question: @ Override public long skip ( long n ) throws IOException { long remaining = n ; final char [ ] ch = new char [ fBuffer . length ] ; do { int length = ch . length < remaining ? ch . length : ( int ) remaining ; int count = read ( ch , 0 , length ) ; if ( count > 0 ) { remaining -= count ; } else { break ; } } while ( remaining > 0 ) ; long skipped = n - remaining ; return skipped ; }
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.