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+/*
+ * Copyright 2017 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.
+ */
+
+package com.google.flatbuffers;
+
+import static com.google.flatbuffers.Constants.*;
+
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+
+/// @file
+/// @addtogroup flatbuffers_java_api
+/// @{
+
+/**
+ * Class that collects utility functions around `ByteBuffer`.
+ */
+public class ByteBufferUtil {
+
+	/**
+     * Extract the size prefix from a `ByteBuffer`.
+     * 
+     * @param bb a size-prefixed buffer
+     * @return the size prefix
+     */
+    public static int getSizePrefix(ByteBuffer bb) {
+        return bb.getInt(bb.position());
+    }
+
+	/**
+     * Create a duplicate of a size-prefixed `ByteBuffer` that has its position
+     * advanced just past the size prefix.
+     * 
+     * @param bb a size-prefixed buffer
+     * @return a new buffer on the same underlying data that has skipped the
+     *         size prefix
+     */
+    public static ByteBuffer removeSizePrefix(ByteBuffer bb) {
+        ByteBuffer s = bb.duplicate();
+        s.position(s.position() + SIZE_PREFIX_LENGTH);
+        return s;
+    }
+
+}
+
+/// @}