question: protected void skipRemainingTagsInCurrentIfd ( ) throws IOException , ExifInvalidFormatException { int endOfTags = mIfdStartOffset + OFFSET_SIZE + TAG_SIZE * mNumOfTagInIfd ; int offset = mTiffStream . getReadByteCount ( ) ; if ( offset > endOfTags ) { return ; } if ( mNeedToParseOffsetsInCurrentIfd ) { while ( offset < endOfTags ) { mTag = readTag ( ) ; offset += TAG_SIZE ; if ( mTag == null ) { continue ; } checkOffsetOrImageTag ( mTag ) ; } } else { skipTo ( endOfTags ) ; } long ifdOffset = readUnsignedLong ( ) ; if ( mIfdType == IfdId . TYPE_IFD_0 && ( isIfdRequested ( IfdId . TYPE_IFD_1 ) || isThumbnailRequested ( ) ) ) { if ( ifdOffset > 0 ) { registerIfd ( IfdId . TYPE_IFD_1 , ifdOffset ) ; } } }
target:  Skips the tags area of current IFD, if the parser is not in the tag area, nothing will happen.