question: protected void writeHeader ( ) throws IOException { header = new byte [ SHAPE_FILE_HEADER_LENGTH ] ; writeBEInt ( header , 0 , SHAPE_FILE_CODE ) ; writeBEInt ( header , 24 , 50 ) ; writeLEInt ( header , 28 , SHAPE_FILE_VERSION ) ; writeLEInt ( header , 32 , SHAPE_TYPE_NULL ) ; writeLEDouble ( header , 36 , 0.0 ) ; writeLEDouble ( header , 44 , 0.0 ) ; writeLEDouble ( header , 52 , 0.0 ) ; writeLEDouble ( header , 60 , 0.0 ) ; raf . seek ( 0 ) ; raf . write ( header , 0 , SHAPE_FILE_HEADER_LENGTH ) ; }
target:  Writes a blank header into the shape file.