diff -urpN src.orig/db/com/cdegroot/db/hash/EntryPage.java src/db/com/cdegroot/db/hash/EntryPage.java
--- a/src/db/com/cdegroot/db/hash/EntryPage.java	2005-02-06 00:40:17.191151504 +0100
+++ b/src/db/com/cdegroot/db/hash/EntryPage.java	2005-02-06 00:54:14.045930240 +0100
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ final class EntryPage extends PageHeader
     /**
      *  Constructs a page view from the indicated block.
      */
-    EntryPage(BlockIo block) {
+    public EntryPage(BlockIo block) {
 	super(block);
     }
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ final class EntryPage extends PageHeader
      *  Factory method to create or return a data page for the
      *  indicated block.
      */
-    static EntryPage getEntryPageView(BlockIo block) {
+    public static EntryPage getEntryPageView(BlockIo block) {
 	BlockView view = block.getView();
 	if (view != null && view instanceof EntryPage)
 	    return (EntryPage) view;
diff -urpN src.orig/db/com/cdegroot/db/recman/BlockIo.java src/db/com/cdegroot/db/recman/BlockIo.java
--- a/src/db/com/cdegroot/db/recman/BlockIo.java	2005-02-06 00:40:17.192151352 +0100
+++ b/src/db/com/cdegroot/db/recman/BlockIo.java	2005-02-06 00:58:02.990125432 +0100
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ package com.cdegroot.db.recman;
  *  @see java.io.DataInput
  *  @see java.io.DataOutput
  */
-final class BlockIo implements java.io.Serializable {
+final public class BlockIo implements java.io.Serializable {
     private long blockId;
     private final byte[] snapshot; // committed snapshot.
     private boolean snapshotValid = false;
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ final class BlockIo implements java.io.S
      *  Constructs a new BlockIo instance working on the indicated
      *  buffer.
      */
-    BlockIo(long blockId, byte[] data) {
+    public BlockIo(long blockId, byte[] data) {
 	// removeme for production version
 	if (blockId > 10000000000L)
 	    throw new Error("bogus block id " + blockId);
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ final class BlockIo implements java.io.S
     /**
      *  Returns the current view of the block.
      */
-    BlockView getView() {
+    public BlockView getView() {
 	return view;
     }
 
@@ -172,17 +172,25 @@ final class BlockIo implements java.io.S
     /**
      *  Reads a short from the indicated position
      */
-    short readShort(int pos) {
+    public short readShort(int pos) {
 	return (short)
 	    (((short) (data[pos+0] & 0xff) << 8) | 
 	     ((short) (data[pos+1] & 0xff) << 0));
 	
     }
+   
+    public byte readByte(int pos) {
+	return data[pos];
+    }
+
+    public void writeByte(int pos, byte value)
+    {	data[pos] = value;
+    }
     
     /**
      *  Writes a short to the indicated position
      */
-    void writeShort(int pos, short value) {
+    public void writeShort(int pos, short value) {
 	data[pos+0] = (byte)(0xff & (value >> 8));
 	data[pos+1] = (byte)(0xff & (value >> 0));
 	setDirty();
@@ -191,7 +199,7 @@ final class BlockIo implements java.io.S
     /**
      *  Reads an int from the indicated position
      */
-    int readInt(int pos) {
+    public int readInt(int pos) {
 	return
 	    (((int)(data[pos+0] & 0xff) << 24) |
 	     ((int)(data[pos+1] & 0xff) << 16) |
@@ -202,7 +210,7 @@ final class BlockIo implements java.io.S
     /**
      *  Writes an int to the indicated position
      */
-    void writeInt(int pos, int value) {
+    public void writeInt(int pos, int value) {
 	data[pos+0] = (byte)(0xff & (value >> 24));
 	data[pos+1] = (byte)(0xff & (value >> 16));
 	data[pos+2] = (byte)(0xff & (value >>  8));
@@ -213,7 +221,7 @@ final class BlockIo implements java.io.S
     /**
      *  Reads a long from the indicated position
      */
-    long readLong(int pos) {
+    public long readLong(int pos) {
 	return
 	    (((long)(data[pos+0] & 0xff) << 56) |
 	     ((long)(data[pos+1] & 0xff) << 48) |
@@ -228,7 +236,7 @@ final class BlockIo implements java.io.S
     /**
      *  Writes a long to the indicated position
      */
-    void writeLong(int pos, long value) {
+    public void writeLong(int pos, long value) {
 	data[pos+0] = (byte)(0xff & (value >> 56));
 	data[pos+1] = (byte)(0xff & (value >> 48));
 	data[pos+2] = (byte)(0xff & (value >> 40));
diff -urpN src.orig/db/com/cdegroot/db/recman/BlockView.java src/db/com/cdegroot/db/recman/BlockView.java
--- a/src/db/com/cdegroot/db/recman/BlockView.java	2005-02-06 00:40:17.193151200 +0100
+++ b/src/db/com/cdegroot/db/recman/BlockView.java	2005-02-06 00:47:57.632153832 +0100
@@ -28,5 +28,5 @@ package com.cdegroot.db.recman;
  *
  *  @see BlockIo.setView()
  */
-interface BlockView {
+public interface BlockView {
 }
diff -urpN src.orig/db/com/cdegroot/db/recman/Magic.java src/db/com/cdegroot/db/recman/Magic.java
--- a/src/db/com/cdegroot/db/recman/Magic.java	2005-02-06 00:40:17.193151200 +0100
+++ b/src/db/com/cdegroot/db/recman/Magic.java	2005-02-06 00:44:22.164909832 +0100
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ package com.cdegroot.db.recman;
 /**
  *  This interface contains magic cookies.
  */
-interface Magic {
+public interface Magic {
     /** Magic cookie at start of file */
     short FILE_HEADER = 0x1350;
   
@@ -57,4 +57,6 @@ interface Magic {
     int SZ_INT = 4;
     /** Size of an externalized long */
     int SZ_LONG = 8;
+    /** Size of byte */
+    int SZ_BYTE = 1;
 }
diff -urpN src.orig/db/com/cdegroot/db/recman/PageHeader.java src/db/com/cdegroot/db/recman/PageHeader.java
--- a/src/db/com/cdegroot/db/recman/PageHeader.java	2005-02-06 00:40:17.193151200 +0100
+++ b/src/db/com/cdegroot/db/recman/PageHeader.java	2005-02-06 00:50:10.236994832 +0100
@@ -28,15 +28,15 @@ import java.io.*;
  *  This class represents a page header. It is the common superclass for
  *  all different page views.
  */
-class PageHeader implements BlockView {
+public class PageHeader implements BlockView {
     // offsets
     private static final short O_MAGIC = 0; // short magic
     private static final short O_NEXT = Magic.SZ_SHORT;  // long next
     private static final short O_PREV = O_NEXT + Magic.SZ_LONG; // long prev
-    static final int SIZE = O_PREV + Magic.SZ_LONG;
+    public static final int SIZE = O_PREV + Magic.SZ_LONG;
     
     // my block
-    BlockIo block;
+    public BlockIo block;
     
     /**
      *  Constructs a PageHeader object from a block
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class PageHeader implements BlockView {
      *  @throws IOException if the block is too short to keep the file
      *          header.
      */
-    PageHeader(BlockIo block) {
+    public PageHeader(BlockIo block) {
 	initialize(block);
 	if (!magicOk()) 
 	    throw new Error("CRITICAL: page header magic for block " 
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class PageHeader implements BlockView {
      *  Factory method to create or return a page header for the
      *  indicated block.
      */
-    static PageHeader getView(BlockIo block) {
+    public static PageHeader getView(BlockIo block) {
 	BlockView view = block.getView();
 	if (view != null && view instanceof PageHeader)
 	    return (PageHeader) view;
diff -urpN src.orig/db/com/cdegroot/db/recman/RecordFile.java src/db/com/cdegroot/db/recman/RecordFile.java
--- a/src/db/com/cdegroot/db/recman/RecordFile.java	2005-02-06 00:40:17.193151200 +0100
+++ b/src/db/com/cdegroot/db/recman/RecordFile.java	2005-02-06 00:45:38.616287456 +0100
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import java.util.*;
  *  The set of dirty records on the in-use list constitutes a transaction. 
  *  Later on, we will send these records to some recovery thingy.
  */
-final class RecordFile {
+final public class RecordFile {
     private final TransactionManager txnMgr;
 
     // Todo: reorganize in hashes and fifos as necessary.
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ final class RecordFile {
     private boolean transactionsDisabled = false;
 
     /** The length of a single block. */
-    final static int BLOCK_SIZE = 8192;//4096;
+    final public static int BLOCK_SIZE = 8192;//4096;
 
     /** The extension of a record file */
     final static String extension = ".db";