/**
  * 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 block The sequential block number for the data to be read starting with 1
  * @param len The length of the block in bytes
  * @return The contents of the file
  */
 public byte[] readFromFile(String path, int block, int len) {
   byte[] buffer = null;
   try {
     if (_isLocal) {
       File tmpFile = new File(_rootFile.getCanonicalPath() + File.separatorChar + path);
       if (tmpFile.isFile()) {
         RandomAccessFile in = new RandomAccessFile(tmpFile, "r");
         in.seek((block - 1) * len);
         int result = -1;
         buffer = new byte[len];
         if (in.getFilePointer() < in.length()) {
           result = in.read(buffer);
           ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream(result);
           out.write(buffer, 0, result);
           in.close();
           return out.toByteArray();
         } else {
           in.close();
         }
       }
     } else {
       buffer = _remote.readFromFile(_domain, path, block, len);
     }
   } catch (Exception ex) {
     ex.printStackTrace();
   }
   return buffer;
 }