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+#ifndef QPID_FRAMING_RESIZABLEBUFFER_H
+#define QPID_FRAMING_RESIZABLEBUFFER_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/framing/Buffer.h"
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace qpid {
+namespace framing {
+
+/**
+ * A buffer that maintains its own storage and can be resized, 
+ * keeping any data already written to the buffer. 
+ */
+class ResizableBuffer : public Buffer
+{
+  public:
+    ResizableBuffer(size_t initialSize) : store(initialSize) {
+        static_cast<Buffer&>(*this) = Buffer(&store[0], store.size());
+    }
+    
+    void resize(size_t newSize) {
+        size_t oldPos =  getPosition();
+        store.resize(newSize);
+        static_cast<Buffer&>(*this) = Buffer(&store[0], store.size());
+        setPosition(oldPos);
+    }
+
+    /** Make sure at least n bytes are available */
+    void makeAvailable(size_t n) {
+        if (n > available())
+            resize(getSize() + n - available());
+    }
+    
+  private:
+    std::vector<char> store;
+};
+}} // namespace qpid::framing
+
+#endif  /*!QPID_FRAMING_RESIZABLEBUFFER_H*/