Preserving value for <form:input type=&ldquo;file&rdquo;> with Spring MVC

[joyfreak]

I have a form with two inputs: one string, one file.\[code\]<form:form ...> <form:input type="text" ....> <form:input type="file" ....></form:form>\[/code\]If the validation fails on the string input, the controller routes back to this same view. When that happens, the string field is preserved but the selected file is lost. Is there a way to preserve the file selected when the view is re-rendered?I think the answer is no - and that it is intrinsic to the HTML file input, not the server-side framework. Asking in case there's something I'm missing.