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+#include<stdio.h>
+#include<stdlib.h>
+#include<string.h>
+
+#include<string>
+#include<iostream>
+#include<fstream>
+
+#include <sdl/syncstorage.hpp>
+
+// data type definitions from sdl
+using Namespace = std::string;
+using Key = std::string;
+using Data = std::vector<uint8_t>;
+using DataMap = std::map<Key, Data>;
+using Keys = std::set<Key>;
+
+
+using namespace std;
+
+vector<uint8_t> packData(const char *d, int len){
+ const uint8_t *d8 = (const uint8_t *)d;
+ return Data(d8, d8+len+1);
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv){
+ Namespace ns("mcnib");
+
+ string directory = ".";
+ if(argc>1){
+ directory = argv[1];
+ }
+ string inflnm = directory + "/" + string("nib.json");
+
+ ifstream infl(inflnm);
+ if(!infl){
+ cerr << "Error, can't open " << inflnm << endl;
+ exit(1);
+ }
+ string line;
+ string nib_str;
+ while(getline(infl, line)){
+ nib_str += line;
+ }
+ infl.close();
+
+
+// ---------------------------------------------
+ std::unique_ptr<shareddatalayer::SyncStorage> sdl(shareddatalayer::SyncStorage::create());
+ DataMap D;
+
+// --------------------------------------------
+
+ vector<uint8_t> schema_buf = packData(nib_str.c_str(), nib_str.size());
+ D["_schema"] = schema_buf;
+
+ sdl->set(ns, D);
+}