The skip() method is a built-in method of the Java.io.ByteArrayInputStream which skips arg bytes in the input stream. A fewer bytes is skipped if the stream has reached towards the end.
Syntax:
public long skip(long args)
Parameters: The function accepts a single mandatory parameter args which specifies the number of bytes to be skipped
Return Value: The function returns the number of skip bytes.
Errors an Exceptions: The function throws an IOException when I/O error occurs.
Below is the implementation of the above function:
Program 1:
// Java program to implement// the above functionimport java.io.*;  public class Main {    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception    {          byte[] buf = { 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 };          // Create new byte array input stream        ByteArrayInputStream exam            = new ByteArrayInputStream(buf);          // print bytes        System.out.println(exam.read());          // Skips 1 element        exam.skip(1);          System.out.println(exam.read());        System.out.println(exam.read());    }} |
Output:
5 7 8
Program 2:
// Java program to implement// the above functionimport java.io.*;  public class Main {    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception    {          byte[] buf = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 };          // Create new byte array input stream        ByteArrayInputStream exam            = new ByteArrayInputStream(buf);          // print bytes        System.out.println(exam.read());          // Skips 3 elements        exam.skip(3);          System.out.println(exam.read());        System.out.println(exam.read());    }} |
Output:
1 5 6
Reference: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/10/docs/api/java/io/ByteArrayInputStream.html#skip(long)
