the fields as transient
will do the trick). It is possible define an special mode were this
hack or some variant is done, but it will be only in myfaces and it
cannot be enabled by default.
Similar issue has been reported and replied with the above explanation in this mailing-list archive
Now, since in your case you are not explicitly setting a STATE_SAVING_METHOD, it defaults to server. Consequently, SERIALIZE_STATE_IN_SESSION comes into effect and defaults to true.
I tried your code with MyFaces on Tomcat and set SERIALIZE_STATE_IN_SESSION to false and it works. However, in the event, you set the STATE_SAVING_METHOD to client, nothing will work and you'll get a view state not found error.
I'm using PrimeFaces 3.1.2, NetBeans 7.2, JSF 2.1 and GlassFish 3.1.2.
I'm using the actual code I got from http://www.primefaces.org/showcase/ui/fileUploadAuto.jsf
and http://www.primefaces.org/showcase/ui/fileDownload.jsf.
When I run the file upload code, it doesn't work at all. The file doesn't get uploaded and no success message is shown. But if the file size exceeds the size mentioned, it is showing a message that the file size is too large.
Here is my view:
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' ?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html"
xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core"
xmlns:p="http://primefaces.org/ui">
<h:head>
</h:head>
<h:body>
<h:form enctype="multipart/form-data">
<p:fileUpload fileUploadListener="#{fileUploadController.handleFileUpload}"
mode="advanced"
update="messages"
auto="true"
sizeLimit="100000"
allowTypes="/(\.|\/)(gif|jpe?g|png)$/"/>
<p:growl id="messages" showDetail="true"/>
</h:form>
</h:body>
</html>
Here is my backing bean:
package com;
import javax.faces.application.FacesMessage;
import javax.faces.bean.ManagedBean;
import javax.faces.bean.SessionScoped;
import javax.faces.context.FacesContext;
import org.primefaces.event.FileUploadEvent;
#ManagedBean
#SessionScoped
public class FileUploadController {
public void handleFileUpload(FileUploadEvent event) {
FacesMessage msg = new FacesMessage("Succesful", event.getFile().getFileName() + " is uploaded.");
FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().addMessage(null, msg);
}
}
Its basically the same code in the PrimeFaces showcase page.
Similarly with file download code; when I click on download nothing happens. A pop up opens and closes before I could even notice it. I have the image file in place as mentioned in the get resource stream (for the download part), but I don't know what's the problem. The code is also basically the same as in the PrimeFaces showcase page.
I don't see any logs or errors under Glassfish in Netbeans. I also don't know how to enable logging if necessary.
The first thing you need is add some libraries to your application. As a matter of fact, PrimeFaces file upload relies on Apache commons-file-upload and commons-io libraries. So dowload them and add them to your WEB-INF/lib path:
you can download it from following link.
http://commons.apache.org/io/
http://commons.apache.org/fileupload/
in addition you have to configure it into web.xml
<filter>
<filter-name>PrimeFaces FileUpload Filter</filter-name>
<filter-class>org.primefaces.webapp.filter.FileUploadFilter</filter-class>
<init-param>
<param-name>thresholdSize</param-name>
<param-value>51200</param-value>
</init-param>
<init-param>
<param-name>uploadDirectory</param-name>
<param-value>C:\etc</param-value>
</init-param>
</filter>
<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>PrimeFaces FileUpload Filter</filter-name>
<servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
</filter-mapping>
Also If you want to set programmatically change the destination of your uploaded files have a look:
PrimeFaces FileUpload File Saving Destination
To be able use the bean from the xhtml, you need to annotate your controller as a #ManagedBean and set some scope. Preferably #ViewScoped or #RequestScoped in this case.
example:
#ManagedBean
#ViewScoped
public class FileUploadController {
public void handleFileUpload(FileUploadEvent event) {
FacesMessage msg = new FacesMessage("Succesful", event.getFile().getFileName() + " is uploaded.");
FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().addMessage(null, msg);
}
}
Learn more about how jsf managed beans works here: http://www.mkyong.com/jsf2/configure-managed-beans-in-jsf-2-0/
One thing that I have noticed is that if you don't put inside the tag "allowTypes" a regular expression correctly, the "fileupload" element does not trigger the action, giving the impression that the action is unreachable.
I know that this is not your problem right now, but I think it is important to share this information.