List<String> excludedZones = map.getExcludeList();
if (excludedZones != null) {
raf.writeByte(ZoneInfoFile.TAG_ExcludedZones);
index += 3 + block_size;
block_size = 2;
raf.writeShort(block_size & 0xFFFF); // place holder
raf.writeShort(excludedZones.size()); // the number of excluded zones
for (String name : excludedZones) {
byte size = (byte) name.length();
raf.writeByte(size); // byte length
raf.write(name.getBytes("UTF-8"), 0, size); // zone name