diff --git a/src/Reader.php b/src/Reader.php
index 7558395..998c8f2 100644
--- a/src/Reader.php
+++ b/src/Reader.php
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
  */
 
 /**#@+ @ignore */
-require_once("ReaderException.php");
+require_once("Reader/Exception.php");
 require_once("Transform.php");
 /**#@-*/
 
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ require_once("Transform.php");
  * @author    Sven Vollbehr <sven.vollbehr@behrss.eu>
  * @copyright 2006, 2007 The Bearpaw Project Work Group
  * @copyright 2007, 2008 BEHR Software Systems
+ * @license   http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php New BSD License
  * @version   $Rev$
  */
 class Reader
@@ -65,12 +66,12 @@ class Reader
    * Opens the file given as a parameter.
    * 
    * @param string $filename The absolute or relative path to the file.
-   * @throws ReaderException if the file cannot be read.
+   * @throws Reader_Exception if the file cannot be read.
    */
   public function __construct($filename)
   {
     if (($this->_fd = fopen($filename, "rb")) === false)
-      throw new ReaderException("Unable to open file:" . $filename);
+      throw new Reader_Exception("Unable to open file:" . $filename);
     
     fseek($this->_fd, 0, SEEK_END);
     $this->_size = ftell($this->_fd);
@@ -100,13 +101,14 @@ class Reader
    * Jumps <var>size</var> amount of bytes in the file stream.
    * 
    * @return void
-   * @throws ReaderException if <var>size</var> attribute is not greater or
-   *         equal than zero.
+   * @throws Reader_Exception if <var>size</var> attribute is negative.
    */
   public function skip($size)
   {
     if ($size < 0)
-      throw new ReaderException("Invalid argument");
+      throw new Reader_Exception("Invalid argument");
+    if ($size == 0)
+      return;
     fseek($this->_fd, $size, SEEK_CUR);
   }
   
@@ -114,13 +116,14 @@ class Reader
    * Reads <var>length</var> amount of bytes from the file stream.
    * 
    * @return string Returns read bytes as a string
-   * @throws ReaderException if <var>length</var> attribute is not greater than
-   *         zero.
+   * @throws Reader_Exception if <var>length</var> attribute is negative.
    */
   public function read($length)
   {
-    if ($length <= 0)
-      throw new ReaderException("Invalid argument");
+    if ($length < 0)
+      throw new Reader_Exception("Invalid argument");
+    if ($length == 0)
+      return "";
     return fread($this->_fd, $length);
   }
   
@@ -165,7 +168,7 @@ class Reader
    * @param string $method The method to be called.
    * @param string $params The parameters should the function accept them.
    * @return mixed
-   * @throws ReaderException if no such transformer is implemented
+   * @throws Reader_Exception if no such transformer is implemented
    */
   public function __call($method, $params) {
     $chunks = array();
@@ -177,6 +180,6 @@ class Reader
          $this->read(preg_match("/String|(?:H|L)Hex/", $chunks[1]) ?
                      (isset($params[0]) ? $params[0] : 1) :
                      ($chunks[1] == "GUID" ? 16 : $chunks[2] / 8)));
-    } else throw new ReaderException("Unknown method: " . $method);
+    } else throw new Reader_Exception("Unknown method: " . $method);
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/ReaderException.php b/src/Reader/Exception.php
similarity index 93%
rename from src/ReaderException.php
rename to src/Reader/Exception.php
index e14d95f..7f62714 100644
--- a/src/ReaderException.php
+++ b/src/Reader/Exception.php
@@ -39,8 +39,9 @@
  * @package   php-reader
  * @author    Sven Vollbehr <sven.vollbehr@behrss.eu>
  * @copyright 2008 BEHR Software Systems
+ * @license   http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php New BSD License
  * @version   $Rev$
  */
-class ReaderException extends Exception
+class Reader_Exception extends Exception
 {
 }
diff --git a/src/Transform.php b/src/Transform.php
index 22efbac..46f8f03 100644
--- a/src/Transform.php
+++ b/src/Transform.php
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
  * @author    Sven Vollbehr <sven.vollbehr@behrss.eu>
  * @copyright 2006, 2007 The Bearpaw Project Work Group
  * @copyright 2007, 2008 BEHR Software Systems
+ * @license   http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php New BSD License
  * @version   $Rev$
  * @static
  */
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ final class Transform
    */
   public static function getInt64LE($raw)
   {
-    return ReaderUtils::getInt64($raw, self::LITTLE_ENDIAN_ORDER);
+    return self::getInt64($raw, self::LITTLE_ENDIAN_ORDER);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ final class Transform
    */
   public static function getInt64BE($raw)
   {
-    return ReaderUtils::getInt64($raw, self::BIG_ENDIAN_ORDER);
+    return self::getInt64($raw, self::BIG_ENDIAN_ORDER);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ final class Transform
    */
   public static function getUInt32LE($raw)
   {
-    return ReaderUtils::getUInt32($raw, self::LITTLE_ENDIAN_ORDER);
+    return self::getUInt32($raw, self::LITTLE_ENDIAN_ORDER);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@ final class Transform
    */
   public static function getUInt32BE($raw)
   {
-    return ReaderUtils::getUInt32($raw, self::BIG_ENDIAN_ORDER);
+    return self::getUInt32($raw, self::BIG_ENDIAN_ORDER);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -168,7 +169,7 @@ final class Transform
    */
   public static function getUInt16LE($raw)
   {
-    return ReaderUtils::getUInt16($raw, self::LITTLE_ENDIAN_ORDER);
+    return self::getUInt16($raw, self::LITTLE_ENDIAN_ORDER);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -178,7 +179,7 @@ final class Transform
    */
   public static function getUInt16BE($raw)
   {
-    return ReaderUtils::getUInt16($raw, self::BIG_ENDIAN_ORDER);
+    return self::getUInt16($raw, self::BIG_ENDIAN_ORDER);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -215,7 +216,7 @@ final class Transform
     foreach (unpack(($order == 2 ? "n" :
                      ($order == 1 ? "v" : "S")) . "*", $raw) as $char)
       $string .= pack("S", $char);
-    return rtrim($string, "\0");
+    return $string;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -225,7 +226,7 @@ final class Transform
    */
   public static function getString16LE($raw)
   {
-    return ReaderUtils::getString16($raw, self::LITTLE_ENDIAN_ORDER);
+    return self::getString16($raw, self::LITTLE_ENDIAN_ORDER);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -235,7 +236,7 @@ final class Transform
    */
   public static function getString16BE($raw)
   {
-    return ReaderUtils::getString16($raw, self::BIG_ENDIAN_ORDER);
+    return self::getString16($raw, self::BIG_ENDIAN_ORDER);
   }
 
   /**