File is not a normal file exception while using HttpClient()

Question

Hi All,
I would like to upload few files from the end user desktop machine to a unix server. This process will be done during the execution of a portal application (PAR). I was just trying my hands at the following code, but it gives me <b>File is not a normal file exception</b>.
public void doContent(IPortalComponentRequest request, IPortalComponentResponse response)
         response.write("Hi Sandip.....");
         /** reading file informations */
         final String serverURL = "serverURL";
          PostMethod mPost=null;
         try {
               HttpClient httpCl = new HttpClient();
               mPost = new PostMethod(serverURL);
               File file1 = new File("D:\JavaScreen.jpeg");
               response.write("<BR>you selected the file::"+file1.getAbsolutePath());
               mPost.getParams().setBooleanParameter(HttpMethodParams.USE_EXPECT_CONTINUE,true);               
               response.write("<BR>Uploading file to server....");
               //Part fileParts = new FilePart(file1.getName(),file1);               
               FilePart[] filePart = {
                         new FilePart(file1.getName(),file1) //add multiple files here
               mPost.setRequestEntity(new MultipartRequestEntity(filePart,mPost.getParams()));     
               httpCl.getHttpConnectionManager().getParams().setConnectionTimeout(5000);
               int statusCode = httpCl.executeMethod(mPost);
               if(statusCode==HttpStatus.SC_OK){
                    response.write("<BR>upload done:"+mPost.getResponseBodyAsString());
               }else{
                    response.write("<BR>upload failed:"+HttpStatus.getStatusText(statusCode));
               mPost.releaseConnection();
          } catch (HttpException e) {
               // TODO Auto-generated catch block
               //e.printStackTrace();
               response.write("Excp1:"+e.getLocalizedMessage());
               mPost.releaseConnection();
          } catch (IOException e) {
               // TODO Auto-generated catch block
               //e.printStackTrace()
               response.write("Excp2:"+e.getLocalizedMessage());
               response.write("Excp3::"+e.getCause());
               mPost.releaseConnection();
          }finally{
               mPost.releaseConnection();
This is written inside a portal application. While running this code, it gives an output
Hi Sandip.....
you selected the file::D:JavaScreen.jpeg
Uploading file to server....Excp2:File is not a normal file.Excp3::null
What could be the problem? I tried with 2-3 files.
Would appreciate a reply.
Regards
Sandip Agarwal

Answer 1

Hi,
you can check this link.
<a href="http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/jakarta/httpcomponents/oac.hc3x/trunk/src/examples/">HttpClient sample codes</a>
regards
Vivek Nidhi