Streaming images in JAX-RS REST service.

streamingImageInRestService.java

      @Produces("image/jpeg")
      @Path("/images")
      public class ImageRestServiceImpl {
          @Path("{id}")
          public StreamingOutput getImage(@PathParam("id") int id) {
                BufferedImage image = generateImage(id); //generate image using 
                return new StreamingImageOutput(image);
          }
      } 
 
      
      class StreamingImageOutput implements StreamingOutput {
            private  BufferedImage image;
 
            public StreamingImageOutput(BufferedImage image) {
                  this.image = image;
            }
 
 
            public void write(OutputStream output) throws IOException, WebApplicationException {                 
                JPEGImageEncoder jencoder = JPEGCodec.createJPEGEncoder(output);
                JPEGEncodeParam enParam = jencoder.getDefaultJPEGEncodeParam(image);
                enParam.setQuality(1.0F, true);
                jencoder.setJPEGEncodeParam(enParam);
                jencoder.encode(image);
                output.close();
            }
      }