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diff --git a/plugin/pkg/nonwriter/nonwriter.go b/plugin/pkg/nonwriter/nonwriter.go
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+// Package nonwriter implements a dns.ResponseWriter that never writes, but captures the dns.Msg being written.
+package nonwriter
+
+import (
+	"github.com/miekg/dns"
+)
+
+// Writer is a type of ResponseWriter that captures the message, but never writes to the client.
+type Writer struct {
+	dns.ResponseWriter
+	Msg *dns.Msg
+}
+
+// New makes and returns a new NonWriter.
+func New(w dns.ResponseWriter) *Writer { return &Writer{ResponseWriter: w} }
+
+// WriteMsg records the message, but doesn't write it itself.
+func (w *Writer) WriteMsg(res *dns.Msg) error {
+	w.Msg = res
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (w *Writer) Write(buf []byte) (int, error) { return len(buf), nil }