extern const char *typename(unsigned int type);
extern int type_from_string(const char *str);
+/*
+ * Return the current number of buckets in the object hashmap.
+ */
extern unsigned int get_max_object_index(void);
+
+/*
+ * Return the object from the specified bucket in the object hashmap.
+ */
extern struct object *get_indexed_object(unsigned int);
/*
*/
struct object *lookup_object(const unsigned char *sha1);
-extern void *create_object(const unsigned char *sha1, int type, void *obj);
+extern void *create_object(const unsigned char *sha1, void *obj);
+
+void *object_as_type(struct object *obj, enum object_type type, int quiet);
/*
* Returns the object, having parsed it to find out what it is.