public String[] readAllStrings() {
        // we could use readAll.trim().split(), but that's not consistent
        // since trim() uses characters 0x00..0x20 as whitespace
        String[] tokens = WHITESPACE_PATTERN.split(readAll());
        if (tokens.length == 0 || tokens[0].length() > 0)
            return tokens;
        String[] decapitokens = new String[tokens.length-1];
        for (int i = 0; i < tokens.length-1; i++)
            decapitokens[i] = tokens[i+1];
        return decapitokens;
    }