libgit2/src/git/odb.h
Vicent Marti 7d7cd8857a Decouple storage from ODB logic
Comes with two default backends: loose object and packfiles.

Signed-off-by: Vicent Marti <tanoku@gmail.com>
2010-12-06 01:14:15 +02:00

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#ifndef INCLUDE_git_odb_h__
#define INCLUDE_git_odb_h__
#include "common.h"
#include "oid.h"
#include <stdlib.h>
/**
* @file git/odb.h
* @brief Git object database routines
* @defgroup git_odb Git object database routines
* @ingroup Git
* @{
*/
GIT_BEGIN_DECL
/** An open object database handle. */
typedef struct git_odb git_odb;
/** A custom backend in an ODB */
typedef struct git_odb_backend git_odb_backend;
/**
* 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);
/**
* 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);
/** Basic type (loose or packed) of any Git object. */
typedef enum {
GIT_OBJ_ANY = -2, /**< Object can be any of the following */
GIT_OBJ_BAD = -1, /**< Object is invalid. */
GIT_OBJ__EXT1 = 0, /**< Reserved for future use. */
GIT_OBJ_COMMIT = 1, /**< A commit object. */
GIT_OBJ_TREE = 2, /**< A tree (directory listing) object. */
GIT_OBJ_BLOB = 3, /**< A file revision object. */
GIT_OBJ_TAG = 4, /**< An annotated tag object. */
GIT_OBJ__EXT2 = 5, /**< Reserved for future use. */
GIT_OBJ_OFS_DELTA = 6, /**< A delta, base is given by an offset. */
GIT_OBJ_REF_DELTA = 7, /**< A delta, base is given by object id. */
} git_otype;
/** 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_INLINE(void) git_rawobj_close(git_rawobj *obj)
{
free(obj->data);
obj->data = NULL;
}
/**
* Convert an object type to it's string representation.
*
* The result is a pointer to a string in static memory and
* should not be free()'ed.
*
* @param type object type to convert.
* @return the corresponding string representation.
*/
GIT_EXTERN(const char *) git_otype_tostring(git_otype type);
/**
* Convert a string object type representation to it's git_otype.
*
* @param str the string to convert.
* @return the corresponding git_otype.
*/
GIT_EXTERN(git_otype) git_otype_fromstring(const char *str);
/**
* Determine if the given git_otype is a valid loose object type.
*
* @param type object type to test.
* @return true if the type represents a valid loose object type,
* false otherwise.
*/
GIT_EXTERN(int) git_otype_is_loose(git_otype type);
/** @} */
GIT_END_DECL
#endif