How to use PrimeFaces p:fileUpload? Listener method is never invoked or UploadedFile is null / throws an error / not usable

Question

I\'m trying to upload a file using PrimeFaces, but the fileUploadListener method isn\'t being invoked after the upload finishes.

Here is the view:

Answer 1

You are using prettyfaces too? Then set dispatcher to FORWARD:

<filter-mapping>
   <filter-name>PrimeFaces FileUpload Filter</filter-name>
   <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
   <dispatcher>FORWARD</dispatcher>
</filter-mapping>

Answer 2

bean.xhtml

    <h:form enctype="multipart/form-data">    
<p:outputLabel value="Choose your file" for="submissionFile" />
                <p:fileUpload id="submissionFile"
                    value="#{bean.file}"
                    fileUploadListener="#{bean.uploadFile}" mode="advanced"
                    auto="true" dragDropSupport="false" update="messages"
                    sizeLimit="100000" fileLimit="1" allowTypes="/(\.|\/)(pdf)$/" />

</h:form>

Bean.java

@ManagedBean

@ViewScoped public class Submission implements Serializable {

private UploadedFile file;

//Gets
//Sets

public void uploadFasta(FileUploadEvent event) throws FileNotFoundException, IOException, InterruptedException {

    String content = IOUtils.toString(event.getFile().getInputstream(), "UTF-8");

    String filePath = PATH + "resources/submissions/" + nameOfMyFile + ".pdf";

    MyFileWriter.writeFile(filePath, content);

    FacesMessage message = new FacesMessage(FacesMessage.SEVERITY_INFO,
            event.getFile().getFileName() + " is uploaded.", null);
    FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().addMessage(null, message);

}

}

web.xml

    <servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>*.xhtml</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<filter>
    <filter-name>PrimeFaces FileUpload Filter</filter-name>
    <filter-class>org.primefaces.webapp.filter.FileUploadFilter</filter-class>
</filter>
<filter-mapping>
    <filter-name>PrimeFaces FileUpload Filter</filter-name>
    <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
</filter-mapping>

Answer 3

With JBoss 7.2(Undertow) and PrimeFaces 6.0 org.primefaces.webapp.filter.FileUploadFilter should be removed from web.xml and context param file uploader should be set to native:

<context-param>
    <param-name>primefaces.UPLOADER</param-name>
    <param-value>native</param-value>
</context-param>

Answer 4

For people using Tomee or Tomcat and can't get it working, try to create context.xml in META-INF and add allowCasualMultipartParsing="true"

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Context allowCasualMultipartParsing="true">
  <!-- empty or not depending your project -->
</Context>