question: @ edu . umd . cs . findbugs . annotations . SuppressFBWarnings ( value = "SR_NOT_CHECKED" , justification = "skipping all, don't care what skip() returns" ) protected void purgeStream ( @ Nonnull java . io . InputStream serialStream ) throws java . io . IOException { int count = serialStream . available ( ) ; log . debug ( "input stream shows " + count + " bytes available" ) ; while ( count > 0 ) { serialStream . skip ( count ) ; count = serialStream . available ( ) ; } }
target:  Service method to purge a stream of initial contents while opening the connection.