Rendering images dynamically from file server path

Question

Hi,
We are having JDeveloper 11.1.2.4
We have following requirement - Image files are located on server. File locations (path and name) are stored in database table.
We need to dynamically access file locations from database table, access file from server and render it in ADF image component.
Is it possible? If yes, we would really appreciate some pointers/help on how to achieve it.
Please note that we are able to render images dynamically when they are stored in database BLOB column. We can do that using a ImageServlet class. In doGet() method, we are fetching the database BLOB column based on current row id.
Thanks,
Vivek

Answer 1

Here is the scriplet I tried. But it is not redering the image and definitely I am missing something here. Please suggest changes or any direction.
<%
File f = image.getThumbnailFile(); //image file from a bean
ByteArrayOutputStream byteOutput = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
InputStream inputStream = new FileInputStream(f);
byte[] bytes = new byte[1024];
int read;
try{
          while ( (read = inputStream.read(bytes)) > -1 )
                  byteOutput.write(bytes, 0, read);
          //byte[] ba = byteOutput.toByteArray();
          ByteArrayInputStream byteInput = new ByteArrayInputStream(byteOutput.toByteArray());
          response.setContentType("image/gif");                       
          while ( (read = byteInput.read()) > -1 )          
               response.getOutputStream().write(read);
          response.getOutputStream().flush();
catch(Exception e){}                           
%>