jsf 2: UploadedFile is null in ManagedBean using Tomahawk - file-upload

Question

I did as BalusC's step by step tutorial: JSF 2.0 File upload
But I then found that the UploadedFile is null when I clicked the commandButton.
web.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:web="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_3_0.xsd" version="3.0">
<display-name>web</display-name>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet</servlet-class>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/faces/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<filter>
<filter-name>MyFacesExtensionsFilter</filter-name>
<filter-class>org.apache.myfaces.webapp.filter.ExtensionsFilter</filter-class>
</filter>
<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>MyFacesExtensionsFilter</filter-name>
<servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
</filter-mapping>
.....some <context-param> generated automatically
</web-app>
webpage:
<h:form id="register_doctor_form" encrypt="multipart/form-data">
<table>
<tr>
<td><h:outputText value="  Image"></h:outputText></td>
<td>
<t:inputFileUpload value="#{DoctorRegisterBean.image}"></t:inputFileUpload>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><h:outputText id="submit_message" value="#{DoctorRegisterBean.message_submit}"></h:outputText></td>
<td id="last_td">
<h:commandButton class="button" value="Create Doctor" action="#{DoctorRegisterBean.registerDoctor}">
<f:ajax execute="register_doctor_form" render="submit_message"></f:ajax>
</h:commandButton>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</h:form>
I also read this post: UploadedFile is null when submit jsf upload request with Tomahawk, but my form is not nested.
ManagedBean:
public class DoctorRegisterBean implements Serializable{
private UploadedFile image;
public void registerDoctor() {
byte[] imageBytes = image.getBytes();
Blob blob = new SerialBlob(imageBytes);
}
}
The image here is NULL. So what's wrong with this code?
I run this project using .war file under tomcat, and the error message is given when I click on the commandButton, here is the error message:
javax.faces.el.EvaluationException: javax.el.ELException: /admin_doctorregister.xhtml at line 124 and column 115 action="#{DoctorRegisterBean.registerDoctor}": java.lang.NullPointerException
at javax.faces.component._MethodExpressionToMethodBinding.invoke(_MethodExpressionToMethodBinding.java:96)
at org.apache.myfaces.application.ActionListenerImpl.processAction(ActionListenerImpl.java:100)
at javax.faces.component.UICommand.broadcast(UICommand.java:120)
at javax.faces.component.UIViewRoot._broadcastAll(UIViewRoot.java:937)
at javax.faces.component.UIViewRoot.broadcastEvents(UIViewRoot.java:271)
at javax.faces.component.UIViewRoot._process(UIViewRoot.java:1249)
at javax.faces.component.UIViewRoot.processApplication(UIViewRoot.java:675)
at org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.InvokeApplicationExecutor.execute(InvokeApplicationExecutor.java:34)
at org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.executePhase(LifecycleImpl.java:171)
at org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.execute(LifecycleImpl.java:118)
at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:189)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:305)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
at org.apache.myfaces.webapp.filter.ExtensionsFilter.doFilter(ExtensionsFilter.java:357)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:243)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:222)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:123)
at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:472)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:168)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:99)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:929)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:118)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:407)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:1002)
at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:585)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:312)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: javax.el.ELException: /admin_doctorregister.xhtml at line 124 and column 115 action="#{DoctorRegisterBean.registerDoctor}": java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.el.TagMethodExpression.invoke(TagMethodExpression.java:95)
at javax.faces.component._MethodExpressionToMethodBinding.invoke(_MethodExpressionToMethodBinding.java:88)
... 29 more
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at edu.upenn.cis.rtg.ohc.web.DoctorRegisterBean.registerDoctor(DoctorRegisterBean.java:134)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.el.parser.AstValue.invoke(AstValue.java:278)
at org.apache.el.MethodExpressionImpl.invoke(MethodExpressionImpl.java:274)
at org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.el.TagMethodExpression.invoke(TagMethodExpression.java:83)
... 30 more

Answer 1

<h:form id="register_doctor_form" encrypt="multipart/form-data">
is the problem it should be
<h:form id="register_doctor_form" enctype="multipart/form-data">