Method countBySkipping

guava/src/com/google/common/io/CharSource.java:230–237

(Reader reader)

  }

  private static long countBySkipping(Reader reader) throws IOException {
    long count = 0;
    long read;
    while ((read = reader.skip(Long.MAX_VALUE)) != 0) {
      count += read;
    }
    return count;
  }

  /**
   * Appends the contents of this source to the given {@link Appendable} (such as a {@link Writer}).