()"><CODE>getSize()</CODE></A>
call should be used. If an entry is configured to not reuse the byte array,
a new array is allocated each time the entry is used as an output parameter,
 so
the application can safely keep a reference to the byte array returned
by <A HREF="../../../com/sleepycat/db/DatabaseEntry.html#getData()"><CODE>getData()</CODE></A> without danger that the array will be overwritten in
a subsequent call.
<p>
<h3>Offset and Size Properties</h3>
<p>
By default the Offset property is zero and