diff --git a/storage/rocksdb/rdb_cf_manager.h b/storage/rocksdb/rdb_cf_manager.h
index b4a8aff2691624ed8e7b78beb1e382ebad320131..e2bf2ab02dd5c1bcda6c2af1d29e53971458b4c1 100644
--- a/storage/rocksdb/rdb_cf_manager.h
+++ b/storage/rocksdb/rdb_cf_manager.h
@@ -60,4 +60,67 @@ class Rdb_cf_manager {
  public:
   Rdb_cf_manager(const Rdb_cf_manager &) = delete;
   Rdb_cf_manager &operator=(const Rdb_cf_manager &) = delete;
-  Rdb_cf_manager() = default;
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+  Rdb_cf_manager() = default;
+
+  static bool is_cf_name_reverse(const char *const name);
+
+  /*
+    This is called right after the DB::Open() call. The parameters describe
+    column
+    families that are present in the database. The first CF is the default CF.
+  */
+  void init(std::unique_ptr<Rdb_cf_options> &&cf_options,
+            std::vector<rocksdb::ColumnFamilyHandle *> *const handles);
+  void cleanup();
+
+  /*
+    Used by CREATE TABLE.
+    - cf_name requires non-empty string
+    - create=true means create cf if missing, otherwise return nullptr
+  */
+  std::shared_ptr<rocksdb::ColumnFamilyHandle> get_or_create_cf(
+      rocksdb::DB *const rdb, const std::string &cf_name, bool create);
+
+  /* Used by table open */
+  std::shared_ptr<rocksdb::ColumnFamilyHandle> get_cf(
+      const std::string &cf_name) const;
+
+  /* Look up cf by id; used by datadic */
+  std::shared_ptr<rocksdb::ColumnFamilyHandle> get_cf(const uint32_t id) const;
+
+  /* Used to iterate over column families for show status */
+  std::vector<std::string> get_cf_names(void) const;
+
+  /* Used to iterate over column families */
+  std::vector<std::shared_ptr<rocksdb::ColumnFamilyHandle>> get_all_cf(
+      void) const;
+
+  int remove_dropped_cf(Rdb_dict_manager *const dict_manager,
+                        rocksdb::TransactionDB *const rdb, const uint32 &cf_id);
+
+  /* Used to delete cf by name */
+  int drop_cf(Rdb_ddl_manager *const ddl_manager,
+              Rdb_dict_manager *const dict_manager, const std::string &cf_name);
+
+  /* Create cf flags if it does not exist */
+  int create_cf_flags_if_needed(const Rdb_dict_manager *const dict_manager,
+                                const uint32 &cf_id, const std::string &cf_name,
+                                const bool is_per_partition_cf = false);
+
+  void get_cf_options(const std::string &cf_name,
+                      rocksdb::ColumnFamilyOptions *const opts)
+      MY_ATTRIBUTE((__nonnull__)) {
+    m_cf_options->get_cf_options(cf_name, opts);
+  }
+
+  void update_options_map(const std::string &cf_name,
+                          const std::string &updated_options) {
+    m_cf_options->update(cf_name, updated_options);
+  }
+
+ private:
+  std::shared_ptr<rocksdb::ColumnFamilyHandle> get_cf(
+      const std::string &cf_name, const bool lock_held_by_caller) const;
+};
+
+}  // namespace myrocks