lack of CommonsMultipartFile.toString() implementation?

[lacostej]

Hi,

using MultipartFile to upload files. Binding the value of the form field to a form object in order to do validation.

public void setAttachment(MultipartFile attachment) {
this.attachment = attachment;
}

and

<spring:bind path="form.attachment">
<input name="<c:out value="${status.expression}"/>" value="<c:out value="${status.value}"/>" type="file" size="40">
<span class="textFormAlert"><c:out value="${status.errorMessage}"/></span>
</spring:bind>


Which results in

<input name="attachment" value="org.springframework.web.multipart.commons.C ommonsMultipartFile@99ff91" type="file" size="40">
<span class="textFormAlert"></span>

I'd rather have something meaningful in the value parameter. Isn't it possible to refill the form contents as it was before the submit?

Or should I have a completely different approach?

Jerome

[irbouho]

value="something" is usually ignored by web agents for inputs of type file as this may represent a serious security hole!!! Take a look at File input (or "upload") in HTML forms for more informations.
HTH