c-ipfs/include/ipfs/blocks/block.h

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/***
* IPFS has the notion of storage blocks.
* Raw data with a multihash key (the Cid)
*/
#ifndef __IPFS_BLOCKS_BLOCK_H__
#define __IPFS_BLOCKS_BLOCK_H__
#include "ipfs/cid/cid.h"
struct Block {
struct Cid* cid;
unsigned char* data;
size_t data_length;
};
/***
* Create a new block
* @returns a new allocated Block struct
*/
struct Block* ipfs_blocks_block_new();
int ipfs_blocks_block_add_data(const unsigned char* data, size_t data_size, struct Block* block);
/***
* Free resources used by the creation of a block
* @param block the block to free
* @returns true(1) on success
*/
int ipfs_blocks_block_free(struct Block* block);
/**
* Determine the approximate size of an encoded block
* @param block the block to measure
* @returns the approximate size needed to encode the protobuf
*/
size_t ipfs_blocks_block_protobuf_encode_size(const struct Block* block);
/**
* Encode the Block into protobuf format
* @param block the block to encode
* @param buffer the buffer to fill
* @param max_buffer_size the max size of the buffer
* @param bytes_written the number of bytes used
* @returns true(1) on success
*/
int ipfs_blocks_block_protobuf_encode(const struct Block* block, unsigned char* buffer, size_t max_buffer_size, size_t* bytes_written);
/***
* Decode from a protobuf stream into a Block struct
* @param buffer the buffer to pull from
* @param buffer_length the length of the buffer
* @param block the block to fill
* @returns true(1) on success
*/
int ipfs_blocks_block_protobuf_decode(const unsigned char* buffer, const size_t buffer_length, struct Block** block);
#endif