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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) the libgit2 contributors. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This file is part of libgit2, distributed under the GNU GPL v2 with
+ * a Linking Exception. For full terms see the included COPYING file.
+ */
+#ifndef INCLUDE_sys_git_odb_backend_h__
+#define INCLUDE_sys_git_odb_backend_h__
+
+#include "git2/common.h"
+#include "git2/types.h"
+#include "git2/oid.h"
+#include "git2/odb.h"
+
+/**
+ * @file git2/sys/backend.h
+ * @brief Git custom backend implementors functions
+ * @defgroup git_backend Git custom backend APIs
+ * @ingroup Git
+ * @{
+ */
+GIT_BEGIN_DECL
+
+/**
+ * An instance for a custom backend
+ */
+struct git_odb_backend {
+	unsigned int version;
+	git_odb *odb;
+
+	/* read and read_prefix each return to libgit2 a buffer which
+	 * will be freed later. The buffer should be allocated using
+	 * the function git_odb_backend_malloc to ensure that it can
+	 * be safely freed later. */
+	int (* read)(
+		void **, size_t *, git_otype *, git_odb_backend *, const git_oid *);
+
+	/* To find a unique object given a prefix
+	 * of its oid.
+	 * The oid given must be so that the
+	 * remaining (GIT_OID_HEXSZ - len)*4 bits
+	 * are 0s.
+	 */
+	int (* read_prefix)(
+		git_oid *, void **, size_t *, git_otype *,
+		git_odb_backend *, const git_oid *, size_t);
+
+	int (* read_header)(
+		size_t *, git_otype *, git_odb_backend *, const git_oid *);
+
+	/* The writer may assume that the object
+	 * has already been hashed and is passed
+	 * in the first parameter.
+	 */
+	int (* write)(
+		git_oid *, git_odb_backend *, const void *, size_t, git_otype);
+
+	int (* writestream)(
+		git_odb_stream **, git_odb_backend *, size_t, git_otype);
+
+	int (* readstream)(
+		git_odb_stream **, git_odb_backend *, const git_oid *);
+
+	int (* exists)(
+		git_odb_backend *, const git_oid *);
+
+	int (* refresh)(git_odb_backend *);
+
+	int (* foreach)(
+		git_odb_backend *, git_odb_foreach_cb cb, void *payload);
+
+	int (* writepack)(
+		git_odb_writepack **, git_odb_backend *,
+		git_transfer_progress_callback progress_cb, void *progress_payload);
+
+	void (* free)(git_odb_backend *);
+};
+
+#define GIT_ODB_BACKEND_VERSION 1
+#define GIT_ODB_BACKEND_INIT {GIT_ODB_BACKEND_VERSION}
+
+GIT_EXTERN(void *) git_odb_backend_malloc(git_odb_backend *backend, size_t len);
+
+GIT_END_DECL
+
+#endif