diff --git a/encoder.go b/encoder.go
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2008 The Board of Trustees of The Leland Stanford Junior University
+ * Copyright (c) 2011, 2012 Open Networking Foundation
+ * Copyright 2013, Big Switch Networks, Inc. This library was generated by the LoxiGen Compiler.
+ * Copyright 2018, Red Hat, Inc.
+ */
+package goloxi
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/binary"
+)
+
+type Encoder struct {
+	buffer *bytes.Buffer
+}
+
+func NewEncoder() *Encoder {
+	return &Encoder{
+		buffer: new(bytes.Buffer),
+	}
+}
+
+func (e *Encoder) PutChar(c byte) {
+	e.buffer.WriteByte(c)
+}
+
+func (e *Encoder) PutUint8(i uint8) {
+	e.buffer.WriteByte(i)
+}
+
+func (e *Encoder) PutUint16(i uint16) {
+	var tmp [2]byte
+	binary.BigEndian.PutUint16(tmp[0:2], i)
+	e.buffer.Write(tmp[:])
+}
+
+func (e *Encoder) PutUint32(i uint32) {
+	var tmp [4]byte
+	binary.BigEndian.PutUint32(tmp[0:4], i)
+	e.buffer.Write(tmp[:])
+}
+
+func (e *Encoder) PutUint64(i uint64) {
+	var tmp [8]byte
+	binary.BigEndian.PutUint64(tmp[0:8], i)
+	e.buffer.Write(tmp[:])
+}
+
+func (e *Encoder) PutUint128(i Uint128) {
+	var tmp [16]byte
+	binary.BigEndian.PutUint64(tmp[0:8], i.Hi)
+	binary.BigEndian.PutUint64(tmp[8:16], i.Lo)
+	e.buffer.Write(tmp[:])
+}
+
+func (e *Encoder) Write(b []byte) {
+	e.buffer.Write(b)
+}
+
+func (e *Encoder) Bytes() []byte {
+	return e.buffer.Bytes()
+}