@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@
 @public
 	char   *cache;
 @protected
 	char   *wBuffer;
 	size_t cacheLen, wBufferLen;
-	BOOL   useWBuffer;
+	BOOL   bufferWrites;;
 }
 
 /**
  * Returns a boolean whether the end of the stream has been reached.
  *
@@ -196,16 +196,23 @@
  */
 - (OFString*)readTillDelimiter: (OFString*)delimiter
 		  withEncoding: (enum of_string_encoding)encoding;
 
 /**
- * Buffer all writes until flushWriteBuffer is called.
+ * \return A boolean whether writes are buffered
+ */
+- (BOOL)bufferWrites;
+
+/**
+ * Enables or disables the write buffer.
+ *
+ * \param enable Whether the write buffer should be enabled or disabled
  */
-- (void)bufferWrites;
+- (void)setBufferWrites: (BOOL)enable;
 
 /**
- * Writes everything in the write cache to the stream.
+ * Writes everythig in the write buffer to the stream.
  */
 - (void)flushWriteBuffer;
 
 /**
  * Writes from a buffer into the stream.