Method skip

lib/java/io/Reader.java:220–243

Skips amount characters in this reader. Subsequent calls of read methods will not return these characters unless reset() is used. This method may perform multiple reads to read count characters. @param count the maximum number of characters to skip. @retur

(long count)

     * @see #reset()
     */
    public long skip(long count) throws 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;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Reads characters and puts them into the {@code target} character buffer.