Adding test for the database and sync log. Preliminary file state maintenance operations
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+#ifndef OBJECT_DB_H
+#define OBJECT_DB_H
+
+#include <boost/exception/all.hpp>
+#include <vector>
+
+using namespace std;
+
+struct ObjectDBException : virtual boost::exception, virtual exception { };
+typedef boost::error_info<struct tag_errmsg, std::string> error_info_str;
+
+inline void throwException(const string &msg) { boost::throw_exception(ObjectDBException() << error_info_str(msg)); }
+
+typedef unsigned char Byte;
+typedef vector<Byte> Bytes;
+
+// OK. This name is a bit miss-leading, but this ObjectDB is really some storage
+// that stores the Ccnx ContentObjects of a file. So unlike a normal database,
+// this DB is per file.
+
+// The assumption is, the ContentObjects will be write to ObjectDB sequentially
+// This guarantees that when read, the Nth ContentObject read has the sequence number N as the last component of its name
+class ObjectDB
+{
+public:
+ virtual ~ObjectDB(){}
+
+ // assume sequential
+ virtual void
+ append(const Bytes &co) = 0;
+
+ // get next CO
+ virtual Bytes
+ next() = 0;
+
+ // size in terms of number of COs
+ virtual int
+ size() = 0;
+
+};
+
+#endif