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+#pragma once
+
+#include <blobs-ipmid/blobs.hpp>
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <memory>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+using std::size_t;
+using std::uint16_t;
+using std::uint32_t;
+using std::uint64_t;
+using std::uint8_t;
+
+namespace binstore
+{
+
+/**
+ * @class BinaryStoreInterface is an abstraction for a storage location.
+ *     Each instance would be uniquely identified by a baseId string.
+ */
+class BinaryStoreInterface
+{
+  public:
+    virtual ~BinaryStoreInterface() = default;
+
+    /**
+     * @returns baseId string of the storage.
+     */
+    virtual std::string getBaseBlobId() const = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * @returns List of all open blob IDs, plus the base.
+     */
+    virtual std::vector<std::string> getBlobIds() const = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * Opens a blob given its name. If there is no one, create one.
+     * @param blobId: The blob id to operate on.
+     * @param flags: Either read flag or r/w flag has to be specified.
+     * @returns True if open/create successfully.
+     */
+    virtual bool openOrCreateBlob(const std::string& blobId,
+                                  uint16_t flags) = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * Deletes a blob given its name. If there is no one,
+     * @param blobId: The blob id to operate on.
+     * @returns True if deleted.
+     */
+    virtual bool deleteBlob(const std::string& blobId) = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * Reads data from the currently opened blob.
+     * @param offset: offset into the blob to read
+     * @param requestedSize: how many bytes to read
+     * @returns Bytes able to read. Returns empty if nothing can be read or
+     *          if there is no open blob.
+     */
+    virtual std::vector<uint8_t> read(uint32_t offset,
+                                      uint32_t requestedSize) = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * Writes data to the currently openend blob.
+     * @param offset: offset into the blob to write
+     * @param data: bytes to write
+     * @returns True if able to write the entire data successfully
+     */
+    virtual bool write(uint32_t offset, const std::vector<uint8_t>& data) = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * Commits data to the persistent storage specified during blob init.
+     * @returns True if able to write data to sysfile successfully
+     */
+    virtual bool commit() = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * Closes blob, which prevents further modifications. Uncommitted data will
+     * be lost.
+     * @returns True if able to close the blob successfully
+     */
+    virtual bool close() = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns blob stat flags.
+     * @param meta: output stat flags.
+     * @returns True if able to get the stat flags and write to *meta
+     */
+    virtual bool stat(blobs::BlobMeta* meta) = 0;
+};
+
+} // namespace binstore