6 files changed, 43 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/stable/archivebase.cpp b/src/stable/archivebase.cpp
index d2d80a1..c1e886b 100644
--- a/src/stable/archivebase.cpp
+++ b/src/stable/archivebase.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "bu/archivebase.h"
+#include "bu/blob.h"
 
 Bu::ArchiveBase::ArchiveBase()
 {
diff --git a/src/stable/archivebase.h b/src/stable/archivebase.h
index d846c27..3fd5071 100644
--- a/src/stable/archivebase.h
+++ b/src/stable/archivebase.h
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 #include "bu/variant.h"
-#include "bu/blob.h"
 
 namespace Bu
 {
+    class Blob;
     class ArchiveBase
     {
     public:
diff --git a/src/unstable/blob.cpp b/src/unstable/blob.cpp
index 23987f3..c4148e1 100644
--- a/src/unstable/blob.cpp
+++ b/src/unstable/blob.cpp
@@ -55,6 +55,14 @@ Bu::Blob::Blob( const void *pSrc, int32_t iSize ) :
     pData[iSize] = '\0';
 }
 
+Bu::Blob::Blob( int32_t iSize ) :
+    pData( 0 ),
+    iSize( iSize )
+{
+    pData = new char[iSize+1];
+    memset( pData, iSize+1, 1 );
+}
+
 Bu::Blob::Blob( const Bu::Blob::const_iterator &iStart ) :
     pData( 0 ),
     iSize( 0 )
@@ -96,6 +104,14 @@ Bu::Blob::~Blob()
     iSize = 0;
 }
 
+void Bu::Blob::setSize( int32_t iSize )
+{
+    delete[] pData;
+    pData = new char[iSize+1];
+    memset( pData, iSize, 1 );
+    this->iSize = iSize;
+}
+
 int32_t Bu::Blob::getSize() const
 {
     return iSize;
@@ -795,3 +811,20 @@ Bu::Formatter &Bu::operator<<( Bu::Formatter &rOut, const Bu::Blob &b )
     return rOut;
 }
 
+Bu::ArchiveBase &operator<<( Bu::ArchiveBase &ar, const Bu::Blob &b )
+{
+    int32_t iSize = b.getSize();
+    ar << iSize;
+    ar.write( b.getData(), iSize );
+    return ar;
+}
+
+Bu::ArchiveBase &operator>>( Bu::ArchiveBase &ar, Bu::Blob &b )
+{
+    int32_t iSize;
+    ar >> iSize;
+    b.setSize( iSize );
+    ar.read( b.getData(), iSize );
+    return ar;
+}
+
diff --git a/src/unstable/blob.h b/src/unstable/blob.h
index bda29d6..dfddb02 100644
--- a/src/unstable/blob.h
+++ b/src/unstable/blob.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #define BU_BLOB_H
 
 #include "bu/config.h"
+#include "bu/archivebase.h"
 
 namespace Bu
 {
@@ -40,10 +41,12 @@ namespace Bu
         Blob( const class BlobBuilder &rSrc );
         Blob( const char *pSrc );
         Blob( const void *pSrc, int32_t iSize );
+        Blob( int32_t iSize );
         Blob( const const_iterator &iStart );
         Blob( const const_iterator &iStart, const const_iterator &iEnd );
         virtual ~Blob();
 
+        void setSize( int32_t iSize );
         int32_t getSize() const;
         char *getData() const;
         char *c_str() const;
@@ -161,6 +164,9 @@ namespace Bu
         int32_t iSize;
     };
 
+    ArchiveBase &operator<<( ArchiveBase &ar, const Blob &s );
+    ArchiveBase &operator>>( ArchiveBase &ar, Blob &s );
+
     template<typename T>
     uint32_t __calcHashCode( const T &k );
 
diff --git a/src/unstable/settingsdriverini.cpp b/src/unstable/settingsdriverini.cpp
index 31bc146..751b63c 100644
--- a/src/unstable/settingsdriverini.cpp
+++ b/src/unstable/settingsdriverini.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "bu/buffer.h"
 
 #include "bu/sio.h"
+#include "bu/blob.h"
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
diff --git a/src/unstable/settingsdrivertaf.cpp b/src/unstable/settingsdrivertaf.cpp
index d99d0ba..b1077ec 100644
--- a/src/unstable/settingsdrivertaf.cpp
+++ b/src/unstable/settingsdrivertaf.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 #include "bu/file.h"
 #include "bu/taf.h"
+#include "bu/blob.h"
 
 #include <stdlib.h>