sending file

[ASararu]

Is there any way i can send a .png file from the web service to the mobile client?

I tried to create on the web service an operation that will return an InputStream object created from the .png file. The only problem is that when NB creates the stubs in the mobile application the method which should return the InputStream object is seen as a void method. Any ideea why?

[ASararu]

i've tried a different approach
.
On the server i have a method that has the return value as byte[].
i get this byte[] from the image i want to send to the mobile client.
On the client when i try to get the returned value of the server method i get this error:

java.rmi.MarshalException: Expected Byte, received: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEU.... (very long line)

the server code:

public byte[] getBytes() throws IOException {

BufferedImage chartImage = chart.createBufferedImage(230, 260);
//I get the image from a chart component.
ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream(1000);


ImageIO.write( chartImage, "png",baos );


baos.flush();
byte[] bytesImage = baos.toByteArray();

baos.close();

return bytesImage;
}

the client code is simple. all i do is call the method created in the stubs by NB.

byte[] imageBytes = Stub.getBytes();//getBytes is the method on the server written above.

Any ideas how to resolve this error?