Hoe to get the input file componets value

Question

hi ,
i have a input file component and a command button in my jspx.
i wrote a method for the command button which needs the value in the input file component.
both the methods inputFile1.getValue() and inputFile1.getSubmittedValue() is returning null for me.
when i browse some file and i click on the button the field is getting reset. i mean i am losing the browsed file.

Answer 1

That isn't an input file. An input file is one that the user is uploading to the application server. What you seem to be asking is how to get an audio file that is already on the application server to play.
On the other hand, you might be asking how to combine the two operations - upload the file, then play it. So in the solutions you've been given so far, the UploadedFile object has methods to tell you what is in the file and a getInputStream method to get the data in the file as an input stream. Now what you need is a correct value for the objectMedia's source property. This needs to be a URI for a file on the application server - a filename, but in relation to your application's base directory. Take the inputStream and write it as a file on your application server, and then set the objectMedia's source to that file's name.
You may also need to consider a clean-up operation to delete the file when the user is done with it, unless you WANT it saved permanently on the application server. The other alternative is to play the file directly from it's input stream, but you won't be able to use an objectMedia component to do this.