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+/*
+ * This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2,
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * In addition to the permissions in the GNU General Public License,
+ * the authors give you unlimited permission to link the compiled
+ * version of this file into combinations with other programs,
+ * and to distribute those combinations without any restriction
+ * coming from the use of this file. (The General Public License
+ * restrictions do apply in other respects; for example, they cover
+ * modification of the file, and distribution when not linked into
+ * a combined executable.)
+ *
+ * This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
+ * the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+ * Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+#ifndef INCLUDE_git_odb_h__
+#define INCLUDE_git_odb_h__
+
+#include "common.h"
+#include "types.h"
+#include "oid.h"
+
+/**
+ * @file git2/odb.h
+ * @brief Git object database routines
+ * @defgroup git_odb Git object database routines
+ * @ingroup Git
+ * @{
+ */
+GIT_BEGIN_DECL
+
+/**
+ * Create a new object database with no backends.
+ *
+ * Before the ODB can be used for read/writing, a custom database
+ * backend must be manually added using `git_odb_add_backend()`
+ *
+ * @param out location to store the database pointer, if opened.
+ * Set to NULL if the open failed.
+ * @return GIT_SUCCESS if the database was created; otherwise an error
+ * code describing why the open was not possible.
+ */
+GIT_EXTERN(int) git_odb_new(git_odb **out);
+
+/**
+ * Create a new object database and automatically add
+ * the two default backends:
+ *
+ * - git_odb_backend_loose: read and write loose object files
+ * from disk, assuming `objects_dir` as the Objects folder
+ *
+ * - git_odb_backend_pack: read objects from packfiles,
+ * assuming `objects_dir` as the Objects folder which
+ * contains a 'pack/' folder with the corresponding data
+ *
+ * @param out location to store the database pointer, if opened.
+ * Set to NULL if the open failed.
+ * @param objects_dir path of the backends' "objects" directory.
+ * @return GIT_SUCCESS if the database opened; otherwise an error
+ * code describing why the open was not possible.
+ */
+GIT_EXTERN(int) git_odb_open(git_odb **out, const char *objects_dir);
+
+/**
+ * Add a custom backend to an existing Object DB
+ *
+ * Read <odb_backends.h> for more information.
+ *
+ * @param odb database to add the backend to
+ * @paramm backend pointer to a git_odb_backend instance
+ * @return 0 on sucess; error code otherwise
+ */
+GIT_EXTERN(int) git_odb_add_backend(git_odb *odb, git_odb_backend *backend, int priority);
+
+/**
+ * Add a custom backend to an existing Object DB; this
+ * backend will work as an alternate.
+ *
+ * Alternate backends are always checked for objects *after*
+ * all the main backends have been exhausted.
+ *
+ * Writing is disabled on alternate backends.
+ *
+ * Read <odb_backends.h> for more information.
+ *
+ * @param odb database to add the backend to
+ * @paramm backend pointer to a git_odb_backend instance
+ * @return 0 on sucess; error code otherwise
+ */
+GIT_EXTERN(int) git_odb_add_alternate(git_odb *odb, git_odb_backend *backend, int priority);
+
+/**
+ * Close an open object database.
+ * @param db database pointer to close. If NULL no action is taken.
+ */
+GIT_EXTERN(void) git_odb_close(git_odb *db);
+
+/** An object read from the database. */
+typedef struct {
+ void *data; /**< Raw, decompressed object data. */
+ size_t len; /**< Total number of bytes in data. */
+ git_otype type; /**< Type of this object. */
+} git_rawobj;
+
+/**
+ * Read an object from the database.
+ *
+ * If GIT_ENOTFOUND then out->data is set to NULL.
+ *
+ * @param out object descriptor to populate upon reading.
+ * @param db database to search for the object in.
+ * @param id identity of the object to read.
+ * @return
+ * - GIT_SUCCESS if the object was read;
+ * - GIT_ENOTFOUND if the object is not in the database.
+ */
+GIT_EXTERN(int) git_odb_read(git_rawobj *out, git_odb *db, const git_oid *id);
+
+/**
+ * Read the header of an object from the database, without
+ * reading its full contents.
+ *
+ * Only the 'type' and 'len' fields of the git_rawobj structure
+ * are filled. The 'data' pointer will always be NULL.
+ *
+ * The raw object pointed by 'out' doesn't need to be manually
+ * closed with git_rawobj_close().
+ *
+ * @param out object descriptor to populate upon reading.
+ * @param db database to search for the object in.
+ * @param id identity of the object to read.
+ * @return
+ * - GIT_SUCCESS if the object was read;
+ * - GIT_ENOTFOUND if the object is not in the database.
+ */
+GIT_EXTERN(int) git_odb_read_header(git_rawobj *out, git_odb *db, const git_oid *id);
+
+/**
+ * Write an object to the database.
+ *
+ * @param id identity of the object written.
+ * @param db database to which the object should be written.
+ * @param obj object descriptor for the object to write.
+ * @return
+ * - GIT_SUCCESS if the object was written;
+ * - GIT_ERROR otherwise.
+ */
+GIT_EXTERN(int) git_odb_write(git_oid *id, git_odb *db, git_rawobj *obj);
+
+/**
+ * Determine if the given object can be found in the object database.
+ *
+ * @param db database to be searched for the given object.
+ * @param id the object to search for.
+ * @return
+ * - true, if the object was found
+ * - false, otherwise
+ */
+GIT_EXTERN(int) git_odb_exists(git_odb *db, const git_oid *id);
+
+
+
+
+
+/**
+ * Determine the object-ID (sha1 hash) of the given git_rawobj.
+ *
+ * The input obj must be a valid loose object type and the data
+ * pointer must not be NULL, unless the len field is also zero.
+ *
+ * @param id the resulting object-ID.
+ * @param obj the object whose hash is to be determined.
+ * @return
+ * - GIT_SUCCESS if the object-ID was correctly determined.
+ * - GIT_ERROR if the given object is malformed.
+ */
+GIT_EXTERN(int) git_rawobj_hash(git_oid *id, git_rawobj *obj);
+
+/**
+ * Release all memory used by the obj structure.
+ *
+ * As a result of this call, obj->data will be set to NULL.
+ *
+ * If obj->data is already NULL, nothing happens.
+ *
+ * @param obj object descriptor to free.
+ */
+GIT_EXTERN(void) git_rawobj_close(git_rawobj *obj);
+
+/** @} */
+GIT_END_DECL
+#endif