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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_INCLUDE_COMPARATOR_H_
+#define STORAGE_LEVELDB_INCLUDE_COMPARATOR_H_
+
+#include <string>
+
+namespace leveldb {
+
+class Slice;
+
+// A Comparator object provides a total order across slices that are
+// used as keys in an sstable or a database.  A Comparator implementation
+// must be thread-safe since leveldb may invoke its methods concurrently
+// from multiple threads.
+class Comparator {
+ public:
+  virtual ~Comparator();
+
+  // Three-way comparison.  Returns value:
+  //   < 0 iff "a" < "b",
+  //   == 0 iff "a" == "b",
+  //   > 0 iff "a" > "b"
+  virtual int Compare(const Slice& a, const Slice& b) const = 0;
+
+  // The name of the comparator.  Used to check for comparator
+  // mismatches (i.e., a DB created with one comparator is
+  // accessed using a different comparator.
+  //
+  // The client of this package should switch to a new name whenever
+  // the comparator implementation changes in a way that will cause
+  // the relative ordering of any two keys to change.
+  //
+  // Names starting with "leveldb." are reserved and should not be used
+  // by any clients of this package.
+  virtual const char* Name() const = 0;
+
+  // Advanced functions: these are used to reduce the space requirements
+  // for internal data structures like index blocks.
+
+  // If *start < limit, changes *start to a short string in [start,limit).
+  // Simple comparator implementations may return with *start unchanged,
+  // i.e., an implementation of this method that does nothing is correct.
+  virtual void FindShortestSeparator(
+      std::string* start,
+      const Slice& limit) const = 0;
+
+  // Changes *key to a short string >= *key.
+  // Simple comparator implementations may return with *key unchanged,
+  // i.e., an implementation of this method that does nothing is correct.
+  virtual void FindShortSuccessor(std::string* key) const = 0;
+};
+
+// Return a builtin comparator that uses lexicographic byte-wise
+// ordering.  The result remains the property of this module and
+// must not be deleted.
+extern const Comparator* BytewiseComparator();
+
+}  // namespace leveldb
+
+#endif  // STORAGE_LEVELDB_INCLUDE_COMPARATOR_H_