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+#ifndef __dispatch_buffer_h__
+#define __dispatch_buffer_h__ 1
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+#include <qpid/dispatch/ctools.h>
+
+typedef struct dx_buffer_t dx_buffer_t;
+
+DEQ_DECLARE(dx_buffer_t, dx_buffer_list_t);
+
+struct dx_buffer_t {
+    DEQ_LINKS(dx_buffer_t);
+    unsigned int size;
+};
+
+/**
+ */
+void dx_buffer_set_size(size_t size);
+
+/**
+ */
+dx_buffer_t *dx_allocate_buffer(void);
+
+/**
+ * @param buf A pointer to an allocated buffer
+ */
+void dx_free_buffer(dx_buffer_t *buf);
+
+/**
+ * @param buf A pointer to an allocated buffer
+ * @return A pointer to the first octet in the buffer
+ */
+unsigned char *dx_buffer_base(dx_buffer_t *buf);
+
+/**
+ * @param buf A pointer to an allocated buffer
+ * @return A pointer to the first free octet in the buffer, the insert point for new data.
+ */
+unsigned char *dx_buffer_cursor(dx_buffer_t *buf);
+
+/**
+ * @param buf A pointer to an allocated buffer
+ * @return The number of octets in the buffer's free space, how many octets may be inserted.
+ */
+size_t dx_buffer_capacity(dx_buffer_t *buf);
+
+/**
+ * @param buf A pointer to an allocated buffer
+ * @return The number of octets of data in the buffer
+ */
+size_t dx_buffer_size(dx_buffer_t *buf);
+
+/**
+ * Notify the buffer that octets have been inserted at the buffer's cursor.  This will advance the
+ * cursor by len octets.
+ *
+ * @param buf A pointer to an allocated buffer
+ * @param len The number of octets that have been appended to the buffer
+ */
+void dx_buffer_insert(dx_buffer_t *buf, size_t len);
+
+#endif