FileItemFactory factory = new DiskFileItemFactory(); ServletFileUpload upload1 = new ServletFileUpload(factory); List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>(); List items = null; items = upload1.parseRequest(request); String values = ""; Iterator iter = items.iterator(); while (iter.hasNext()) { FileItem item = (FileItem) iter.next(); if (item.isFormField()) { values = item.getString(); list.add(values); } }