Problems when jpeg encoding multiple images

Question

Hi, im trying to write a servlet which generates multiple thumbs. However when encoding for the second time i get an error java.io.IOException: reading encoded JPEG Stream.
I can't figure out the problem
import java.sql.*;
import javax.servlet.*;
import javax.servlet.http.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.awt.Image;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import com.sun.image.codec.jpeg.JPEGCodec;
import com.sun.image.codec.jpeg.JPEGImageEncoder;
public class Thumbs extends HttpServlet {
  private String dbDriver = "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver";
  private String dbURL = "jdbc:mysql://localhost/shopper?";
  private String userID = "javauser";
  private String passwd = "javadude";
  private Connection dbConnection;
  //Initialize global variables
  public void init() throws ServletException {
  //Process the HTTP Get request
  public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {
    try{
      String foreignNr = request.getParameterValues("p")[0];
      String maxDim = request.getParameterValues("s")[0];
      if (foreignNr != null){
        int foreignID = Integer.parseInt(foreignNr);
        int maxDimension = Integer.parseInt(maxDim);
        response.setContentType("image/jpeg");
        OutputStream out = response.getOutputStream();
        writeThumbnailPictures(out,foreignID,maxDimension);
    } catch (Exception ex){
        log(ex.getMessage());
  public void writeThumbnailPictures(OutputStream out,int foreignID,int maxDimension){
    try{
      Class.forName(dbDriver);
      dbConnection = DriverManager.getConnection(dbURL, userID, passwd);
      PreparedStatement pageStatement;
      pageStatement = dbConnection.prepareStatement(
          "select * from pictures where ForeignID = ?");
      pageStatement.setInt(1, foreignID);
      ResultSet recs = pageStatement.executeQuery();
      while (recs.next()) {
        byte[] data = recs.getBytes("Picture");
        if (data != null) {
          Image inImage = new ImageIcon(data).getImage();
          // Determine the scale.
           double scale = (double)maxDimension / (double)inImage.getHeight(null);
           if (inImage.getWidth(null) > inImage.getHeight(null)) {
               scale = (double)maxDimension /(double)inImage.getWidth(null);
           // Determine size of new image.
           // One of them should equal maxDim.
           int scaledW = (int)(scale*inImage.getWidth(null));
           int scaledH = (int)(scale*inImage.getHeight(null));
           // Create an image buffer in
           //which to paint on.
           BufferedImage outImage = new BufferedImage(scaledW, scaledH,
               BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
           // Set the scale.
           AffineTransform tx = new AffineTransform();
           // If the image is smaller than
           // the desired image size,
           // don't bother scaling.
           if (scale < 1.0d) {
               tx.scale(scale, scale);
           // Paint image.
           Graphics2D g2d = outImage.createGraphics();
           g2d.drawImage(inImage, tx, null);
           g2d.dispose();
           // JPEG-encode the image
           JPEGImageEncoder encoder = JPEGCodec.createJPEGEncoder(out);
           encoder.encode(outImage);
      out.close();
    catch(Exception ex){
      ex.printStackTrace();
  //Clean up resources
  public void destroy() {
}

Answer 1

Hi,
I am facing same problem while generating the thumbs. Did you figure out what the problem is? if you have the solution, do post it.
Thanks in advance
Mo