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+#ifndef QPID_REFCOUNTEDBUFFER_H
+#define QPID_REFCOUNTEDBUFFER_H
+
+/*
+ *
+ * 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/RefCounted.h>
+#include <qpid/BufferRef.h>
+
+namespace qpid {
+
+/**
+ * Reference-counted byte buffer. No alignment guarantees.
+ */
+class RefCountedBuffer : public RefCounted {
+  public:
+    /** Create a reference counted buffer of size n */
+    static BufferRef create(size_t n);
+
+  protected:
+    void released() const;
+};
+
+} // namespace qpid
+
+#endif  /*!QPID_REFCOUNTEDBUFFER_H*/