question: public void skipValue ( ) { switch ( peek ( ) ) { case ENCODED_BYTE : readByte ( ) ; break ; case ENCODED_SHORT : readShort ( ) ; break ; case ENCODED_CHAR : readChar ( ) ; break ; case ENCODED_INT : readInt ( ) ; break ; case ENCODED_LONG : readLong ( ) ; break ; case ENCODED_FLOAT : readFloat ( ) ; break ; case ENCODED_DOUBLE : readDouble ( ) ; break ; case ENCODED_STRING : readString ( ) ; break ; case ENCODED_TYPE : readType ( ) ; break ; case ENCODED_FIELD : readField ( ) ; break ; case ENCODED_ENUM : readEnum ( ) ; break ; case ENCODED_METHOD : readMethod ( ) ; break ; case ENCODED_ARRAY : for ( int i = 0 , size = readArray ( ) ; i < size ; i ++ ) { skipValue ( ) ; } break ; case ENCODED_ANNOTATION : for ( int i = 0 , size = readAnnotation ( ) ; i < size ; i ++ ) { readAnnotationName ( ) ; skipValue ( ) ; } break ; case ENCODED_NULL : readNull ( ) ; break ; case ENCODED_BOOLEAN : readBoolean ( ) ; break ; default : throw new DexException ( "Unexpected type: " + Integer . toHexString ( type ) ) ; } }
target:  Skips a single value, including its nested values if it is an array or annotation.