+template<typename Timestamp>
+const Event<Timestamp>&
+Event<Timestamp>::operator=(const Event& copy)
+{
+ _id = copy.id(); // XXX is this right? do we want ID copy semantics?
+ _type = copy._type;
+ _original_time = copy._original_time;
+ _nominal_time = copy._nominal_time;
+ if (_owns_buf) {
+ if (copy._buf) {
+ if (copy._size > _size) {
+ _buf = (uint8_t*)::realloc(_buf, copy._size);
+ }
+ memcpy(_buf, copy._buf, copy._size);
+ } else {
+ free(_buf);
+ _buf = NULL;
+ }
+ } else {
+ _buf = copy._buf;
+ }
+
+ _size = copy._size;
+ return *this;
+}
+
+template<typename Timestamp>
+void
+Event<Timestamp>::set(uint8_t* buf, uint32_t size, Timestamp t)
+{
+ if (_owns_buf) {
+ if (_size < size) {
+ _buf = (uint8_t*) ::realloc(_buf, size);
+ }
+ memcpy (_buf, buf, size);
+ } else {
+ _buf = buf;
+ }
+
+ _original_time = t;
+ _nominal_time = t;
+ _size = size;
+}
+