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 * Copyright (c) 2011-2019 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
 *
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 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0, or the Apache License, Version 2.0
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 *
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 */

package io.vertx.core.buffer;


import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
import io.vertx.codegen.annotations.Fluent;
import io.vertx.codegen.annotations.GenIgnore;
import io.vertx.codegen.annotations.VertxGen;
import io.vertx.core.buffer.impl.BufferImpl;
import io.vertx.core.json.Json;
import io.vertx.core.json.JsonArray;
import io.vertx.core.json.JsonObject;
import io.vertx.core.shareddata.Shareable;
import io.vertx.core.shareddata.impl.ClusterSerializable;

import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
import java.nio.charset.Charset;
import java.util.Objects;

/**
 * Most data is shuffled around inside Vert.x using buffers.
 * <p>
 * A buffer is a sequence of zero or more bytes that can read from or written to and which expands automatically as
 * necessary to accommodate any bytes written to it. You can perhaps think of a buffer as smart byte array.
 * <p>
 * Please consult the documentation for more information on buffers.
 *
 * @author <a href="http://tfox.org">Tim Fox</a>
 */
@VertxGen
public interface Buffer extends ClusterSerializable, Shareable {

  /**
   * Create a new, empty buffer.
   *
   * @return the buffer
   */
  static Buffer buffer() {
    return BufferImpl.buffer();
  }

  /**
   * Create a new buffer given the initial size hint.
   * <p>
   * If you know the buffer will require a certain size, providing the hint can prevent unnecessary re-allocations
   * as the buffer is written to and resized.
   *
   * @param initialSizeHint the hint, in bytes
   * @return the buffer
   */
  static Buffer buffer(int initialSizeHint) {
    return BufferImpl.buffer(initialSizeHint);
  }

  /**
   * Create a new buffer from a string. The string will be UTF-8 encoded into the buffer.
   *
   * @param string the string
   * @return the buffer
   */
  static Buffer buffer(String string) {
    return BufferImpl.buffer(string);
  }

  /**
   * Create a new buffer from a string and using the specified encoding.
   * The string will be encoded into the buffer using the specified encoding.
   *
   * @param string the string
   * @return the buffer
   */
  static Buffer buffer(String string, String enc) {
    return BufferImpl.buffer(string, enc);
  }

  /**
   * Create a new buffer from a byte[]. The byte[] will be copied to form the buffer.
   *
   * @param bytes the byte array
   * @return the buffer
   */
  @GenIgnore(GenIgnore.PERMITTED_TYPE)
  static Buffer buffer(byte[] bytes) {
    return BufferImpl.buffer(bytes);
  }

  /**
   * <p>
   * Create a new buffer from a Netty {@code ByteBuf}.
   * <i>Note that</i> the returned buffer is backed by given Netty ByteBuf,
   * so changes in the returned buffer are reflected in given Netty ByteBuf, and vice-versa.
   * </p>
   * <p>
   * For example, both buffers in the code below share their data:
   * </p>
   * <pre>
   *   Buffer src = Buffer.buffer();
   *   Buffer clone = Buffer.buffer(src.getByteBuf());
   * </pre>
   *
   * @param byteBuf the Netty ByteBuf
   * @return the buffer
   */
  @GenIgnore(GenIgnore.PERMITTED_TYPE)
  static Buffer buffer(ByteBuf byteBuf) {
    Objects.requireNonNull(byteBuf);
    return BufferImpl.buffer(byteBuf);
  }

  /**
   * Returns a {@code String} representation of the Buffer with the {@code UTF-8 }encoding
   */
  String toString();

  /**
   * Returns a {@code String} representation of the Buffer with the encoding specified by {@code enc}
   */
  String toString(String enc);

  /**
   * Returns a {@code String} representation of the Buffer with the encoding specified by {@code enc}
   */
  @GenIgnore(GenIgnore.PERMITTED_TYPE)
  String toString(Charset enc);

  /**
   * Returns a Json object representation of the Buffer.
   */
  JsonObject toJsonObject();

  /**
   * Returns a Json array representation of the Buffer.
   */
  JsonArray toJsonArray();

  /**
   * Returns a Json representation of the Buffer.
   *
   * @return a JSON element which can be a {@link JsonArray}, {@link JsonObject}, {@link String}, ...etc if the buffer contains an array, object, string, ...etc
   */
  default Object toJson() {
    return Json.CODEC.fromBuffer(this, Object.class);
  }

  /**
   * Returns the {@code byte} at position {@code pos} in the Buffer.
   *
   * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the specified {@code pos} is less than {@code 0} or {@code pos + 1} is greater than the length of the Buffer.
   */
  byte getByte(int pos);

  /**
   * Returns the unsigned {@code byte} at position {@code pos} in the Buffer, as a {@code short}.
   *
   * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the specified {@code pos} is less than {@code 0} or {@code pos + 1} is greater than the length of the Buffer.
   */
  short getUnsignedByte(int pos);

  /**
   * Returns the {@code int} at position {@code pos} in the Buffer.
   *
   * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the specified {@code pos} is less than {@code 0} or {@code pos + 4} is greater than the length of the Buffer.
   */
  int getInt(int pos);

  /**
   * Gets a 32-bit integer at the specified absolute {@code index} in this buffer with Little Endian Byte Order.
   *
   * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the specified {@code index} is less than {@code 0} or {@code index + 4} is greater than {@code this.capacity}
   */
  int getIntLE(int pos);

  /**
   * Returns the unsigned {@code int} at position {@code pos} in the Buffer, as a {@code long}.
   *
   * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the specified {@code pos} is less than {@code 0} or {@code pos + 4} is greater than the length of the Buffer.
   */
  long getUnsignedInt(int pos);

  /**
   * Returns the unsigned {@code int} at position {@code pos} in the Buffer, as a {@code long} in Little Endian Byte Order.
   *
   * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the specified {@code pos} is less than {@code 0} or {@code pos + 4} is greater than the length of the Buffer.
   */
  long getUnsignedIntLE(int pos);

  /**
   * Returns the {@code long} at position {@code pos} in the Buffer.
   *
   * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the specified {@code pos} is less than {@code 0} or {@code pos + 8} is greater than the length of the Buffer.
   */
  long getLong(int pos);

  /**
   * Gets a 64-bit long integer at the specified absolute {@code index} in this buffer in Little Endian Byte Order.
   *
   * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the specified {@code index} is less than {@code 0} or {@code index + 8} is greater than the length of the Buffer.
   */
  long getLongLE(int pos);

  /**
   * Returns the {@code double} at position {@code pos} in the Buffer.
   *
   * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the specified {@code pos} is less than {@code 0} or {@code pos + 8} is greater than the length of the Buffer.
   */
  double getDouble(int pos);

  /**
   * Returns the {@code float} at position {@code pos} in the Buffer.
   *
   * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the specified {@code pos} is less than {@code 0} or {@code pos + 4} is greater than the length of the Buffer.
   */
  float getFloat(int pos);

  /**
   * Returns the {@code short} at position {@code pos} in the Buffer.
   *
   * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the specified {@code pos} is less than {@code 0} or {@code pos + 2} is greater than the length of the Buffer.
   */
  short getShort(int pos);

  /**
   * Gets a 16-bit short integer at the specified absolute {@code index} in this buffer in Little Endian Byte Order.
   *
   * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the specified {@code index} is less than {@code 0} or {@code index + 2} is greater than the length of the Buffer.
   */
  short getShortLE(int pos);

  /**
   * Returns the unsigned {@code short} at position {@code pos} in the Buffer, as an {@code int}.
   *
   * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the specified {@code pos} is less than {@code 0} or {@code pos + 2} is greater than the length of the Buffer.
   */
  int getUnsignedShort(int pos);

  /**
   * Gets an unsigned 16-bit short integer at the specified absolute {@code index} in this buffer in Little Endian Byte Order.
   *
   * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the specified {@code index} is less than {@code 0} or {@code index + 2} is greater than the length of the Buffer.
   */
  int getUnsignedShortLE(int pos);

  /**
   * Gets a 24-bit medium integer at the specified absolute {@code index} in this buffer.
   *
   * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the specified {@code index} is less than {@code 0} or {@code index + 3} is greater than the length of the Buffer.
   */
  int getMedium(int pos);

  /**
   * Gets a 24-bit medium integer at the specified absolute {@code index} in this buffer in the Little Endian Byte Order.
   *
   * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the specified {@code index} is less than {@code 0} or {@code index + 3} is greater than the length of the Buffer.
   */
  int getMediumLE(int pos);

  /**
   * Gets an unsigned 24-bit medium integer at the specified absolute {@code index} in this buffer.
   *
   * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the specified {@code index} is less than {@code 0} or {@code index + 3} is greater than the length of the Buffer.
   */
  int getUnsignedMedium(int pos);

  /**
   * Gets an unsigned 24-bit medium integer at the specified absolute {@code index} in this buffer in Little Endian Byte Order.
   *
   * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the specified {@code index} is less than {@code 0} or {@code index + 3} is greater than the length of the Buffer.
   */
  int getUnsignedMediumLE(int pos);

  /**
   * Returns a copy of the entire Buffer as a {@code byte[]}
   */
  @GenIgnore(GenIgnore.PERMITTED_TYPE)
  byte[] getBytes();

  /**
   * Returns a copy of a sub-sequence the Buffer as a {@code byte[]} starting at position {@code start}
   * and ending at position {@code end - 1}
   */
  @GenIgnore(GenIgnore.PERMITTED_TYPE)
  byte[] getBytes(int start, int end);

  /**
   * Transfers the content of the Buffer into a {@code byte[]}.
   *
   * @param dst the destination byte array
   * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the content of the Buffer cannot fit into the destination byte array
   */
  @GenIgnore(GenIgnore.PERMITTED_TYPE)
  @Fluent
  Buffer getBytes(byte[] dst);

  /**
   * Transfers the content of the Buffer into a {@code byte[]} at the specific destination.
   *
   * @param dst the destination byte array
   * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the content of the Buffer cannot fit into the destination byte array
   */
  @GenIgnore(GenIgnore.PERMITTED_TYPE)
  @Fluent
  Buffer getBytes(byte[] dst, int dstIndex);

  /**
   * Transfers the content of the Buffer starting at position {@code start} and ending at position {@code end - 1}
   * into a {@code byte[]}.
   *
   * @param dst the destination byte array
   * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the content of the Buffer cannot fit into the destination byte array
   */
  @GenIgnore(GenIgnore.PERMITTED_TYPE)
  @Fluent
  Buffer getBytes(int start, int end, byte[] dst);

  /**
   * Transfers the content of the Buffer starting at position {@code start} and ending at position {@code end - 1}
   * into a {@code byte[]} at the specific destination.
   *
   * @param dst the destination byte array
   * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the content of the Buffer cannot fit into the destination byte array
   */
  @GenIgnore(GenIgnore.PERMITTED_TYPE)
  @Fluent
  Buffer getBytes(int start, int end, byte[] dst, int dstIndex);

  /**
   * Returns a copy of a sub-sequence the Buffer as a {@link io.vertx.core.buffer.Buffer} starting at position {@code start}
   * and ending at position {@code end - 1}
   */
  Buffer getBuffer(int start, int end);

  /**
   * Returns a copy of a sub-sequence the Buffer as a {@code String} starting at position {@code start}
   * and ending at position {@code end - 1} interpreted as a String in the specified encoding
   */
  String getString(int start, int end, String enc);

  /**
   * Returns a copy of a sub-sequence the Buffer as a {@code String} starting at position {@code start}
   * and ending at position {@code end - 1} interpreted as a String in UTF-8 encoding
   */
  String getString(int start, int end);

  /**
   * Appends the specified {@code Buffer} to the end of this Buffer. The buffer will expand as necessary to accommodate
   * any bytes written.<p>
   * Returns a reference to {@code this} so multiple operations can be appended together.
   */
  @Fluent
  Buffer appendBuffer(Buffer buff);

  /**
   * Appends the specified {@code Buffer} starting at the {@code offset} using {@code len} to the end of this Buffer. The buffer will expand as necessary to accommodate
   * any bytes written.<p>
   * Returns a reference to {@code this} so multiple operations can be appended together.
   */
  @Fluent
  Buffer appendBuffer(Buffer buff, int offset, int len);

  /**
   * Appends the specified {@code byte[]} to the end of the Buffer. The buffer will expand as necessary to accommodate any bytes written.<p>
   * Returns a reference to {@code this} so multiple operations can be appended together.
   */
  @GenIgnore(GenIgnore.PERMITTED_TYPE)
  @Fluent
  Buffer appendBytes(byte[] bytes);

  /**
   * Appends the specified number of bytes from {@code byte[]} to the end of the Buffer, starting at the given offset.
   * The buffer will expand as necessary to accommodate any bytes written.<p>
   * Returns a reference to {@code this} so multiple operations can be appended together.
   */
  @GenIgnore(GenIgnore.PERMITTED_TYPE)
  @Fluent
  Buffer appendBytes(byte[] bytes, int offset, int len);

  /**
   * Appends the specified {@code byte} to the end of the Buffer. The buffer will expand as necessary to accommodate any bytes written.<p>
   * Returns a reference to {@code this} so multiple operations can be appended together.
   */
  @Fluent
  Buffer appendByte(byte b);

  /**
   * Appends the specified unsigned {@code byte} to the end of the Buffer. The buffer will expand as necessary to accommodate any bytes written.<p>
   * Returns a reference to {@code this} so multiple operations can be appended together.
   */
  @Fluent
  Buffer appendUnsignedByte(short b);

  /**
   * Appends the specified {@code int} to the end of the Buffer. The buffer will expand as necessary to accommodate any bytes written.<p>
   * Returns a reference to {@code this} so multiple operations can be appended together.
   */
  @Fluent
  Buffer appendInt(int i);

  /**
   * Appends the specified {@code int} to the end of the Buffer in the Little Endian Byte Order. The buffer will expand as necessary to accommodate any bytes written.<p>
   * Returns a reference to {@code this} so multiple operations can be appended together.
   */
  @Fluent
  Buffer appendIntLE(int i);

  /**
   * Appends the specified unsigned {@code int} to the end of the Buffer. The buffer will expand as necessary to accommodate any bytes written.<p>
   * Returns a reference to {@code this} so multiple operations can be appended together.
   */
  @Fluent
  Buffer appendUnsignedInt(long i);

  /**
   * Appends the specified unsigned {@code int} to the end of the Buffer in the Little Endian Byte Order. The buffer will expand as necessary to accommodate any bytes written.<p>
   * Returns a reference to {@code this} so multiple operations can be appended together.
   */
  @Fluent
  Buffer appendUnsignedIntLE(long i);

  /**
   * Appends the specified 24bit {@code int} to the end of the Buffer. The buffer will expand as necessary to accommodate any bytes written.<p>
   * Returns a reference to {@code this} so multiple operations can be appended together.
   */
  @Fluent
  Buffer appendMedium(int i);

  /**
   * Appends the specified 24bit {@code int} to the end of the Buffer in the Little Endian Byte Order. The buffer will expand as necessary to accommodate any bytes written.<p>
   * Returns a reference to {@code this} so multiple operations can be appended together.
   */
  @Fluent
  Buffer appendMediumLE(int i);

  /**
   * Appends the specified {@code long} to the end of the Buffer. The buffer will expand as necessary to accommodate any bytes written.<p>
   * Returns a reference to {@code this} so multiple operations can be appended together.
   */
  @Fluent
  Buffer appendLong(long l);

  /**
   * Appends the specified {@code long} to the end of the Buffer in the Little Endian Byte Order. The buffer will expand as necessary to accommodate any bytes written.<p>
   * Returns a reference to {@code this} so multiple operations can be appended together.
   */
  @Fluent
  Buffer appendLongLE(long l);

  /**
   * Appends the specified {@code short} to the end of the Buffer.The buffer will expand as necessary to accommodate any bytes written.<p>
   * Returns a reference to {@code this} so multiple operations can be appended together.
   */
  @Fluent
  Buffer appendShort(short s);

  /**
   * Appends the specified {@code short} to the end of the Buffer in the Little Endian Byte Order.The buffer will expand as necessary to accommodate any bytes written.<p>
   * Returns a reference to {@code this} so multiple operations can be appended together.
   */
  @Fluent
  Buffer appendShortLE(short s);

  /**
   * Appends the specified unsigned {@code short} to the end of the Buffer.The buffer will expand as necessary to accommodate any bytes written.<p>
   * Returns a reference to {@code this} so multiple operations can be appended together.
   */
  @Fluent
  Buffer appendUnsignedShort(int s);

  /**
   * Appends the specified unsigned {@code short} to the end of the Buffer in the Little Endian Byte Order.The buffer will expand as necessary to accommodate any bytes written.<p>
   * Returns a reference to {@code this} so multiple operations can be appended together.
   */
  @Fluent
  Buffer appendUnsignedShortLE(int s);

  /**
   * Appends the specified {@code float} to the end of the Buffer. The buffer will expand as necessary to accommodate any bytes written.<p>
   * Returns a reference to {@code this} so multiple operations can be appended together.
   */
  @Fluent
  Buffer appendFloat(float f);

  /**
   * Appends the specified {@code double} to the end of the Buffer. The buffer will expand as necessary to accommodate any bytes written.<p>
   * Returns a reference to {@code this} so multiple operations can be appended together.
   */
  @Fluent
  Buffer appendDouble(double d);

  /**
   * Appends the specified {@code String} to the end of the Buffer with the encoding as specified by {@code enc}.<p>
   * The buffer will expand as necessary to accommodate any bytes written.<p>
   * Returns a reference to {@code this} so multiple operations can be appended together.<p>
   */
  @Fluent
  Buffer appendString(String str, String enc);

  /**
   * Appends the specified {@code String str} to the end of the Buffer with UTF-8 encoding.<p>
   * The buffer will expand as necessary to accommodate any bytes written.<p>
   * Returns a reference to {@code this} so multiple operations can be appended together<p>
   */
  @Fluent
  Buffer appendString(String str);

  /**
   * Sets the {@code byte} at position {@code pos} in the Buffer to the value {@code b}.<p>
   * The buffer will expand as necessary to accommodate any value written.
   */
  @Fluent
  Buffer setByte(int pos, byte b);

  /**
   * Sets the unsigned {@code byte} at position {@code pos} in the Buffer to the value {@code b}.<p>
   * The buffer will expand as necessary to accommodate any value written.
   */
  @Fluent
  Buffer setUnsignedByte(int pos, short b);

  /**
   * Sets the {@code int} at position {@code pos} in the Buffer to the value {@code i}.<p>
   * The buffer will expand as necessary to accommodate any value written.
   */
  @Fluent
  Buffer setInt(int pos, int i);

  /**
   * Sets the {@code int} at position {@code pos} in the Buffer to the value {@code i} in the Little Endian Byte Order.<p>
   * The buffer will expand as necessary to accommodate any value written.
   */
  @Fluent
  Buffer setIntLE(int pos, int i);

  /**
   * Sets the unsigned {@code int} at position {@code pos} in the Buffer to the value {@code i}.<p>
   * The buffer will expand as necessary to accommodate any value written.
   */
  @Fluent
  Buffer setUnsignedInt(int pos, long i);

  /**
   * Sets the unsigned {@code int} at position {@code pos} in the Buffer to the value {@code i} in the Little Endian Byte Order.<p>
   * The buffer will expand as necessary to accommodate any value written.
   */
  @Fluent
  Buffer setUnsignedIntLE(int pos, long i);

  /**
   * Sets the 24bit {@code int} at position {@code pos} in the Buffer to the value {@code i}.<p>
   * The buffer will expand as necessary to accommodate any value written.
   */
  @Fluent
  Buffer setMedium(int pos, int i);

  /**
   * Sets the 24bit {@code int} at position {@code pos} in the Buffer to the value {@code i}. in the Little Endian Byte Order<p>
   * The buffer will expand as necessary to accommodate any value written.
   */
  @Fluent
  Buffer setMediumLE(int pos, int i);

  /**
   * Sets the {@code long} at position {@code pos} in the Buffer to the value {@code l}.<p>
   * The buffer will expand as necessary to accommodate any value written.
   */
  @Fluent
  Buffer setLong(int pos, long l);

  /**
   * Sets the {@code long} at position {@code pos} in the Buffer to the value {@code l} in the Little Endian Byte Order.<p>
   * The buffer will expand as necessary to accommodate any value written.
   */
  @Fluent
  Buffer setLongLE(int pos, long l);

  /**
   * Sets the {@code double} at position {@code pos} in the Buffer to the value {@code d}.<p>
   * The buffer will expand as necessary to accommodate any value written.
   */
  @Fluent
  Buffer setDouble(int pos, double d);

  /**
   * Sets the {@code float} at position {@code pos} in the Buffer to the value {@code f}.<p>
   * The buffer will expand as necessary to accommodate any value written.
   */
  @Fluent
  Buffer setFloat(int pos, float f);

  /**
   * Sets the {@code short} at position {@code pos} in the Buffer to the value {@code s}.<p>
   * The buffer will expand as necessary to accommodate any value written.
   */
  @Fluent
  Buffer setShort(int pos, short s);

  /**
   * Sets the {@code short} at position {@code pos} in the Buffer to the value {@code s} in the Little Endian Byte Order.<p>
   * The buffer will expand as necessary to accommodate any value written.
   */
  @Fluent
  Buffer setShortLE(int pos, short s);

  /**
   * Sets the unsigned {@code short} at position {@code pos} in the Buffer to the value {@code s}.<p>
   * The buffer will expand as necessary to accommodate any value written.
   */
  @Fluent
  Buffer setUnsignedShort(int pos, int s);

  /**
   * Sets the unsigned {@code short} at position {@code pos} in the Buffer to the value {@code s} in the Little Endian Byte Order.<p>
   * The buffer will expand as necessary to accommodate any value written.
   */
  @Fluent
  Buffer setUnsignedShortLE(int pos, int s);

  /**
   * Sets the bytes at position {@code pos} in the Buffer to the bytes represented by the {@code Buffer b}.<p>
   * The buffer will expand as necessary to accommodate any value written.
   */
  @Fluent
  Buffer setBuffer(int pos, Buffer b);

  /**
   * Sets the bytes at position {@code pos} in the Buffer to the bytes represented by the {@code Buffer b} on the given {@code offset} and {@code len}.<p>
   * The buffer will expand as necessary to accommodate any value written.
   */
  @Fluent
  Buffer setBuffer(int pos, Buffer b, int offset, int len);

  /**
   * Sets the bytes at position {@code pos} in the Buffer to the bytes represented by the {@code ByteBuffer b}.<p>
   * The buffer will expand as necessary to accommodate any value written.
   */
  @GenIgnore(GenIgnore.PERMITTED_TYPE)
  @Fluent
  Buffer setBytes(int pos, ByteBuffer b);

  /**
   * Sets the bytes at position {@code pos} in the Buffer to the bytes represented by the {@code byte[] b}.<p>
   * The buffer will expand as necessary to accommodate any value written.
   */
  @GenIgnore(GenIgnore.PERMITTED_TYPE)
  @Fluent
  Buffer setBytes(int pos, byte[] b);

  /**
   * Sets the given number of bytes at position {@code pos} in the Buffer to the bytes represented by the {@code byte[] b}.<p></p>
   * The buffer will expand as necessary to accommodate any value written.
   */
  @GenIgnore(GenIgnore.PERMITTED_TYPE)
  @Fluent
  Buffer setBytes(int pos, byte[] b, int offset, int len);

  /**
   * Sets the bytes at position {@code pos} in the Buffer to the value of {@code str} encoded in UTF-8.<p>
   * The buffer will expand as necessary to accommodate any value written.
   */
  @Fluent
  Buffer setString(int pos, String str);

  /**
   * Sets the bytes at position {@code pos} in the Buffer to the value of {@code str} encoded in encoding {@code enc}.<p>
   * The buffer will expand as necessary to accommodate any value written.
   */
  @Fluent
  Buffer setString(int pos, String str, String enc);

  /**
   * Returns the length of the buffer, measured in bytes.
   * All positions are indexed from zero.
   */
  int length();

  /**
   * Returns a copy of the entire Buffer.
   */
  Buffer copy();

  /**
   * Returns a slice of this buffer. Modifying the content
   * of the returned buffer or this buffer affects each other's content
   * while they maintain separate indexes and marks.
   */
  Buffer slice();

  /**
   * Returns a slice of this buffer. Modifying the content
   * of the returned buffer or this buffer affects each other's content
   * while they maintain separate indexes and marks.
   */
  Buffer slice(int start, int end);

  /**
   * Returns the Buffer as a Netty {@code ByteBuf}.
   *
   * <p> The returned buffer is a duplicate that maintain its own indices.
   */
  @GenIgnore(GenIgnore.PERMITTED_TYPE)
  ByteBuf getByteBuf();

}
