1 files changed, 27 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/reftable/iter.h b/reftable/iter.h
index 537431baba..befc4597df 100644
--- a/reftable/iter.h
+++ b/reftable/iter.h
@@ -14,12 +14,36 @@ https://developers.google.com/open-source/licenses/bsd
 #include "record.h"
 
 #include "reftable-iterator.h"
-#include "reftable-generic.h"
+
+/*
+ * The virtual function table for implementing generic reftable iterators.
+ */
+struct reftable_iterator_vtable {
+	int (*seek)(void *iter_arg, struct reftable_record *want);
+	int (*next)(void *iter_arg, struct reftable_record *rec);
+	void (*close)(void *iter_arg);
+};
+
+/*
+ * Position the iterator at the wanted record such that a call to
+ * `iterator_next()` would return that record, if it exists.
+ */
+int iterator_seek(struct reftable_iterator *it, struct reftable_record *want);
+
+/*
+ * Yield the next record and advance the iterator. Returns <0 on error, 0 when
+ * a record was yielded, and >0 when the iterator hit an error.
+ */
+int iterator_next(struct reftable_iterator *it, struct reftable_record *rec);
+
+/*
+ * Set up the iterator such that it behaves the same as an iterator with no
+ * entries.
+ */
+void iterator_set_empty(struct reftable_iterator *it);
 
 /* iterator that produces only ref records that point to `oid` */
 struct filtering_ref_iterator {
-	int double_check;
-	struct reftable_table tab;
 	struct strbuf oid;
 	struct reftable_iterator it;
 };