reads a long stored in variable-length format . reads between one and nine bytes . smaller values take fewer bytes . negative numbers are not supported . the format is described further in dataoutput #writevint int . concode_field_sep byte[] skipBuffer concode_elem_sep int SKIP_BUFFER_SIZE concode_field_sep Set<String> readSetOfStrings concode_elem_sep int readVInt concode_elem_sep int readZInt concode_elem_sep String readString concode_elem_sep long readZLong concode_elem_sep Set<String> readStringSet concode_elem_sep void skipBytes concode_elem_sep long readLong concode_elem_sep short readShort concode_elem_sep DataInput clone concode_elem_sep void readBytes concode_elem_sep void readBytes concode_elem_sep byte readByte concode_elem_sep int readInt concode_elem_sep Map<String,String> readStringStringMap concode_elem_sep Map<String,String> readMapOfStrings
long function ( ) { return readVLong ( false ) ; }