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lang=EN-GB DEFANGED_STYLE="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">I'm trying
to read the "coor” file<SPAN DEFANGED_STYLE="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>of a grass
vector in java. I'm trying to read it byte
after byte, to casting then single byte (or byte’s group) to
java type.</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal DEFANGED_STYLE="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">I used the
"coor file format specification" <SPAN DEFANGED_STYLE="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>to
select what kind of java type I had to use, but I have some problems doing this.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal DEFANGED_STYLE="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Reading
the file format specification I understood that the file size variable is a 4
bytes long variable, including the bytes from the 7<SUP>th</SUP> to the
10<SUP>th</SUP>; but I found the file size right value reading<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>the bytes from 11<SUP>th</SUP> to the
14<SUP>th</SUP>. Is it possible? Where am I wrong?</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal DEFANGED_STYLE="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">I
have some other question:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal DEFANGED_STYLE="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Why
the “record header” named variable is integer type (i.e. 4 bytes), when it uses
only the first byte of<SPAN DEFANGED_STYLE="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>its reserved
space?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal DEFANGED_STYLE="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Which
combinations<SPAN DEFANGED_STYLE="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>of<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>binary value in this variable (record
header) are for <SPAN DEFANGED_STYLE="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>vector type
<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal DEFANGED_STYLE="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">(i.e.
GV_POINT, GV_LINE, GV_BOUNDARY,
GV_CENTROID)?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal DEFANGED_STYLE="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Thanks, <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal DEFANGED_STYLE="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">davide<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>