#ifndef STORE_H
#define STORE_H

#include "list.h"

/*
 * Text-file persistence (Milestone 4). One record per line, '|' delimiter:
 *     name|field1|field2
 * The delimiter is safe for all three flavors (email/phone, assignment/score,
 * category/amount never contain '|'); names may contain spaces.
 */

/* Write the whole list to path. Returns 0 on success, a negative status_t
   (STATUS_ERR_IO / STATUS_ERR_ARG) on failure. */
int store_save(const list_t *l, const char *path);

/* Read records from path, APPENDING into *l. Returns the number of records
   read (>= 0) on success, or a negative status_t on failure. Blank lines are
   skipped. Fields are never NULL after a successful load. */
int store_load(list_t **l, const char *path);

#endif /* STORE_H */