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diff --git a/src/vlibapi/api_types_inlines.h b/src/vlibapi/api_types_inlines.h
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+/*
+ *------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * api_types.h
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+static inline int
+vl_api_to_api_string (u32 len, const char *buf, vl_api_string_t * str)
+{
+  clib_memcpy_fast(str->buf, buf, len);
+  str->length = htonl (len);
+  return len + sizeof (u32);
+}
+
+static inline int
+vl_api_vec_to_api_string (const u8 *vec, vl_api_string_t * str)
+{
+  u32 len = vec_len(vec);
+  clib_memcpy(str->buf, vec, len);
+  str->length = htonl (len);
+  return len + sizeof (u32);
+}
+
+/* Return a pointer to the API string (not nul terminated */
+static inline u8 *
+vl_api_from_api_string (vl_api_string_t * astr)
+{
+  return astr->buf;
+}
+
+static inline u32
+vl_api_string_len (vl_api_string_t * astr)
+{
+  return ntohl (astr->length);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Returns a new vector. Remember to free it after use.
+ */
+static inline u8 *
+vl_api_from_api_to_vec (vl_api_string_t *astr)
+{
+  u8 *v = 0;
+  vec_add(v, astr->buf, ntohl(astr->length));
+  return v;
+}