Re: inputFileUpload error
canodabasioglu@gmail.com wrote:
I created FileUploadForm.java as a managed bean in my application which
I call
from my upload form copied from UploadForm.jsp - when I click the
'upload' button I get this error:
java.lang.NullPointerException at
com.odabasioglu.master.backbean.FileUploadForm.processMyFile
In general, take a look at the line or method identified in the exception, and
see what possibly *could* be null, debug to find out if it actually is null at
the point of invocation, and suss out why it was never set non-null.
How many variables are there at the point identified? Which ones could be null?
FileUploadForm.java***************
Slightly incomplete example.
private UploadedFile myFile;
private String myParam;
private String myResult;
public UploadedFile getMyFile() {
return myFile;
}
public void setMyFile(UploadedFile myFile) {
this.myFile = myFile;
}
public String processMyFile() {
InputStream in = new
BufferedInputStream(file.getInputStream());
}
Where is the variable 'file' declared?
Where is it (supposed to be) set to a non-null value?
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