java.lang.NullPointerException while creating DiskFileItem

Question

I am trying to write a unit test for handling a file upload controller using Spring 3. Now if I send the image over to my service method through the controller everything wo

Answer 1

And if none of the solutions above work for you as it happened for me :) simply ditch the DiskFileItem and use the solution bellow:

  final File fileToUpload = new File("src/test/resources/files/test.txt");
  final MultiValueMap request = new LinkedMultiValueMap();
  request.add("file", new FileSystemResource(fileToUpload.getAbsolutePath()));