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+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright 2022 yuzu Emulator Project
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "common/make_unique_for_overwrite.h"
+
+namespace Common {
+
+/**
+ * ScratchBuffer class
+ * This class creates a default initialized heap allocated buffer for cases such as intermediate
+ * buffers being copied into entirely, where value initializing members during allocation or resize
+ * is redundant.
+ */
+template <typename T>
+class ScratchBuffer {
+public:
+    ScratchBuffer() = default;
+
+    explicit ScratchBuffer(size_t initial_capacity)
+        : last_requested_size{initial_capacity}, buffer_capacity{initial_capacity},
+          buffer{Common::make_unique_for_overwrite<T[]>(initial_capacity)} {}
+
+    ~ScratchBuffer() = default;
+
+    /// This will only grow the buffer's capacity if size is greater than the current capacity.
+    /// The previously held data will remain intact.
+    void resize(size_t size) {
+        if (size > buffer_capacity) {
+            auto new_buffer = Common::make_unique_for_overwrite<T[]>(size);
+            std::move(buffer.get(), buffer.get() + buffer_capacity, new_buffer.get());
+            buffer = std::move(new_buffer);
+            buffer_capacity = size;
+        }
+        last_requested_size = size;
+    }
+
+    /// This will only grow the buffer's capacity if size is greater than the current capacity.
+    /// The previously held data will be destroyed if a reallocation occurs.
+    void resize_destructive(size_t size) {
+        if (size > buffer_capacity) {
+            buffer_capacity = size;
+            buffer = Common::make_unique_for_overwrite<T[]>(buffer_capacity);
+        }
+        last_requested_size = size;
+    }
+
+    [[nodiscard]] T* data() noexcept {
+        return buffer.get();
+    }
+
+    [[nodiscard]] const T* data() const noexcept {
+        return buffer.get();
+    }
+
+    [[nodiscard]] T* begin() noexcept {
+        return data();
+    }
+
+    [[nodiscard]] const T* begin() const noexcept {
+        return data();
+    }
+
+    [[nodiscard]] T* end() noexcept {
+        return data() + last_requested_size;
+    }
+
+    [[nodiscard]] const T* end() const noexcept {
+        return data() + last_requested_size;
+    }
+
+    [[nodiscard]] T& operator[](size_t i) {
+        return buffer[i];
+    }
+
+    [[nodiscard]] const T& operator[](size_t i) const {
+        return buffer[i];
+    }
+
+    [[nodiscard]] size_t size() const noexcept {
+        return last_requested_size;
+    }
+
+    [[nodiscard]] size_t capacity() const noexcept {
+        return buffer_capacity;
+    }
+
+private:
+    size_t last_requested_size{};
+    size_t buffer_capacity{};
+    std::unique_ptr<T[]> buffer{};
+};
+
+} // namespace Common