diff --git a/headers/private/net/DynamicBuffer.h b/headers/private/net/DynamicBuffer.h
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2009, Haiku, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ * Distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *              Bruno Albuquerque, bga@bug-br.org.br
+ */
+
+#ifndef _DYNAMIC_BUFFER_H
+#define _DYNAMIC_BUFFER_H
+
+#include <SupportDefs.h>
+
+
+class DynamicBuffer {
+public:
+	DynamicBuffer(size_t _initialSize = 0);
+	~DynamicBuffer();
+	
+	// InitCheck() should be called to guarantee the object initialization
+	// didn't fail. If it does not return B_OK, the initialization failed.
+	status_t InitCheck() const;
+	
+	// Insert data at the end of the buffer. The buffer will be increased to
+	// accomodate the data if needed.
+	status_t Insert(const void* _data, size_t _size);
+	
+	// Remove data from the start of the buffer. Move the buffer start
+	// pointer to point to the data following it.
+	status_t Remove(void* _data, size_t _size);
+
+	// Return a pointer to the underlying buffer. Note this will not
+	// necessarily be a pointer to the start of the allocated memory as the
+	// initial data may be positioned at an offset inside the buffer. In other
+	// words, this returns a pointer to the start of data inside the buffer.
+	unsigned char* Data() const;
+	
+	// Returns the actual buffer size. This is the amount of memory allocated
+	// for the buffer.
+	size_t Size() const;
+	
+	// Number of bytes of data still present in the buffer that can be
+	// extracted through calls to Remove().
+	size_t BytesRemaining() const;
+
+	// Dump some buffer statistics to stdout.
+	void PrintToStream();
+
+private:
+	status_t _GrowToFit(size_t _size);
+	
+	unsigned char* fBuffer;
+	size_t fBufferSize;
+	size_t fDataStart;
+	size_t fDataEnd;
+	
+	status_t fInit;
+};
+
+#endif  // _DYNAMIC_BUFFER_H
diff --git a/src/kits/network/libnetapi/DynamicBuffer.cpp b/src/kits/network/libnetapi/DynamicBuffer.cpp
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2009, Haiku, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ * Distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *              Bruno Albuquerque, bga@bug-br.org.br
+ */
+
+#include "DynamicBuffer.h"
+
+#include <Errors.h>
+#include <SupportDefs.h>
+
+
+DynamicBuffer::DynamicBuffer(size_t _initialSize) :
+	fBuffer(NULL),
+	fBufferSize(0),
+	fDataStart(0),
+	fDataEnd(0),
+	fInit(B_NO_INIT)
+{
+	if (_initialSize > 0) {
+		fBuffer = new unsigned char[_initialSize];
+		if (fBuffer != NULL) {
+			fBufferSize = _initialSize;
+			fInit = B_OK;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+
+DynamicBuffer::~DynamicBuffer()
+{
+	delete[] fBuffer;
+	fBufferSize = 0;
+	fDataStart = 0;
+	fDataEnd = 0;
+}
+
+
+status_t
+DynamicBuffer::InitCheck() const
+{
+	return fInit;
+}
+
+
+status_t
+DynamicBuffer::Insert(const void* _data, size_t _size)
+{
+	if (fInit != B_OK)
+		return fInit;
+
+	status_t result = _GrowToFit(_size);
+	if (result != B_OK)
+		return result;
+	
+	memcpy(fBuffer + fDataEnd, _data, _size);
+	fDataEnd += _size;
+	
+	return B_OK;
+}
+
+
+status_t
+DynamicBuffer::Remove(void* _data, size_t _size)
+{
+	if (fInit != B_OK)
+		return fInit;
+
+	if (fDataStart + _size > fDataEnd)
+		return B_BUFFER_OVERFLOW;
+			
+	memcpy(_data, fBuffer + fDataStart, _size);
+	fDataStart += _size;
+	
+	if (fDataStart == fDataEnd)
+		fDataStart = fDataEnd = 0;
+	
+	return B_OK;
+}
+
+
+unsigned char*
+DynamicBuffer::Data() const
+{
+	return fBuffer + fDataStart;
+}
+
+
+size_t
+DynamicBuffer::Size() const
+{
+	return fBufferSize;
+}
+
+
+size_t
+DynamicBuffer::BytesRemaining() const
+{
+	return fDataEnd - fDataStart;
+}
+
+
+void
+DynamicBuffer::PrintToStream()
+{
+	printf("Current buffer size : %ld\n", fBufferSize);
+	printf("Data start position : %ld\n", fDataStart);
+	printf("Data end position   : %ld\n", fDataEnd);
+	printf("Bytes wasted        : %ld\n", fDataStart);
+	printf("Bytes available     : %ld\n", fBufferSize - fDataEnd);	
+}
+
+
+status_t
+DynamicBuffer::_GrowToFit(size_t _size)
+{
+	if (_size <= fBufferSize - fDataEnd)
+		return B_OK;
+	
+	size_t newSize = (fBufferSize + _size) * 2;
+
+	unsigned char* newBuffer = new unsigned char[newSize];
+	if (newBuffer == NULL)
+		return B_NO_MEMORY;
+
+	if (fDataStart != fDataEnd) {
+		memcpy(newBuffer, fBuffer + fDataStart, fDataEnd - fDataStart); 
+	}
+	
+	delete[] fBuffer;
+	fBuffer = newBuffer;
+	fDataEnd -= fDataStart;
+	fDataStart = 0;
+	fBufferSize = newSize;
+
+	return B_OK;
+}