--- a/src/org/eclipse/jetty/io/BufferUtil.java	Sun Nov 06 14:54:43 2016 -0700
+++ b/src/org/eclipse/jetty/io/BufferUtil.java	Mon Nov 07 22:39:39 2016 -0700
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
 
 package org.eclipse.jetty.io;
 
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.io.nio.NIOBuffer;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.util.StringUtil;
+
 
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 /** Buffer utility methods.
@@ -273,4 +277,33 @@
 		buffer.put((byte)10);
 	}
 
+
+	public static final NIOBuffer EMPTY_BUFFER = new JBuffer(ByteBuffer.allocate(0));
+
+	public static NIOBuffer wrap(byte[] array,int offset,int length) {
+		return new JBuffer(ByteBuffer.wrap(array,offset,length));
+	}
+
+	public static NIOBuffer wrap(byte[] array) {
+		return new JBuffer(ByteBuffer.wrap(array));
+	}
+
+	public static NIOBuffer wrap(String s) {
+		byte[] bytes = StringUtil.getBytes(s);
+		ByteBuffer bb = ByteBuffer.wrap(bytes).asReadOnlyBuffer();
+		return new JBuffer(bb);
+	}
+
+	public static NIOBuffer newBuffer(int size) {
+		ByteBuffer bb = ByteBuffer.allocate(size);
+		bb.limit(0);
+		return new JBuffer(bb);
+	}
+
+	public static NIOBuffer newDirectBuffer(int size) {
+		ByteBuffer bb = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(size);
+		bb.limit(0);
+		return new JBuffer(bb);
+	}
+
 }