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+#
+# Copyright (c) 2006- Facebook
+# Distributed under the Thrift Software License
+#
+# See accompanying file LICENSE or visit the Thrift site at:
+# http://developers.facebook.com/thrift/
+#
+#  package - thrift.transport.memorybuffer
+#  author  - T Jake Luciani <jakers@gmail.com>
+#  author  - Mark Slee      <mcslee@facebook.com>
+#
+
+require 5.6.0;
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use Thrift;
+use Thrift::Transport;
+
+package Thrift::MemoryBuffer;
+use base('Thrift::Transport');
+
+sub new
+{
+    my $classname = shift;
+
+    my $bufferSize= shift || 1024;
+
+    my $self = {
+        buffer    => '',
+        bufferSize=> $bufferSize,
+        wPos      => 0,
+        rPos      => 0,
+    };
+
+    return bless($self,$classname);
+}
+
+sub isOpen
+{
+    return 1;
+}
+
+sub open
+{
+
+}
+
+sub close
+{
+
+}
+
+sub peek
+{
+    my $self = shift;
+    return($self->{rPos} < $self->{wPos});
+}
+
+
+sub getBuffer
+{
+    my $self = shift;
+    return $self->{buffer};
+}
+
+sub resetBuffer
+{
+    my $self = shift;
+
+    my $new_buffer  = shift || '';
+
+    $self->{buffer}     = $new_buffer;
+    $self->{bufferSize} = length($new_buffer);
+    $self->{wPos}       = length($new_buffer);
+    $self->{rPos}       = 0;
+}
+
+sub available
+{
+    my $self = shift;
+    return ($self->{wPos} - $self->{rPos});
+}
+
+sub read
+{
+    my $self = shift;
+    my $len  = shift;
+    my $ret;
+
+    my $avail = ($self->{wPos} - $self->{rPos});
+    return '' if $avail == 0;
+
+    #how much to give
+    my $give = $len;
+    $give = $avail if $avail < $len;
+
+    $ret = substr($self->{buffer},$self->{rPos},$give);
+
+    $self->{rPos} += $give;
+
+    return $ret;
+}
+
+sub write
+{
+    my $self = shift;
+    my $buf  = shift;
+
+    $self->{buffer} .= $buf;
+    $self->{wPos}   += length($buf);
+}
+
+sub flush
+{
+
+}
+
+1;