Re: validate from a Java program: how to send CSS and receive results

I know I’m replying to a very old thread, but I stumbled on the same issue so thought I’d mention the solution for anyone that finds this thread by googling (like I did). You just need to use enctype="multipart/form-data" and the issue is magically solved. :)

Lea Verou
W3C developer relations
http://w3.org/people/all#lea ✿ http://lea.verou.me ✿ @leaverou




Eric <[email protected]> wrote on Tue, 5 Jan 2010 11:54:29 +0100
> I try to incorporate a validation in a Java program of mine: a CSS file is
> read and sent over the net to the validator. I then expect results back.
> Below is a piece of the code.
> I use examples from SUN, concerning sending/receiving  over an
> URLConnection.
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> I get an error 500 back from the server, along with the error message:
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>  
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> Servlet has thrown exception:java.lang.IllegalStateException: Reader used
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>  
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> What do I do wrong and how can I correct it ?
>