vortex-array 0.54.0

Vortex in memory columnar data format
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// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright the Vortex contributors

use std::sync::Arc;

use vortex_buffer::{Buffer, ByteBuffer};
use vortex_dtype::{DType, Nullability};
use vortex_error::{
    VortexExpect, VortexResult, vortex_bail, vortex_ensure, vortex_err, vortex_panic,
};

use crate::arrays::binary_view::BinaryView;
use crate::builders::{ArrayBuilder, VarBinViewBuilder};
use crate::stats::ArrayStats;
use crate::validity::Validity;

/// A variable-length binary view array that stores strings and binary data efficiently.
///
/// This mirrors the Apache Arrow StringView/BinaryView array encoding and provides
/// an optimized representation for variable-length data with excellent performance
/// characteristics for both short and long strings.
///
/// ## Data Layout
///
/// The array uses a hybrid storage approach with two main components:
/// - **Views buffer**: Array of 16-byte `BinaryView` entries (one per logical element)
/// - **Data buffers**: Shared backing storage for strings longer than 12 bytes
///
/// ## View Structure
///
/// Commonly referred to as "German Strings", each 16-byte view entry contains either:
/// - **Inlined data**: For strings ≤ 12 bytes, the entire string is stored directly in the view
/// - **Reference data**: For strings > 12 bytes, contains:
///   - String length (4 bytes)
///   - First 4 bytes of string as prefix (4 bytes)
///   - Buffer index and offset (8 bytes total)
///
/// The following ASCII graphic is reproduced verbatim from the Arrow documentation:
///
/// ```text
///                         ┌──────┬────────────────────────┐
///                         │length│      string value      │
///    Strings (len <= 12)  │      │    (padded with 0)     │
///                         └──────┴────────────────────────┘
///                          0    31                      127
///
///                         ┌───────┬───────┬───────┬───────┐
///                         │length │prefix │  buf  │offset │
///    Strings (len > 12)   │       │       │ index │       │
///                         └───────┴───────┴───────┴───────┘
///                          0    31       63      95    127
/// ```
///
/// # Examples
///
/// ```
/// use vortex_array::arrays::VarBinViewArray;
/// use vortex_dtype::{DType, Nullability};
/// use vortex_array::IntoArray;
///
/// // Create from an Iterator<Item = &str>
/// let array = VarBinViewArray::from_iter_str([
///         "inlined",
///         "this string is outlined"
/// ]);
///
/// assert_eq!(array.len(), 2);
///
/// // Access individual strings
/// let first = array.bytes_at(0);
/// assert_eq!(first.as_slice(), b"inlined"); // "short"
///
/// let second = array.bytes_at(1);
/// assert_eq!(second.as_slice(), b"this string is outlined"); // Long string
/// ```
#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
pub struct VarBinViewArray {
    pub(super) dtype: DType,
    pub(super) buffers: Arc<[ByteBuffer]>,
    pub(super) views: Buffer<BinaryView>,
    pub(super) validity: Validity,
    pub(super) stats_set: ArrayStats,
}

impl VarBinViewArray {
    /// Creates a new [`VarBinViewArray`].
    ///
    /// # Panics
    ///
    /// Panics if the provided components do not satisfy the invariants documented
    /// in [`VarBinViewArray::new_unchecked`].
    pub fn new(
        views: Buffer<BinaryView>,
        buffers: Arc<[ByteBuffer]>,
        dtype: DType,
        validity: Validity,
    ) -> Self {
        Self::try_new(views, buffers, dtype, validity)
            .vortex_expect("VarBinViewArray construction failed")
    }

    /// Constructs a new `VarBinViewArray`.
    ///
    /// See [`VarBinViewArray::new_unchecked`] for more information.
    ///
    /// # Errors
    ///
    /// Returns an error if the provided components do not satisfy the invariants documented in
    /// [`VarBinViewArray::new_unchecked`].
    pub fn try_new(
        views: Buffer<BinaryView>,
        buffers: Arc<[ByteBuffer]>,
        dtype: DType,
        validity: Validity,
    ) -> VortexResult<Self> {
        Self::validate(&views, &buffers, &dtype, &validity)?;

        // SAFETY: validate ensures all invariants are met.
        Ok(unsafe { Self::new_unchecked(views, buffers, dtype, validity) })
    }

    /// Creates a new [`VarBinViewArray`] without validation from these components:
    ///
    /// * `views` is a buffer of 16-byte view entries (one per logical element).
    /// * `buffers` contains the backing storage for strings longer than 12 bytes.
    /// * `dtype` specifies whether this contains UTF-8 strings or binary data.
    /// * `validity` holds the null values.
    ///
    /// # Safety
    ///
    /// The caller must ensure all of the following invariants are satisfied:
    ///
    /// ## View Requirements
    ///
    /// - Views must be properly formatted 16-byte [`BinaryView`] entries.
    /// - Inlined views (length ≤ 12) must have valid data in the first `length` bytes.
    /// - Reference views (length > 12) must:
    ///   - Have a valid buffer index < `buffers.len()`.
    ///   - Have valid offsets that don't exceed the referenced buffer's bounds.
    ///   - Have a 4-byte prefix that matches the actual data at the referenced location.
    ///
    /// ## Type Requirements
    ///
    /// - `dtype` must be either [`DType::Utf8`] or [`DType::Binary`].
    /// - For [`DType::Utf8`], all string data (both inlined and referenced) must be valid UTF-8.
    ///
    /// ## Validity Requirements
    ///
    /// - The validity must have the same nullability as the dtype.
    /// - If validity is an array, its length must match `views.len()`.
    pub unsafe fn new_unchecked(
        views: Buffer<BinaryView>,
        buffers: Arc<[ByteBuffer]>,
        dtype: DType,
        validity: Validity,
    ) -> Self {
        #[cfg(debug_assertions)]
        Self::validate(&views, &buffers, &dtype, &validity)
            .vortex_expect("[Debug Assertion]: Invalid `VarBinViewArray` parameters");

        Self {
            dtype,
            buffers,
            views,
            validity,
            stats_set: Default::default(),
        }
    }

    /// Validates the components that would be used to create a [`VarBinViewArray`].
    ///
    /// This function checks all the invariants required by [`VarBinViewArray::new_unchecked`].
    pub fn validate(
        views: &Buffer<BinaryView>,
        buffers: &Arc<[ByteBuffer]>,
        dtype: &DType,
        validity: &Validity,
    ) -> VortexResult<()> {
        vortex_ensure!(
            validity.nullability() == dtype.nullability(),
            "validity {:?} incompatible with nullability {:?}",
            validity,
            dtype.nullability()
        );

        match dtype {
            DType::Utf8(_) => Self::validate_views(views, buffers, validity, |string| {
                simdutf8::basic::from_utf8(string).is_ok()
            })?,
            DType::Binary(_) => Self::validate_views(views, buffers, validity, |_| true)?,
            _ => vortex_bail!("invalid DType {dtype} for `VarBinViewArray`"),
        }

        Ok(())
    }

    fn validate_views<F>(
        views: &Buffer<BinaryView>,
        buffers: &Arc<[ByteBuffer]>,
        validity: &Validity,
        validator: F,
    ) -> VortexResult<()>
    where
        F: Fn(&[u8]) -> bool,
    {
        for (idx, &view) in views.iter().enumerate() {
            if validity.is_null(idx) {
                continue;
            }

            if view.is_inlined() {
                // Validate the inline bytestring
                let bytes = &unsafe { view.inlined }.data[..view.len() as usize];
                vortex_ensure!(
                    validator(bytes),
                    "view at index {idx}: inlined bytes failed utf-8 validation"
                );
            } else {
                // Validate the view pointer
                let view = view.as_view();
                let buf_index = view.buffer_index as usize;
                let start_offset = view.offset as usize;
                let end_offset = start_offset.saturating_add(view.size as usize);

                let buf = buffers.get(buf_index).ok_or_else(||
                    vortex_err!("view at index {idx} references invalid buffer: {buf_index} out of bounds for VarBinViewArray with {} buffers",
                        buffers.len()))?;

                vortex_ensure!(
                    start_offset < buf.len(),
                    "start offset {start_offset} out of bounds for buffer {buf_index} with size {}",
                    buf.len(),
                );

                vortex_ensure!(
                    end_offset <= buf.len(),
                    "end offset {end_offset} out of bounds for buffer {buf_index} with size {}",
                    buf.len(),
                );

                // Make sure the prefix data matches the buffer data.
                let bytes = &buf[start_offset..end_offset];
                vortex_ensure!(
                    view.prefix == bytes[..4],
                    "VarBinView prefix does not match full string"
                );

                // Validate the full string
                vortex_ensure!(
                    validator(bytes),
                    "view at index {idx}: outlined bytes fails utf-8 validation"
                );
            }
        }

        Ok(())
    }

    /// Number of raw string data buffers held by this array.
    pub fn nbuffers(&self) -> usize {
        self.buffers.len()
    }

    /// Access to the primitive views buffer.
    ///
    /// Variable-sized binary view buffer contain a "view" child array, with 16-byte entries that
    /// contain either a pointer into one of the array's owned `buffer`s OR an inlined copy of
    /// the string (if the string has 12 bytes or fewer).
    #[inline]
    pub fn views(&self) -> &Buffer<BinaryView> {
        &self.views
    }

    /// Access value bytes at a given index
    ///
    /// Will return a `ByteBuffer` containing the data without performing a copy.
    #[inline]
    pub fn bytes_at(&self, index: usize) -> ByteBuffer {
        let views = self.views();
        let view = &views[index];
        // Expect this to be the common case: strings > 12 bytes.
        if !view.is_inlined() {
            let view_ref = view.as_view();
            self.buffer(view_ref.buffer_index() as usize)
                .slice(view_ref.as_range())
        } else {
            // Return access to the range of bytes around it.
            views
                .clone()
                .into_byte_buffer()
                .slice_ref(view.as_inlined().value())
        }
    }

    /// Access one of the backing data buffers.
    ///
    /// # Panics
    ///
    /// This method panics if the provided index is out of bounds for the set of buffers provided
    /// at construction time.
    #[inline]
    pub fn buffer(&self, idx: usize) -> &ByteBuffer {
        if idx >= self.nbuffers() {
            vortex_panic!(
                "{idx} buffer index out of bounds, there are {} buffers",
                self.nbuffers()
            );
        }
        &self.buffers[idx]
    }

    /// Iterate over the underlying raw data buffers, not including the views buffer.
    #[inline]
    pub fn buffers(&self) -> &Arc<[ByteBuffer]> {
        &self.buffers
    }

    /// Accumulate an iterable set of values into our type here.
    #[allow(clippy::same_name_method)]
    pub fn from_iter<T: AsRef<[u8]>, I: IntoIterator<Item = Option<T>>>(
        iter: I,
        dtype: DType,
    ) -> Self {
        let iter = iter.into_iter();
        let mut builder = VarBinViewBuilder::with_capacity(dtype, iter.size_hint().0);

        for item in iter {
            match item {
                None => builder.append_null(),
                Some(v) => builder.append_value(v),
            }
        }

        builder.finish_into_varbinview()
    }

    pub fn from_iter_str<T: AsRef<str>, I: IntoIterator<Item = T>>(iter: I) -> Self {
        let iter = iter.into_iter();
        let mut builder = VarBinViewBuilder::with_capacity(
            DType::Utf8(Nullability::NonNullable),
            iter.size_hint().0,
        );

        for item in iter {
            builder.append_value(item.as_ref());
        }

        builder.finish_into_varbinview()
    }

    pub fn from_iter_nullable_str<T: AsRef<str>, I: IntoIterator<Item = Option<T>>>(
        iter: I,
    ) -> Self {
        let iter = iter.into_iter();
        let mut builder = VarBinViewBuilder::with_capacity(
            DType::Utf8(Nullability::Nullable),
            iter.size_hint().0,
        );

        for item in iter {
            match item {
                None => builder.append_null(),
                Some(v) => builder.append_value(v.as_ref()),
            }
        }

        builder.finish_into_varbinview()
    }

    pub fn from_iter_bin<T: AsRef<[u8]>, I: IntoIterator<Item = T>>(iter: I) -> Self {
        let iter = iter.into_iter();
        let mut builder = VarBinViewBuilder::with_capacity(
            DType::Binary(Nullability::NonNullable),
            iter.size_hint().0,
        );

        for item in iter {
            builder.append_value(item.as_ref());
        }

        builder.finish_into_varbinview()
    }

    pub fn from_iter_nullable_bin<T: AsRef<[u8]>, I: IntoIterator<Item = Option<T>>>(
        iter: I,
    ) -> Self {
        let iter = iter.into_iter();
        let mut builder = VarBinViewBuilder::with_capacity(
            DType::Binary(Nullability::Nullable),
            iter.size_hint().0,
        );

        for item in iter {
            match item {
                None => builder.append_null(),
                Some(v) => builder.append_value(v.as_ref()),
            }
        }

        builder.finish_into_varbinview()
    }
}

impl<'a> FromIterator<Option<&'a [u8]>> for VarBinViewArray {
    fn from_iter<T: IntoIterator<Item = Option<&'a [u8]>>>(iter: T) -> Self {
        Self::from_iter_nullable_bin(iter)
    }
}

impl FromIterator<Option<Vec<u8>>> for VarBinViewArray {
    fn from_iter<T: IntoIterator<Item = Option<Vec<u8>>>>(iter: T) -> Self {
        Self::from_iter_nullable_bin(iter)
    }
}

impl FromIterator<Option<String>> for VarBinViewArray {
    fn from_iter<T: IntoIterator<Item = Option<String>>>(iter: T) -> Self {
        Self::from_iter_nullable_str(iter)
    }
}

impl<'a> FromIterator<Option<&'a str>> for VarBinViewArray {
    fn from_iter<T: IntoIterator<Item = Option<&'a str>>>(iter: T) -> Self {
        Self::from_iter_nullable_str(iter)
    }
}