Ive been using various lazy loading techniques for images and other things. It works but I was wondering if there is a better way that some one knows of for getting an image from a server/webservice/whatever that doesnt require as much memory or time to download. The reason I ask is because I have an overseas developer asking me to rebuild a webservice for a project and hes asking me to allow them to just use a url to get the image. My thought was that whether its a url or a post to a service the result still has to come back via an inputstream which is going to take up the same memory whether virtual or stored in hard storage. His question had me slightly confused so out of curiosity Im asking on here……is there a way to get an image without using an inputstream? I guess it would be like a calorie free image lol.
Ive been using various lazy loading techniques for images and other things. It works
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You can blit the big image into a small image and discard the big one. This is how thumbnails work in image programs.