inding the byte array is grown dynamically as data
is output, and the Size is set to the number of bytes actually used.  For a
serial binding, the Offset is set to a non-zero value in order to implement
an optimization having to do with the serialization stream header.
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Therefore, for output DatabaseEntry parameters the application can assume
that the Offset is zero and the Size is the length of the byte array.
However, for input DatabaseEntry parameters the application should not make
this assumption.  