+/*
+ * Get the currently in use buffer for the given stream on the given core.
+ * If there is no current buffer then allocate a new one and return that.
+ * This is the buffer that data records should be written into. The offset
+ * currently in use is stored in the per-thread data for the stream and
+ * should be updated as new records are written in.
+ */
+vlib_buffer_t *vnet_ipfix_exp_get_buffer (vlib_main_t *vm,
+ ipfix_exporter_t *exp,
+ flow_report_t *fr, u32 thread_index);
+
+/*
+ * Send the provided buffer. At this stage the buffer should be populated
+ * with data records, with the offset in use stored in the stream per thread
+ * data. This func will fix up all the headers and then send the buffer.
+ */
+void vnet_ipfix_exp_send_buffer (vlib_main_t *vm, ipfix_exporter_t *exp,
+ flow_report_t *fr,
+ flow_report_stream_t *stream,
+ u32 thread_index, vlib_buffer_t *b0);
+