parcel KinoSearch cnick Kino;

/** Default behaviors for binary fields.
 * 
 * BlobType is an implementation of FieldType tuned for use with fields
 * containing binary data, which cannot be indexed or searched -- only stored.
 */
class KinoSearch::Plan::BlobType inherits KinoSearch::Plan::FieldType 
    : dumpable {

    /** 
     * @param stored boolean indicating whether the field should be stored.
     */
    public inert BlobType* 
    init(BlobType *self, bool_t stored);

    public inert incremented BlobType* 
    new(bool_t stored);

    /** Returns true. 
     */
    public bool_t
    Binary(BlobType *self);

    /** Throws an error unless <code>sortable</code> is false.
     */
    public void
    Set_Sortable(BlobType *self, bool_t sortable);

    incremented ViewByteBuf*
    Make_Blank(BlobType *self);

    int8_t
    Primitive_ID(BlobType *self);

    incremented Hash*
    Dump_For_Schema(BlobType *self);

    public incremented Hash*
    Dump(BlobType *self);

    public incremented BlobType*
    Load(BlobType *self, Obj *dump);

    public bool_t
    Equals(BlobType *self, Obj *other);
}

/* Copyright 2007-2011 Marvin Humphrey
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * under the same terms as Perl itself.
 */