fixed issue for desktop when sending a file too large

desktop/src/main/java/org/example/petshopdesktop/api/ApiClient.java

@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.jsr310.JavaTimeModule;
 import org.example.petshopdesktop.auth.UserSession;
 
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.SequenceInputStream;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.http.HttpClient;
 import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
@@ -150,26 +153,33 @@ public class ApiClient {
         String mimeType = Files.probeContentType(filePath);
         if (mimeType == null || mimeType.isBlank()) mimeType = "application/octet-stream";
 
-        byte[] fileBytes = Files.readAllBytes(filePath);
         String fileName = filePath.getFileName().toString();
 
-        ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+        byte[] fileHeader = ("--" + boundary + "\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"" + filePartName
-        out.write(("--" + boundary + "\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"" + filePartName
                 + "\"; filename=\"" + fileName + "\"\r\nContent-Type: " + mimeType + "\r\n\r\n")
-                .getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+                .getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
-        out.write(fileBytes);
+
-        out.write("\r\n".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+        ByteArrayOutputStream tail = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+        tail.write("\r\n".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
         if (textContent != null && !textContent.isBlank()) {
-            out.write(("--" + boundary + "\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"" + textPartName
+            tail.write(("--" + boundary + "\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"" + textPartName
                     + "\"\r\n\r\n" + textContent + "\r\n").getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
         }
-        out.write(("--" + boundary + "--\r\n").getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+        tail.write(("--" + boundary + "--\r\n").getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+
+        InputStream body = new SequenceInputStream(
+                java.util.Collections.enumeration(java.util.Arrays.asList(
+                        new ByteArrayInputStream(fileHeader),
+                        Files.newInputStream(filePath),
+                        new ByteArrayInputStream(tail.toByteArray())
+                ))
+        );
 
         HttpRequest.Builder builder = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
                 .uri(URI.create(baseUrl + path))
                 .header("Content-Type", "multipart/form-data; boundary=" + boundary)
-                .POST(HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofByteArray(out.toByteArray()))
+                .POST(HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofInputStream(() -> body))
-                .timeout(Duration.ofSeconds(30));
+                .timeout(Duration.ofSeconds(120));
         addAuthHeader(builder);
         HttpResponse<String> response = httpClient.send(builder.build(), HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
         return handleResponse(response, responseClass);

desktop/src/main/java/org/example/petshopdesktop/controllers/ChatController.java

@@ -204,11 +204,18 @@ public class ChatController {
                     }
                     lblChatStatus.setText("Message sent");
                 });
+            } catch (OutOfMemoryError e) {
+                Platform.runLater(() -> {
+                    txtMessage.setText(content);
+                    btnSend.setDisable(false);
+                    lblChatStatus.setText("File too large to send");
+                });
             } catch (Exception e) {
                 Platform.runLater(() -> {
                     txtMessage.setText(content);
                     btnSend.setDisable(false);
-                    lblChatStatus.setText("Chat send failed");
+                    String msg = e.getMessage();
+                    lblChatStatus.setText(msg != null && !msg.isBlank() ? msg : "Chat send failed");
                     ActivityLogger.getInstance().logException(
                             "ChatController.sendMessage",
                             e,
@@ -223,6 +230,16 @@ public class ChatController {
         File file = org.example.petshopdesktop.util.FilePickerSupport.pickAnyFile(btnAttachment.getScene().getWindow());
         if (file == null) return;
 
+        long maxBytes = 5 * 1024 * 1024;
+        if (file.length() > maxBytes) {
+            javafx.scene.control.Alert alert = new javafx.scene.control.Alert(javafx.scene.control.Alert.AlertType.WARNING);
+            alert.setTitle("File Too Large");
+            alert.setHeaderText("The selected file exceeds the 5 MB limit.");
+            alert.setContentText("Please choose a smaller file and try again.");
+            alert.showAndWait();
+            return;
+        }
+
         selectedAttachmentFile = file;
         btnAttachment.setText("📎 " + file.getName());
         btnAttachment.setStyle("-fx-background-color: #dcfce7; -fx-background-radius: 12; -fx-text-fill: #166534; -fx-cursor: hand;");