private PersistanceManager() {

		BufferedReader reader = null;
		try
		{
			reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("logSequenceNumber"));
			this.logSequenceNumber = Integer.parseInt(reader.readLine());
		} catch (FileNotFoundException e)
		{
			this.logSequenceNumber = 0;
		} catch (NumberFormatException e)
		{
			e.printStackTrace();
			return;
		} catch (IOException e)
		{
			e.printStackTrace();
			return;
		} finally
		{
			if (reader != null)
			{
				try
				{
					reader.close();
				} catch (IOException e)
				{
					e.printStackTrace();
				}
			}
		}

	}