Getting complete full path of a file name

Question

Greetings Java developer!
I am having a problem in my JSF program to get a complete full path of a file name if I runs it using a browser other than IE.
Here is the code I used to retrieve the complete full path of a fine name in my program.
UploadedFile uploadedFile =
fileUpload1.getUploadedFile();
String uploadedFileName =
uploadedFile.getOriginalName();
note: fileUpload1 is a UI component of sun.rave.web.ui.model.
The expected result would be i.e.:
C:\\abc\file.txt or /abc/file.txt
It works in the IE browser, but does NOT in Mozilla, Firefox, and Netscape. Is anyone have a clue to resolve this problem? Please advice.
Thanks!
jsfNewbie
Message was edited by:
jsfNewbie

Answer 1

Hi,
The tutorial on file upload
http://developers.sun.com/jscreator/learning/tutorials/2/file_upload.html
has been updated to include this information. Pasting the relevant code from the tutorial:
public String uploadFileButton_action() {
UploadedFile uploadedFile = fileUpload1.getUploadedFile();
String uploadedFileName = uploadedFile.getOriginalName();
// Some browsers return complete path name, some don't
// Make sure we only have the file name
// First, try forward slash
int index = uploadedFileName.lastIndexOf('/');
String justFileName;
if ( index >= 0) {
justFileName = uploadedFileName.substring( index + 1 );
} else {
// Try backslash
index = uploadedFileName.lastIndexOf('\\');
if (index >= 0) {
justFileName = uploadedFileName.substring( index + 1 );
} else {
// No forward or back slashes
justFileName = uploadedFileName;
}