libgit2/include/git2/odb_backend.h
Carlos Martín Nieto 7a3764bee9 odb: document git_odb_stream
Clarify the role of each function and in particular mention that there
is no need for the backend or stream to worry about the object's id,
as it will be given when `finalize_write` is called.
2013-08-17 02:02:28 +02:00

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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_git_odb_backend_h__
#define INCLUDE_git_odb_backend_h__
#include "git2/common.h"
#include "git2/types.h"
/**
* @file git2/backend.h
* @brief Git custom backend functions
* @defgroup git_odb Git object database routines
* @ingroup Git
* @{
*/
GIT_BEGIN_DECL
/*
* Constructors for in-box ODB backends.
*/
/**
* Create a backend for the packfiles.
*
* @param out location to store the odb backend pointer
* @param objects_dir the Git repository's objects directory
*
* @return 0 or an error code
*/
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_odb_backend_pack(git_odb_backend **out, const char *objects_dir);
/**
* Create a backend for loose objects
*
* @param out location to store the odb backend pointer
* @param objects_dir the Git repository's objects directory
* @param compression_level zlib compression level to use
* @param do_fsync whether to do an fsync() after writing (currently ignored)
*
* @return 0 or an error code
*/
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_odb_backend_loose(git_odb_backend **out, const char *objects_dir, int compression_level, int do_fsync);
/**
* Create a backend out of a single packfile
*
* This can be useful for inspecting the contents of a single
* packfile.
*
* @param out location to store the odb backend pointer
* @param index_file path to the packfile's .idx file
*
* @return 0 or an error code
*/
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_odb_backend_one_pack(git_odb_backend **out, const char *index_file);
/** Streaming mode */
typedef enum {
GIT_STREAM_RDONLY = (1 << 1),
GIT_STREAM_WRONLY = (1 << 2),
GIT_STREAM_RW = (GIT_STREAM_RDONLY | GIT_STREAM_WRONLY),
} git_odb_stream_t;
typedef struct git_hash_ctx git_hash_ctx;
/**
* A stream to read/write from a backend.
*
* This represents a stream of data being written to or read from a
* backend. When writing, the frontend functions take care of
* calculating the object's id and all `finalize_write` needs to do is
* store the object with the id it is passed.
*/
struct git_odb_stream {
git_odb_backend *backend;
unsigned int mode;
git_hash_ctx *hash_ctx;
/**
* Write at most `len` bytes into `buffer` and advance the
* stream.
*/
int (*read)(git_odb_stream *stream, char *buffer, size_t len);
/**
* Write `len` bytes from `buffer` into the stream.
*/
int (*write)(git_odb_stream *stream, const char *buffer, size_t len);
/**
* Store the contents of the stream as an object with the id
* specified in `oid`.
*/
int (*finalize_write)(git_odb_stream *stream, const git_oid *oid);
/**
* Free the stream's memory.
*/
void (*free)(git_odb_stream *stream);
};
/** A stream to write a pack file to the ODB */
struct git_odb_writepack {
git_odb_backend *backend;
int (*add)(git_odb_writepack *writepack, const void *data, size_t size, git_transfer_progress *stats);
int (*commit)(git_odb_writepack *writepack, git_transfer_progress *stats);
void (*free)(git_odb_writepack *writepack);
};
GIT_END_DECL
#endif