1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/java/common/src/main/java/org/apache/qpid/transport/Binary.java b/java/common/src/main/java/org/apache/qpid/transport/Binary.java
index e6dedc536f..4e97855a6f 100644
--- a/java/common/src/main/java/org/apache/qpid/transport/Binary.java
+++ b/java/common/src/main/java/org/apache/qpid/transport/Binary.java
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@
  */
 package org.apache.qpid.transport;
 
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+
+import static org.apache.qpid.transport.util.Functions.*;
+
 
 /**
  * Binary
@@ -51,6 +55,13 @@ public final class Binary
         this(bytes, 0, bytes.length);
     }
 
+    public final byte[] getBytes()
+    {
+        byte[] result = new byte[size];
+        System.arraycopy(bytes, offset, result, 0, size);
+        return result;
+    }
+
     public final byte[] array()
     {
         return bytes;
@@ -126,4 +137,9 @@ public final class Binary
         return true;
     }
 
+    public String toString()
+    {
+        return str(ByteBuffer.wrap(bytes, offset, size));
+    }
+
 }