Method skip

vm/JavaAPI/src/java/io/Reader.java:112–135

Skip characters. This method will block until some characters are available, an I/O error occurs, or the end of the stream is reached.

(long count)

     * Skip characters. This method will block until some characters are available, an I/O error occurs, or the end of the stream is reached.
     */
    public long skip(long count) throws java.io.IOException{
        if (count < 0) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException();
        }
        synchronized (lock) {
            long skipped = 0;
            int toRead = count < 512 ? (int) count : 512;
            char charsSkipped[] = new char[toRead];
            while (skipped < count) {
                int read = read(charsSkipped, 0, toRead);
                if (read == -1) {
                    return skipped;
                }
                skipped += read;
                if (read < toRead) {
                    return skipped;
                }
                if (count - skipped < toRead) {
                    toRead = (int) (count - skipped);
                }
            }
            return skipped;
        }
    }

}