blob.h

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#ifndef CYCLUS_SRC_BLOB_H_
#define CYCLUS_SRC_BLOB_H_

#include <string>

namespace cyclus {
/// A type to represent variable-length array of bytes for dumping to a cyclus
/// output database.
class Blob {
 public:
  Blob() : str_("") {}

  explicit Blob(std::string s) : str_(s) {}

  const std::string& str() const {
    return str_;
  }

  inline std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& out) const {
     return out << str();
  }

  inline bool operator< (const cyclus::Blob& rhs) const {
    return str() < rhs.str();
  }

  inline bool operator> (const cyclus::Blob& rhs) const {
    return !operator<(rhs) && !operator==(rhs);
  }

  inline bool operator<=(const cyclus::Blob& rhs) const {
    return !operator>(rhs);
  }

  inline bool operator>=(const cyclus::Blob& rhs) const {
    return !operator<(rhs);
  }

  inline bool operator==(const cyclus::Blob& rhs) const {
    return str() == rhs.str();
  }

  inline bool operator!=(const cyclus::Blob& rhs) const {
    return !operator==(rhs);
  }

 private:
  std::string str_;
};

}  // namespace cyclus

#endif  // CYCLUS_SRC_BLOB_H_