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Sevlet: FileUpload (Apache Commons) and Java POI IOException: Unable to read entire header

Luis Villamarin

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posted 4 years ago

I'm trying to user Apache Commons Streaming API to get the information from an excel spreadsheet. I keep on getting the following error:

WARNING: StandardWrapperValve[ReportServlet]: PWC1406: Servlet.service() for servlet ReportServlet threw exception
java.io.IOException: Unable to read entire header; 13 bytes read; expected 512 bytes
    at org.apache.poi.poifs.storage.HeaderBlock.alertShortRead(HeaderBlock.java:226)
    at org.apache.poi.poifs.storage.HeaderBlock.readFirst512(HeaderBlock.java:207)
    at org.apache.poi.poifs.storage.HeaderBlock.<init>(HeaderBlock.java:104)
    at org.apache.poi.poifs.filesystem.POIFSFileSystem.<init>(POIFSFileSystem.java:138)
    at eBooks.controller.ReportServlet.processRequest(ReportServlet.java:54)
    at eBooks.controller.ReportServlet.doPost(ReportServlet.java:161)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:688)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:770)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.service(StandardWrapper.java:1542)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:281)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:175)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.doInvoke(StandardPipeline.java:655)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:595)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:161)
    at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.doService(CoyoteAdapter.java:331)
    at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:231)
    at com.sun.enterprise.v3.services.impl.ContainerMapper$AdapterCallable.call(ContainerMapper.java:317)
    at com.sun.enterprise.v3.services.impl.ContainerMapper.service(ContainerMapper.java:195)
    at com.sun.grizzly.http.ProcessorTask.invokeAdapter(ProcessorTask.java:849)
    at com.sun.grizzly.http.ProcessorTask.doProcess(ProcessorTask.java:746)
    at com.sun.grizzly.http.ProcessorTask.process(ProcessorTask.java:1045)
    at com.sun.grizzly.http.DefaultProtocolFilter.execute(DefaultProtocolFilter.java:228)
    at com.sun.grizzly.DefaultProtocolChain.executeProtocolFilter(DefaultProtocolChain.java:137)
    at com.sun.grizzly.DefaultProtocolChain.execute(DefaultProtocolChain.java:104)
    at com.sun.grizzly.DefaultProtocolChain.execute(DefaultProtocolChain.java:90)
    at com.sun.grizzly.http.HttpProtocolChain.execute(HttpProtocolChain.java:79)
    at com.sun.grizzly.ProtocolChainContextTask.doCall(ProtocolChainContextTask.java:54)
    at com.sun.grizzly.SelectionKeyContextTask.call(SelectionKeyContextTask.java:59)
    at com.sun.grizzly.ContextTask.run(ContextTask.java:71)
    at com.sun.grizzly.util.AbstractThreadPool$Worker.doWork(AbstractThreadPool.java:532)
    at com.sun.grizzly.util.AbstractThreadPool$Worker.run(AbstractThreadPool.java:513)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)

SEVERE: org.apache.commons.fileupload.FileUploadBase$InvalidContentTypeException: the request doesn't contain a multipart/form-data or multipart/mixed stream, content type header is null
    at org.apache.commons.fileupload.FileUploadBase$FileItemIteratorImpl.<init>(FileUploadBase.java:908)
    at org.apache.commons.fileupload.FileUploadBase.getItemIterator(FileUploadBase.java:331)
    at org.apache.commons.fileupload.servlet.ServletFileUpload.getItemIterator(ServletFileUpload.java:148)
    at eBooks.controller.ReportServlet.processRequest(ReportServlet.java:45)
    at eBooks.controller.ReportServlet.doPost(ReportServlet.java:161)
    at eBooks.controller.ReportServlet.doGet(ReportServlet.java:153)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:668)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:770)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.service(StandardWrapper.java:1542)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:281)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:175)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.doInvoke(StandardPipeline.java:655)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:595)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:161)
    at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.doService(CoyoteAdapter.java:331)
    at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:231)
    at com.sun.enterprise.v3.services.impl.ContainerMapper$AdapterCallable.call(ContainerMapper.java:317)
    at com.sun.enterprise.v3.services.impl.ContainerMapper.service(ContainerMapper.java:195)
    at com.sun.grizzly.http.ProcessorTask.invokeAdapter(ProcessorTask.java:849)
    at com.sun.grizzly.http.ProcessorTask.doProcess(ProcessorTask.java:746)
    at com.sun.grizzly.http.ProcessorTask.process(ProcessorTask.java:1045)
    at com.sun.grizzly.http.DefaultProtocolFilter.execute(DefaultProtocolFilter.java:228)
    at com.sun.grizzly.DefaultProtocolChain.executeProtocolFilter(DefaultProtocolChain.java:137)
    at com.sun.grizzly.DefaultProtocolChain.execute(DefaultProtocolChain.java:104)
    at com.sun.grizzly.DefaultProtocolChain.execute(DefaultProtocolChain.java:90)
    at com.sun.grizzly.http.HttpProtocolChain.execute(HttpProtocolChain.java:79)
    at com.sun.grizzly.ProtocolChainContextTask.doCall(ProtocolChainContextTask.java:54)
    at com.sun.grizzly.SelectionKeyContextTask.call(SelectionKeyContextTask.java:59)
    at com.sun.grizzly.ContextTask.run(ContextTask.java:71)
    at com.sun.grizzly.util.AbstractThreadPool$Worker.doWork(AbstractThreadPool.java:532)
    at com.sun.grizzly.util.AbstractThreadPool$Worker.run(AbstractThreadPool.java:513)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)

This is the code of ReportServlet that process the information:

package eBooks.controller;

/**
 * @author L10
 */

import eBooks.business.Account;
import eBooks.business.Report;
import eBooks.business.User;

import java.io.*;

import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
import javax.servlet.RequestDispatcher;
import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.http.*;

import org.apache.commons.fileupload.FileItemIterator;
import org.apache.commons.fileupload.FileItemStream;
import org.apache.commons.fileupload.FileUploadException;

import org.apache.commons.fileupload.servlet.ServletFileUpload;

import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFSheet;
import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFWorkbook;
import org.apache.poi.poifs.filesystem.POIFSFileSystem;

public class ReportServlet extends HttpServlet
{

protected void processRequest(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
            throws ServletException, IOException {
        try {
            // Check that we have a file upload request
            boolean isMultipart = ServletFileUpload.isMultipartContent(request);

//Create a new file upload Handler
            ServletFileUpload upload = new ServletFileUpload();

//Parse the request
            FileItemIterator iter = upload.getItemIterator(request);

while(iter.hasNext())
            {
                FileItemStream item = iter.next();
                String name = item.getFieldName();
                InputStream stream = item.openStream();

POIFSFileSystem fs = new POIFSFileSystem(stream);               
                    HSSFWorkbook wb = new HSSFWorkbook(fs);
                    HSSFSheet sheet = wb.getSheetAt(0);
                    System.out.println(wb.getSheetName(0));

//  session
                    HttpSession session = request.getSession();

//Define define values obatained from the document

Report report = new Report();
                    User user = new User();
                    Account account = new Account();

int reportType = report.getReportType();

String emailAddress = user.getEmailAddress();
                    String account_id = account.getAccount_id();
                    String accountName = account.getAccountName();
                    String userRole = user.getUserRole();

String reportName = report.getReportName(); // is the spreadsheet Name
                    String reportDate = report.getReportDate(); // is the period on the report

double totalUS = report.getMonthTotalUS();
                    double totalEUR = report.getMonthTotalEUR();
                    double grandTotal = report.getMonthGrandTotal();

double averagePrice = report.getAverageSalePrice();

int totalUnitsSold = report.getTotalUnitsSold();
                    double monthlyAverageUnitsSold = report.getMonthlyAverageUnitsSold();
                    double dailyAverageUnitsSold = report.getDailyAverageUnitsSold();

int totalUnitsRefunded = report.getTotalUnitsRefunded();
                    double monthlyAverageUnitsRefunded = report.getMonthlyAverageUnitsRefunded();
                    double dailyAverageUnitsRefuded = report.getDailyAverageUnitsRefuded();

double monthlyAverageRoyalties = report.getMonthlyAverageRoyalties();

// set values for the user, account & report objects

report.setReportType(reportType);

user.setEmailAddress(emailAddress);
                    account.setAccount_id(account_id);
                    account.setAccountName(accountName);
                    user.setUserRole(userRole);

report.setReportName(reportName); // is the spreadsheet Name
                    report.setReportDate(reportDate); // is the period on the report

report.setMonthTotalUS(totalUS);
                    report.setMonthTotalEUR(totalEUR);
                    report.setMonthGrandTotal(grandTotal);

report.setAverageSalePrice(averagePrice);

report.setTotalUnitsSold(totalUnitsSold);
                    report.setMonthlyAverageUnitsSold(monthlyAverageUnitsSold);
                    report.setDailyAverageUnitsSold(dailyAverageUnitsSold);

report.setTotalUnitsRefunded(totalUnitsRefunded);
                    report.setMonthlyAverageUnitsRefunded(monthlyAverageUnitsRefunded);
                    report.setDailyAverageUnitsRefuded(dailyAverageUnitsRefuded);

report.setMonthlyAverageRoyalties(monthlyAverageRoyalties);

// TODO: Add information to the database

// set Session for the user, account & report
                    session.setAttribute("User", user);
                    session.setAttribute("Account", account);
                    session.setAttribute("Report", report);

Cookie emailCookie = new Cookie("emailCookie", emailAddress);
                    emailCookie.setMaxAge(60*60*24*365*2);
                    emailCookie.setPath("/");
                    response.addCookie(emailCookie);

String url = "/WEB-INF/view/Dashboard.jsp";
                    RequestDispatcher dispatcher = getServletContext().getRequestDispatcher(url);
                    dispatcher.forward(request, response);

}
        } catch (FileUploadException ex) {
            Logger.getLogger(ReportServlet.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
        }

}

@Override
    protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
            throws ServletException, IOException {

doPost(request, response);

}

@Override
    protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
            throws ServletException, IOException {
        processRequest(request, response);
    }

}
This how my form looks:
[code=java]
<form action="ReportServlet" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
                    <input type="file" name="file"/> 
                    <br />
                    <input type="submit" value="Upload Report" name="upload_report_btn" />
                </form>

[/code]
I'm using glassfish. Any ideas why I keep on getting this message?

Sevlet: FileUpload (Apache Commons) and Java POI IOException: Unable to read entire header

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