Index: src/OFStream.h
==================================================================
--- src/OFStream.h
+++ src/OFStream.h
@@ -84,10 +84,20 @@
  * \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 nitems items with the specified item size from the stream and returns
+ * them in an OFDataArray.
+ *
+ * \param itemsize The size of each item
+ * \param nitems The number of iteams to read
+ * \return An OFDataArray with at nitems items.
+ */
+- (OFDataArray*)readDataArrayWithItemSize: (size_t)itemsize
+				andNItems: (size_t)nitems;
 
 /**
  * \return An OFDataArray with an item size of 1 with all the data of the
  *	   stream until the end of the stream is reached.
  */

Index: src/OFStream.m
==================================================================
--- src/OFStream.m
+++ src/OFStream.m
@@ -99,10 +99,33 @@
 
 	while (len < size)
 		len += [self readNBytes: size - len
 			     intoBuffer: buf + len];
 }
+
+- (OFDataArray*)readDataArrayWithItemSize: (size_t)itemsize
+				andNItems: (size_t)nitems
+{
+	OFDataArray *da;
+	char *tmp;
+
+	da = [OFDataArray dataArrayWithItemSize: itemsize];
+	tmp = [self allocMemoryForNItems: nitems
+				withSize: itemsize];
+
+	@try {
+		[self readExactlyNBytes: nitems * itemsize
+			     intoBuffer: tmp];
+
+		[da addNItems: nitems
+		   fromCArray: tmp];
+	} @finally {
+		[self freeMemory: tmp];
+	}
+
+	return da;
+}
 
 - (OFDataArray*)readDataArrayTillEndOfStream
 {
 	OFDataArray *a;
 	char *buf;