Index: /trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/lib.data/hashes.c
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--- /trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/lib.data/hashes.c	(revision 10817)
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+/* I need a structure which will be appropriate to carry the psMetadataConfig data.  the main 
+   requirements are:
+
+   - name-based components
+   - string-indexing on columns
+
+   basic elements:
+
+   container->item->element->value
+
+   element: name, value (type?)
+   item->name, Nelement, elements
+   container->items, Nitems
+
+   user interactions
+
+   blob list
+   blob listitems (blob)
+   blob create (blob)
+   blob delete (blob)
+   blob listkeys (blob.item)
+
+   blob getvalue (blob.item.key) -var word
+   blob setvalue (blob.item.key) value
+
+   blob getitem (blob.item)  : list all key/value pairs
+   blob newitem (blob.item)
+   blob delitem (blob.item)
+   blob popitem (blob)
+
+   blob readqueue (queue)    : convert queue in MDC format to blob
+   *** this needs to be able to match by keys against existing items
+   
+   need equivalents to:
+   queuepush -uniq key
+   queuepop -
+   queuesize
+   
+
+   items should be sorted by name so we can lookup an item quickly
+
+
+
+   other related opihi data concepts
+   
+   $a = @function (output of function set to value?)
+
+*/