Image transfer with RMI?

Question

I am building a Client - Server application using RMI. I want to transfer a picture in jpeg format from the server to the client. I decided to do that using an object of the javax.swing.ImageIcon class, but when I try to run the application I get an:
java.rmi.UnmarshalException: error unmarshalling return; nested exception is: java.io.EOFException
The code I use is the following:
On the interface:
ImageIcon getImage(String imageID) throws RemoteException;
On the server:
public ImageIcon getImage(String imageID) throws RemoteException {
System.out.println("Request accepted: getImage");
ImageIcon img = new ImageIcon("C:\\App\\Picture\\" + imageID);
return img;
On the client:
String imageID = jtxtfImage.getText();
ImageIcon img = null;
try{
img = server.getImage(imageID);
}catch(Exception e){
System.out.println(e.toString());
jlblXRay.setIcon(img);
The line that throws the exception is img = server.getImage(imageID);
If anyone knows why I get this exception and how I could fix it, or any other way to transfer an image using RMI, I would appreciate his help.
Thank you.

Answer 1

Method You use on Server is Ok.
I use the same :
try
{  javax.swing.ImageIcon im = new javax.swing.ImageIcon(inPath);
return im;
catch (Exception e)
{  zeigeDebugInfo("Fehler in GetImageIcon:\n " + e.toString()+"\n");
throw e;
Is the image-instance on the Server-side Ok?