--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test/org/tmatesoft/hg/tools/ManifestEntryBuilder.java	Mon Feb 13 13:20:06 2012 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2012 TMate Software Ltd
+ *  
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * For information on how to redistribute this software under
+ * the terms of a license other than GNU General Public License
+ * contact TMate Software at support@hg4j.com
+ */
+package org.tmatesoft.hg.tools;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+
+import org.tmatesoft.hg.core.Nodeid;
+
+/**
+ * Create binary manifest entry ready to write down into 00manifest.i
+ * <p>Usage:
+ * <pre>
+ *   ManifestEntryBuilder mb = new ManifestEntryBuilder();
+ *   mb.reset().add("file1", file1.getRevision(r1));
+ *   mb.add("file2", file2.getRevision(r2));
+ *   byte[] manifestRecordData = mb.build();
+ *   byte[] manifestRevlogHeader = buildRevlogHeader(..., sha1(parents, manifestRecordData), manifestRecordData.length);
+ *   manifestIndexOutputStream.write(manifestRevlogHeader);
+ *   manifestIndexOutputStream.write(manifestRecordData);
+ * </pre>
+ * 
+ * @author Artem Tikhomirov
+ * @author TMate Software Ltd.
+ */
+public class ManifestEntryBuilder {
+	private ByteArrayOutputStream buffer = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+
+	
+	public ManifestEntryBuilder reset() {
+		buffer.reset();
+		return this;
+	}
+	public ManifestEntryBuilder add(String fname, Nodeid revision) {
+		byte[] b = fname.getBytes();
+		buffer.write(b, 0, b.length);
+		buffer.write('\0');
+		b = revision.toString().getBytes();
+		buffer.write(b, 0, b.length);
+		buffer.write('\n');
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	public byte[] build() {
+		return buffer.toByteArray();
+	}
+
+}