bde2javaV2.faq1 - RJL050103
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In src/Key.java, why do version and row digit chars overlap:
setAbb ( strval[0-1] )
setVersion ( strval[2-5] )
setRow ( strval[4-11] )

This looks like a 12-byte key string with 8-byte Row 
including last 2 digits of 4-byte version.???

Yet, *size shows 2,2 and 4 bytes in privae data?
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public class Key
{

  private int value = 0;

  public static final int size = 8;
  public static final int versize = 2;
  public static final int abbsize = 2;
  public static final int rowsize = 4;
  private final int abbmask = 0x000000FF;
  private final int abbshift = 24;
  private final int vermask = 0x000000FF;
  private final int vershift = 16;
  private final int rowmask = 0x0000FFFF;
  private final int rowshift = 0;
  private Database TheSchema;
  private boolean Constructed;

  public Key(String strval, Database mySchema)
  {
    String buffer;
    int tmpint;

    Constructed = false;

    do {
        setTheSchema(mySchema);

        buffer = strval.substring(0,2);
        if(!setAbb(buffer))
            break;

        buffer = strval.substring(2,4);
        tmpint = Integer.parseInt(buffer);
        if(!setVersion(tmpint))
            break;

        buffer = strval.substring(4,8);
        tmpint = Integer.parseInt(buffer);
        if(!setRow(tmpint))
            break;

        Constructed = true;
    } while(false);
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