Introduce the StrBEU32Codec heed codec

src/heed_codec/mod.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 mod roaring_bitmap_codec;
+mod str_beu32_codec;
 
 pub use self::roaring_bitmap_codec::RoaringBitmapCodec;
+pub use self::str_beu32_codec::StrBEU32Codec;

src/heed_codec/str_beu32_codec.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+use std::borrow::Cow;
+use std::convert::TryInto;
+use std::str;
+
+pub struct StrBEU32Codec;
+
+impl<'a> heed::BytesDecode<'a> for StrBEU32Codec {
+    type DItem = (&'a str, u32);
+
+    fn bytes_decode(bytes: &'a [u8]) -> Option<Self::DItem> {
+        let str_len = bytes.len().checked_sub(4)?;
+        let (str_bytes, n_bytes) = bytes.split_at(str_len);
+        let s = str::from_utf8(str_bytes).ok()?;
+        let n = n_bytes.try_into().map(u32::from_be_bytes).ok()?;
+        Some((s, n))
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a> heed::BytesEncode<'a> for StrBEU32Codec {
+    type EItem = (&'a str, u32);
+
+    fn bytes_encode((s, n): &Self::EItem) -> Option<Cow<[u8]>> {
+        let mut bytes = Vec::with_capacity(s.len() + 4);
+        bytes.extend_from_slice(s.as_bytes());
+        bytes.extend_from_slice(&n.to_be_bytes());
+        Some(Cow::Owned(bytes))
+    }
+}