Java8Compatibility.clear(buf);
    }
    return total;
  }

  /**
   * Discards {@code n} characters of data from the reader. This method will block until the full
   * amount has been skipped. Does not close the reader.
   *
   * @param reader the reader to read from
   * @param n the number of characters to skip
   * @throws EOFException if this stream reaches the end before skipping all the characters

        if (dest.length < sizeNeeded) {
          int destLength = sizeNeeded + (end - index) + DEST_PAD;
          dest = growBuffer(dest, destIndex, destLength);
        }
        // If we have skipped any characters, we need to copy them now.
        if (charsSkipped > 0) {
          s.getChars(unescapedChunkStart, index, dest, destIndex);
          destIndex += charsSkipped;
        }

			collectedErrors = append(collectedErrors, fmt.Errorf("could not validate `%s` exists in LDAP directory: %w", k, err))
			continue
		}
		if validatedDN == nil || !underBaseDN {
			skipped = append(skipped, k)
			continue
		}

		if validatedDN.NormDN != k {
			normalizedDNKeysMap[validatedDN.NormDN] = append(normalizedDNKeysMap[validatedDN.NormDN], k)
		}
	}

                buffer.append(' ');
            }

            BuildSummary buildSummary = result.getBuildSummary(project);

            if (buildSummary == null) {
                buffer.append(builder().warning("SKIPPED"));
            } else if (buildSummary instanceof BuildSuccess) {
                buffer.append(builder().success("SUCCESS"));
                buffer.append(" [");

	return shuffleDisksAndPartsMetadata(disks, metaArr, fi)
}

// Return shuffled partsMetadata depending on fi.Distribution.
// additional validation is attempted and invalid metadata is
// automatically skipped only when fi.ModTime is non-zero
// indicating that this is called during read-phase

pkg testing, method (*F) Setenv(string, string)
pkg testing, method (*F) Skip(...interface{})
pkg testing, method (*F) SkipNow()
pkg testing, method (*F) Skipf(string, ...interface{})
pkg testing, method (*F) Skipped() bool
pkg testing, method (*F) TempDir() string
pkg testing, type F struct
pkg testing, type InternalFuzzTarget struct
pkg testing, type InternalFuzzTarget struct, Fn func(*F)

				ObjInfo:    oi,
				Reader:     decReader,
				cleanUpFns: cFns,
			}
			return r, nil
		}

	case isEncrypted:
		var seqNumber uint32
		var partStart int
		var skipLen int64

		off, length, skipLen, seqNumber, partStart, err = oi.GetDecryptedRange(rs)
		if err != nil {
			return nil, 0, 0, err
		}
		var decSize int64
		decSize, err = oi.DecryptedSize()
		if err != nil {

        }
        hasSkip = true;
        partsSkipped++; // :: means we skipped an extra part in between the two delimiters.
        if (i == 0) {
          partsSkipped++; // Begins with ::, so we skipped the part preceding the first :
        }
        if (i == ipString.length() - 2) {
          partsSkipped++; // Ends with ::, so we skipped the part after the last :
        }
      }
    }

   *
   * <p>The returned iterable's iterator supports {@code remove()} if the iterator of the underlying
   * iterable supports it. Note that it is <i>not</i> possible to delete the last skipped element by
   * immediately calling {@code remove()} on that iterator, as the {@code Iterator} contract states
   * that a call to {@code remove()} before a call to {@code next()} will throw an {@link
   * IllegalStateException}.

   *
   * <p>The returned iterable's iterator supports {@code remove()} if the iterator of the underlying
   * iterable supports it. Note that it is <i>not</i> possible to delete the last skipped element by
   * immediately calling {@code remove()} on that iterator, as the {@code Iterator} contract states
   * that a call to {@code remove()} before a call to {@code next()} will throw an {@link
   * IllegalStateException}.