Pell Multipart Plugin

Name	Pell Multipart Plugin
Author	N/A
Homepage	N/A
Version	N/A
Compatibility	Bundled with Struts
State	Stable
License	Open Source (ASL2)
Download	N/A

Overview

The Pell Multipart plugin instructs Struts to use Jason Pell's multipart parser to process file uploads .

For more information how the file uploading works in Struts 2, see the Handling File Uploads page.

Features

Uses Jason Pell's multipart parser

Usage

Other than including the plugin and the Pell multipart jar in your application, there is nothing more to do.

Example

If you have installed multiple plugins that provide multipart parsers, you can configure the pell parser in your struts.properties:

struts.multipart.parser=pell

Settings

The following settings can be customized. See the developer guide.

Setting	Description	Default	Possible Values
`struts.multipart.parser`	Sets which parser to use	`pell`	`pell`, `jakarta`, or any other class name that extends MultiPartRequest
`struts.multipart.saveDir`	The directory where the uploaded files will be placed	Value from `javax.servlet.context.tempdir`	Any path
`struts.multipart.maxSize`	The maximum file size in bytes to allow for upload	2 Gigabytes	Any number in kilobytes

Installation

This plugin can be installed by copying the plugin jar into your application's /WEB-INF/lib directory. The Pell Multipart library will need to be downloaded and included in your application as well. Due to its LGPL license, the library cannot be included in the Struts distribution.

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