Name: boT120536 Date: 12/27/2000


java version "1.3.0"
Java(TM) 2 RuntimeEnvironment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.0-C)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3.0-C, mixed mode)

<<<<" public int skipBytes(int n) throws IOException
 Makes an attempt to skip over n bytes of data from the input stream,
 discarding the skipped bytes. However, it may skip over some smaller number
 of bytes, possibly zero. This may result from any of a number of conditions;
 reaching end of file before n bytes have been skipped is only one
 possibility. This method never throws an EOFException(*). The actual number
 of bytes skipped is returned. Parameters:
 n - the number of bytes to be skipped.
 Returns:
 the number of bytes skipped, which is always n(**).
 Throws:
 EOFException - if this stream reaches the end before skipping all the bytes.
">>>>
==> It is not clear from this whether it returns EOFException or not?
==> what is the integer value returned - always the requested number, or the
 actual number?

 2) I found the following numbering mixup in the documentation guide for
 Object Serialization for jdk1.3 (Java Object Serialization Specification -
 Section

<<<<"If the replacement object is not one of the types covered by Steps 3
 through 7, processing resumes using the replacement object at Step 10.">>>>
==> There is no Step 10 in the document. After Step 8, it starts again at Step
1.
(Review ID: 113688)
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