waz-storage 1.3.1 → 1.3.2

data/lib/waz-blobs.rb

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-$:.unshift(File.dirname(__FILE__))
-require 'waz-storage'
-# Application Files (massive include)
-app_files = File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'waz','blobs', '*.rb'))
+$:.unshift(File.dirname(__FILE__))
+require 'waz-storage'
+# Application Files (massive include)
+app_files = File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'waz','blobs', '*.rb'))
 Dir[app_files].each(&method(:load))

data/lib/waz-queues.rb

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-$:.unshift(File.dirname(__FILE__))
-require 'waz-storage'
-# Application Files (massive include)
-app_files = File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'waz','queues', '*.rb'))
-Dir[app_files].each(&method(:load))
-
+$:.unshift(File.dirname(__FILE__))
+require 'waz-storage'
+# Application Files (massive include)
+app_files = File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'waz','queues', '*.rb'))
+Dir[app_files].each(&method(:load))
+

data/lib/waz-storage.rb

@@ -1,39 +1,39 @@
-require 'time'
-require 'cgi' 
-require 'base64'
-require 'rexml/document'
-require 'rexml/xpath'
-require 'restclient' 
-require 'hmac-sha2'
-require 'net/http'
-
-app_files = File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'waz', 'storage', '*.rb'))
-Dir[app_files].each(&method(:load))
-
-# It will depende on which version of Ruby (or if you have Rails) 
-# but this method is required so we will add it the String class.
-unless String.method_defined? :start_with?
-  class String
-    def start_with?(prefix)
-      prefix = prefix.to_s
-      self[0, prefix.length] == prefix
-    end
-  end
-end
-
-# The Merge method is not defined in the RFC 2616 
-# and it's required to Merge entities in Windows Azure
-module Net
-  class HTTP < Protocol
-    class Merge < HTTPRequest
-      METHOD = 'MERGE'
-      REQUEST_HAS_BODY  = true
-      RESPONSE_HAS_BODY = false
-    end
-  end
-end
-
-# extendes the Symbol class to assign a type to an entity field
-class Symbol
-  attr_accessor :edm_type
-end
+require 'time'
+require 'cgi' 
+require 'base64'
+require 'rexml/document'
+require 'rexml/xpath'
+require 'restclient' 
+require 'hmac-sha2'
+require 'net/http'
+
+app_files = File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'waz', 'storage', '*.rb'))
+Dir[app_files].each(&method(:load))
+
+# It will depende on which version of Ruby (or if you have Rails) 
+# but this method is required so we will add it the String class.
+unless String.method_defined? :start_with?
+  class String
+    def start_with?(prefix)
+      prefix = prefix.to_s
+      self[0, prefix.length] == prefix
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+# The Merge method is not defined in the RFC 2616 
+# and it's required to Merge entities in Windows Azure
+module Net
+  class HTTP < Protocol
+    class Merge < HTTPRequest
+      METHOD = 'MERGE'
+      REQUEST_HAS_BODY  = true
+      RESPONSE_HAS_BODY = false
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+# extendes the Symbol class to assign a type to an entity field
+class Symbol
+  attr_accessor :edm_type
+end

data/lib/waz-tables.rb

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-$:.unshift(File.dirname(__FILE__))
-require 'waz-storage'
-# Application Files (massive include)
-app_files = File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'waz', 'tables', '*.rb'))
+$:.unshift(File.dirname(__FILE__))
+require 'waz-storage'
+# Application Files (massive include)
+app_files = File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'waz', 'tables', '*.rb'))
 Dir[app_files].each(&method(:load))

data/lib/waz/blobs/blob_object.rb

@@ -1,122 +1,122 @@
-module WAZ
-  module Blobs
-    # This class is used to model the Blob inside Windows Azure Blobs the usage
-    # it's pretty simple, here you can see a couple of samples. These are the implemented methods of the blob API up to now. 
-    # The basics are implemented although blocks management is not yet completed, I consider that the API is pretty usable since 
-    # it covers the basics
-    #
-    #   # retrieve blob name, uri and content-type
-    #   blob.name
-    #   blob.url
-    #   blob.content_type
-    #
-    # 	# retrieve blob value 
-    #   blob.value #=> lazy loaded payload of the blob
-    #
-    #   # retrieve blob metadata (+ properties)
-    #   blob.metadata #=> hash containing beautified metadata (:x_ms_meta_name)
-    #   
-    #   # put blob metadata
-    #   blob.put_properties(:x_ms_meta_MyProperty => "my value") 
-    #
-    # 	# update value
-    #   blob.value = "my new value" #=> this will update the blob content on WAZ
-    #
-    # *REMARKS*: This class is not meant to be manually instanciated it's basicaly an internal 
-    # representation returned by the WAZ::Blobs::Container.
-    class BlobObject      
-      class << self
-        # This method is internally used by this class. It's the way we keep a single instance of the 
-        # service that wraps the calls the Windows Azure Blobs API. It's initialized with the values
-        # from the default_connection on WAZ::Storage::Base initialized thru establish_connection!
-        def service_instance
-          options = WAZ::Storage::Base.default_connection.merge(:type_of_service => "blob")
-          (@service_instances ||= {})[options[:account_name]] ||= Service.new(options)
-        end
-      end
-      
-      attr_accessor :name, :url, :content_type, :snapshot_date, :railsetag
-      
-      # Creates a new instance of the Blob object. This constructor is internally used by the Container
-      # it's initialized thru a hash that's received as parameter. It has the following requirements:
-      # <em>:name</em> which is the blob name (usually the file name), <em>:url</em> that is the url of the blob (used to download or access it via browser) 
-      # and <em>:content_type</em> which is the content type of the blob and is a required parameter by the Azure API
-      def initialize(options = {})
-        raise WAZ::Storage::InvalidOption, :name unless options.keys.include?(:name) and !options[:name].empty?
-        raise WAZ::Storage::InvalidOption, :url unless options.keys.include?(:url) and !options[:url].empty?
-        raise WAZ::Storage::InvalidOption, :content_type unless options.keys.include?(:content_type) and !options[:content_type].empty?
-        self.name = options[:name]
-        self.url = options[:url]
-        self.content_type = options[:content_type]
-        self.snapshot_date = options[:snapshot_date]
-        self.railsetag = options[:railsetag]
-      end
-      
-      # Returns the blob properties from Windows Azure. This properties always come as HTTP Headers and they include standard headers like
-      # <em>Content-Type</em>, <em>Content-Length</em>, etc. combined with custom properties like with <em>x-ms-meta-Name</em>.
-      def metadata
-        self.class.service_instance.get_blob_properties(path)
-      end
-      
-      # Returns the actual blob content, this method is specially used to avoid retrieving the whole blob
-      # while iterating and retrieving the blob collection from the Container.
-      def value
-        @value ||= self.class.service_instance.get_blob(path)
-      end
-      
-      # Assigns the given value to the blob content. It also stores a local copy of it in order to avoid round trips 
-      # on scenarios when you do Save and Display on the same context.
-      def value=(new_value)
-        raise WAZ::Blobs::InvalidOperation if self.snapshot_date
-        self.class.service_instance.put_blob(path, new_value, content_type, metadata)
-        @value = new_value
-      end
-
-      # Stores the blob properties. Those properties are sent as HTTP Headers it's really important that you name your custom 
-      # properties with the <em>x-ms-meta</em> prefix, if not the won't be persisted by the Windows Azure Blob Storage API.
-      def put_properties!(properties = {})
-        raise WAZ::Blobs::InvalidOperation if self.snapshot_date
-        self.class.service_instance.set_blob_properties(path, properties)
-      end
-
-      # Stores blob metadata. User metadata must be prefixed with 'x-ms-meta-'. The advantage of this over put_properties
-      # is that it only affect user_metadata and doesn't overwrite any system values, like 'content_type'.
-      def put_metadata!(metadata = {})  
-        self.class.service_instance.set_blob_metadata(path, metadata)
-      end 
-      
-      # Removes the blob from the container.
-      def destroy!
-        self.class.service_instance.delete_blob(path)
-      end
-      
-      # Copies the blob to the destination and returns
-      # the copied blob instance. 
-      #
-      # destination should be formed as "container/blob"
-      def copy(destination)
-        self.class.service_instance.copy_blob(self.path, destination)
-        properties = self.class.service_instance.get_blob_properties(destination)
-        return BlobObject.new(:name => destination, 
-                              :url => self.class.service_instance.generate_request_uri(destination),
-                              :content_type => properties[:content_type])
-      end
-      
-      # Creates and returns a read-only snapshot of a blob as it looked like in time.
-      def snapshot
-        date = self.class.service_instance.snapshot_blob(self.path)
-        properties = self.class.service_instance.get_blob_properties(self.path)
-        return BlobObject.new(:name => self.name, 
-                              :url => self.class.service_instance.generate_request_uri(self.path) + "?snapshot=#{date}",
-                              :content_type => properties[:content_type],
-                              :snapshot_date => date)
-      end
-      
-      # Returns the blob path. This is specially important when simulating containers inside containers
-      # by enabling the API to point to the appropiated resource.
-      def path
-        url.gsub(/https?:\/\/[^\/]+\//i, '').scan(/([^&]+)/i).first().first()
-      end      
-    end
-  end
-end
+module WAZ
+  module Blobs
+    # This class is used to model the Blob inside Windows Azure Blobs the usage
+    # it's pretty simple, here you can see a couple of samples. These are the implemented methods of the blob API up to now. 
+    # The basics are implemented although blocks management is not yet completed, I consider that the API is pretty usable since 
+    # it covers the basics
+    #
+    #   # retrieve blob name, uri and content-type
+    #   blob.name
+    #   blob.url
+    #   blob.content_type
+    #
+    # 	# retrieve blob value 
+    #   blob.value #=> lazy loaded payload of the blob
+    #
+    #   # retrieve blob metadata (+ properties)
+    #   blob.metadata #=> hash containing beautified metadata (:x_ms_meta_name)
+    #   
+    #   # put blob metadata
+    #   blob.put_properties(:x_ms_meta_MyProperty => "my value") 
+    #
+    # 	# update value
+    #   blob.value = "my new value" #=> this will update the blob content on WAZ
+    #
+    # *REMARKS*: This class is not meant to be manually instanciated it's basicaly an internal 
+    # representation returned by the WAZ::Blobs::Container.
+    class BlobObject      
+      class << self
+        # This method is internally used by this class. It's the way we keep a single instance of the 
+        # service that wraps the calls the Windows Azure Blobs API. It's initialized with the values
+        # from the default_connection on WAZ::Storage::Base initialized thru establish_connection!
+        def service_instance
+          options = WAZ::Storage::Base.default_connection.merge(:type_of_service => "blob")
+          (@service_instances ||= {})[options[:account_name]] ||= Service.new(options)
+        end
+      end
+      
+      attr_accessor :name, :url, :content_type, :snapshot_date, :railsetag
+      
+      # Creates a new instance of the Blob object. This constructor is internally used by the Container
+      # it's initialized thru a hash that's received as parameter. It has the following requirements:
+      # <em>:name</em> which is the blob name (usually the file name), <em>:url</em> that is the url of the blob (used to download or access it via browser) 
+      # and <em>:content_type</em> which is the content type of the blob and is a required parameter by the Azure API
+      def initialize(options = {})
+        raise WAZ::Storage::InvalidOption, :name unless options.keys.include?(:name) and !options[:name].empty?
+        raise WAZ::Storage::InvalidOption, :url unless options.keys.include?(:url) and !options[:url].empty?
+        raise WAZ::Storage::InvalidOption, :content_type unless options.keys.include?(:content_type) and !options[:content_type].empty?
+        self.name = options[:name]
+        self.url = options[:url]
+        self.content_type = options[:content_type]
+        self.snapshot_date = options[:snapshot_date]
+        self.railsetag = options[:railsetag]
+      end
+      
+      # Returns the blob properties from Windows Azure. This properties always come as HTTP Headers and they include standard headers like
+      # <em>Content-Type</em>, <em>Content-Length</em>, etc. combined with custom properties like with <em>x-ms-meta-Name</em>.
+      def metadata
+        self.class.service_instance.get_blob_properties(path)
+      end
+      
+      # Returns the actual blob content, this method is specially used to avoid retrieving the whole blob
+      # while iterating and retrieving the blob collection from the Container.
+      def value
+        @value ||= self.class.service_instance.get_blob(path)
+      end
+      
+      # Assigns the given value to the blob content. It also stores a local copy of it in order to avoid round trips 
+      # on scenarios when you do Save and Display on the same context.
+      def value=(new_value)
+        raise WAZ::Blobs::InvalidOperation if self.snapshot_date
+        self.class.service_instance.put_blob(path, new_value, content_type, metadata)
+        @value = new_value
+      end
+
+      # Stores the blob properties. Those properties are sent as HTTP Headers it's really important that you name your custom 
+      # properties with the <em>x-ms-meta</em> prefix, if not the won't be persisted by the Windows Azure Blob Storage API.
+      def put_properties!(properties = {})
+        raise WAZ::Blobs::InvalidOperation if self.snapshot_date
+        self.class.service_instance.set_blob_properties(path, properties)
+      end
+
+      # Stores blob metadata. User metadata must be prefixed with 'x-ms-meta-'. The advantage of this over put_properties
+      # is that it only affect user_metadata and doesn't overwrite any system values, like 'content_type'.
+      def put_metadata!(metadata = {})  
+        self.class.service_instance.set_blob_metadata(path, metadata)
+      end 
+      
+      # Removes the blob from the container.
+      def destroy!
+        self.class.service_instance.delete_blob(path)
+      end
+      
+      # Copies the blob to the destination and returns
+      # the copied blob instance. 
+      #
+      # destination should be formed as "container/blob"
+      def copy(destination)
+        self.class.service_instance.copy_blob(self.path, destination)
+        properties = self.class.service_instance.get_blob_properties(destination)
+        return BlobObject.new(:name => destination, 
+                              :url => self.class.service_instance.generate_request_uri(destination),
+                              :content_type => properties[:content_type])
+      end
+      
+      # Creates and returns a read-only snapshot of a blob as it looked like in time.
+      def snapshot
+        date = self.class.service_instance.snapshot_blob(self.path)
+        properties = self.class.service_instance.get_blob_properties(self.path)
+        return BlobObject.new(:name => self.name, 
+                              :url => self.class.service_instance.generate_request_uri(self.path) + "?snapshot=#{date}",
+                              :content_type => properties[:content_type],
+                              :snapshot_date => date)
+      end
+      
+      # Returns the blob path. This is specially important when simulating containers inside containers
+      # by enabling the API to point to the appropiated resource.
+      def path
+        url.gsub(/https?:\/\/[^\/]+\//i, '').scan(/([^&]+)/i).first().first()
+      end      
+    end
+  end
+end

data/lib/waz/blobs/container.rb

@@ -1,172 +1,172 @@
-module WAZ
-  module Blobs
-    # This class is used to model the Container inside Windows Azure Blobs the usage
-    # it's pretty simple, here you can see a couple of samples. Here you can find Microsoft's REST API description available on MSDN 
-    # at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd179361.aspx
-    #
-    #  # list available containers
-  	#  WAZ::Blobs::Container.list
-    #
-  	#  # create a container
-  	#  WAZ::Blobs::Container.create('my-container')
-    #
-  	#  # get a specific container 
-  	#  my_container = WAZ::Blobs::Container.find('my-container')
-    #
-  	#  # get container properties (including default headers)
-  	#  my_container.metadata #=> hash containing beautified metadata (:x_ms_meta_name)
-    #
-  	#  # set container properties (should follow x-ms-meta to be persisted)
-  	#  my_container.put_properties(:x_ms_meta_MyProperty => "my value")
-    #
-  	#  # get a the value indicating whether the container is public or not
-  	#  my_container.public_access? #=> true or false based on x-ms-prop-publicaccess
-  	#
-  	#  # set a value indicating whether the container is public or not
-  	#  my_container.public_access = false
-    #
-  	#  # delete container
-  	#  my_container.destroy!
-  	#
-  	#  # store a blob on the given container
-  	#  my_container.store('my-blob', blob_content, 'application/xml')
-  	#
-  	#  # retrieve a particular blob from a container
-    #  my_container['my-blob']
-    #
-  	#  # retrieve a blob list from a container
-  	#  my_container.blobs #=> WAZ::Blobs::BlobObject collection
-  	#
-    class Container
-      class << self 
-        # Creates a new container with the given name.
-        def create(name)
-          raise WAZ::Storage::InvalidParameterValue, {:name => "name", :values => ["lower letters, numbers or - (hypen), and must not start or end with - (hyphen)"]} unless WAZ::Storage::ValidationRules.valid_name?(name)
-          service_instance.create_container(name)
-          return Container.new(:name => name)
-        end
-        
-        # Finds a container by name. It will return nil if no container was found.
-        def find(name)
-          begin 
-            properties = service_instance.get_container_properties(name)
-            return Container.new(properties.merge(:name => name))
-          rescue RestClient::ResourceNotFound
-            return nil
-          end
-        end
-        
-        # Returns all the containers on the given account.
-        def list(options = {})
-          service_instance.list_containers(options).map { |container| Container.new(container) }
-        end
-        
-        # This method is internally used by this class. It's the way we keep a single instance of the 
-        # service that wraps the calls the Windows Azure Blobs API. It's initialized with the values
-        # from the default_connection on WAZ::Storage::Base initialized thru establish_connection!
-        def service_instance
-          options = WAZ::Storage::Base.default_connection.merge(:type_of_service => "blob")
-          (@service_instances ||= {})[options[:account_name]] ||= Service.new(options)
-        end        
-      end
-      
-      attr_accessor :name
-      
-      # Creates a new instance of the WAZ::Blobs::Container. This class isn't intended for external use
-      # to access or create a container you should use the class methods provided like list, create, or find.
-      def initialize(options = {})
-        raise WAZ::Storage::InvalidOption, :name unless options.keys.include?(:name) and !options[:name].empty?
-        self.name = options[:name]
-      end
-      
-      # Returns the container metadata.
-      def metadata
-        self.class.service_instance.get_container_properties(self.name)
-      end
-
-      # Returns statistics of the container.
-      #
-      # @param [Hash] options
-      # @option options [String] :maxresults max blobs(5,000 at most)
-      # @option options [String] :marker marker of a page("2!80!MDAwMDE0***********--")
-      #
-      # @return [Hash] {:size => Integer, :files => Integer, :marker => String}
-      def statistics(options)
-        self.class.service_instance.statistics(self.name, options)
-      end
-
-      # Adds metadata for the container.Those properties are sent as HTTP Headers it's really important that you name your custom 
-      # properties with the <em>x-ms-meta</em> prefix, if not the won't be persisted by the Windows Azure Blob Storage API.
-      def put_properties!(properties = {})
-        self.class.service_instance.set_container_properties(self.name, properties)
-      end
-      
-      # Removes the container from the current account.
-      def destroy!
-        self.class.service_instance.delete_container(self.name)
-      end
-      
-      # Retuns a value indicating whether the container is public accessible (i.e. from a Web Browser) or not.
-      def public_access?
-        self.class.service_instance.get_container_acl(self.name)
-      end
-      
-      # Sets a value indicating whether the container is public accessible (i.e. from a Web Browser) or not.  
-      def public_access=(value)
-        self.class.service_instance.set_container_acl(self.name, value)
-      end
-      
-      # Returns a list of blobs (WAZ::Blobs::BlobObject) contained on the current container.
-      def blobs
-        self.class.service_instance.list_blobs(name).map { |blob| WAZ::Blobs::BlobObject.new(blob) }
-      end
-      
-      # Stores a blob on the container with under the given name, with the given content and 
-      # the required <em>content_type</em>. <strong>The <em>options</em> parameters if provided
-      # will set the default metadata properties for the blob</strong>.
-      def store(blob_name, payload, content_type, options = {})
-        blob_name.gsub!(%r{^/}, '')
-        self.class.service_instance.put_blob("#{self.name}/#{blob_name}", payload, content_type, options)
-        return BlobObject.new(:name => blob_name, 
-                              :url => self.class.service_instance.generate_request_uri("#{self.name}/#{blob_name}"),
-                              :content_type => content_type)
-      end
-
-      # Uploads the contents of a stream to the specified blob within this container, using
-      # the required <em>content_type</em>. The stream will be uploaded in blocks of size
-      # <em>block_size</em> bytes, which defaults to four megabytes. <strong>The <em>options</em>
-      # parameter, if provided, will set the default metadata properties for the blob</strong>.
-      def upload(blob_name, stream, content_type, options = {}, block_size = 4 * 2**20)
-        blob_name.gsub!(%r{^/}, '')
-        path = "#{self.name}/#{blob_name}"
-        n = 0
-        until stream.eof?
-          self.class.service_instance.put_block path, Base64.encode64('%064d' % n), stream.read(block_size)
-          n += 1
-        end
-        self.class.service_instance.put_block_list path, (0...n).map{|id| Base64.encode64('%064d' % id)}, content_type, options
-        return BlobObject.new(:name => blob_name, :url => self.class.service_instance.generate_request_uri("#{self.name}/#{blob_name}"), :content_type => content_type)
-      end
-      
-      # Retrieves the blob by the given name. If the blob isn't found on the current container
-      # it will return nil instead of throwing an exception.
-      def [](blob_name)
-        begin
-          blob_name.gsub!(%r{^/}, '')
-          properties = self.class.service_instance.get_blob_properties("#{self.name}/#{blob_name}")
-          return BlobObject.new(:name => blob_name, 
-                                :url => self.class.service_instance.generate_request_uri("#{self.name}/#{blob_name}"),
-                                :content_type => properties[:content_type],
-                                :railsetag => properties[:x_ms_meta_railsetag])
-        rescue RestClient::ResourceNotFound
-          return nil
-        end
-      end
-    end
-    class BlobSecurity
-      Container = 'container'
-      Blob = 'blob'
-      Private = ''
-    end
-  end
-end
+module WAZ
+  module Blobs
+    # This class is used to model the Container inside Windows Azure Blobs the usage
+    # it's pretty simple, here you can see a couple of samples. Here you can find Microsoft's REST API description available on MSDN 
+    # at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd179361.aspx
+    #
+    #  # list available containers
+  	#  WAZ::Blobs::Container.list
+    #
+  	#  # create a container
+  	#  WAZ::Blobs::Container.create('my-container')
+    #
+  	#  # get a specific container 
+  	#  my_container = WAZ::Blobs::Container.find('my-container')
+    #
+  	#  # get container properties (including default headers)
+  	#  my_container.metadata #=> hash containing beautified metadata (:x_ms_meta_name)
+    #
+  	#  # set container properties (should follow x-ms-meta to be persisted)
+  	#  my_container.put_properties(:x_ms_meta_MyProperty => "my value")
+    #
+  	#  # get a the value indicating whether the container is public or not
+  	#  my_container.public_access? #=> true or false based on x-ms-prop-publicaccess
+  	#
+  	#  # set a value indicating whether the container is public or not
+  	#  my_container.public_access = false
+    #
+  	#  # delete container
+  	#  my_container.destroy!
+  	#
+  	#  # store a blob on the given container
+  	#  my_container.store('my-blob', blob_content, 'application/xml')
+  	#
+  	#  # retrieve a particular blob from a container
+    #  my_container['my-blob']
+    #
+  	#  # retrieve a blob list from a container
+  	#  my_container.blobs #=> WAZ::Blobs::BlobObject collection
+  	#
+    class Container
+      class << self 
+        # Creates a new container with the given name.
+        def create(name)
+          raise WAZ::Storage::InvalidParameterValue, {:name => "name", :values => ["lower letters, numbers or - (hypen), and must not start or end with - (hyphen)"]} unless WAZ::Storage::ValidationRules.valid_name?(name)
+          service_instance.create_container(name)
+          return Container.new(:name => name)
+        end
+        
+        # Finds a container by name. It will return nil if no container was found.
+        def find(name)
+          begin 
+            properties = service_instance.get_container_properties(name)
+            return Container.new(properties.merge(:name => name))
+          rescue RestClient::ResourceNotFound
+            return nil
+          end
+        end
+        
+        # Returns all the containers on the given account.
+        def list(options = {})
+          service_instance.list_containers(options).map { |container| Container.new(container) }
+        end
+        
+        # This method is internally used by this class. It's the way we keep a single instance of the 
+        # service that wraps the calls the Windows Azure Blobs API. It's initialized with the values
+        # from the default_connection on WAZ::Storage::Base initialized thru establish_connection!
+        def service_instance
+          options = WAZ::Storage::Base.default_connection.merge(:type_of_service => "blob")
+          (@service_instances ||= {})[options[:account_name]] ||= Service.new(options)
+        end        
+      end
+      
+      attr_accessor :name
+      
+      # Creates a new instance of the WAZ::Blobs::Container. This class isn't intended for external use
+      # to access or create a container you should use the class methods provided like list, create, or find.
+      def initialize(options = {})
+        raise WAZ::Storage::InvalidOption, :name unless options.keys.include?(:name) and !options[:name].empty?
+        self.name = options[:name]
+      end
+      
+      # Returns the container metadata.
+      def metadata
+        self.class.service_instance.get_container_properties(self.name)
+      end
+
+      # Returns statistics of the container.
+      #
+      # @param [Hash] options
+      # @option options [String] :maxresults max blobs(5,000 at most)
+      # @option options [String] :marker marker of a page("2!80!MDAwMDE0***********--")
+      #
+      # @return [Hash] {:size => Integer, :files => Integer, :marker => String}
+      def statistics(options)
+        self.class.service_instance.statistics(self.name, options)
+      end
+
+      # Adds metadata for the container.Those properties are sent as HTTP Headers it's really important that you name your custom 
+      # properties with the <em>x-ms-meta</em> prefix, if not the won't be persisted by the Windows Azure Blob Storage API.
+      def put_properties!(properties = {})
+        self.class.service_instance.set_container_properties(self.name, properties)
+      end
+      
+      # Removes the container from the current account.
+      def destroy!
+        self.class.service_instance.delete_container(self.name)
+      end
+      
+      # Retuns a value indicating whether the container is public accessible (i.e. from a Web Browser) or not.
+      def public_access?
+        self.class.service_instance.get_container_acl(self.name)
+      end
+      
+      # Sets a value indicating whether the container is public accessible (i.e. from a Web Browser) or not.  
+      def public_access=(value)
+        self.class.service_instance.set_container_acl(self.name, value)
+      end
+      
+      # Returns a list of blobs (WAZ::Blobs::BlobObject) contained on the current container.
+      def blobs
+        self.class.service_instance.list_blobs(name).map { |blob| WAZ::Blobs::BlobObject.new(blob) }
+      end
+      
+      # Stores a blob on the container with under the given name, with the given content and 
+      # the required <em>content_type</em>. <strong>The <em>options</em> parameters if provided
+      # will set the default metadata properties for the blob</strong>.
+      def store(blob_name, payload, content_type, options = {})
+        blob_name.gsub!(%r{^/}, '')
+        self.class.service_instance.put_blob("#{self.name}/#{blob_name}", payload, content_type, options)
+        return BlobObject.new(:name => blob_name, 
+                              :url => self.class.service_instance.generate_request_uri("#{self.name}/#{blob_name}"),
+                              :content_type => content_type)
+      end
+
+      # Uploads the contents of a stream to the specified blob within this container, using
+      # the required <em>content_type</em>. The stream will be uploaded in blocks of size
+      # <em>block_size</em> bytes, which defaults to four megabytes. <strong>The <em>options</em>
+      # parameter, if provided, will set the default metadata properties for the blob</strong>.
+      def upload(blob_name, stream, content_type, options = {}, block_size = 4 * 2**20)
+        blob_name.gsub!(%r{^/}, '')
+        path = "#{self.name}/#{blob_name}"
+        n = 0
+        until stream.eof?
+          self.class.service_instance.put_block path, Base64.encode64('%064d' % n), stream.read(block_size)
+          n += 1
+        end
+        self.class.service_instance.put_block_list path, (0...n).map{|id| Base64.encode64('%064d' % id)}, content_type, options
+        return BlobObject.new(:name => blob_name, :url => self.class.service_instance.generate_request_uri("#{self.name}/#{blob_name}"), :content_type => content_type)
+      end
+      
+      # Retrieves the blob by the given name. If the blob isn't found on the current container
+      # it will return nil instead of throwing an exception.
+      def [](blob_name)
+        begin
+          blob_name.gsub!(%r{^/}, '')
+          properties = self.class.service_instance.get_blob_properties("#{self.name}/#{blob_name}")
+          return BlobObject.new(:name => blob_name, 
+                                :url => self.class.service_instance.generate_request_uri("#{self.name}/#{blob_name}"),
+                                :content_type => properties[:content_type],
+                                :railsetag => properties[:x_ms_meta_railsetag])
+        rescue RestClient::ResourceNotFound
+          return nil
+        end
+      end
+    end
+    class BlobSecurity
+      Container = 'container'
+      Blob = 'blob'
+      Private = ''
+    end
+  end
+end