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To access local file system from a web page

Asked by: ganeshaneesh

Hi Expert,
I have a jsp web page that should allow the user(from user machine)  to select an excel file, and pass the file name  to java class on click,  and parse the excel data and add it to the DB through service classes. How is it possible?
Earliest reply is appreciated.
Thanks,
Aneesh.

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2008-12-25 at 23:13:10ID24009438
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Answers

 

by: bluebelldiscoveryPosted on 2008-12-25 at 23:50:46ID: 23244578

1. To send a file over HTTP Post you can use Apache Commons FileUpload
You can download the API from here
http://commons.apache.org/fileupload/

2. To parse excel data (extract plain text from excel) you need to use Apache POI
Download API here
http://poi.apache.org/

 

by: ganeshaneeshPosted on 2008-12-26 at 00:05:26ID: 23244597

Is it possible without uploading excel to the server?
Aneesh.

 

by: bluebelldiscoveryPosted on 2008-12-26 at 00:11:23ID: 23244609

You can first upload it as a file.
Using "Apache Commons FileUpload" to read the file stream from server-end then save it as a file locally (server end).

Then you have to use "Apache POI" to do text extraction.

Do u want to do text extraction
or just to save the excel file (original file structure) into database?

 

by: ganeshaneeshPosted on 2008-12-26 at 00:17:42ID: 23244616

Thanks, is there any link which demonstrates(java code) apache common upload?
Ii have used jxl parser to parse and use the data in java. Standalone i tried and it is working fine.

Thanks,
Aneesh.

 

by: bluebelldiscoveryPosted on 2008-12-26 at 00:25:09ID: 23244626

Here a simple tutorial
http://www.theasolutions.com/roller/karthik/entry/simple_file_upload_tutorial_using

or

Apache Common Upload Homepage
http://commons.apache.org/fileupload/using.html

Note that HTTP Form must include enctype="multipart/form-data"

 

by: ganeshaneeshPosted on 2008-12-26 at 00:41:39ID: 23244653

Thanks for giving me link for a nice tutorial, one final dout is will it work for excel files? What are the files it will support?
Thanks,
Aneesh.

 

by: bluebelldiscoveryPosted on 2008-12-26 at 00:49:35ID: 23244661

You will be able to upload files of any format using "Apache Common Upload". The original file structure will be maintain  .

And

Apache POI will support *.xls, *.xlsx here a sample code to do extraction

String fileIn = "c:/test.xls";
String fileOut = "c:/test.txt";
HSSFWorkbook wb = new HSSFWorkbook(new FileInputStream(fileIn));
ExcelExtractor extractor = new ExcelExtractor(wb);
OutputStreamWriter fileWriter = new OutputStreamWriter(new FileOutputStream(fileOut));
fileWriter.write(extractor.getText());
fileWriter.close();

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