Managing file uploads in JSP/Servlets

Question

Once again a very beginner-ish question, but here I go:

I would like to use a servlet or similar to copy an uploaded file (from an html file select) to a permanent l

Answer 1

The Servlet API has no way to extract the file from the POST (PUT?) data.

Just like Vincent said, Apache commons FileUpload is the best free way to do this.

You might also consider using a signed applet if you don't want to use the Apache libs.