diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7df287a87f..ba08e2d62a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@
             <artifactId>jcip-annotations</artifactId>
             <version>1.0</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+            <artifactId>netty-buffer</artifactId>
+            <version>4.1.65.Final</version>
+        </dependency>
 
         <!-- Logging -->
         <dependency>
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/packet/ByteBufInPacket.java b/src/main/java/net/packet/ByteBufInPacket.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..481c5855cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/net/packet/ByteBufInPacket.java
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+package net.packet;
+
+import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
+
+import java.awt.*;
+
+public class ByteBufInPacket implements InPacket {
+    private final ByteBuf byteBuf;
+
+    public ByteBufInPacket(ByteBuf byteBuf) {
+        this.byteBuf = byteBuf;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public byte[] getBytes() {
+        // TODO
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public byte readByte() {
+        return byteBuf.readByte();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public short readShort() {
+        return byteBuf.readShortLE();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int readInt() {
+        return byteBuf.readIntLE();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public long readLong() {
+        return byteBuf.readLongLE();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Point readPoint() {
+        final short x = byteBuf.readShortLE();
+        final short y = byteBuf.readShortLE();
+        return new Point(x, y);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String readString() {
+        // TODO
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public byte[] read(int numberOfBytes) {
+        byte[] bytes = new byte[numberOfBytes];
+        byteBuf.readBytes(bytes);
+        return bytes;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void skip(int numberOfBytes) {
+        byteBuf.skipBytes(numberOfBytes);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int available() {
+        return byteBuf.readableBytes();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void seek(int byteOffset) {
+        byteBuf.readerIndex(byteOffset);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getPosition() {
+        return byteBuf.readerIndex();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/packet/ByteBufOutPacket.java b/src/main/java/net/packet/ByteBufOutPacket.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f2aa491cfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/net/packet/ByteBufOutPacket.java
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package net.packet;
+
+import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
+
+public class ByteBufOutPacket implements OutPacket {
+    private final ByteBuf byteBuf;
+
+    public ByteBufOutPacket(ByteBuf byteBuf) {
+        this.byteBuf = byteBuf;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/packet/InPacket.java b/src/main/java/net/packet/InPacket.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..53ef38bb42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/net/packet/InPacket.java
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package net.packet;
+
+import java.awt.*;
+
+public interface InPacket extends Packet {
+    byte readByte();
+    short readShort();
+    int readInt();
+    long readLong();
+    Point readPoint();
+    String readString();
+    byte[] read(int numberOfBytes);
+    void skip(int numberOfBytes);
+    int available();
+    void seek(int byteOffset);
+    int getPosition();
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/packet/OutPacket.java b/src/main/java/net/packet/OutPacket.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6d1fb8982a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/net/packet/OutPacket.java
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+package net.packet;
+
+public interface OutPacket extends Packet {
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/packet/Packet.java b/src/main/java/net/packet/Packet.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8e1b7cfb99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/net/packet/Packet.java
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package net.packet;
+
+public interface Packet {
+    byte[] getBytes();
+}