/**
  * reads the content of an existing file using the current domain
  *
  * @param domain The namespace used to identify the application domain (1st level directory) to
  *     use
  * @param path The path relative to the domain for the file
  * @param offset the offset from the beginning of the file.
  * @param len The length of the block in bytes
  * @return The contents of the file
  */
 public byte[] readByteFromFile(String path, long offset, int len)
     throws EOFException, FileAccessException {
   try {
     if (_isLocal) {
       File tmpFile = new File(_rootFile.getCanonicalPath() + File.separatorChar + path);
       if (tmpFile.isFile()) {
         RandomAccessFile raf = new RandomAccessFile(tmpFile, "r");
         byte[] buffer = new byte[len];
         raf.seek(offset);
         int totalByteRead = 0;
         ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
         int result = 0;
         while (totalByteRead < len && raf.getFilePointer() < raf.length()) {
           result = raf.read(buffer, 0, (len - totalByteRead));
           if (result != -1) {
             out.write(buffer, 0, result);
             totalByteRead += result;
           } else if (totalByteRead == 0) throw new EOFException("End of file reached!");
           else break;
         }
         raf.close();
         out.flush();
         out.close();
         return out.toByteArray();
       } else throw new FileAccessException("Path is not a file");
     } else return _remote.readByteFromFile(_domain, path, offset, len);
   } catch (EOFException eofe) {
     throw eofe;
   } catch (FileAccessException fae) {
     throw fae;
   } catch (Exception e) {
     throw new FileAccessException(e);
   }
 }