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diff --git a/src/Buffer.h b/src/Buffer.h
index b1a5d93..4bb157b 100644
--- a/src/Buffer.h
+++ b/src/Buffer.h
@@ -29,28 +29,47 @@
#include <unistd.h>
-
+/* Buffer is a container for a byte array, that is memcpy'ed
+ * on assignment and by the copy-constructor.
+ *
+ * The allocation/freeing of the data is handled internally.
+ */
class Buffer {
-protected:
- size_t len;
- size_t size;
- void *data;
+ protected:
+ /* Current length of the data in the Buffer */
+ size_t len;
-public:
- Buffer(const Buffer& copy);
- Buffer(size_t len = 0, const void *data = NULL);
- ~Buffer();
+ /* Allocated size of the Buffer */
+ size_t size;
- Buffer &operator=(const Buffer &copy);
- Buffer &operator+=(const Buffer &copy);
+ /* Pointer to the data. Memory allocation is entirely
+ * handled by setLength.
+ */
+ void *data;
- void setLength(size_t len);
- void setData(const void *data, size_t len);
- void appendData(const void *data, size_t len);
+ public:
+ Buffer(const Buffer& copy);
+ Buffer(size_t len = 0, const void *data = NULL);
+ ~Buffer();
- size_t getLength();
- void *getData();
-};
+ /* Resize the buffer, reallocate memory if needed */
+ void setLength(size_t len);
+
+ /* Replace the data in the Buffer by the new data given.
+ * Reallocates memory if needed.
+ */
+ void setData(const void *data, size_t len);
+ Buffer &operator=(const Buffer &copy);
+ /* Concatenate the current data with the new data given.
+ * Reallocates memory if needed.
+ */
+ void appendData(const void *data, size_t len);
+ Buffer &operator+=(const Buffer &copy);
+
+ size_t getLength() const { return len; }
+ void *getData() const { return data; }
+};
#endif // BUFFER_H
+