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+// Copyright (c) 2021, Facebook, Inc.  All rights reserved.
+//  This source code is licensed under both the GPLv2 (found in the
+//  COPYING file in the root directory) and Apache 2.0 License
+//  (found in the LICENSE.Apache file in the root directory).
+#pragma once
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#include <memory>
+#include <string>
+
+#include "rocksdb/cache.h"
+#include "rocksdb/slice.h"
+#include "rocksdb/statistics.h"
+#include "rocksdb/status.h"
+
+namespace ROCKSDB_NAMESPACE {
+
+// A handle for lookup result. The handle may not be immediately ready or
+// have a valid value. The caller must call isReady() to determine if its
+// ready, and call Wait() in order to block until it becomes ready.
+// The caller must call value() after it becomes ready to determine if the
+// handle successfullly read the item.
+class NvmCacheHandle {
+ public:
+  virtual ~NvmCacheHandle() {}
+
+  // Returns whether the handle is ready or not
+  virtual bool isReady() = 0;
+
+  // Block until handle becomes ready
+  virtual void Wait() = 0;
+
+  // Return the value. If nullptr, it means the lookup was unsuccessful
+  virtual void* Value() = 0;
+
+  // Return the size of value
+  virtual size_t Size() = 0;
+};
+
+// NvmCache
+//
+// NVM cache interface for caching blocks on a persistent medium.
+class NvmCache {
+ public:
+  virtual ~NvmCache() {}
+
+  virtual std::string Name() = 0;
+
+  // Insert the given value into the NVM cache. The value is not written
+  // directly. Rather, the SaveToCallback provided by helper_cb will be
+  // used to extract the persistable data in value, which will be written
+  // to NVM. The implementation may or may not write it to NVM depending
+  // on the admission control policy, even if the return status is success.
+  virtual Status Insert(const Slice& key, void* value,
+                        Cache::CacheItemHelperCallback helper_cb) = 0;
+
+  // Lookup the data for the given key in the NVM cache. The create_cb
+  // will be used to create the object. The handle returned may not be
+  // ready yet, unless wait=true, in which case Lookup() will block until
+  // the handle is ready
+  virtual std::unique_ptr<NvmCacheHandle> Lookup(
+      const Slice& key, const Cache::CreateCallback& create_cb, bool wait) = 0;
+
+  // At the discretion of the implementation, erase the data associated
+  // with key
+  virtual void Erase(const Slice& key) = 0;
+
+  // Wait for a collection of handles to become ready
+  virtual void WaitAll(std::vector<NvmCacheHandle*> handles) = 0;
+
+  virtual std::string GetPrintableOptions() const = 0;
+};
+
+}  // namespace ROCKSDB_NAMESPACE