The <rich:fileUpload> component designed to perform Ajax-ed files upload to server.
ProgressBar shows the status of downloads
File types, file sizes and files count restrictions
Multiple files upload support
Possibility to cancel the request
One request for every upload
Automatic uploads
Supports standard JSF internationalization
Highly customizable look and feel
Disablement support
Table 6.191. rich : fileUpload attributes
Attribute Name | Description |
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acceptedTypes | Files types allowed to upload |
accesskey | This attribute assigns an access key to an element. An access key is a single character from the document character set. Note: Authors should consider the input method of the expected reader when specifying an accesskey |
addButtonClass | CSS style for add button |
addButtonClassDisabled | CSS style for add button disabled |
addControlLabel | Defines a label for an add button |
ajaxSingle | If this attribute set up in true upload request will be like as single. No components value in form will be updated after file uploaded. |
align | left|center|right|justify [CI] Deprecated. This attribute specifies the horizontal alignment of its element with respect to the surrounding context. Possible values: * left: text lines are rendered flush left. * center: text lines are centered. * right: text lines are rendered flush right. * justify: text lines are justified to both margins. The default depends on the base text direction. For left to right text, the default is align=left, while for right to left text, the default is align=right |
alt | For a user agents that cannot display images, forms, or applets, this attribute specifies alternate text. The language of the alternate text is specified by the lang attribute |
autoclear | If this attribute is true files will be immediatelly removed from list after upload completed |
binding | The attribute takes a value-binding expression for a component property of a backing bean |
cancelButtonClass | CSS style for cancel button |
cancelButtonClassDisabled | CSS style for cancel button disabled |
cancelEntryControlLabel | Defines a label for a cancel control |
cleanButtonClass | CSS style for clean button |
cleanButtonClassDisabled | CSS style for clean button disabled |
clearAllControlLabel | Defines a label for a clearAll button |
clearControlLabel | Defines a label for a clear control |
converter | Id of Converter to be used or reference to a Converter |
converterMessage | A ValueExpression enabled attribute that, if present, will be used as the text of the converter message, replacing any message that comes from the converter |
disabled | Attribute 'disabled' provides possibility to make the whole component disabled if its value equals to "true". |
fileEntryClass | CSS style upload file entry |
fileEntryClassDisabled | CSS style upload file entry disabled |
fileEntryControlClass | CSS style for upload enrty control |
fileEntryControlClassDisabled | CSS style for upload enrty control disabled |
fileUploadListener | MethodExpression representing an action listener method that will be notified after file uploaded. |
id | Every component may have a unique id that is automatically created if omitted |
immediate | A flag indicating that this component value must be converted and validated immediately (that is, during Apply Request Values phase), rather than waiting until a Process Validations phase |
immediateUpload | If this attribute is true files will be immediatelly uploaded after they have been added in list |
listHeight | Defines height of file list |
listWidth | Defines width of file list |
locale | Used for locale definition |
maxFilesQuantity | Defines max files count allowed for upload (optional). |
noDuplicate | Defines if component should allow to add files that was already in list |
onblur | HTML: script expression; the element lost the focus |
onchange | HTML: script expression; the element value was changed |
onclear | A JavaScript event handler called when the file entries were cleared |
onclick | HTML: a script expression; a pointer button is clicked |
ondblclick | HTML: a script expression; a pointer button is double-clicked |
onerror | A JavaScript event handler called when the file upload was interrupted according to any errors |
onfocus | HTML: script expression; the element got the focus |
onkeydown | HTML: a script expression; a key is pressed down |
onkeypress | HTML: a script expression; a key is pressed and released |
onkeyup | HTML: a script expression; a key is released |
onmousedown | HTML: script expression; a pointer button is pressed down |
onmousemove | HTML: a script expression; a pointer is moved within |
onmouseout | HTML: a script expression; a pointer is moved away |
onmouseover | HTML: a script expression; a pointer is moved onto |
onmouseup | HTML: script expression; a pointer button is released |
onselect | HTML: script expression; The onselect event occurs when you select some text in a text field. This attribute may be used with the INPUT and TEXTAREA elements |
onsizerejected | A JavaScript event handler called when the file uploading was rejected by fiel size overflow |
ontyperejected | A JavaScript event handler called when the file type was rejected according to file types allowed |
onupload | A JavaScript event handler called on an upload operation |
onuploadcanceled | A JavaScript event handler called when upload is cancelled |
onuploadcomplete | A JavaScript event handler called when upload is completed |
rendered | If "false", this component is not rendered |
required | If "true", this component is checked for non-empty input |
requiredMessage | A ValueExpression enabled attribute that, if present, will be used as the text of the validation message for the "required" facility, if the "required" facility is used |
stopControlLabel | Defines a label for a stop button |
stopEntryControlLabel | Defines a label for a stop control |
style | CSS style(s) is/are to be applied when this component is rendered |
styleClass | Corresponds to the HTML class attribute |
tabindex | This attribute specifies the position of the current element in the tabbing order for the current document. This value must be a number between 0 and 32767. User agents should ignore leading zeros |
uploadButtonClass | CSS style for upload button |
uploadButtonClassDisabled | CSS style for upload button disabled |
uploadControlLabel | Defines a label for an upload button |
uploadData | Collection of files uploaded |
uploadListClass | CSS style for upload list |
uploadListClassDisabled | CSS style for upload list disabled |
validator | MethodBinding pointing at a method that is called during Process Validations phase of the request processing lifecycle, to validate the current value of this component |
validatorMessage | A ValueExpression enabled attribute that, if present, will be used as the text of the validator message, replacing any message that comes from the validator |
valueChangeListener | Listener for value changes |
Table 6.192. Component identification parameters
Name | Value |
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component-type | org.richfaces.component.FileUpload |
component-class | org.richfaces.component.html.HtmlFileUpload |
component-family | org.richfaces.component.FileUpload |
renderer-type | org.richfaces.renderkit.html.FileUploadRenderer |
tag-class | org.richfaces.taglib.FileUploadTag |
To create the simplest variant on a page use the following syntax:
Example:
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<rich:fileUpload />
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Example:
import org.richfaces.component.html.HtmlFileUpload;
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HtmlFileUpload myFileUpload = new HtmlFileUpload();
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The <rich:fileUpload> component consists of two parts:
List of files which contains the list of currently chosen files to upload with possibility to manage every file
Component controls - the bar with controls for managing the whole component
There are two places where uploaded files are stored:
In the temporary folder (depends on OS) if the value of the createTempFile parameter in Ajax4jsf Filter section is "true" (by Default)
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<init-param>
<param-name>createTempFiles</param-name>
<param-value>true</param-value>
</init-param>
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In the RAM if the value of the createTempFile parameter in Ajax4jsf Filter section is "false". This is a better way for storing small-sized files.
The "uploadData" attribute defines the collection of files uploaded. See the example below.
Example:
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<rich:fileUpload uploadData="#{bean.data}"/>
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The "fileUploadedListener" is called at server side after every file uploaded and used for the saving files from temporary folder or RAM.
Example:
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<rich:fileUpload uploadData="#{bean.data}" fileUploadListener="#{bean.listener}"/>
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Automatically files uploading could be performed by means of the "immediateUpload" attribute. If the value of this attribute is "true" files are uploaded automatically once they have been added into the list. All next files in the list are uploaded automatically one by one. If you cancel uploading process next files aren't started to upload till you press the "Upload" button or clear the list.
Example:
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<rich:fileUpload uploadData="#{bean.data}" fileUploadListener="#{bean.listener}" immediateUpload="true"/>
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The "autoclear" attribute is used to remove automatically files from the list after upload completed. See the simple example below.
Example:
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<rich:fileUpload uploadData="#{bean.data}" autoclear="true"/>
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The <rich:fileUpload> component provides following restrictions:
By file types, use "acceptedTypes" attribute to define file types accepted by component. In the example below only files with "html" and "jpg" extensions are accepted to upload.
Example:
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<rich:fileUpload acceptedTypes="html, jpg"/>
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By file size, use the maxRequestSize parameter(value in bytes) inside Ajax4jsf Filter section in web.xml:
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<init-param>
<param-name>maxRequestSize</param-name>
<param-value>1000000</param-value>
</init-param>
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By max files quantity, use the "maxFilesQuantity" attribute to define max number of files allowed to be uploaded. After a number of files in the list equals to the value of this attribute "Add" button is disabled and nothing could be uploaded even if you clear the whole list. In order to upload files again you should rerender the component. As it could be seen in the example below, only 2 files are accepted for uploading.
Example:
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<rich:fileUpload maxFilesQuantity="2"/>
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This is the result:
The <rich:fileUpload> component provides a number of specific event attributes:
The "onupload" which gives you a possibility to cancel the upload at client side
The "onuploadcomplete" which is called after all files from the list are uploaded
The "onuploadcanceled" which is called after upload has been canceled via cancel control
The "onerror" which is called if the file upload was interrupted according to any errors
In order to customize the information regarding the ongoing process you could use "label" facet with the following macrosubstitution:
{B}, {KB}, {MB} contains the size of file uploaded in bytes, kilobytes, megabytes respectively
{_B}, {_KB}, {_MB} contains the remain file size to upload in bytes, kilobytes, megabytes respectively
{ss} , {mm}, {hh} contains elapsed time in seconds, minutes and hours respectively
Example:
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<rich:fileUpload uploadData="#{bean.data}" fileUploadListener="#{bean.listener}">
<f:facet name="label">
<h:outputText value="{_KB}KB from {KB}KB uploaded --- {mm}:{ss}" />
</f:facet>
</rich:fileUpload>
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This is the result:
You could define labels of the component controls with the help of "addControlLabel" , "clearAllControlLabel" , "clearControlLabel" , "stopEntryControlLabel" , "uploadControlLabel" attributes. See the following example.
Example:
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<rich:fileUpload addControlLabel="Add file..." clearAllControlLabel="Clear all" clearControlLabel="Clear"
stopEntryControlLabel="Stop process" uploadControlLabel="Upload file"/>
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This is the result:
The <rich:fileUpload> component allows to use sizes attributes:
"listHeight" attribute specify height for list of files in pixels
"listWidth" attribute specify width for list of files in pixels
In order to disable the whole component you could use the "disabled" attribute. See the following example.
Example:
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<rich:fileUpload disabled="true"/>
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This is the result:
It's possible to handle events for fileUpload from JavaScript code. A simplest example of usage JavaScript API is placed below:
Example:
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<rich:fileUpload id="upload" disabled="false"/>
<h:commandButton onclick="${rich:component('upload')}.disable(event); return false;" value="Disable" />
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The <rich:fileUpload> component allows to use internationalization method to redefine and localize the labels. You could use application resource bundle and define RICH_FILE_UPLOAD_CANCEL_LABEL, RICH_FILE_UPLOAD_STOP_LABEL, RICH_FILE_UPLOAD_ADD_LABEL, RICH_FILE_UPLOAD_UPLOAD_LABEL, RICH_FILE_UPLOAD_CLEAR_LABEL, RICH_FILE_UPLOAD_CLEAR_ALL_LABEL, RICH_FILE_UPLOAD_PROGRESS_LABEL, RICH_FILE_UPLOAD_SIZE_ERROR_LABLE, RICH_FILE_UPLOAD_TRANSFER_ERROR_LABLE, RICH_FILE_UPLOAD_ENTRY_STOP_LABEL, RICH_FILE_UPLOAD_ENTRY_CLEAR_LABEL, RICH_FILE_UPLOAD_ENTRY_CANCEL_LABEL there.
The <rich:fileUpload> component could work together with Seam framework. Here you can see how to configure Seam Filter in order to handle <rich:fileUpload> requests.
Table 6.193. JavaScript API
Function | Description |
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enable() | Enables the component |
disable() | Disables the component |
stop() | Stops the uploading process |
clear() | Clears list of files |
For skinnability implementation, the components use a style class redefinition method. Default style classes are mapped on skin parameters.
There are two ways to redefine the appearance of all <rich:fileUpload> components at once:
Redefine the corresponding skin parameters
Add to your style sheets style classes used by a <rich:fileUpload> component
Table 6.194. Skin parameters redefinition for a component
Skin parameters | CSS properties |
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tableBackgroundColor | background-color |
tableBorderColor | border-color |
Table 6.195. Skin parameters redefinition for a font
Skin parameters | CSS properties |
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generalFamilyFont | font-family |
generalSizeFont | font-size |
Table 6.196. Skin parameters redefinition for a toolbar
Skin parameters | CSS properties |
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additionalBackgroundColor | background-color |
tableBorderColor | border-bottom-color |
tableBackgroundColor | border-top-color |
tableBackgroundColor | border-left-color |
Table 6.197. Skin parameters redefinition for items in the list
Skin parameters | CSS properties |
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tableBorderColor | border-bottom-color |
Table 6.198. Skin parameters redefinition for a "Cancel", "Clear" links
Skin parameters | CSS properties |
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generalLinkColor | color |
Table 6.199. Skin parameters redefinition for a button
Skin parameters | CSS properties |
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trimColor | background-color |
Table 6.200. Skin parameters redefinition for a button border
Skin parameters | CSS properties |
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tableBorderColor | border-color |
Table 6.201. Skin parameters redefinition for a highlighted button
Skin parameters | CSS properties |
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trimColor | background-color |
selectControlColor | border-color |
Table 6.202. Skin parameters redefinition for a pressed button
Skin parameters | CSS properties |
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selectControlColor | border-color |
additionalBackgroundColor | background-color |
Table 6.203. Skin parameters redefinition for "Upload", "Clean" buttons
Skin parameters | CSS properties |
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generalTextColor | color |
Table 6.204. Skin parameters redefinition for a disabled "Start" button icon
Skin parameters | CSS properties |
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tableBorderColor | color |
Table 6.205. Skin parameters redefinition for a disabled "Clear" button icon
Skin parameters | CSS properties |
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tableBorderColor | color |
The following picture illustrates how CSS classes define styles for component elements.
Table 6.206. Classes names that define a component representation
Class name | Description |
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rich-fileupload-list-decor | Defines styles for a wrapper <div> element of a fileUpload |
rich-fileupload-font | Defines styles for a font of buttons and items |
rich-fileupload-toolbar-decor | Defines styles for a toolbar |
rich-fileupload-list-overflow | Defines styles for a list of files |
Table 6.207. Classes names that define buttons representation
Class name | Description |
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rich-fileupload-button | Defines styles for a buttons |
rich-fileupload-button-border | Defines styles for a border of buttons |
rich-fileupload-button-light | Defines styles for a highlight of button |
rich-fileupload-button-press | Defines styles for a pressed button |
rich-fileupload-button-dis | Defines styles for a disabled button |
rich-fileupload-button-selection | Defines styles for "Upload", "Clean" buttons |
Table 6.208. Classes names that define the representation of the buttons' icons
Class name | Description |
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rich-fileupload-ico | Defines styles for an icon |
rich-fileupload-ico-add | Defines styles for a "Add" button icon |
rich-fileupload-ico-start | Defines styles for a "Upload" button icon |
rich-fileupload-ico-stop | Defines styles for a "Stop" button icon |
rich-fileupload-ico-clear | Defines styles for a "Clear" button icon |
rich-fileupload-ico-add-dis | Defines styles for a disabled "Add" button icon |
rich-fileupload-ico-start-dis | Defines styles for a disabled "Upload" button icon |
rich-fileupload-ico-clear-dis | Defines styles for a disabled "Clear" button icon |
Table 6.209. Classes names that define list items representation
Class name | Description |
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rich-fileupload-table-td | Defines styles for a wrapper <td> element of a list items |
rich-fileupload-anc | Defines styles for "Cancel", "Stop", "Clear" links |
In order to redefine styles for all <rich:fileUpload> components on a page using CSS, it's enough to create classes with the same names (possible classes could be found in the tables above) and define necessary properties in them.
Example:
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.rich-fileupload-anc{
font-weight:bold;
text-decoration:none;
}
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This is the result:
In the example above the font weight and text decoration for "Cancel" and "Clear" links are changed.
Also it’s possible to change styles of particular <rich:fileUpload> component. In this case you should create own style classes and use them in the corresponding <rich:fileUpload> styleClass attributes. An example is placed below:
Example:
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.myClass{
font-weight:bold;
}
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The "addButtonClass" attribute for <rich:fileUpload> is defined as it’s shown in the example below:
Example:
<rich:fileUpload ... addButtonClass="myClass"/>
This is the result:
As it could be seen on the picture above, the font style for "Add" button is changed.
Here you can see an example of <rich:fileUpload> usage and sources for the given example.