assert added : "Delimiting block cannot be present in the node";
int headIndex = 0; //currently the delimiter is in the head of the list
int curIndex;
if (newReport == null)
newReport = new BlockListAsLongs();
// scan the report and process newly reported blocks
BlockReportIterator itBR = newReport.getBlockReportIterator();
while(itBR.hasNext()) {
Block iblk = itBR.next();
ReplicaState iState = itBR.getCurrentReplicaState();