PropertyBlock readPropertyBlock() throws IOException {
PropertyBlock toReturn = new PropertyBlock();
byte blockSize = channel.get(); // the size is stored in bytes // 1
assert blockSize > 0 && blockSize % 8 == 0 : blockSize + " is not a valid block size value";
// Read in blocks
long[] blocks = readLongs(blockSize / 8);
assert blocks.length == blockSize / 8
: blocks.length
+ " longs were read in while i asked for what corresponds to "
+ blockSize;
assert PropertyType.getPropertyType(blocks[0], false).calculateNumberOfBlocksUsed(blocks[0])
== blocks.length
: blocks.length
+ " is not a valid number of blocks for type "
+ PropertyType.getPropertyType(blocks[0], false);
/*
* Ok, now we may be ready to return, if there are no DynamicRecords. So
* we start building the Object
*/
toReturn.setValueBlocks(blocks);
/*
* Read in existence of DynamicRecords. Remember, this has already been
* read in the buffer with the blocks, above.
*/
if (readDynamicRecords(toReturn, PROPERTY_BLOCK_DYNAMIC_RECORD_ADDER) == -1) {
return null;
}
return toReturn;
}