package database

// Searcher must be able to search through our datastore(s) with strings.
type Searcher interface {
	// AllKeys must retrieve all keys in the datastore with the given storeName.
	AllKeys() []string
	// PrefixScan must return all keys that begin with the given prefix.
	PrefixScan(prefix string) map[string]interface{}
	// Search must be able to search through the contents of our database and return a map of results.
	Search(query string) map[string]interface{}
	// ValueExists searches for an exact match of the given value and returns the key that contains it.
	ValueExists(value []byte) (key []byte, ok bool)
}