Getting the correct number of records from a shapefile

Description

After a record is deleted from a shape file using 'com.esri.mo.file.shp.Shapefile.delRecord(int recNum)' method and 'getNumRecs()' method is called on the same object, the total number of records will remain same.

Note:
 In MapObjects Java 2.0, Shapefile class is within com.esri.mo2.file.shp package.

Cause

Shapefile.delRecord(int rec) only flags the record as deleted but does not remove it permanently from the file. Shapefile.getNumRecs() method will return the number of records stored in the header of the shape file, which only stores the total number of records, including those flagged as deleted.

Solution or Workaround

Code:
shapefile.reset();
int rec=0;
for(int i=0;i<shapefile.getNumRecs();i++){
 int isOK=shapefile.getRecord();
 if (isOK==Shapefile.OK)rec++;
}
//total # of records = rec
System.out.println(rec);