JDBC reading raw(2000)

I try to read a column from an Oracle 8 table that holds 2000 Bytes of raw data. The bytes have been written correctly by JDBC with

   <PreparedStatement>.setBytes(1, byte[]). The data of 2000 bytes is stored. But I get only 255 bytes when I try to read that column with

   <ResultSet>.getBytes(1)

Why do I only get 255 bytes and how can I solve the problem??

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