[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] Commented: (JBPORTAL-412) parse parameters in request from <form enctype="multipart/form-data">

parse parameters in request from <form enctype="multipart/form-data"> --------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: JBPORTAL-412 URL: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBPORTAL-412 Project: JBoss Portal Issue Type: Task Security Level: Public(Everyone can see) Components: Portal Portlet Affects Versions: 2.2 Final, 2.0 Branch Environment: all Reporter: Boleslaw Dawidowicz Priority: Optional Fix For: 2.2 Final We have a html <form enctype="multipart/form-data" ...........> element and within have some <input type="text" > or <input type="hidden"> elements. When request is passed into processAction() then request.getParameter() method will return ONLY parameters passed through <form action=""> action attribute. It's iteresting as if we do: *********************************************** BufferedReader br = request.getReader(); String readerString = null; while((readerString = br.readLine()) != null) { System.out.println(readerString); } ************************************************ We'll receive something like this: (taken from ForumsPortlet post submit preview action.) ******************************************* -----------------------------194166472211358575181494488750 20:13:41,367 INFO [STDOUT] Content-Disposition: form-data; name="subject" 20:13:41,367 INFO [STDOUT] asdfasdf 20:13:41,367 INFO [STDOUT] -----------------------------194166472211358575181494488750 20:13:41,367 INFO [STDOUT] Content-Disposition: form-data; name="addbbcode18" 20:13:41,368 INFO [STDOUT] -----------------------------194166472211358575181494488750 20:13:41,368 INFO [STDOUT] Content-Disposition: form-data; name="addbbcode20" 20:13:41,368 INFO [STDOUT] 12 20:13:41,368 INFO [STDOUT] -----------------------------194166472211358575181494488750 20:13:41,368 INFO [STDOUT] Content-Disposition: form-data; name="helpbox" 20:13:41,368 INFO [STDOUT] Tip: Styles can be applied quickly to selected text. 20:13:41,369 INFO [STDOUT] -----------------------------194166472211358575181494488750 20:13:41,369 INFO [STDOUT] Content-Disposition: form-data; name="message" 20:13:41,369 INFO [STDOUT] sadfasdfas 20:13:41,369 INFO [STDOUT] -----------------------------194166472211358575181494488750 20:13:41,369 INFO [STDOUT] Content-Disposition: form-data; name="topictype" 20:13:41,369 INFO [STDOUT] 0 20:13:41,369 INFO [STDOUT] -----------------------------194166472211358575181494488750 20:13:41,369 INFO [STDOUT] Content-Disposition: form-data; name="poll_title" 20:13:41,369 INFO [STDOUT] -----------------------------194166472211358575181494488750 20:13:41,369 INFO [STDOUT] Content-Disposition: form-data; name="add_poll_option_text" 20:13:41,370 INFO [STDOUT] -----------------------------194166472211358575181494488750 20:13:41,370 INFO [STDOUT] Content-Disposition: form-data; name="poll_length" 20:13:41,370 INFO [STDOUT] -----------------------------194166472211358575181494488750 20:13:41,370 INFO [STDOUT] Content-Disposition: form-data; name="mode" 20:13:41,370 INFO [STDOUT] newtopic 20:13:41,370 INFO [STDOUT] -----------------------------194166472211358575181494488750 20:13:41,371 INFO [STDOUT] Content-Disposition: form-data; name="preview" 20:13:41,371 INFO [STDOUT] Preview 20:13:41,371 INFO [STDOUT] -----------------------------194166472211358575181494488750-- ******************************************* If form have no enctype="multipart/form-data" then req.getReader() will return empty buffer. This parameters should be parsed be portal container.