/**
         * the first short in the stream indicates the number of bytes to read
         */
        public static byte[] readBytesFromStream(DataInputStream par0DataInputStream) throws IOException {
                short var1 = par0DataInputStream.readShort();

                if (var1 < 0) {
                        throw new IOException("Key was smaller than nothing!  Weird key!");
                }
                else {
                        byte[] var2 = new byte[var1];
                        par0DataInputStream.read(var2);
                        return var2;
                }
        }