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#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

/*
 According to Apple documentation ("Code Loading Programming Topics"):
 
 <quote>
 Categories

 Plug-ins should avoid using Objective-C categories to override methods of
 classes in public frameworks. If multiple plug-ins attempt to override the
 same method of the same class, only one override takes effect, leading to
 unpredictable behavior.
 </quote>
 
 Therefore, the functions located here are not in a NSData/NSMutableData
 category of their own.
 */

/*!
 *	Returns a NSData object with the given size and filled with the chosen
 *  filler byte.
 *
 *	@param filler the filler byte.
 *	@param length the length.
 *
 *	@return a NSData instance using the given filler.
 */
NSData *NSDataWithFiller(const uint8_t filler, NSUInteger length);

/*!
 *	Returns a NSMutableData object with the given size and filled with the
 *  chosen filler byte.
 *
 *	@param filler the filler byte.
 *	@param length the length.
 *
 *	@return a NSMutableData instance using the given filler.
 */
NSMutableData *NSMutableDataWithFiller(const uint8_t filler, NSUInteger length);
