upload file error , -argument type mismatch-

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In my jsp i have a html:file like this, and in the form i have the getter and setter. but when running i got

Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Cannot invoke com.app.app.struts.forms.MyForm.setDocfile on bean class 'class com.app.app.struts.forms.MyForm'
    - argument type mismatch - had objects of type "java.lang.String" but expected signature "org.apache.struts.upload.FormFile"

jsp:

<html:file property="docfile" styleId="docfile" size="45" ></html:file>

getting the error only when submitting the page and i'm not uploading anything. (the upload field is not a required filed .)

score 10 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:52

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It seems to be problem with the encoding, the struts form doesn't recognize the submit as a type of file, make sure to set the form's enctype attribute to multipart/form-data and method as post.

So you should have:

<html:form action="/somePath" enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post"></html:form>

Be aware that this could mess up things with your validation. See this thread for more.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:52

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answered Jan 11 '13 at 14:16

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after a lil search i saw _Use `multipart/form-data` whenever you have an _ so i think its not only in struts, – Elye M. Jan 11 '13 at 14:31
it should be . I'm sure it's a typo :) – Cybermonk Nov 11 '16 at 06:35

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 06 '18 at 14:06

add this dependencies to your project:

    <dependency>
        <groupId>commons-fileupload</groupId>
        <artifactId>commons-fileupload</artifactId>
        <version>1.2.1</version>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
        <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
        <version>1.4</version>
    </dependency>

upload file error , -argument type mismatch-

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