java - values of input text fields in a html multipart form

Question

I use Apache Commons FileUpload in a java server-side app that has a html form with fields :

1. a destination fied that will be filled with email address of the destination mailbox

2. a message text with a message of the sender

3. a <input type=file ... field for uploading a photo. I can receive uploaded file (as a stream) but how I can access 1) and 2) form values (completed by the user of app)? Many thanks, Aurel

Answer 1

I am guessing you are using a FileItemIterator to iterate the items in the request. The iterators next() method returns a FileItemStream (not a FileItem). Open the stream on that object and turn it into a string like this:

import org.apache.commons.fileupload.util.Streams;
...
FileItemStream item = iterator.next();
InputStream stream = item.openStream();
String name = item.getFieldName();
String value = Streams.asString(stream);

The getString method suggested by other answers is a method on the FileItem interface.