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by kangleay on Jun.11, 2010, under dev In Todays post I wanna talk about storage of images in database with BLOB(Binary Large Object) data type. Though I am still considering the performance issues on BLOB images, yet I am going to share the steps I followed to implement the process. You still have no idea what the BLOB is? its all right.

What is BLOB?
A blob (alternately known as a binary large object, basic large object, BLOB, or BLOb) is a collection of binary data stored as a single entity in a database management system. Blobs are typically images, audio or other multimedia objects, though sometimes binary executable code is stored as a blob. Database support for blobs is not universal. - From Wikipedia. We often store unstructured data into a LOB field in database, and LOB is normally known as BLOB(Binary) and CLOB(Character). The LOB datatypes BLOB, CLOB, NCLOB, and BFILE enable you to store large blocks of unstructured data (such as text, graphic images, video clips, and sound waveforms) up to 4 gigabytes in size. They provide efficient, random, piece-wise access to the data. Oracle Corporation recommends that you always use LOB datatypes over LONG datatypes.- Oracle Docs.

Steps I followed
DefaultLobHandler
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Data Type in Model

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Show Image in Struts Action

In struts, write a separate action for retrieving the image data. As to the action method, it is like the code below: 0 pbi vi gtyaiIae){ 1 ulc od eDnmcmg( 0 2 HtSrltepnersos =nl; tpeveRsos epne ul 0 3 Srltupttemot=nl; eveOtuSra u ul 0 4 ty{ r 0 5 rsos =Srltcinotx.eRsos(; epne eveAtoCnetgtepne) 0 6 rsos.eCnetye"utpr/omdt"; epnestotnTp(mliatfr-aa) 0 7 ot=rsos.eOtuSra(; u epnegtupttem) 0 8 FWrIae fWrIae=fWrIaeMngrgtiaed; saemgs saemg saemgsaae.e(mgI) 0 9 otwiefWrIaegtmgDt() u.rt(saemg.eIaeaa); 1 0 otfuh) u.ls(; 1 1 }cth(Oxeto e { ac IEcpin ) 1 2 epittcTae) .rnSakrc(; 1 3 }cth(xeto e { ac Ecpin ) 1 4 epittcTae) .rnSakrc(; 1 5 }fnly{ ial 1 6 i (u ! nl) f ot = ul 1 7 ty{ r 1 8 otcoe) u.ls(; 1 9 }cth(Oxeto e { ac IEcpin ) 2 0 epittcTae) .rnSakrc(; 2 1 } 2 2 } 2 } 3

Uploading with Struts

For uploading images using struts2 upload machanism you are supposed to follow the rules like: 0 pbi Fl[ gtmg( { 1 ulc ie] eIae) 0 2 rtr iae eun mg; 0 3 } 0 4 0 5 pbi vi stmg(ie]iae { ulc od eIaeFl[ mg) 0 6 ti.mg =iae hsiae mg; 0 7 } 0 8 0 9 pbi Srn[ gtmgCnetye){ ulc tig] eIaeotnTp( 1 0 rtr iaeotnTp; eun mgCnetye 1 1 } 1 2 1 3 pbi vi stmgCnetyeSrn[ iaeotnTp){ ulc od eIaeotnTp(tig] mgCnetye 1 4 ti.mgCnetye=iaeotnTp; hsiaeotnTp mgCnetye 1 5 } 1 6 1 7 pbi Srn[ gtmgFlNm( { ulc tig] eIaeieae) 1 8 rtr iaeieae eun mgFlNm;
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} pbi vi stmgFlNm(tig]iaeieae { ulc od eIaeieaeSrn[ mgFlNm) ti.mgFlNm =iaeieae hsiaeieae mgFlNm; }

In spring service you need handle the struts input with springs FileCopyUtils class: 0 @rnatoa(edny fle 1 TascinlraOl= as) 0 2 pbi vi svFWrIf(saenofWrIf,Fl[ iae ulc od aesaenoFWrIf saeno ie] mg, 0 3 Srn[ iaeotnTp,Srn[ iaeieae tig] mgCnetye tig] mgFlNm) 0 4 trw IEcpin{ hos Oxeto 0 5 0 6 i (mg.egh! 0| iae! nl){ f iaelnt = | mg = ul 0 7 fr(n i=0 i<iaelnt;i+ { o it ; mg.egh +) 0 8 bt[ flAry=ogsrnfaeokui.ieoytl ye] iera r.pigrmwr.tlFlCpUis 0 9 .oyoyera(mg[]; cpTBtAryiaei) 1 0 FWrIae fWrIae=nwFWrIae(; saemgs saemg e saemgs) 1 1 fWrIaestmgDt(iera) saemg.eIaeaaflAry; 1 2 fWrIaestmgSz(e Ln(iera.egh) saemg.eIaeienw ogflArylnt); 1 3 fWrIaestmgTp(mgCnetyei) saemg.eIaeyeiaeotnTp[]; 1 4 fWrIaestaedfWrIf.eI() saemg.eWrI(saenogtd); 1 5 fWrIf.eFWrIae(.d(saemg) saenogtsaemgs)adfWrIae; 1 6 } 1 7 } 1 8 1 9 fWrIf.eIaeu(e Ln(saenogtsaemgs)sz(); saenostmgNmnw ogfWrIf.eFWrIae(.ie)) 2 0 2 1 sprsv(saeno; ue.aefWrIf) 2 2 }

Finally in JSP
Here goes what the code is like in jsp. 1 <nu tp=fl"i=iae vle" nm=iae> ipt ye"ie d"mg" au=" ae"mg" 2 <m sc"sulato=gtyaiIae> ig r=<:r cin"eDnmcmg" 3 <:aa nm=iaeD vle"d>/:aa> sprm ae"mgI" au=i"<sprm 4 <sul" /:r>>

Demo Snapshot
Here shows a demo snapshot from my previous project with ExtJS organizing the images from database Blobs.

Related posts: 1. How to Build a Dynamic Tree with Dojo,DWR,Spring and Hibernate 2. How to integrate Spring HttpInvoker with Java Applet
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