+/* An in-memory representation of an object, which can be incrementally built
+ * before it is written out to a segment. */
+class LbsObject {
+public:
+ LbsObject();
+ ~LbsObject();
+
+ // If an object is placed in a group, it will be written out to segments
+ // only containing other objects in the same group. A group name is simply
+ // a string.
+ //std::string get_group() const { return group; }
+ void set_group(const std::string &g) { group = g; }
+
+ // Data in an object must be written all at once, and cannot be generated
+ // incrementally. Data can be an arbitrary block of binary data of any
+ // size. The pointer to the data need only remain valid until write() is
+ // called.
+ void set_data(const char *d, size_t len) { data = d; data_len = len; }
+
+ // Write an object to a segment, thus making it permanent. This function
+ // can be called at most once.
+ void write(TarSegmentStore *store);
+
+ // Compute the checksum of an object, and include it in the object
+ // reference. This should be called after write(), and the data specified
+ // by set_data() must remain valid through the call to checksum().
+ void checksum();
+
+ // An object is assigned a permanent name once it has been written to a
+ // segment. Until that time, its name cannot be determined.
+ std::string get_name() const { return ref.to_string(); }
+ ObjectReference get_ref() { return ref; }
+
+private:
+ std::string group;
+ const char *data;
+ size_t data_len;
+
+ bool written;
+ ObjectReference ref;
+};
+
+/* Program through which segment data is piped before being written to file. */
+extern const char *filter_program;
+
+/* Extension which should be appended to segments written out (.tar is already
+ * included; this adds to it) */
+extern const char *filter_extension;
+
+/* Launch a process to filter data written to a file descriptor. fd_out is the
+ * file descriptor where the filtered data should be written. program is the
+ * filter program to execute (a single string which will be interpreted by
+ * /bin/sh). The return value is a file descriptor to which the data to be
+ * filtered should be written. The process ID of the filter process is stored
+ * at address filter_pid if non-NULL. */
+int spawn_filter(int fd_out, const char *program, pid_t *filter_pid);
+
+#endif // _LBS_STORE_H