ClassCastException when retring soap attachment-image

Question

Hi
When i try to retrive my gif(picture) attachment server firs an
exception message -exception fires exception is
java.lang.ClassCastException: sun.awt.windows.WImage
with out retriving .
How do i over come this??
pLEASE post me the code how do i retrive the image
if (attachment.getContentType().equals("image/gif")) {
p2.println("inside image gif");
try{
ByteArrayInputStream contentStream = (ByteArrayInputStream)attachment.getContent();
     int bytesToRead = contentStream.available();
byte[] buffer = new byte[bytesToRead];
contentStream.read(buffer);
// write buffer to new file
     FileOutputStream file = new FileOutputStream("C:/form.gif");
     file.write(buffer);
     file.close();
p2.println("Finish retriving");
}catch(Exception e){
p2.println("exception fires");
This My client part
DataSource source = new FileDataSource("E:/img1.GIF");
DataHandler handler = new DataHandler(source);
// create attachment for message
AttachmentPart attachment = msg.createAttachmentPart(handler);
// set content id (optional)
msg.addAttachmentPart(attachment);// send message
Thanks for your time and help
Priya

Answer 1

Can you please post how you solved your problem (if you solved it of course).