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+// Copyright (c) 2011 The LevelDB Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file. See the AUTHORS file for names of contributors.
+
+#ifndef STORAGE_LEVELDB_DB_LOG_WRITER_H_
+#define STORAGE_LEVELDB_DB_LOG_WRITER_H_
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include "db/log_format.h"
+#include "leveldb/slice.h"
+#include "leveldb/status.h"
+
+namespace leveldb {
+
+class WritableFile;
+
+namespace log {
+
+class Writer {
+ public:
+  // Create a writer that will append data to "*dest".
+  // "*dest" must be initially empty.
+  // "*dest" must remain live while this Writer is in use.
+  explicit Writer(WritableFile* dest);
+  ~Writer();
+
+  Status AddRecord(const Slice& slice);
+
+ private:
+  WritableFile* dest_;
+  int block_offset_;       // Current offset in block
+
+  // crc32c values for all supported record types.  These are
+  // pre-computed to reduce the overhead of computing the crc of the
+  // record type stored in the header.
+  uint32_t type_crc_[kMaxRecordType + 1];
+
+  Status EmitPhysicalRecord(RecordType type, const char* ptr, size_t length);
+
+  // No copying allowed
+  Writer(const Writer&);
+  void operator=(const Writer&);
+};
+
+}  // namespace log
+}  // namespace leveldb
+
+#endif  // STORAGE_LEVELDB_DB_LOG_WRITER_H_