Jsf : how can i upload file to the server without having upload button .??
i have a genarate Excel File button. how can i upload it to the server just by clikcing the Excel file Button and return a link to download file from the server ??
public void contextInitialized(ServletContextEvent servletContextEvent) {
String rootPath = System.getProperty("catalina.home");
ServletContext ctx = servletContextEvent.getServletContext();
String relativePath = ctx.getInitParameter("tempfile.dir");
File file = new File(rootPath + File.separator + relativePath);
if(!file.exists()) file.mkdirs();
System.out.println("File Directory created to be used for storing files");
ctx.setAttribute("FILES_DIR_FILE", file);
ctx.setAttribute("FILES_DIR", rootPath + File.separator + relativePath);
}
public void contextDestroyed(ServletContextEvent servletContextEvent) {
//do cleanup if needed
}
@Override
public void init() throws ServletException{
DiskFileItemFactory fileFactory = new DiskFileItemFactory();
File filesDir = (File) getServletContext().getAttribute("FILES_DIR_FILE");
fileFactory.setRepository(filesDir);
this.uploader = new ServletFileUpload(fileFactory);
}
protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {
if(!ServletFileUpload.isMultipartContent(request)){
throw new ServletException("Content type is not multipart/form-data");
}
response.setContentType("text/html");
PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
out.write("<html><head></head><body>");
try {
List<FileItem> fileItemsList = uploader.parseRequest(request);
Iterator<FileItem> fileItemsIterator = fileItemsList.iterator();
while(fileItemsIterator.hasNext()){
FileItem fileItem = fileItemsIterator.next();
System.out.println("FieldName="+fileItem.getFieldName());
System.out.println("FileName="+fileItem.getName());
System.out.println("ContentType="+fileItem.getContentType());
System.out.println("Size in bytes="+fileItem.getSize());
File file = new File(request.getServletContext().getAttribute("FILES_DIR")+File.separator+fileItem.getName());
System.out.println("Absolute Path at server="+file.getAbsolutePath());
fileItem.write(file);
out.write("File "+fileItem.getName()+ " uploaded successfully.");
out.write("<br>");
out.write("<a href=\"UploadDownloadFileServlet?fileName="+fileItem.getName()+"\">Download "+fileItem.getName()+"</a>");
}
} catch (FileUploadException e) {
out.write("Exception in uploading file.");
} catch (Exception e) {
out.write("Exception in uploading file.");
}
out.write("</body></html>");
} enter code here