Trouble with p:fileUpload allowTypes Restriction

[mspolari]

Hi all,

I'm a primefaces n00b and I'm having an issue with the fileUpload component. I'm attempting to restrict the file type of the uploaded file to .pdf files exclusively, however the component is allowing the upload of any file I select. From my understanding of the documentation and online examples I should be able to filter the file selection by type using the allowTypes attribute of the fileUpload tag. My tag is as follows:

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<p:fileUpload fileUploadListener="#{pressMain.handleFileUpload}" 
 allowTypes="*.pdf" sizeLimit="4194304" auto="TRUE" 
 width="49" height="49" image="/resources/images/browse2.JPG"/>

I'm currently using Mojarra's JSF 2.0 Implementation, and running on Tomcat. The uploaded file is being handled and stored successfully so I don't believe my problem is in the backing code, but here it is anyway (theres not much to it really):

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public void handleFileUpload(FileUploadEvent event) 
{
	upload = event.getFile();
	if( upload != null )
	{
		FacesMessage msg = new FacesMessage("Succesful", upload.getFileName() + " is uploaded.");
		FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().addMessage(null, msg);
	}
		
}

My backing bean is session scoped and the upload variable is an instance of org.primefaces.model.UploadedFile.

Any advice you can give me about what I'm doing wrong would be useful. If you need any more info, just ask.

[cagatay.civici]

Is it just pdf, how does it behave when you try other extensions like gifs, pngs?

[wlove]

I work with the original poster. We never did solve the allowType issue - PrimeFaces will allow any file upload type whenever the attribute was set to "*.pdf" However, we did the following in our backer:

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     org.primefaces.model.UploadedFile file = event.getFile();
     if (file.getFileName().toLowerCase().endsWith(".pdf")) {
          // do stuff
          uploadMessage = "File Uploaded Successfully";
     }
     else {
          uploadMessage = "Uploaded files must be in pdf format, please try again";
     }

The uploadMessage was a simple String variable, that was initialized to "", and displayed next to our upload icon.

[prophet]

I have the same problem! allowTypes doesn't work! I use apache and mojara jsf impl. what is a problem! Can you resolve it?

[robert.m]

Using "*.pdf" as the allowTypes attribute may be wrong.

I use it like this: allowTypes="ogg,mp3" or allowTypes="ogg"

[prophet]

No, I try to use allowTypes="*.xml;". It doesn,t work and allowTypes="*.jpg;", for example, doesn't work too! I try allowTypes="jpg" - no result. What's wrong?

[robert.m]

which primefaces version do you use?

[prophet]

I use primefaces-2.2.1, thank you for reply!

[robert.m]

Ist your fileUploadListener called?

[prophet]

yes called! like:

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     public void handleUpFile(FileUploadEvent event) {  
   
        FacesMessage msg = new FacesMessage("Succesful", event.getFile().getFileName() + " is uploaded.");  
        FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().addMessage(null, msg);  

     }