Modules
	bdlbb_blob
	Provide an indexed set of buffers from multiple sources.

	bdlbb_blobstreambuf
	Provide blob implementing the `streambuf` interface.

	bdlbb_blobutil
	Provide a suite of utilities for I/O operations on `bdlbb::Blob`.

	bdlbb_pooledblobbufferfactory
	Provide a concrete implementation of `bdlbb::BlobBufferFactory`.

	bdlbb_simpleblobbufferfactory
	Provide a simple implementation of `bdlbb::BlobBufferFactory`.

Detailed Description

Purpose

Provide flexible, efficient management of message buffers.

Mnemonic

Basic Development Library Blobs (bdlbb)

See also: bslma

Description

This package defines, 'bdlbb::Blob', a vocabulary type for other 'bdl' packages. A 'bdlbb::Blob' object consists of a sequence of 'bdlbb::BlobBuffer' objects, each of which have a shared pointer to underlying memory. A protocol is defined for factories to manage 'bdlbb::BlobBuffer' objects, and a concrete implementation is provided. Other components define non-primitive operations on 'bdlbb::Blob's.

Hierarchical Synopsis

The 'bdlbb' package currently has 5 components having 2 levels of physical dependency. The list below shows the hierarchical ordering of the components. The order of components within each level is not architecturally significant, just alphabetical.

 2. bdlbb_blobstreambuf
    bdlbb_blobutil
    bdlbb_pooledblobbufferfactory
    bdlbb_simpleblobbufferfactory
 
 1. bdlbb_blob

Component Synopsis

bdlbb_blob : Provide an indexed set of buffers from multiple sources.

bdlbb_blobstreambuf : Provide blob implementing the streambuf interface.

bdlbb_blobutil : Provide a suite of utilities for I/O operations on bdlbb::Blob.

bdlbb_pooledblobbufferfactory : Provide a concrete implementation of bdlbb::BlobBufferFactory.