Reads a chunk of data from the stream.
public byte[] read(long length)
read returns a chunk of binary data read from the stream, or a null value if the end of the stream has been reached.
Book book = Book.findByPrimaryKey(bookID); com.sybase.persistence.BigBinary image = book.getCover(); int bufferLength = 1024; image.openForRead(); byte[] binary = image.read(bufferLength); while (binary != null) { binary = image.read(bufferLength); } image.close();