Index: src/OFStream.h
==================================================================
--- src/OFStream.h
+++ src/OFStream.h
@@ -84,10 +84,39 @@
  * \param size The size of the data that should be read.
  *	       The buffer MUST be EXACTLY this big!
  */
 - (void)readExactlyNBytes: (size_t)size
 	       intoBuffer: (char*)buf;
+
+/**
+ * Reads an uint8_t from the stream.
+ *
+ * \return An uint8_t from the stream
+ */
+- (uint8_t)readInt8;
+
+/**
+ * Reads an uint16_t from the stream which is encoded in big endian.
+ *
+ * \return An uint16_t from the stream in native endianess
+ */
+- (uint16_t)readBigEndianInt16;
+
+/**
+ * Reads an uint32_t from the stream which is encoded in big endian.
+ *
+ * \return An uint32_t from the stream in the native endianess
+ */
+- (uint32_t)readBigEndianInt32;
+
+/**
+ * Reads an uint64_t from the stream which is encoded in big endian.
+ *
+ * \return An uint64_t from the stream in the native endianess
+ */
+- (uint64_t)readBigEndianInt64;
+
 /**
  * Reads nitems items with the specified item size from the stream and returns
  * them in an OFDataArray.
  *
  * \param itemsize The size of each item

Index: src/OFStream.m
==================================================================
--- src/OFStream.m
+++ src/OFStream.m
@@ -99,10 +99,50 @@
 
 	while (len < size)
 		len += [self readNBytes: size - len
 			     intoBuffer: buf + len];
 }
+
+- (uint8_t)readInt8
+{
+	uint8_t ret;
+
+	[self readExactlyNBytes: 1
+		     intoBuffer: (char*)&ret];
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+- (uint16_t)readBigEndianInt16
+{
+	uint16_t ret;
+
+	[self readExactlyNBytes: 2
+		     intoBuffer: (char*)&ret];
+
+	return OF_BSWAP16_IF_LE(ret);
+}
+
+- (uint32_t)readBigEndianInt32
+{
+	uint32_t ret;
+
+	[self readExactlyNBytes: 4
+		     intoBuffer: (char*)&ret];
+
+	return OF_BSWAP32_IF_LE(ret);
+}
+
+- (uint64_t)readBigEndianInt64
+{
+	uint64_t ret;
+
+	[self readExactlyNBytes: 8
+		     intoBuffer: (char*)&ret];
+
+	return OF_BSWAP64_IF_LE(ret);
+}
 
 - (OFDataArray*)readDataArrayWithItemSize: (size_t)itemsize
 				andNItems: (size_t)nitems
 {
 	OFDataArray *da;