spring-mvc File Upload Uploading multiple files

Example

To receive multiple files uploaded via a single HTTP Post, you need to do the following:

@RequestMapping(
    value = "...",
    method = RequestMethod.POST,
    consumes = MediaType.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA_VALUE
)
public Object uploadFile(
    @RequestPart MultipartFile[] files
) {
    for (file : files) {
        String fileName = file.getOriginalFilename();
        InputStream inputStream = file.getInputStream();
        String contentType = file.getContentType();
        .
        .
        .
    }
}

Note that the name of the @RequestPart parameter needs to match up with the name of the part in the request.

As HTML:

<form action="/..." enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post">
    <input type="file" name="files">
    <input type="file" name="files">
</form>

As a raw HTTP request:

POST /... HTTP/1.1
Host: ...
Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=----------287032381131322

------------287032381131322
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="files"; filename="r.gif"
Content-Type: image/gif

GIF87a.............,...........D..;
------------287032381131322
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="files"; filename="banana.jpeg"
Content-Type: image/jpeg

GIF87a.............,...........D..;
------------287032381131322--

That request would mean the following:

files[0].getOriginalFilename() == "r.gif"
files[0].getContentType() == "image/gif"
files[1].getOriginalFilename() == "r.jpeg"
files[1].getContentType() == "image/jpeg"