com.google.gwt.user.client.ui
Class FileUpload

java.lang.Object
  com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.UIObject
      com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.Widget
          com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.FileUpload

All Implemented Interfaces:

EventListener, HasName

public class FileUpload
extends Widget
implements HasName

A widget that wraps the HTML <input type='file'> element. This widget must be used with FormPanel if it is to be submitted to a server.

Example

public class FormPanelExample implements EntryPoint {

  public void onModuleLoad() {
    // Create a FormPanel and point it at a service.
    final FormPanel form = new FormPanel();
    form.setAction("/myFormHandler");

    // Because we're going to add a FileUpload widget, we'll need to set the
    // form to use the POST method, and multipart MIME encoding.
    form.setEncoding(FormPanel.ENCODING_MULTIPART);
    form.setMethod(FormPanel.METHOD_POST);

    // Create a panel to hold all of the form widgets.
    VerticalPanel panel = new VerticalPanel();
    form.setWidget(panel);

    // Create a TextBox, giving it a name so that it will be submitted.
    final TextBox tb = new TextBox();
    tb.setName("textBoxFormElement");
    panel.add(tb);

    // Create a ListBox, giving it a name and some values to be associated with
    // its options.
    ListBox lb = new ListBox();
    lb.setName("listBoxFormElement");
    lb.addItem("foo", "fooValue");
    lb.addItem("bar", "barValue");
    lb.addItem("baz", "bazValue");
    panel.add(lb);

    // Create a FileUpload widget.
    FileUpload upload = new FileUpload();
    upload.setName("uploadFormElement");
    panel.add(upload);

    // Add a 'submit' button.
    panel.add(new Button("Submit", new ClickListener() {
      public void onClick(Widget sender) {
        form.submit();
      }
    }));

    // Add an event handler to the form.
    form.addFormHandler(new FormHandler() {
      public void onSubmit(FormSubmitEvent event) {
        // This event is fired just before the form is submitted. We can take
        // this opportunity to perform validation.
        if (tb.getText().length() == 0) {
          Window.alert("The text box must not be empty");
          event.setCancelled(true);
        }
      }

      public void onSubmitComplete(FormSubmitCompleteEvent event) {
        // When the form submission is successfully completed, this event is
        // fired. Assuming the service returned a response of type text/html,
        // we can get the result text here (see the FormPanel documentation for
        // further explanation).
        Window.alert(event.getResults());
      }
    });

    RootPanel.get().add(form);
  }
}

Constructor Summary

FileUpload()
Constructs a new file upload widget.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getFilename() Gets the filename selected by the user.
java.lang.String	getName() Gets the widget's name.
void	setName(java.lang.String name) Sets the widget's name.

Methods inherited from class com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.Widget

doAttachChildren, doDetachChildren, getParent, isAttached, onAttach, onBrowserEvent, onDetach, onLoad, onUnload, removeFromParent, setElement

Methods inherited from class com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.UIObject

addStyleDependentName, addStyleName, getAbsoluteLeft, getAbsoluteTop, getElement, getOffsetHeight, getOffsetWidth, getStyleElement, getStyleName, getStyleName, getStylePrimaryName, getStylePrimaryName, getTitle, isVisible, isVisible, removeStyleDependentName, removeStyleName, setHeight, setPixelSize, setSize, setStyleName, setStyleName, setStyleName, setStylePrimaryName, setStylePrimaryName, setTitle, setVisible, setVisible, setWidth, sinkEvents, toString, unsinkEvents

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

FileUpload

public FileUpload()

Constructs a new file upload widget.

Method Detail

getFilename

public java.lang.String getFilename()

Gets the filename selected by the user. This property has no mutator, as browser security restrictions preclude setting it.

Returns:

the widget's filename

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Description copied from interface: HasName

Gets the widget's name.

Specified by:

getName in interface HasName

Returns:

the widget's name

setName

public void setName(java.lang.String name)

Description copied from interface: HasName

Sets the widget's name.

Specified by:

setName in interface HasName

Parameters:

name - the widget's new name