Join a stream of data buffers into a single buffer possibly with zero copy, e.g. via composite buffers, if that’s supported by the underlying byte buffer API.

Turn InputStream or NIO Channel into Flux<DataBuffer>, and vice versa a Publisher<DataBuffer> into OutputStream or NIO Channel.

Methods to release or retain a DataBuffer if the buffer is an instance of PooledDataBuffer.

Skip or take from a stream of bytes until a specific byte count.