diff -r 2fdc9cc89502 -r dd05c3f2fa24 org/sonews/daemon/ChannelLineBuffers.java
--- a/org/sonews/daemon/ChannelLineBuffers.java	Wed Jul 22 14:04:05 2009 +0200
+++ b/org/sonews/daemon/ChannelLineBuffers.java	Fri Dec 25 15:42:46 2009 +0100
@@ -124,6 +124,18 @@
       }
     }
   }
+
+  /**
+   * @return false if there are output buffers pending to be written to the
+   * client.
+   */
+  boolean isOutputBufferEmpty()
+  {
+    synchronized(outputBuffers)
+    {
+      return outputBuffers.isEmpty();
+    }
+  }
   
   /**
    * Goes through the input buffer of the given channel and searches