1 files changed, 19 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/source/ByteBuffer.h b/source/ByteBuffer.h
index 650eda5b0..eb5ce5910 100644
--- a/source/ByteBuffer.h
+++ b/source/ByteBuffer.h
@@ -57,8 +57,22 @@ public:
 	bool ReadBEFloat        (float & a_Value);
 	bool ReadBEDouble       (double & a_Value);
 	bool ReadBool           (bool & a_Value);
-	bool ReadBEUTF16String16(AString & a_Value);
-	
+	bool ReadBEUTF16String16(AString & a_Value);  // string length as BE short, then string as UTF-16BE
+	bool ReadVarInt         (UInt64 & a_Value);
+	bool ReadVarUTF8String  (AString & a_Value);  // string length as VarInt, then string as UTF-8
+
+	/// Reads VarInt, assigns it to anything that can be assigned from an UInt64 (unsigned int, short, char, Byte, double, ...)
+	template <typename T> bool ReadVarUInt(T & a_Value)
+	{
+		UInt64 v;
+		bool res = ReadVarInt(v);
+		if (res)
+		{
+			a_Value = v;
+		}
+		return res;
+	}
+
 	// Write the specified datatype; return true if successfully written
 	bool WriteChar           (char a_Value);
 	bool WriteByte           (unsigned char a_Value);
@@ -68,7 +82,9 @@ public:
 	bool WriteBEFloat        (float  a_Value);
 	bool WriteBEDouble       (double a_Value);
 	bool WriteBool           (bool   a_Value);
-	bool WriteBEUTF16String16(const AString & a_Value);
+	bool WriteBEUTF16String16(const AString & a_Value);  // string length as BE short, then string as UTF-16BE
+	bool WriteVarInt         (UInt64 a_Value);
+	bool WriteVarUTF8String  (AString & a_Value);  // string length as VarInt, then string as UTF-8
 	
 	/// Reads a_Count bytes into a_Buffer; returns true if successful
 	bool ReadBuf(void * a_Buffer, int a_Count);