Struts2 + GlassFish + Apache File upload

Question

I'm running an webapp in glassfish with Struts 2. My web.xml file have the following filters:

StrutsPrepareFilter, SiteMeshFilter, StrutsExecuteFilter

it works fine.

The problem is that I have a to do a file upload. For some reason it works on Tomcat, but on GlassFish the file comes null in the action.

If I change the filters to:

ActionContextCleanUp, SiteMeshFilter, FilterDispatcher

it works. The fact is that ActionContextCleanUp and FilterDispatcher are deprecated.

So I have 2 questions: Does anyone knows what is the issue with the glassfish file upload?

I'm trying to debug the filters to see where the file is being lost, but I don't know where in the filters are the parameters. The filter recieve a httpservletrequest with no parameter, even on tomcat.

Where are the submited parameters on filters?

I created a test project where the same problem is happening. The file is uploaded to the temporary folder then lost.

Here is the web.xml:

    <welcome-file-list>
        <welcome-file>upload.jsp</welcome-file>
    </welcome-file-list>

    <filter>
        <filter-name>exec</filter-name>
        <filter-class>org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.ng.filter.StrutsPrepareAndExecuteFilter</filter-class>
    </filter>
    <filter-mapping>
        <filter-name>exec</filter-name>
        <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
    </filter-mapping>

The same happen if I use prepare and execute filters separately.

Post your web.xml so we can see what is involved exactly. I've used struts2 file upload numerous times on Glass fish without issue, so it is certainly a matter of your particular configuration. — Quaternion, Dec 22 '12 at 01:09
try this filter http://struts.apache.org/2.3.7/struts2-core/apidocs/org/apache/struts2/dispatcher/ng/filter/StrutsPrepareAndExecuteFilter.html — MohanaRao SV, Dec 23 '12 at 17:05

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 27 '12 at 14:38

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Problem solved. There was an issue with glassfish permissions on linux. I had used eclipse plugin to install glassfish. By installing glassfish manually as root and then adding the server in eclipse solved the problem.

answered Dec 27 '12 at 14:38

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 20 '13 at 13:12

Well, it was a way back then, but i ran into the same problem and the permission didn't solved this time. So while searching about this I finally found the true solution.

The problem is in Glassfish v3, the web-core.jar must be replaced. The correct jar and more info can be found here.

Struts2 + GlassFish + Apache File upload

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