2 files changed, 39 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/go/storage/file_id.go b/go/storage/file_id.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0fdee9f13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/storage/file_id.go
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package storage
+
+import (
+	"code.google.com/p/weed-fs/go/util"
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+type FileId struct {
+	VolumeId VolumeId
+	Key      uint64
+	Hashcode uint32
+}
+
+func NewFileId(VolumeId VolumeId, Key uint64, Hashcode uint32) *FileId {
+	return &FileId{VolumeId: VolumeId, Key: Key, Hashcode: Hashcode}
+}
+func ParseFileId(fid string) *FileId {
+	a := strings.Split(fid, ",")
+	if len(a) != 2 {
+		println("Invalid fid", fid, ", split length", len(a))
+		return nil
+	}
+	vid_string, key_hash_string := a[0], a[1]
+	volumeId, _ := NewVolumeId(vid_string)
+	key, hash := ParseKeyHash(key_hash_string)
+	return &FileId{VolumeId: volumeId, Key: key, Hashcode: hash}
+}
+func (n *FileId) String() string {
+	bytes := make([]byte, 12)
+	util.Uint64toBytes(bytes[0:8], n.Key)
+	util.Uint32toBytes(bytes[8:12], n.Hashcode)
+	nonzero_index := 0
+	for ; bytes[nonzero_index] == 0; nonzero_index++ {
+	}
+	return n.VolumeId.String() + "," + hex.EncodeToString(bytes[nonzero_index:])
+}
diff --git a/go/storage/needle.go b/go/storage/needle.go
index 755b3eafd..256a7c26a 100644
--- a/go/storage/needle.go
+++ b/go/storage/needle.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ type Needle struct {
 	Padding  []byte `comment:"Aligned to 8 bytes"`
 }
 
-func NewNeedle(r *http.Request) (n *Needle, fname string, e error) {
+func NewNeedle(r *http.Request) (n *Needle, e error) {
 
 	n = new(Needle)
 	form, fe := r.MultipartReader()
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func NewNeedle(r *http.Request) (n *Needle, fname string, e error) {
 		e = fe
 		return
 	}
-	fname = part.FileName()
+	fname := part.FileName()
 	if fname != "" {
 		fname = path.Base(part.FileName())
 	} else {