1 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/LLSDxmlEncode.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/LLSDxmlEncode.cs
index e095363..5447963 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/LLSDxmlEncode.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/LLSDxmlEncode.cs
@@ -48,11 +48,28 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework
                 sb.Append("<llsd>");
         }
 
+        // got tired of creating a stringbuilder all the time;
+        public static StringBuilder Start(int size = 256, bool addxmlversion = false)
+        {
+            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(size);
+            if(addxmlversion)
+                sb.Append("<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?><llsd>"); // legacy llsd xml name still valid
+            else
+                sb.Append("<llsd>");
+            return sb;
+        }
+
         public static void AddEnd(StringBuilder sb)
         {
             sb.Append("</llsd>");
         }
 
+        public static string End(StringBuilder sb)
+        {
+            sb.Append("</llsd>");
+            return sb.ToString();
+        }
+
         // map == a list of key value pairs
         public static void AddMap(StringBuilder sb)
         {
@@ -452,7 +469,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework
         {
             int i;
             char c;
-            String t;
             int len = s.Length;
 
             for (i = 0; i < len; i++)