public String toString(){
  return super.toString() + "{recordCount=" + recordMap.size()+ ",firstOffset="+ firstOffset+ ",releaseBuffer="+ releaseBuffer+ ",prefixWrites="+ prefixWrites+ ",useChecksum="+ useChecksum+ ",bytesWritten="+ bytesWritten()+ ",bytesRemaining="+ remaining()+ ",bytesRemoved="+ m_removed+ "}";
}

public String toString ( ) { return super . toString ( ) + "{recordCount=" + recordMap . size ( ) + ",firstOffset=" + firstOffset + ",releaseBuffer=" + releaseBuffer + ",prefixWrites=" + prefixWrites + ",useChecksum=" + useChecksum + ",bytesWritten=" + bytesWritten ( ) + ",bytesRemaining=" + remaining ( ) + ",bytesRemoved=" + m_removed + "}" ; }
adds some debugging information .
