/*  Last edited: Dec  3 11:07 2003 (rnc) */
/*  file: stringbucket.h
 *  Author: Simon Kelley (srk@sanger.ac.uk)
 *  Copyright (c) Sanger Institute, 2003
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------
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 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
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 *-------------------------------------------------------------------
 * This file is part of the ZMap genome database package
 * and was written by
 *      Rob Clack (Sanger Institute, UK) rnc@sanger.ac.uk,
 * 	Ed Griffiths (Sanger Institute, UK) edgrif@sanger.ac.uk and
 *	Simon Kelley (Sanger Institute, UK) srk@sanger.ac.uk
 */

#include <wh/acedb.h>

/* Stringbucket:

Given a string returns a copy which is persistant until the
bucket is destroyed.

Has the property that calling str2p twice on the same string yields
the same pointer.
*/

#ifndef STRINGBUCKET_H
#define STRINGBUCKET_H

struct sbucket;

typedef struct sbucket StringBucket; 

StringBucket *sbCreate(STORE_HANDLE handle);
void sbDestroy(StringBucket *b);
char *str2p(char *string, StringBucket *b);

#endif