@Override
  public MultiByteBuff skip(int length) {
    checkRefCount();
    // Get available bytes from this item and remaining from next
    int jump = 0;
    while (true) {
      jump = this.curItem.remaining();
      if (jump >= length) {
        this.curItem.position(this.curItem.position() + length);
        break;
      }
      this.curItem.position(this.curItem.position() + jump);
      length -= jump;
      this.curItemIndex++;
      this.curItem = this.items[this.curItemIndex];
    }
    return this;
  }
Jumps the current position of this MBB by specified length.
hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/nio/MultiByteBuff.java