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+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright 2015 gRPC authors.
+ *
+ * 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 NET_GRPC_NODE_BYTE_BUFFER_H_
+#define NET_GRPC_NODE_BYTE_BUFFER_H_
+
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include <nan.h>
+#include <node.h>
+#include "grpc/grpc.h"
+
+namespace grpc {
+namespace node {
+
+/* Convert a Node.js Buffer to grpc_byte_buffer. Requires that
+ ::node::Buffer::HasInstance(buffer) */
+grpc_byte_buffer *BufferToByteBuffer(v8::Local<v8::Value> buffer);
+
+/* Convert a grpc_byte_buffer to a Node.js Buffer */
+v8::Local<v8::Value> ByteBufferToBuffer(grpc_byte_buffer *buffer);
+
+} // namespace node
+} // namespace grpc
+
+#endif // NET_GRPC_NODE_BYTE_BUFFER_H_