Manik Thanks for the swift response, sanity returns. phew... I've spent a good deal of time trying to figure out how I was going to achieve this as the docs quite clearly state that I can use an input stream but I just could not find the class or subclass that could do this. Section 2.2 and 3.2 of http://labs.jboss.com/file-access/default/members/jbosscache/freezone/doc... The bizare schemes I had in my head can now go and make way for the more elegant solution you have suggested... Thanks again! View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4100768#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...