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-rw-r--r--src/ProtocolBuffers/ByteString.cs24
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/ProtocolBuffers/ByteString.cs b/src/ProtocolBuffers/ByteString.cs
index ea17ca1e..8b7bd06c 100644
--- a/src/ProtocolBuffers/ByteString.cs
+++ b/src/ProtocolBuffers/ByteString.cs
@@ -53,6 +53,30 @@ namespace Google.ProtocolBuffers
private readonly byte[] bytes;
/// <summary>
+ /// Unsafe operations that can cause IO Failure and/or other catestrophic side-effects.
+ /// </summary>
+ public static class Unsafe
+ {
+ /// <summary>
+ /// Constructs a new ByteString from the given byte array. The array is
+ /// *not* copied, and must not be modified after this constructor is called.
+ /// </summary>
+ public static ByteString FromBytes(byte[] bytes)
+ {
+ return new ByteString(bytes);
+ }
+
+ /// <summary>
+ /// Provides direct, unrestricted access to the bytes contained in this instance.
+ /// You must not modify or resize the byte array returned by this method.
+ /// </summary>
+ public static byte[] GetBuffer(ByteString bytes)
+ {
+ return bytes.bytes;
+ }
+ }
+
+ /// <summary>
/// Internal use only. Ensure that the provided array is not mutated and belongs to this instance.
/// </summary>
internal static ByteString AttachBytes(byte[] bytes)