// Copyright © 2016 Abcum Ltd
//
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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//
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//
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package keys

import (
	"strings"
)

// Thing ...
type Thing struct {
	KV string // Base
	NS string // Namespace
	DB string // Database
	TB string // Table
	ID string // ID
}

// init initialises the key
func (k *Thing) init() *Thing {
	return k
}

// Encode encodes the key into binary
func (k *Thing) Encode() []byte {
	return output(k.init())
}

// Decode decodes the key from binary
func (k *Thing) Decode(data []byte) {
	injest(k, data)
}

// String returns a string representation of the key
func (k *Thing) String() string {
	k.init()
	return "/" + strings.Join([]string{k.KV, k.NS, k.DB, k.TB, k.ID}, "/")
}