private void configReplica()
	{
		BufferedReader br = null;
		try
		{
			br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(new File(Configuration.CONFIG_REPLICA_FILE)));

			// parse the "config_replica" file
			String config = br.readLine();

			String[] config_fields = config.split(Configuration.PARSE_SPLIT);
			String ip = String.valueOf(config_fields[0]);
			int port = Integer.parseInt(config_fields[1]);
			this.addr = new Address(ip, port);

			this.rid = Integer.parseInt(config_fields[2]);
		} catch (FileNotFoundException fnfe)
		{
			fnfe.printStackTrace();
		} catch (IOException ioe)
		{
			ioe.printStackTrace();
		} finally
		{
			try
			{
				br.close();
			} catch (IOException ioe)
			{
				ioe.printStackTrace();
			}
		}
	}