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+//
+// Copyright (c) 2016-2017 Vinnie Falco (vinnie dot falco at gmail dot com)
+//
+// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
+// file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+//
+// Official repository: https://github.com/boostorg/beast
+//
+
+#ifndef BOOST_BEAST_DETAIL_BUFFERS_REF_HPP
+#define BOOST_BEAST_DETAIL_BUFFERS_REF_HPP
+
+#include <boost/beast/core/type_traits.hpp>
+#include <iterator>
+
+namespace boost {
+namespace beast {
+namespace detail {
+
+// A very lightweight reference to a buffer sequence
+template<class BufferSequence>
+class buffers_ref
+{
+    BufferSequence const* buffers_;
+
+public:
+    using const_iterator = typename
+        buffer_sequence_iterator<BufferSequence>::type;
+
+    using value_type = typename std::iterator_traits<
+        const_iterator>::value_type;
+
+    buffers_ref(buffers_ref const&) = default;
+    buffers_ref& operator=(buffers_ref const&) = default;
+
+    explicit
+    buffers_ref(BufferSequence const& buffers)
+        : buffers_(std::addressof(buffers))
+    {
+    }
+
+    const_iterator
+    begin() const
+    {
+        return boost::asio::buffer_sequence_begin(*buffers_);
+    }
+
+    const_iterator
+    end() const
+    {
+        return boost::asio::buffer_sequence_end(*buffers_);
+    }
+};
+
+// Return a reference to a buffer sequence
+template<class BufferSequence>
+buffers_ref<BufferSequence>
+make_buffers_ref(BufferSequence const& buffers)
+{
+    return buffers_ref<BufferSequence>(buffers);
+}
+
+} // detail
+} // beast
+} // boost
+
+#endif