question: @ Override public long skip ( long n ) throws IOException { long bytesSkipped = fInputStream . skip ( n << 1 ) ; if ( ( bytesSkipped & 1 ) != 0 ) { int b = fInputStream . read ( ) ; if ( b == - 1 ) { expectedTwoBytes ( ) ; } ++ bytesSkipped ; } return bytesSkipped > > 1 ; }
target:  Skip characters.  This method will block until some characters are available, an I/O error occurs, or the end of the stream is reached.