- // If the data in the backing store is bigger than BLOCKSIZE,
- // Get is permitted to return an error without reading any of
- // the data.
- Get(loc string) ([]byte, error)
+ // If the data in the backing store is bigger than len(buf),
+ // then Get is permitted to return an error without reading
+ // any of the data.
+ //
+ // len(buf) will not exceed BlockSize.
+ Get(loc string, buf []byte) (int, error)
+
+ // Compare the given data with the stored data (i.e., what Get
+ // would return). If equal, return nil. If not, return
+ // CollisionError or DiskHashError (depending on whether the
+ // data on disk matches the expected hash), or whatever error
+ // was encountered opening/reading the stored data.
+ Compare(loc string, data []byte) error