1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/java/com/xagasoft/gats/GatsOutputStream.java b/java/com/xagasoft/gats/GatsOutputStream.java
index 7bdfcde..a0f4503 100644
--- a/java/com/xagasoft/gats/GatsOutputStream.java
+++ b/java/com/xagasoft/gats/GatsOutputStream.java
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ public class GatsOutputStream
                 this.os = os;
         }
 
-        public void writeObject( GatsObject obj ) throws java.io.IOException
+        public int writeObject( GatsObject obj ) throws java.io.IOException
         {
                 ByteArrayOutputStream bos1 = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
 
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ public class GatsOutputStream
                 bos2.write( bos1.toByteArray() );
 
                 os.write( bos2.toByteArray() );
+                return bos1.size()+5;
         }
 };