How to get the file name for <input type=“file” in jsp

Question

I want to read the file path from html input type=\"file\" (the entry selected in the file dialog by the user)

Answer 1

(Taken from http://www.jguru.com/faq/view.jsp?EID=1045507)

Solution A:

1. Download http://www.servlets.com/cos/index.html
2. Check http://www.servlets.com/cos/javadoc/com/oreilly/servlet/MultipartRequest.html - it has the relevant getter.

Solution B:

1. download http://commons.apache.org/fileupload/
2. invoke readHeaders() in org.apache.commons.fileupload.MultipartStream

Solution C:

1. download http://users.boone.net/wbrameld/multipartformdata/
2. invoke getParameter on com.bigfoot.bugar.servlet.http.MultipartFormData