armdb 0.14.2

sharded bitcask key-value storage optimized for NVMe
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use crate::error::DbResult;

/// How a codec's on-disk bytes relate to generic inspection decoding.
#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
pub enum InspectionEncoding {
    /// Returned value bytes are accepted by the generic DynValue decoder for
    /// the collection's [`Typ`](armour_core::Typ).
    ///
    /// This does **not** promise that `rapira::deserialize::<ConcreteType>`
    /// succeeds. Compatible Zero layouts may not implement `Rapira` at all,
    /// and DynValue decoding intentionally differs from typed Rapira for some
    /// values (for example non-finite floats).
    ///
    /// ```no_run
    /// # fn demo(
    /// #     typ: &armour_core::Typ,
    /// #     value_bytes: &[u8],
    /// # ) -> Result<(), armour_core::dyn_value::DecodeError> {
    /// let value = armour_core::dyn_value::decode(typ, value_bytes)?;
    /// let _ = value;
    /// # Ok(())
    /// # }
    /// ```
    ///
    /// For the full Inspector lookup + decode flow, see the [`armour`](crate::armour)
    /// module docs (requires the `armour` feature).
    Rapira,
    /// Contiguous raw memory image of the logical type.
    ///
    /// Used when the collection does not promise DynValue compatibility —
    /// including Zero layouts whose computed `Typ` width differs from the
    /// stored value width, unsupported / variable `Typ` shapes, or non
    /// little-endian targets.
    RawLayout,
    /// No generic decoder contract is declared.
    Opaque,
}

/// Codec for encoding/decoding typed values to/from bytes.
///
/// Implemented as zero-sized marker structs for zero runtime overhead.
/// Used by [`TypedTree`](crate::TypedTree) for disk serialization.
pub trait Codec<T>: Send + Sync {
    /// Declares how inspection should interpret encoded bytes for this codec.
    const INSPECTION_ENCODING: InspectionEncoding = InspectionEncoding::Opaque;

    /// Encode `value` into `buf`. Implementations must clear `buf` before writing —
    /// the caller may pass a reusable buffer.
    fn encode_to(&self, value: &T, buf: &mut Vec<u8>) -> DbResult<()>;
    /// Append the encoding of `value` to `buf`, preserving existing contents.
    ///
    /// Unlike [`encode_to`](Self::encode_to), which is contractually required to
    /// clear its destination, this writes into a buffer that already holds a
    /// partially built RPC response frame. The default routes through a scratch
    /// buffer so every existing codec stays correct; codecs whose encoder is
    /// natively appending override it.
    fn encode_append(&self, value: &T, buf: &mut Vec<u8>) -> DbResult<()> {
        let mut scratch = Vec::new();
        self.encode_to(value, &mut scratch)?;
        buf.extend_from_slice(&scratch);
        Ok(())
    }
    fn decode_from(&self, bytes: &[u8]) -> DbResult<T>;
    /// Encoded byte size of `value`. Default: encode into a throwaway buffer
    /// and return the resulting length. Specialize for cheap-size codecs.
    ///
    /// **The default swallows an encode error**: on `Err` it returns the length
    /// of whatever was written before the failure (often `0`), because the
    /// signature is infallible. Callers use this only as a sizing hint — the
    /// authoritative encode is [`encode_to`](Self::encode_to), which does return
    /// the error. A codec whose `encode_to` can fail should override `size` with
    /// a computation that cannot.
    fn size(&self, value: &T) -> usize {
        let mut buf = Vec::new();
        let _ = self.encode_to(value, &mut buf);
        buf.len()
    }
    /// Encode `value` into a fresh `Vec`. Convenience over [`encode_to`](Self::encode_to)
    /// for call sites with no buffer to reuse.
    fn encode(&self, value: &T) -> DbResult<Vec<u8>> {
        let mut buf = Vec::new();
        self.encode_to(value, &mut buf)?;
        Ok(buf)
    }
}

#[cfg(feature = "rapira-codec")]
#[derive(Default, Clone, Debug)]
pub struct RapiraCodec;

#[cfg(feature = "rapira-codec")]
impl<T: rapira::Rapira> Codec<T> for RapiraCodec {
    const INSPECTION_ENCODING: InspectionEncoding = InspectionEncoding::Rapira;

    fn encode_to(&self, value: &T, buf: &mut Vec<u8>) -> DbResult<()> {
        buf.clear();
        rapira::extend_vec(value, buf);
        Ok(())
    }

    fn encode_append(&self, value: &T, buf: &mut Vec<u8>) -> DbResult<()> {
        rapira::extend_vec(value, buf);
        Ok(())
    }

    fn decode_from(&self, bytes: &[u8]) -> DbResult<T> {
        rapira::deserialize(bytes).map_err(|_| crate::error::DbError::CorruptedEntry { offset: 0 })
    }

    fn size(&self, value: &T) -> usize {
        rapira::Rapira::size(value)
    }
}

#[cfg(feature = "bitcode-codec")]
#[derive(Default, Clone, Debug)]
pub struct BitcodeCodec;

#[cfg(feature = "bitcode-codec")]
impl<T: bitcode::Encode + for<'a> bitcode::Decode<'a>> Codec<T> for BitcodeCodec {
    fn encode_to(&self, value: &T, buf: &mut Vec<u8>) -> DbResult<()> {
        buf.clear();
        buf.extend_from_slice(&bitcode::encode(value));
        Ok(())
    }

    fn encode_append(&self, value: &T, buf: &mut Vec<u8>) -> DbResult<()> {
        buf.extend(bitcode::encode(value));
        Ok(())
    }

    fn decode_from(&self, bytes: &[u8]) -> DbResult<T> {
        bitcode::decode(bytes).map_err(|_| crate::error::DbError::CorruptedEntry { offset: 0 })
    }
}

/// Codec using [postcard](https://docs.rs/postcard) — compact binary serde format
/// with varint encoding. Good JS/TS interop via `postcard-js` npm package.
#[cfg(feature = "postcard-codec")]
#[derive(Default, Clone, Debug)]
pub struct PostcardCodec;

#[cfg(feature = "postcard-codec")]
struct VecAppender<'a>(&'a mut Vec<u8>);

#[cfg(feature = "postcard-codec")]
impl Extend<u8> for VecAppender<'_> {
    fn extend<I: IntoIterator<Item = u8>>(&mut self, iter: I) {
        self.0.extend(iter);
    }
}

#[cfg(feature = "postcard-codec")]
impl<T: serde::Serialize + for<'a> serde::Deserialize<'a>> Codec<T> for PostcardCodec {
    fn encode_to(&self, value: &T, buf: &mut Vec<u8>) -> DbResult<()> {
        buf.clear();
        let encoded = postcard::to_allocvec(value)
            .map_err(|_| crate::error::DbError::Client("postcard serialization failed"))?;
        buf.extend_from_slice(&encoded);
        Ok(())
    }

    fn encode_append(&self, value: &T, buf: &mut Vec<u8>) -> DbResult<()> {
        let initial_len = buf.len();
        if postcard::to_extend(value, VecAppender(buf)).is_err() {
            buf.truncate(initial_len);
            return Err(crate::error::DbError::Client(
                "postcard serialization failed",
            ));
        }
        Ok(())
    }

    fn decode_from(&self, bytes: &[u8]) -> DbResult<T> {
        postcard::from_bytes(bytes).map_err(|_| crate::error::DbError::CorruptedEntry { offset: 0 })
    }
}

/// Codec for `T: IntoBytes + FromBytes` — fixed-size values via zerocopy.
///
/// Zero-cost conversion via `zerocopy::IntoBytes::as_bytes` / `FromBytes::read_from_bytes`.
/// Unlike [`BytemuckCodec`], does not require `bytemuck` — uses the always-available
/// `zerocopy` crate.
#[derive(Default, Clone, Debug)]
pub struct ZerocopyCodec;

impl<T> Codec<T> for ZerocopyCodec
where
    T: zerocopy::IntoBytes + zerocopy::FromBytes + zerocopy::Immutable,
{
    const INSPECTION_ENCODING: InspectionEncoding = InspectionEncoding::RawLayout;

    fn encode_to(&self, value: &T, buf: &mut Vec<u8>) -> DbResult<()> {
        buf.clear();
        buf.extend_from_slice(zerocopy::IntoBytes::as_bytes(value));
        Ok(())
    }

    fn encode_append(&self, value: &T, buf: &mut Vec<u8>) -> DbResult<()> {
        buf.extend_from_slice(zerocopy::IntoBytes::as_bytes(value));
        Ok(())
    }

    fn decode_from(&self, bytes: &[u8]) -> DbResult<T> {
        zerocopy::FromBytes::read_from_bytes(bytes)
            .map_err(|_| crate::error::DbError::CorruptedEntry { offset: 0 })
    }

    fn size(&self, _value: &T) -> usize {
        size_of::<T>()
    }
}

/// Codec for `T: bytemuck::Pod` — fixed-size values cast as raw bytes.
///
/// Zero-cost conversion via `bytemuck::bytes_of` / `try_from_bytes`.
/// For variable-length vectors use [`BytemuckSliceCodec`] instead.
#[cfg(feature = "bytemuck-codec")]
#[derive(Default, Clone, Debug)]
pub struct BytemuckCodec;

#[cfg(feature = "bytemuck-codec")]
impl<T: bytemuck::Pod> Codec<T> for BytemuckCodec {
    const INSPECTION_ENCODING: InspectionEncoding = InspectionEncoding::RawLayout;

    fn encode_to(&self, value: &T, buf: &mut Vec<u8>) -> DbResult<()> {
        buf.clear();
        buf.extend_from_slice(bytemuck::bytes_of(value));
        Ok(())
    }

    fn encode_append(&self, value: &T, buf: &mut Vec<u8>) -> DbResult<()> {
        buf.extend_from_slice(bytemuck::bytes_of(value));
        Ok(())
    }

    fn decode_from(&self, bytes: &[u8]) -> DbResult<T> {
        if bytes.len() != size_of::<T>() {
            return Err(crate::error::DbError::CorruptedEntry { offset: 0 });
        }
        Ok(bytemuck::pod_read_unaligned(bytes))
    }

    fn size(&self, _value: &T) -> usize {
        size_of::<T>()
    }
}

/// Codec for `Vec<T>` where `T: bytemuck::Pod` — variable-length vector
/// serialized as contiguous raw bytes via `bytemuck::cast_slice`.
///
/// Matches the pattern from `bytemuck_slice_record!` in the `armour` crate.
///
/// ```ignore
/// let tree = TypedTree::<16, Vec<u64>, BytemuckSliceCodec>::open(config, BytemuckSliceCodec)?;
/// tree.put(&key, vec![1u64, 2, 3])?;
/// ```
#[cfg(feature = "bytemuck-codec")]
#[derive(Default, Clone, Debug)]
pub struct BytemuckSliceCodec;

#[cfg(feature = "bytemuck-codec")]
impl<W: BytemuckVec> Codec<W> for BytemuckSliceCodec {
    const INSPECTION_ENCODING: InspectionEncoding = InspectionEncoding::RawLayout;

    fn encode_to(&self, value: &W, buf: &mut Vec<u8>) -> DbResult<()> {
        buf.clear();
        buf.extend_from_slice(bytemuck::cast_slice(value.as_slice()));
        Ok(())
    }

    fn encode_append(&self, value: &W, buf: &mut Vec<u8>) -> DbResult<()> {
        buf.extend_from_slice(bytemuck::cast_slice(value.as_slice()));
        Ok(())
    }

    fn decode_from(&self, bytes: &[u8]) -> DbResult<W> {
        let item_size = size_of::<W::Item>();
        if item_size == 0 {
            return Ok(W::from_vec(Vec::new()));
        }
        if !bytes.is_empty() && !bytes.len().is_multiple_of(item_size) {
            return Err(crate::error::DbError::CorruptedEntry { offset: 0 });
        }
        let vec: Vec<W::Item> = bytes
            .chunks_exact(item_size)
            .map(bytemuck::pod_read_unaligned)
            .collect();
        Ok(W::from_vec(vec))
    }

    fn size(&self, value: &W) -> usize {
        std::mem::size_of_val(value.as_slice())
    }
}

/// Trait for types that can be encoded/decoded as a contiguous slice of `Pod` elements.
///
/// Implemented automatically for `Vec<T: Pod>`. For newtype wrappers over `Vec<T>`,
/// implement this trait to use [`BytemuckSliceCodec`] directly:
///
/// ```ignore
/// #[derive(From, AsRef)]
/// #[repr(transparent)]
/// pub struct PostLikes(pub Vec<UserID>);
///
/// impl BytemuckVec for PostLikes {
///     type Item = UserID;
///     fn from_vec(v: Vec<UserID>) -> Self { Self(v) }
///     fn as_slice(&self) -> &[UserID] { &self.0 }
/// }
///
/// let map = db.open_typed_map::<PostLikes, BytemuckSliceCodec>(...)?;
/// ```
#[cfg(feature = "bytemuck-codec")]
pub trait BytemuckVec: Send + Sync + Sized {
    type Item: bytemuck::Pod;
    fn from_vec(v: Vec<Self::Item>) -> Self;
    fn as_slice(&self) -> &[Self::Item];
}

#[cfg(feature = "bytemuck-codec")]
impl<T: bytemuck::Pod + Send + Sync> BytemuckVec for Vec<T> {
    type Item = T;
    fn from_vec(v: Vec<T>) -> Self {
        v
    }
    fn as_slice(&self) -> &[T] {
        self
    }
}

#[cfg(test)]
mod inspection_encoding_tests {
    use super::*;
    use crate::error::DbError;

    #[derive(Clone)]
    struct UndeclaredCodec;

    impl Codec<u8> for UndeclaredCodec {
        fn encode_to(&self, value: &u8, buf: &mut Vec<u8>) -> DbResult<()> {
            buf.clear();
            buf.push(*value);
            Ok(())
        }

        fn decode_from(&self, bytes: &[u8]) -> DbResult<u8> {
            bytes
                .first()
                .copied()
                .ok_or(DbError::CorruptedEntry { offset: 0 })
        }
    }

    #[test]
    fn inspection_encoding_defaults_to_opaque() {
        assert_eq!(
            <UndeclaredCodec as Codec<u8>>::INSPECTION_ENCODING,
            InspectionEncoding::Opaque,
        );
    }

    #[cfg(feature = "rapira-codec")]
    #[test]
    fn rapira_codec_declares_rapira() {
        assert_eq!(
            <RapiraCodec as Codec<u64>>::INSPECTION_ENCODING,
            InspectionEncoding::Rapira,
        );
    }

    #[test]
    fn zerocopy_codec_declares_raw_layout() {
        assert_eq!(
            <ZerocopyCodec as Codec<u64>>::INSPECTION_ENCODING,
            InspectionEncoding::RawLayout,
        );
    }

    #[cfg(feature = "bytemuck-codec")]
    #[test]
    fn bytemuck_codec_declares_raw_layout() {
        assert_eq!(
            <BytemuckCodec as Codec<u64>>::INSPECTION_ENCODING,
            InspectionEncoding::RawLayout,
        );
    }

    #[cfg(feature = "bytemuck-codec")]
    #[test]
    fn bytemuck_slice_codec_declares_raw_layout() {
        assert_eq!(
            <BytemuckSliceCodec as Codec<Vec<u64>>>::INSPECTION_ENCODING,
            InspectionEncoding::RawLayout,
        );
    }

    #[cfg(feature = "bitcode-codec")]
    #[test]
    fn bitcode_codec_declares_opaque() {
        assert_eq!(
            <BitcodeCodec as Codec<u64>>::INSPECTION_ENCODING,
            InspectionEncoding::Opaque,
        );
    }

    #[cfg(feature = "postcard-codec")]
    #[test]
    fn postcard_codec_declares_opaque() {
        assert_eq!(
            <PostcardCodec as Codec<u64>>::INSPECTION_ENCODING,
            InspectionEncoding::Opaque,
        );
    }
}

#[cfg(test)]
mod size_tests {
    use super::*;

    #[test]
    fn zerocopy_size_is_constant() {
        let c = ZerocopyCodec;
        let v: u64 = 42;
        assert_eq!(<ZerocopyCodec as Codec<u64>>::size(&c, &v), 8);
    }

    #[cfg(feature = "rapira-codec")]
    #[test]
    fn rapira_size_matches_encode_len() {
        let c = RapiraCodec;
        let v: Vec<u8> = vec![1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
        let mut buf = Vec::new();
        c.encode_to(&v, &mut buf).unwrap();
        assert_eq!(<RapiraCodec as Codec<Vec<u8>>>::size(&c, &v), buf.len());
    }

    #[cfg(feature = "rapira-codec")]
    #[test]
    fn encode_matches_encode_to() {
        let c = RapiraCodec;
        let v: Vec<u8> = vec![1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
        let mut buf = Vec::new();
        c.encode_to(&v, &mut buf).unwrap();
        assert_eq!(Codec::<Vec<u8>>::encode(&c, &v).unwrap(), buf);
    }

    #[cfg(feature = "bytemuck-codec")]
    #[test]
    fn bytemuck_size_is_constant() {
        let c = BytemuckCodec;
        let v: [u8; 16] = [0; 16];
        assert_eq!(<BytemuckCodec as Codec<[u8; 16]>>::size(&c, &v), 16);
    }

    #[cfg(feature = "bytemuck-codec")]
    #[test]
    fn bytemuck_slice_size_matches() {
        let c = BytemuckSliceCodec;
        let v: Vec<u32> = vec![1, 2, 3, 4];
        let mut buf = Vec::new();
        c.encode_to(&v, &mut buf).unwrap();
        assert_eq!(
            <BytemuckSliceCodec as Codec<Vec<u32>>>::size(&c, &v),
            buf.len()
        );
    }

    // WP-I: checked decode must reject schema-drifted / hostile bytes with
    // Err(CorruptedEntry) instead of UB or OOM.
    #[cfg(feature = "rapira-codec")]
    #[test]
    fn rapira_decode_rejects_invalid_utf8() {
        let c = RapiraCodec;
        // u32 LE length = 2, followed by two bytes that are not valid UTF-8.
        let bad_utf8: &[u8] = &[2, 0, 0, 0, 0xFF, 0xFE];
        let res: DbResult<String> = c.decode_from(bad_utf8);
        assert!(
            matches!(res, Err(crate::error::DbError::CorruptedEntry { .. })),
            "invalid UTF-8 must surface as CorruptedEntry, got {res:?}"
        );
    }

    #[cfg(feature = "rapira-codec")]
    #[test]
    fn rapira_decode_rejects_zero_nonzero() {
        let c = RapiraCodec;
        // NonZeroU32 of value 0 — impossible under a checked decode (UB otherwise).
        let zero: &[u8] = &[0, 0, 0, 0];
        let res: DbResult<std::num::NonZeroU32> = c.decode_from(zero);
        assert!(
            matches!(res, Err(crate::error::DbError::CorruptedEntry { .. })),
            "zero NonZeroU32 must surface as CorruptedEntry, got {res:?}"
        );
    }

    #[cfg(feature = "rapira-codec")]
    #[test]
    fn rapira_decode_rejects_oversized_capacity() {
        let c = RapiraCodec;
        // u32 LE length = u32::MAX — far above VEC_MAX_CAP (512 * 1024). `Vec<u32>`
        // uses the generic Vec<T> rapira impl, which rejects with MaxCapacity BEFORE
        // any Vec::with_capacity. DO NOT run under the old unchecked codec — its
        // generic unchecked path would Vec::<u32>::with_capacity(u32::MAX) and abort.
        // (`Vec<u8>` would NOT exercise this — it has a specialized bytes impl that
        // only bounds-checks, no with_capacity — so the type here must be a non-byte Vec.)
        let huge_len: &[u8] = &[0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF];
        let res: DbResult<Vec<u32>> = c.decode_from(huge_len);
        assert!(
            matches!(res, Err(crate::error::DbError::CorruptedEntry { .. })),
            "oversized collection length must surface as CorruptedEntry, got {res:?}"
        );
    }
}

#[cfg(test)]
mod append_tests {
    use super::*;

    struct ScratchCodec;

    impl Codec<u32> for ScratchCodec {
        fn encode_to(&self, value: &u32, buf: &mut Vec<u8>) -> DbResult<()> {
            buf.clear();
            buf.extend_from_slice(&value.to_le_bytes());
            Ok(())
        }

        fn decode_from(&self, bytes: &[u8]) -> DbResult<u32> {
            let bytes: [u8; size_of::<u32>()] = bytes
                .try_into()
                .map_err(|_| crate::error::DbError::CorruptedEntry { offset: 0 })?;
            Ok(u32::from_le_bytes(bytes))
        }
    }

    #[cfg(feature = "rapira-codec")]
    #[test]
    fn encode_append_preserves_existing_bytes() {
        let mut buf = vec![0xAA, 0xBB];
        RapiraCodec
            .encode_append(&123u64, &mut buf)
            .expect("append");
        assert_eq!(&buf[..2], &[0xAA, 0xBB], "prefix was clobbered");
        assert!(buf.len() > 2);
    }

    #[test]
    fn default_encode_append_also_preserves() {
        let mut buf = vec![0xAA];
        ScratchCodec.encode_append(&7u32, &mut buf).expect("append");
        assert_eq!(buf, [0xAA, 7, 0, 0, 0]);
    }

    #[cfg(feature = "postcard-codec")]
    #[test]
    fn postcard_encode_append_preserves_existing_bytes() {
        let mut buf = vec![0xAA, 0xBB];
        PostcardCodec
            .encode_append(&7u32, &mut buf)
            .expect("append");
        assert_eq!(&buf[..2], &[0xAA, 0xBB], "prefix was clobbered");
        assert_eq!(&buf[2..], postcard::to_allocvec(&7u32).expect("encode"));
    }

    #[cfg(feature = "postcard-codec")]
    #[test]
    fn postcard_encode_append_rolls_back_partial_payload_on_error() {
        use serde::de::Error as _;
        use serde::ser::{Error as _, SerializeSeq};
        use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer, Serialize, Serializer};

        struct PartialFail;

        impl Serialize for PartialFail {
            fn serialize<S: Serializer>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error> {
                let mut sequence = serializer.serialize_seq(Some(2))?;
                sequence.serialize_element(&1u8)?;
                Err(S::Error::custom("intentional serialize failure"))
            }
        }

        impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for PartialFail {
            fn deserialize<D: Deserializer<'de>>(_deserializer: D) -> Result<Self, D::Error> {
                Err(D::Error::custom("intentional deserialize failure"))
            }
        }

        let mut buf = vec![0xAA, 0xBB];
        let before = buf.clone();
        let error = PostcardCodec.encode_append(&PartialFail, &mut buf);
        assert!(matches!(
            error,
            Err(crate::error::DbError::Client(
                "postcard serialization failed"
            ))
        ));
        assert_eq!(buf, before, "partial postcard payload was retained");
    }

    #[cfg(feature = "rapira-codec")]
    #[test]
    fn encode_to_still_clears() {
        let mut buf = vec![0xAA, 0xBB];
        RapiraCodec.encode_to(&123u64, &mut buf).expect("encode");
        assert_ne!(buf.first(), Some(&0xAA), "encode_to must keep clearing");
    }
}