Premature ending error while uploading file using multipartrequest

Hi,

I am using oreilly's multipartrequest for uploading.

It is giving me following error. Does anybody have idea why it is coming and how it can be solved?

java.io.IOException: Corrupt form data: premature ending

at com.oreilly.servlet.multipart.MultipartParser.<init>(MultipartParser.java:205)

at com.oreilly.servlet.MultipartRequest.<init>(MultipartRequest.java:222)

at com.oreilly.servlet.MultipartRequest.<init>(MultipartRequest.java:109)

at com.oreilly.servlet.MultipartRequest.<init>(MultipartRequest.java:89)

at com.fujitsu.baycare.controller.contest.ContestController.processRequest(ContestController.java:52)

at com.fujitsu.baycare.servlet.BayCareOnlineServlet.service(BayCareOnlineServlet.java:219)

at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)

at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252)

at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)

at org.netbeans.modules.web.monitor.server.MonitorFilter.doFilter(MonitorFilter.java:368)

at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)

at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)

at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213)

at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:178)

at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:126)

at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:105)

at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:107)

at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:148)

at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:869)

at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11BaseProtocol.java:664)

at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:527)

at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:80)

at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:684)

at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)

java.lang.NullPointerException

at com.fujitsu.baycare.controller.contest.ContestController.processRequest(ContestController.java:56)

at com.fujitsu.baycare.servlet.BayCareOnlineServlet.service(BayCareOnlineServlet.java:219)

at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)

at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252)

at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)

at org.netbeans.modules.web.monitor.server.MonitorFilter.doFilter(MonitorFilter.java:368)

at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)

at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)

at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213)

at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:178)

at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:126)

at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:105)

at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:107)

at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:148)

at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:869)

at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11BaseProtocol.java:664)

at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:527)

at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:80)

at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:684)

at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)

[4353 byte] By [rapida] at [2007-11-26 20:44:54]
# 1
How big is the file? If it's too large then, Internet Explorer 7x usually times out. Try with Firefox. Also, check to see if the file is corrupt, can you successfully open it before uploading it? What is the type of the file?
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