in src/main/java/com/spotify/sparkey/CompressedWriter.java [95:110]
public void delete(byte[] key, int keyLen) throws IOException {
int keySize = 1 + Util.unsignedVLQSize(keyLen + 1);
smartFlush(keySize, keySize + keyLen);
flushed = false;
currentNumEntries++;
compressedOutputStream.write(0);
Util.writeUnsignedVLQ(keyLen, compressedOutputStream);
compressedOutputStream.write(key, 0, keyLen);
// Make sure that the beginning of each block is the start of a key/value pair
if (flushed && compressedOutputStream.getPending() > 0) {
compressedOutputStream.flush();
}
}