Protocol 1 API

// Encode: Convert string representation to binary.
// Returns false on success, true on error.
bool encode_mytype(unsigned char* buffer, size_t buffer_size,
                   const char* from, size_t from_len, size_t* length) {
    // Parse 'from' string and write binary to 'buffer'.
    // Set *length to bytes written.
    // Return false on success, true on error (e.g., set *length = 0).
}

// Decode: Convert binary to string representation.
// Returns false on success, true on error.
bool decode_mytype(const unsigned char* buffer, size_t buffer_size,
                   char* to, size_t to_size, size_t* to_length) {
    // Read binary from 'buffer' and write string to 'to'.
    // Set *to_length to string length.
    // Return false on success, true on error.
}

// Compare: enables ORDER BY and indexing (required).
int compare_mytype(const unsigned char* data1, size_t len1,
                   const unsigned char* data2, size_t len2) {
    // Return: negative if data1<data2, 0 if equal, positive if data1>data2.
}

// Hash: custom hash (optional, uses default binary hash if omitted).
size_t hash_mytype(const unsigned char* data, size_t len) {
    // Return hash value for the binary data.
}

VEF_GENERATE_ENTRY_POINTS(
  make_extension()
    .type(make_type(MYTYPE)
      .persisted_length(16)              // Fixed storage size in bytes
      .max_decode_buffer_length(64)      // Max string representation size
      .encode(&encode_mytype)
      .decode(&decode_mytype)
      .compare(&compare_mytype)          // Enables ORDER BY and indexes
      .hash(&hash_mytype)                // Optional custom hash
      .build())
    .func(make_func<&mytype_constructor>("MYTYPE")  // Constructor function
      .returns(MYTYPE)
      .param(REAL)
      .param(REAL)
      .build())
);

void add_impl(vef_context_t* ctx,
              vef_invalue_t* a, vef_invalue_t* b,
              vef_vdf_result_t* result) {
  result->int_value = a->int_value + b->int_value;
  result->type = VEF_RESULT_VALUE;
}

make_func<&raw_result>("my_agg")
    .returns(INT).param(INT)
    // prerun/postrun require typed signatures even in Protocol 1 mode:
    .prerun<&my_prerun>()      // void(vsql::PrerunArgs, vsql::PrerunResult)
    .postrun<&my_postrun>()    // void(vsql::PostrunArgs)
    .clear<&my_clear>()        // void(vef_context_t*, vef_vdf_args_t*)
    .accumulate<&my_acc>()     // void(vef_context_t*, vef_vdf_args_t*, vef_vdf_result_t*)
    .build()