Bulk Upload

Uploading the files

  • Similar to image file upload, we just have to change what MIME types are accepted
    • Have to figure out if we keep these files so they user can download them
      • If we keep them where do we store them, and how do we name them? Like images?
      • If we don't keep them, then we just delete them
  • Have to know how big these files will be
    • If they are big >2MB need some sort of uploading status
      • Also need to verify the max upload size in the tomcat server
    • If they are small no need to worry

Parsing the files

  • Need to know the schema of how they are stored
  • Need to know the file types
    • If they are excel files we can use the parsing from the Curator
    • If they are zip files we extract them and proceed to parse the extracted files

Adding the objects to the database

  • Basically we create object instances (like a Sample), and then just past them onto persist in hibernate, if the cascades are set up correctly everything should cascade to persist

Showing the result

  • ?? a success box?