From 391bfce39b19b3f46967708e300d263053a9e54d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jmjatlanta <jmjatlanta@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2016 06:39:13 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Added method to keep the interface consistent

---
 protobuf.c | 5 +++++
 protobuf.h | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/protobuf.c b/protobuf.c
index b2012ba..d80383f 100644
--- a/protobuf.c
+++ b/protobuf.c
@@ -97,6 +97,11 @@ int protobuf_encode_varint(int field_number, enum WireType field_type, unsigned
 
 }
 
+int protobuf_decode_varint(const unsigned char* buffer, size_t buffer_length, unsigned long long* results, size_t* bytes_read) {
+	*results = varint_decode(buffer, buffer_length, bytes_read);
+	return 1;
+}
+
 /**
  * Pull a string from the protobuf buffer
  * @param the buffer, positioned at the field size
diff --git a/protobuf.h b/protobuf.h
index 0aa1d73..c62573b 100644
--- a/protobuf.h
+++ b/protobuf.h
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ int protobuf_decode_string(const unsigned char* buffer, size_t buffer_length, ch
 int protobuf_encode_varint(int field_number, enum WireType field_type, unsigned long long incoming, unsigned char* buffer,
 		size_t max_buffer_length, size_t* bytes_written);
 
+int protobuf_decode_varint(const unsigned char* buffer, size_t buffer_length, unsigned long long* results, size_t* bytes_read);
+
 /***
  * retrieve field number and field type from current buffer at position 0
  * @param buffer the incoming buffer