#ifndef QPID_STORE_MSSQL_BLOBENCODER_H
#define QPID_STORE_MSSQL_BLOBENCODER_H

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#include <comutil.h>
#include <string>
#include <boost/intrusive_ptr.hpp>
#include <qpid/broker/Persistable.h>
#include <qpid/broker/PersistableMessage.h>
#include <qpid/framing/Buffer.h>
#include <qpid/framing/FieldTable.h>

namespace qpid {
namespace store {
namespace ms_sql {

/**
 * @class BlobEncoder
 *
 * Encodes a blob (varbinary) field from a qpid::broker::Persistable or a
 * qpid::framing::FieldTable (both of which can be encoded to
 * qpid::framing::Buffer) so it can be passed to ADO methods for writing
 * to the database.
 */
class BlobEncoder : public _variant_t {
private:
    SAFEARRAY *blob;

    template <class ITEM> void encode(const ITEM &item);

public:
    BlobEncoder(const qpid::broker::Persistable &item);
    BlobEncoder(const boost::intrusive_ptr<qpid::broker::PersistableMessage> &msg);
    BlobEncoder(const qpid::framing::FieldTable &fields);
    BlobEncoder(const std::string& data);
    ~BlobEncoder();
};

}}}  // namespace qpid::store::ms_sql

#endif /* QPID_STORE_MSSQL_BLOBENCODER_H */