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+/*
+ * Copyright 2021 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#ifndef FLATBUFFERS_BUFFER_REF_H_
+#define FLATBUFFERS_BUFFER_REF_H_
+
+#include "flatbuffers/base.h"
+#include "flatbuffers/verifier.h"
+
+namespace flatbuffers {
+
+// Convenient way to bundle a buffer and its length, to pass it around
+// typed by its root.
+// A BufferRef does not own its buffer.
+struct BufferRefBase {};  // for std::is_base_of
+
+template<typename T> struct BufferRef : BufferRefBase {
+  BufferRef() : buf(nullptr), len(0), must_free(false) {}
+  BufferRef(uint8_t *_buf, uoffset_t _len)
+      : buf(_buf), len(_len), must_free(false) {}
+
+  ~BufferRef() {
+    if (must_free) free(buf);
+  }
+
+  const T *GetRoot() const { return flatbuffers::GetRoot<T>(buf); }
+
+  bool Verify() {
+    Verifier verifier(buf, len);
+    return verifier.VerifyBuffer<T>(nullptr);
+  }
+
+  uint8_t *buf;
+  uoffset_t len;
+  bool must_free;
+};
+
+}  // namespace flatbuffers
+
+#endif  // FLATBUFFERS_BUFFER_REF_H_
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