Remote huge file load problem

Question

---Following is the code to load a huge image file (50-100M)
InputStream in = new FileInputStream(readFile);     
ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
byte[] buffer = new byte[4096];     
while((i = in.read(buffer)) != -1){
out.write(buffer, 0, i);
in.close();     
byte[] result = out.toByteArray();
---It will crash (or hang) on toByteArray() when file size exceed 18mb.
Is there any way to load large files?
Thanks

Answer 1

1)I am new to the java forum. May I know what is
documentation for java BUT?http://java.sun.com/docs/index.html
2)Also may I know where I can find topics about
processing the file without loading the whole of it
into memory?
3) Actuall we are loading this file into bytearray in
java at client side(PC or MAC) and use rpc to
transfer to server(UNIX) - the C code in server side
will take this byte buffer and use fwrite to create
this huge file. Is there a better way than this?a) Break the file into smaller chunks and send the chunks together with a chunk identifer to the server. The server will then re-construct the file from the chunks.
b) Install an ftp server on the server machine and user FTP to sent the file.