1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/qpid/java/common/src/main/java/org/apache/qpid/transport/Binary.java b/qpid/java/common/src/main/java/org/apache/qpid/transport/Binary.java
index 4e97855a6f..491a7ac218 100644
--- a/qpid/java/common/src/main/java/org/apache/qpid/transport/Binary.java
+++ b/qpid/java/common/src/main/java/org/apache/qpid/transport/Binary.java
@@ -142,4 +142,13 @@ public final class Binary
         return str(ByteBuffer.wrap(bytes, offset, size));
     }
 
+    public boolean hasExcessCapacity()
+    {
+        return size != bytes.length;
+    }
+
+    public Binary copy()
+    {
+        return new Binary(getBytes());
+    }
 }