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Hi, I was reading this post... How to write a java program that writes a MIDI file

This Java code generate the contents of the File.

[positionFile]:Hex Byte(signed value Byte): Representation, ....

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[00]:4D( 77):M, [01]:54( 84):T, [02]:68( 104):h, [03]:64( 100):d, [04]:00( 0): , [05]:00( 0): , [06]:00( 0): , [07]:06( 6): ,
[08]:00( 0): , [09]:01( 1): , [10]:00( 0): , [11]:01( 1): , [12]:00( 0): , [13]:18( 24): , [14]:4D( 77):M, [15]:54( 84):T,
[16]:72( 114):r, [17]:6B( 107):k, [18]:00( 0): , [19]:00( 0): , [20]:00( 0): , [21]:37( 55):7,
[22]:00( 0): , [23]:F0( -16):ð, [24]:05( 5): , [25]:7E( 126):~, [26]:7F( 127):, [27]:09( 9): , [28]:01( 1): , [29]:F7( -9):÷,
[30]:00( 0): , [31]:FF( -1):ÿ, [32]:51( 81):Q, [33]:03( 3): , [34]:02( 2): , [35]:00( 0): , [36]:00( 0): ,

[37]:00( 0): , [38]:FF( -1):ÿ, [39]:03( 3): ,
[40]:0E( 14): , [41]:6D( 109):m, [42]:69( 105):i, [43]:64( 100):d, [44]:69( 105):i, [45]:66( 102):f, [46]:69( 105):i, [47]:6C( 108):l,
[48]:65( 101):e, [49]:20( 32): , [50]:74( 116):t, [51]:72( 114):r, [52]:61( 97):a, [53]:63( 99):c, [54]:6B( 107):k, [55]:00( 0): ,
[56]:B0( -80):°, [57]:7D( 125):}, [58]:00( 0): , [59]:00( 0): , [60]:7F( 127):, [61]:00( 0): , [62]:00( 0): , [63]:C0( -64):À,
[64]:00( 0): , [65]:01( 1): , [66]:90(-112): , [67]:3C( 60):<, [68]:60( 96):`, [69]:78( 120):x, [70]:80(-128):€, [71]:3C( 60):<,
[72]:40( 64):@, [73]:13( 19): , [74]:FF( -1):ÿ, [75]:2F( 47):/, [76]:00( 0):


If you can see ...

[22]:00( 0): , [23]:F0( -16):ð, [24]:05( 5): , [25]:7E( 126):~, [26]:7F( 127):, [27]:09( 9): , [28]:01( 1): , [29]:F7( -9):÷,

like result of Java code:

byte[] b = {(byte) 0xF0, 0x7E, 0x7F, 0x09, 0x01, (byte) 0xF7};

      SysexMessage sm = new SysexMessage();

      sm.setMessage(b, 6);

      MidiEvent me = new MidiEvent(sm, (long) 0);

      t.add(me);

The question is:

How determine the length of SysexMessage/SysexEventType, in order to parse correctly the File and obtain te next event?...