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diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/io/input/ProxyInputStream.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/io/input/ProxyInputStream.java
index 872c291..0d05c9e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/io/input/ProxyInputStream.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/io/input/ProxyInputStream.java
@@ -25,18 +25,20 @@
import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
/**
- * A Proxy stream which acts as expected, that is it passes the method
- * calls on to the proxied stream and doesn't change which methods are
- * being called.
+ * A proxy stream which acts as a {@link FilterInputStream}, by passing all method calls on to the proxied stream, not changing which methods are called.
* <p>
- * It is an alternative base class to FilterInputStream
- * to increase reusability, because FilterInputStream changes the
- * methods being called, such as read(byte[]) to read(byte[], int, int).
+ * It is an alternative base class to {@link FilterInputStream} to increase reusability, because {@link FilterInputStream} changes the methods being called,
+ * such as read(byte[]) to read(byte[], int, int).
* </p>
* <p>
- * See the protected methods for ways in which a subclass can easily decorate
- * a stream with custom pre-, post- or error processing functionality.
+ * In addition, this class allows you to:
* </p>
+ * <ul>
+ * <li>notify a subclass that <em>n</em> bytes are about to be read through {@link #beforeRead(int)}</li>
+ * <li>notify a subclass that <em>n</em> bytes were read through {@link #afterRead(int)}</li>
+ * <li>notify a subclass that an exception was caught through {@link #handleIOException(IOException)}</li>
+ * <li>{@link #unwrap()} itself</li>
+ * </ul>
*/
public abstract class ProxyInputStream extends FilterInputStream {
@@ -71,7 +73,7 @@
*/
@SuppressWarnings("unused") // Possibly thrown from subclasses.
protected void afterRead(final int n) throws IOException {
- // no-op
+ // no-op default
}
/**
@@ -112,7 +114,7 @@
*/
@SuppressWarnings("unused") // Possibly thrown from subclasses.
protected void beforeRead(final int n) throws IOException {
- // no-op
+ // no-op default
}
/**
