Finally i reached a solution by myself, i post it so others can work it out:
The Controller part
@RequestMapping(value = "/getPhoto", method = RequestMethod.GET)
public @ResponseBody
void getPhoto(HttpServletRequest request,
HttpServletResponse response) {
try {
GridFSDBFile imageForOutput = userFacade.loadProfilePhoto((User) SecurityContextHolder.getContext().getAuthentication()
.getPrincipal());
InputStream is = imageForOutput.getInputStream();
ByteArrayOutputStream buffer = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
int nRead;
byte[] data = new byte[16384];
while ((nRead = is.read(data, 0, data.length)) != -1) {
buffer.write(data, 0, nRead);
}
buffer.flush();
byte[]imagenEnBytes = buffer.toByteArray();
response.setHeader("Accept-ranges","bytes");
response.setContentType( "image/jpeg" );
response.setContentLength(imagenEnBytes.length);
response.setHeader("Expires","0");
response.setHeader("Cache-Control","must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0");
response.setHeader("Content-Description","File Transfer");
response.setHeader("Content-Transfer-Encoding:","binary");
OutputStream out = response.getOutputStream();
out.write( imagenEnBytes );
out.flush();
out.close();
} catch (Exception e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
}
}
The JSP view
<c:url var="getPhoto" value="/settingsAdmin/getPhoto" />
<div id="preview">
<img id="imagePreview" src="${getPhoto}"alt="Profile Photo"/>
</div>
Thank you everyone for your help