On Fri, 5 Oct 2001, Stefán F. Stefánsson wrote:
> Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 15:20:45 -0000
> From: Stefán F. Stefánsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: Tomcat-User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Multipart form data in Tomcat 4.0
>
> Hello.
>
> I'm wondering if anybody can give me information about the status of
> multipart requests in Tomcat 4.0. Is it still neccessary to use Jason
> Hunters com.oreilly.servlet package to handle multipart posts?
>
Yes, or any other package that does the same thing. Multipart forms are
not supported by the container itself.
> I created a webapp that uploads and downloads files with TC3.2. I'm now
> contemplating switching to TC4 and I would like to know if I can dump
> that external dependency if I make the switch (I like mr. Hunters
> library and his book but I would much rather handle the upload/download
> without third party intervention especially since his current licence
> agreement is rather discouraging).
>
Struts <http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/> has multipart forms support,
and it's under the same Apache license that Tomcat is. You might give
that a try.
> Kind regards in advance,
> Stefan Freyr Stefansson
>
Craig