* common functionality into the superclass and read wordCount
     * and byteCount worth of data.
     * 
     * We will still use the readXxxWireFormat return values to
     * indicate how many bytes(note: readParameterWordsWireFormat
     * returns bytes read and not the number of words(but the
     * wordCount member DOES store the number of words)) we
     * actually read. Incedentally this is important to the

     * common functionality into the superclass and read wordCount
     * and byteCount worth of data.
     * 
     * We will still use the readXxxWireFormat return values to
     * indicate how many bytes(note: readParameterWordsWireFormat
     * returns bytes read and not the number of words(but the
     * wordCount member DOES store the number of words)) we
     * actually read. Incedentally this is important to the