EDIT

import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.remote.exception.NoRecordsMatchException;

        try{

            Media media = getCdmBaseInstance(uuid, response, MEDIA_INIT_STRATEGY);

            Set<MediaRepresentation> representations = media.getRepresentations();

            //get first representation and retrieve the according metadata

            Object[] repArray = representations.toArray();

            Object mediaRep = repArray[0];

            URI uri = null;

            try {

                if (mediaRep instanceof MediaRepresentation){

                    MediaRepresentation medRep = (MediaRepresentation) mediaRep;

                    uri = medRep.getParts().get(0).getUri();

                    ImageInfo imageInfo = ImageInfo.NewInstanceWithMetaData(uri, 3000);

                    result = imageInfo.getMetaData();

                    if(result != null) {

                        mv.addObject(result);

                    }

            } catch (HttpException e) {

                HttpStatusMessage.fromString("Reading media file from " + uri.toString() + " failed").setStatusCode(400).send(response);

        } catch (NoRecordsMatchException e){

           /* IGNORE */

           /* java.lang.IllegalStateException: STREAM is thrown by the servlet container

            * if the model and view is returned after the http error has been send

            * so we return null here

            */

            return null;