uqa-sql 0.5.0

PostgreSQL-compatible SQL compiler built on libpg_query
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//
// Unified Query Algebra
//
// Copyright (c) 2023-2026 Cognica, Inc.
//

//! Static SQL type propagation and PostgreSQL-compatible common-type rules.

use crate::ast::{ColumnType, FunctionBinding};
use crate::{SQLError, SQLParam};

use crate::schema::ScalarTypeSchema;
use crate::{RowSchema, ScalarExpr};
use uqa_core::Value;

mod array_transform;
pub(crate) use array_transform::resolve_array_transform_call;
mod call;
mod cast_compatibility;
mod checksum;
mod common;
pub(crate) use common::array_element_type;
pub(crate) use common::literal_input_type_with_control;
pub(crate) use common::value_type;
pub(crate) use common::value_type_with_control;
mod containment;
pub(crate) mod enums;
mod equality;
pub(crate) mod field_selection;
mod fixed_builtin;
pub(crate) use fixed_builtin::overloads as fixed_builtin_overloads;
mod functions;
mod gamma;
mod inference;
use inference::scalar_type_inner_with_control;
mod introspection;
mod json_strip;
mod length;
mod md5;
pub(crate) mod membership;
mod operator_errors;
pub use operator_errors::{
    ambiguous_binary_operator, ambiguous_prefix_operator, undefined_binary_operator,
    undefined_binary_operator_named, undefined_prefix_operator,
};
mod operators;
mod overload_resolution;
mod qualified_column;
mod range;
mod range_offsets;
pub use range_offsets::range_frame_offset_type;
mod reverse;
mod routine_signature;
mod scalar_input;
mod stored_constants;
pub use scalar_input::{
    scalar_cast_source_type_name_with_control, scalar_integer_operation_width,
    scalar_integer_operation_width_with_control, scalar_operand_type_name,
    scalar_operand_type_name_with_control, scalar_record_field_type_with_control,
};
pub use stored_constants::{
    contains_unknown_literal, fold_stored_enum_constants, store_operand_coercions,
    stored_enum_constant,
};
mod string_binary;

pub(crate) use cast_compatibility::cast_catalog_entry_with_control;
pub use cast_compatibility::{
    assignment_type_compatible, cast_catalog_entry, cast_volatility, explicit_type_compatible,
    CastCatalogEntry, CastMethod,
};
#[doc(hidden)]
pub use checksum::{resolve_checksum_overload, ResolvedChecksumOverload};
pub use common::{
    common_context_expression_type, common_type, common_type_in, effective_overload_argument_type,
    effective_overload_argument_type_with_params, function_call_argument_signature,
    select_common_input_type, values_column_types, CommonTypeContext,
    FunctionCallArgumentSignature,
};
pub use equality::{
    equality_operand_type, equality_operand_type_with_control, foreign_key_operand_type,
};
#[doc(hidden)]
pub use fixed_builtin::{
    fixed_builtin_return_type, fixed_builtin_return_type_with_control,
    is_function as is_fixed_builtin, resolve_fixed_builtin_call, ResolvedFixedBuiltinCall,
};
pub use functions::{
    builtin_function_argument_targets, builtin_function_type, builtin_function_type_with_resolver,
};
#[doc(hidden)]
pub use gamma::{resolve_gamma_overload, ResolvedGammaOverload};
pub use introspection::{
    bind_type_introspection, bind_type_introspection_with_control,
    bind_type_introspection_with_resolver, validate_catalog_literals,
};
#[doc(hidden)]
pub use json_strip::{resolve_json_strip_overload, ResolvedJsonStripOverload};
#[doc(hidden)]
pub use length::{resolve_length_overload, ResolvedLengthOverload};
#[doc(hidden)]
pub use md5::{resolve_md5_overload, ResolvedMd5Overload};
#[doc(hidden)]
pub use operators::{
    binary_operator_by_oid, binary_operator_catalog_entry, binary_operator_types,
    binary_operator_types_with_control, binary_result_type, binary_result_type_with_control,
    numeric_operator_types, numeric_operator_types_with_control, require_equality_operator,
    require_ordering_operator, unary_minus_catalog_entry, unary_operator_by_oid,
    BinaryOperatorCatalogEntry, NumericOperatorTypes, UnaryOperatorCatalogEntry,
};
#[doc(hidden)]
pub use overload_resolution::{
    builtin_binding_matches, builtin_name_matches, canonical_column_type_name,
    canonical_routine_type_name, function_resolution_error, match_builtin_function_overload,
    match_function_signature, parse_enum_type_identity, rank_function_matches,
    resolve_local_builtin_overload, routine_type_accepts_implicit_cast, routine_type_category,
    routine_type_is_preferred, FunctionParameterDescriptor, MatchedBuiltinFunction,
    MatchedFunctionSignature, RankedFunctionMatch,
};
#[doc(hidden)]
pub use reverse::{resolve_reverse_overload, ResolvedReverseOverload};
#[doc(hidden)]
pub(crate) use routine_signature::match_routine_candidate;
pub use routine_signature::{
    match_routine_signature, routine_polymorphic_type, MatchedRoutineSignature,
    RoutineCallDescriptor, RoutineCoercionTarget, RoutineParameterDescriptor,
    RoutinePolymorphicFamily, RoutinePolymorphicType, RoutineSignatureMatchError,
    RoutineTypeSubstitutions, RoutineVariadicMode, RoutineVariadicPlan,
};
#[doc(hidden)]
pub use string_binary::{ResolvedStringBinaryOverload, ResolvedTextByteaOverload};

pub trait FunctionTypeResolver: Send + Sync {
    /// Return whether an external runtime callback claims this unbound function
    /// name without exposing a declared SQL return type. Such callbacks must
    /// retain dispatch precedence instead of being rebound to a same-named
    /// built-in overload.
    fn has_untyped_function(&self, _name: &str) -> bool {
        false
    }

    /// Resolve a catalog-owned SQL type name that is not represented by the
    /// built-in [`ColumnType::from_sql_name`] mapping, such as a domain.
    fn resolve_type_name(&self, _name: &str) -> Result<Option<ColumnType>, SQLError> {
        Ok(None)
    }

    /// Enum labels of the binding catalog. Binding converts `unknown` literals coerced to an enum type with them, as `PostgreSQL` parse analysis calls the type's input function.
    fn enum_labels(&self) -> Option<&dyn crate::expr::enums::EnumLabelCatalog> {
        None
    }

    /// Input functions whose catalog constraints must run when an unknown literal is analyzed. Callers retain the returned constant; metadata-only inference does not invoke this capability.
    fn catalog_input_functions(&self) -> Option<&dyn crate::expr::CatalogInputFunctions> {
        None
    }

    /// Composite type attributes of the binding catalog, which type field selections and row coercions.
    fn composite_types(&self) -> Option<&dyn crate::expr::composites::CompositeTypeCatalog> {
        None
    }

    /// Require the current user's `USAGE` privilege on a type that a relation column, domain or routine declares, as `object_aclcheck(TypeRelationId, ..., ACL_USAGE)` and `aclcheck_error_type` require it; see [`crate::catalog::security::type_inquiry::usage_governing_type`]. A resolver without roles and type privileges has nothing to deny.
    fn require_type_usage(&self, _ty: &ColumnType) -> Result<(), SQLError> {
        Ok(())
    }

    fn resolve_function_type(
        &self,
        name: &str,
        binding: Option<&FunctionBinding>,
        argument_names: &[Option<String>],
        argument_types: &[Option<ColumnType>],
        explicit_variadic: bool,
    ) -> Result<Option<ColumnType>, SQLError>;

    /// Resolve a catalog-backed overload together with the stable binding needed to execute it after built-in and user-defined candidates have been ranked.
    fn resolve_function_overload(
        &self,
        _name: &str,
        _binding: Option<&FunctionBinding>,
        _argument_names: &[Option<String>],
        _argument_types: &[Option<ColumnType>],
        _explicit_variadic: bool,
    ) -> Result<Option<ResolvedFunctionOverload>, SQLError> {
        Ok(None)
    }

    /// Return whether an exact catalog-selected binding can execute in a scalar expression. The conservative default prevents aggregate, procedure, and set-returning routines from being attached to [`ScalarExpr::Func`].
    fn is_scalar_function_binding(&self, _binding: &FunctionBinding) -> Result<bool, SQLError> {
        Ok(false)
    }

    /// Resolve catalog-backed routines and the supplied built-in overloads as
    /// one `PostgreSQL` candidate set. Implementations with catalog visibility
    /// should override this so search-path shadowing and unknown-category
    /// selection happen before a winner is chosen.
    fn resolve_function_overload_with_builtins(
        &self,
        name: &str,
        binding: Option<&FunctionBinding>,
        argument_names: &[Option<String>],
        argument_types: &[Option<ColumnType>],
        explicit_variadic: bool,
        _builtins: &[BuiltinFunctionOverload],
    ) -> Result<Option<ResolvedFunctionOverload>, SQLError> {
        self.resolve_function_overload(
            name,
            binding,
            argument_names,
            argument_types,
            explicit_variadic,
        )
    }

    /// Resolve the declared first-column type of a physical scalar-subquery slot when the owning execution context carries its plan arena.
    fn resolve_scalar_subquery_type(
        &self,
        _subquery: crate::SubqueryId,
        _outer_schema: &RowSchema,
        _params: &[SQLParam],
    ) -> Result<Option<ColumnType>, SQLError> {
        Ok(None)
    }
}

#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
pub struct BuiltinFunctionOverload {
    pub name: String,
    pub argument_names: Vec<Option<String>>,
    pub argument_types: Vec<ColumnType>,
    pub default_arguments: usize,
    pub return_type: ColumnType,
}

#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
pub struct ResolvedFunctionOverload {
    pub binding: FunctionBinding,
    pub return_type: ColumnType,
    pub exact_matches: usize,
    pub known_arguments: usize,
    pub preferred_matches: usize,
    pub precedes_pg_catalog: bool,
}

impl ResolvedFunctionOverload {
    #[must_use]
    pub fn is_exact_for_known_arguments(&self) -> bool {
        self.known_arguments > 0 && self.exact_matches == self.known_arguments
    }
}

pub fn scalar_type(
    expression: &ScalarExpr,
    schema: &dyn ScalarTypeSchema,
    params: &[SQLParam],
) -> Result<Option<ColumnType>, SQLError> {
    scalar_type_inner(expression, schema, params, None)
}

/// Infer a scalar type from borrowed schema and parameter metadata while retaining every constructed type and temporary buffer under the supplied allowance.
pub fn scalar_type_with_control(
    expression: &ScalarExpr,
    schema: &dyn ScalarTypeSchema,
    params: &[SQLParam],
    control: &uqa_core::memory::ProductionControl<'_>,
) -> Result<Option<uqa_core::memory::Produced<ColumnType>>, SQLError> {
    scalar_type_inner_with_control(expression, schema, params, None, control)
}

/// Preserve unknown-literal and domain rules when selecting an operator's common type without a catalog callback.
pub fn common_context_type_with_control(
    expression: &ScalarExpr,
    schema: &dyn ScalarTypeSchema,
    params: &[SQLParam],
    control: &uqa_core::memory::ProductionControl<'_>,
) -> Result<Option<uqa_core::memory::Produced<ColumnType>>, SQLError> {
    common::common_context_expression_type_with_control(expression, schema, params, None, control)
}

pub fn scalar_type_with_resolver(
    expression: &ScalarExpr,
    schema: &dyn ScalarTypeSchema,
    params: &[SQLParam],
    resolver: &dyn FunctionTypeResolver,
) -> Result<Option<ColumnType>, SQLError> {
    scalar_type_inner(expression, schema, params, Some(resolver))
}

/// A bare string or NULL literal, which `PostgreSQL` types as `unknown` until its context resolves it.
pub fn is_unknown_literal(expression: &ScalarExpr) -> bool {
    matches!(expression, ScalarExpr::Literal(Value::Str(_) | Value::Null))
}

/// Whether a type's input function consults the catalog: the OID alias types and `aclitem` look names up, and an enum, a composite type, a record or a type known by name is read through its catalog definition. Analysis without the catalog leaves such a literal in the cast form that binding or evaluation reads, and reads every other literal with the type's input function.
pub fn catalog_input_type(ty: &ColumnType) -> bool {
    match ty {
        ColumnType::Regproc
        | ColumnType::Regprocedure
        | ColumnType::Regclass
        | ColumnType::Regnamespace
        | ColumnType::Regrole
        | ColumnType::Regtype
        | ColumnType::AclItem
        | ColumnType::PgNodeTree
        | ColumnType::Named(_)
        | ColumnType::Enum(_)
        | ColumnType::Composite(_)
        | ColumnType::Record
        | ColumnType::AnyArray
        | ColumnType::Vector(_)
        | ColumnType::Tensor(_) => true,
        ColumnType::Array(inner) | ColumnType::Domain { base: inner, .. } => {
            catalog_input_type(inner)
        }
        _ => false,
    }
}

/// The type of an assignment's source before coercion to its destination. A bare string or NULL literal has none: `transformAssignedExpr` and `transformAssignmentIndirection` convert it with the destination type's input function instead of checking a source type, so `'7'` assigns to an integer array element and `'abc'` fails as integer input.
pub fn assignment_source_type(
    expression: &ScalarExpr,
    schema: &dyn ScalarTypeSchema,
    params: &[SQLParam],
    resolver: &dyn FunctionTypeResolver,
) -> Result<Option<ColumnType>, SQLError> {
    if is_unknown_literal(expression) {
        return Ok(None);
    }
    scalar_type_with_resolver(expression, schema, params, resolver)
}

pub(super) fn scalar_type_inner(
    expression: &ScalarExpr,
    schema: &dyn ScalarTypeSchema,
    params: &[SQLParam],
    resolver: Option<&dyn FunctionTypeResolver>,
) -> Result<Option<ColumnType>, SQLError> {
    scalar_type_inner_with_control(
        expression,
        schema,
        params,
        resolver,
        &uqa_core::memory::ProductionControl::uncontrolled(),
    )
    .map(|ty| {
        ty.map(|ty| {
            ty.into_uncontrolled()
                .expect("ordinary scalar inference has no reservation")
        })
    })
}

#[cfg(test)]
mod tests;

mod declaration;
pub use declaration::{resolve_alter_column_type, resolve_declared_column_type};

mod coercion;
pub mod composite_rows;
pub use coercion::coerce_common_context_value;