I get gwt-upload working in a GAE application. As suggested, I implemented a Custom UploadAction to handle the storage of the file in the DataStore. The code goes like this:
public String executeAction(HttpServletRequest request,
List<FileItem> sessionFiles) throws UploadActionException {
logger.info("Starting: DatastoreUploadAction.executeAction");
String executeAction = super.executeAction(request, sessionFiles);
for (FileItem uploadedFile : sessionFiles) {
Long entityId = new Long(2001); // This is where i wanna use a request parameter
InputStream imgStream;
try {
imgStream = uploadedFile.getInputStream();
Blob attachment = new Blob(IOUtils.toByteArray(imgStream));
String contentType = uploadedFile.getContentType();
appointmentDao.setAppointmentAttachment(entityId, attachment,
contentType);
} catch (IOException e) {
logger.error("Unable to store file", e);
throw new UploadActionException(e);
}
}
return executeAction;
}
As you see, the DAO class requires the "EntityID" to store the uploaded file in the DataStore. Now i'm working with a hard-coded value and it goes fine, but i'd like to have the entityID sent by the client as a request parameter. The widget that does the upload is a MultiUploader:
private MultiUploader defaultUploader;
Is it posible to the MultiUploader -or any other Widget- to set a request parameter so i can use it in my UploadAction?
Yes, you can set it on your client-side code.
There is method: MultiUploader #setServletPath(java.lang.String)
, for example:
final MultiUploader u = new MultiUploader();
...
...
...
u.setServletPath(u.getServletPath() + "?entityId="+myObject.getEntityId());
on server side:
String entityId= request.getParameter("entityId");
Read this for more information: Sending additional parameters to the servlet