Question

I need help how to set the last modified time on a file uploaded (on jsp).
I need to know the time when the file uploaded. This is my code but eclipse says “The method setLastModified(Date) is undefined for the type UploadFile”.

Code:

 UploadFile file = (UploadFile) files.get("uploadfile");

 fName =file.getFileName();

 file.setLastModified(getthetime()); 

 upBean.store(mrequest, "uploadfile");

Answer 1

I think that the method you are trying to use is a method in the java.io.File API. Change

file.setLastModified(getthetime()); 

to

new File(fName).setLastModified(getthetime()); 

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For what it is worth, I’m surprised that this would be necessary. I’d have thought that a file uploader would automatically set the modified time to the current time. (Or more accurately, that it would do nothing … and let the OS set it by default.)

What FileUpload class are you using?