Excerpt excerpt = source.createExcerpt();
for (int i = 1; i <= messages; i++) {
// use a size which will cause mis-alignment.
excerpt.startExcerpt(9);
excerpt.writeLong(i);
excerpt.writeByte(i);
excerpt.finish();
// Thread.sleep(1);
}
System.out.println(System.currentTimeMillis() + ": Finished writing messages");
} catch (Exception e) {