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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/libjava/java/io/DataInput.java b/libjava/java/io/DataInput.java
index 95f5a3c..2d92006 100644
--- a/libjava/java/io/DataInput.java
+++ b/libjava/java/io/DataInput.java
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ public interface DataInput
* @exception EOFException If end of file is reached before
* reading the boolean
* @exception IOException If any other error occurs
+ *
+ * @see DataOutput#writeBoolean
*/
boolean readBoolean() throws EOFException, IOException;
@@ -84,7 +86,7 @@ public interface DataInput
* @exception EOFException If end of file is reached before reading the byte
* @exception IOException If any other error occurs
*
- * @see DataOutput#writeBoolean
+ * @see DataOutput#writeByte
*/
byte readByte() throws EOFException, IOException;
@@ -143,7 +145,7 @@ public interface DataInput
* first and second byte read from the stream respectively, they will be
* transformed to a <code>short</code> in the following manner:
* <p>
- * <code>(short)((byte1 << 8) + (byte2 & 0xFF))</code>
+ * <code>(short)(((byte1 & 0xFF) << 8) + (byte2 & 0xFF))</code>
* <p>
* The value returned is in the range of -32768 to 32767.
* <p>
@@ -234,7 +236,7 @@ public interface DataInput
* <code>(long)(((byte1 & 0xFF) << 56) + ((byte2 & 0xFF) << 48) +
* ((byte3 & 0xFF) << 40) + ((byte4 & 0xFF) << 32) +
* ((byte5 & 0xFF) << 24) + ((byte6 & 0xFF) << 16) +
- * ((byte7 & 0xFF) << 8) + (byte9 & 0xFF)))
+ * ((byte7 & 0xFF) << 8) + (byte8 & 0xFF)))
* </code>
* <p>
* The value returned is in the range of -9223372036854775808 to
@@ -316,14 +318,10 @@ public interface DataInput
* charaters are discarded and are not returned as part of the string.
* A line is also terminated by an end of file condition.
* <p>
- * This method can read data that was written by an object implementing the
- * <code>writeLine()</code> method in <code>DataOutput</code>.
*
* @return The line read as a <code>String</code>
*
* @exception IOException If an error occurs
- *
- * @see DataOutput#writeLine
*/
String readLine() throws IOException;
@@ -442,6 +440,7 @@ public interface DataInput
* This method skips and discards the specified number of bytes in an
* input stream. Note that this method may skip less than the requested
* number of bytes. The actual number of bytes skipped is returned.
+ * No bytes are skipped if a negative number is passed to this method.
*
* @param numBytes The number of bytes to skip
*