Reading huge files(>50 k) causes out of memory error

[springuser]

I have mapped a Blob to a byte[] array and trying to save into Oracle database.
My code:
Email email = new Email();
File attachment = new File("C:/temp/full_cream.gif");
if (!attachment.exists()) {
assertTrue(true);
return;
}

email.setEmailattachmentfilename(attachment.getNam e());

InputStream is = new FileInputStream(attachment);
byte[] data = new byte[is.available()];
is.read(data);
is.close();

email.setEmailattachment(data);

Error:
As the file is very huge and trying to read all at one time into the byte[] array am getting an out of memory exception.
Any help on this is highly appreciated.

Thanks.

[Ben Alex]

Tried adjusting the JVM memory size of the web container? http://java.sun.com/docs/hotspot/VMOptions.html

[oliverhutchison]

Modify the Email class so that it will accept an InputStream rather than a byte[] for the emailattachment property?