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storage.rs

1//! Storage backend abstraction for [`crate::service::MemoryService`].
2//!
3//! The wedge orchestration (remember/recall/relate/forget/why/fusion) is
4//! written once, generic over [`MemoryStore`], so it runs unchanged over any
5//! backend: the native, file-backed [`NativeStore`] (the default — nothing
6//! changes for existing callers), or an in-memory backend such as the one
7//! `velesdb-wasm` provides for the browser (no filesystem, no `persistence`
8//! feature).
9
10#[cfg(feature = "persistence")]
11use std::collections::HashMap;
12#[cfg(feature = "persistence")]
13use std::path::Path;
14#[cfg(feature = "persistence")]
15use std::sync::Arc;
16
17#[cfg(feature = "persistence")]
18use serde_json::json;
19use serde_json::Value;
20#[cfg(feature = "persistence")]
21use velesdb_core::agent::AgentMemory;
22#[cfg(feature = "persistence")]
23use velesdb_core::{Database, SearchResult};
24
25use crate::error::MemoryError;
26use crate::model::{ColumnFilter, MemoryEdge, Recollection};
27use crate::service::Metadata;
28
29/// The storage primitives [`crate::service::MemoryService`] needs: write,
30/// vector search, graph edges, and by-id lookup. A backend that implements
31/// this trait can run the full wedge (`remember`/`recall`/`recall_fused`/
32/// `relate`/`forget`/`why`/`remember_extracted`) with no orchestration code
33/// duplicated.
34pub trait MemoryStore {
35    /// Store a fact with no metadata or expiry.
36    ///
37    /// # Errors
38    /// Returns [`MemoryError`] if persistence fails.
39    fn store(&self, id: u64, content: &str, embedding: &[f32]) -> Result<(), MemoryError>;
40
41    /// Store a fact tagged with `metadata`, no expiry.
42    ///
43    /// # Errors
44    /// Returns [`MemoryError`] if persistence fails.
45    fn store_with_metadata(
46        &self,
47        id: u64,
48        content: &str,
49        embedding: &[f32],
50        metadata: &Metadata,
51    ) -> Result<(), MemoryError>;
52
53    /// Store a fact that expires after `ttl_seconds`, no metadata.
54    ///
55    /// # Errors
56    /// Returns [`MemoryError`] if persistence fails.
57    fn store_with_ttl(
58        &self,
59        id: u64,
60        content: &str,
61        embedding: &[f32],
62        ttl_seconds: u64,
63    ) -> Result<(), MemoryError>;
64
65    /// Merge `metadata` into an already-stored fact's payload, preserving any
66    /// durable TTL. Used to combine metadata with an expiry (store both in
67    /// two calls rather than needing every metadata×TTL combination as a
68    /// separate primitive).
69    ///
70    /// # Errors
71    /// Returns [`MemoryError`] if `id` is unknown or persistence fails.
72    fn update_metadata(&self, id: u64, metadata: &Metadata) -> Result<(), MemoryError>;
73
74    /// A fact's content and embedding, or `None` if unknown/expired.
75    ///
76    /// # Errors
77    /// Returns [`MemoryError`] if storage access fails.
78    fn get(&self, id: u64) -> Result<Option<(String, Vec<f32>)>, MemoryError>;
79
80    /// A fact's raw stored payload — reserved system keys (`_veles_*`)
81    /// included, so the service layer can check the hub flag before
82    /// stripping them for the caller — or `None` when the fact is
83    /// unknown/expired.
84    ///
85    /// # Errors
86    /// Returns [`MemoryError`] if storage access fails.
87    fn get_metadata(&self, id: u64) -> Result<Option<Metadata>, MemoryError>;
88
89    /// Batched [`Self::get_metadata`]: one storage round trip for every id
90    /// in `ids`, results in the same order and length (an unknown or expired
91    /// id maps to `None`). Same raw-payload semantics as the single-id form.
92    ///
93    /// # Errors
94    /// Returns [`MemoryError`] if storage access fails.
95    fn get_metadata_batch(&self, ids: &[u64]) -> Result<Vec<Option<Metadata>>, MemoryError>;
96
97    /// Delete a fact.
98    ///
99    /// # Errors
100    /// Returns [`MemoryError`] if deletion fails.
101    fn delete(&self, id: u64) -> Result<(), MemoryError>;
102
103    /// Vector search for up to `k` ids, narrowed to facts whose metadata
104    /// exactly matches every key in `filter`.
105    ///
106    /// # Errors
107    /// Returns [`MemoryError`] if the query fails.
108    fn query_filtered(
109        &self,
110        embedding: &[f32],
111        k: usize,
112        filter: &Metadata,
113        offset: usize,
114    ) -> Result<Vec<(u64, f32, String)>, MemoryError>;
115
116    /// Vector search for up to `k` ids, dropping facts whose metadata matches
117    /// every key in `exclude`.
118    ///
119    /// # Errors
120    /// Returns [`MemoryError`] if the query fails.
121    fn query_excluding(
122        &self,
123        embedding: &[f32],
124        k: usize,
125        exclude: &Metadata,
126    ) -> Result<Vec<(u64, f32, String)>, MemoryError>;
127
128    /// Vector search fused with structured `ColumnStore` predicates (ranges
129    /// and comparisons, not just equality) — the engine behind
130    /// [`crate::service::MemoryService::recall_where`].
131    ///
132    /// # Errors
133    /// Returns [`MemoryError::InvalidFilter`] if a filter field is not a
134    /// plain identifier or a filter value is non-scalar, or [`MemoryError`]
135    /// if the query fails.
136    fn query_columnar(
137        &self,
138        embedding: &[f32],
139        k: usize,
140        filters: &[ColumnFilter],
141    ) -> Result<Vec<Recollection>, MemoryError>;
142
143    /// Create a typed edge `from -> to`. Returns the edge id.
144    ///
145    /// # Errors
146    /// Returns [`MemoryError`] if either endpoint is missing or persistence fails.
147    fn relate(&self, from: u64, to: u64, relation: &str) -> Result<u64, MemoryError>;
148
149    /// The outgoing edges of `id`.
150    ///
151    /// # Errors
152    /// Returns [`MemoryError`] if storage access fails.
153    fn relations(&self, id: u64) -> Result<Vec<MemoryEdge>, MemoryError>;
154
155    /// The total number of live (non-expired) tracked facts, including
156    /// internal entity hubs — used as a corpus-size proxy for idf weighting.
157    fn count(&self) -> usize;
158}
159
160/// The default [`MemoryStore`]: the native, file-backed engine
161/// (`velesdb-core`'s `Database`/`AgentMemory`, requiring the `persistence`
162/// feature). Existing callers of `MemoryService::open` see no change — this
163/// is exactly what they already ran.
164#[cfg(feature = "persistence")]
165pub struct NativeStore {
166    memory: AgentMemory,
167}
168
169#[cfg(feature = "persistence")]
170impl NativeStore {
171    /// Open (or create) a native store at `path`, sized for `dimension`.
172    ///
173    /// # Errors
174    /// Returns [`MemoryError`] if the store cannot be opened.
175    pub fn open<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P, dimension: usize) -> Result<Self, MemoryError> {
176        let db = Arc::new(Database::open(path)?);
177        let memory = AgentMemory::with_dimension(db, dimension)?;
178        Ok(Self { memory })
179    }
180}
181
182#[cfg(feature = "persistence")]
183impl MemoryStore for NativeStore {
184    fn store(&self, id: u64, content: &str, embedding: &[f32]) -> Result<(), MemoryError> {
185        self.memory
186            .semantic()
187            .store(id, content, embedding)
188            .map_err(MemoryError::from)
189    }
190
191    fn store_with_metadata(
192        &self,
193        id: u64,
194        content: &str,
195        embedding: &[f32],
196        metadata: &Metadata,
197    ) -> Result<(), MemoryError> {
198        self.memory
199            .semantic()
200            .store_with_metadata(id, content, embedding, metadata)
201            .map_err(MemoryError::from)
202    }
203
204    fn store_with_ttl(
205        &self,
206        id: u64,
207        content: &str,
208        embedding: &[f32],
209        ttl_seconds: u64,
210    ) -> Result<(), MemoryError> {
211        self.memory
212            .semantic()
213            .store_with_ttl(id, content, embedding, ttl_seconds)
214            .map_err(MemoryError::from)
215    }
216
217    fn update_metadata(&self, id: u64, metadata: &Metadata) -> Result<(), MemoryError> {
218        self.memory
219            .semantic()
220            .update_metadata(id, metadata)
221            .map_err(MemoryError::from)
222    }
223
224    fn get(&self, id: u64) -> Result<Option<(String, Vec<f32>)>, MemoryError> {
225        self.memory.semantic().get(id).map_err(MemoryError::from)
226    }
227
228    fn get_metadata(&self, id: u64) -> Result<Option<Metadata>, MemoryError> {
229        self.memory
230            .semantic()
231            .get_metadata(id)
232            .map_err(MemoryError::from)
233    }
234
235    fn get_metadata_batch(&self, ids: &[u64]) -> Result<Vec<Option<Metadata>>, MemoryError> {
236        self.memory
237            .semantic()
238            .get_metadata_batch(ids)
239            .map_err(MemoryError::from)
240    }
241
242    fn delete(&self, id: u64) -> Result<(), MemoryError> {
243        self.memory.semantic().delete(id).map_err(MemoryError::from)
244    }
245
246    fn query_filtered(
247        &self,
248        embedding: &[f32],
249        k: usize,
250        filter: &Metadata,
251        offset: usize,
252    ) -> Result<Vec<(u64, f32, String)>, MemoryError> {
253        self.memory
254            .semantic()
255            .query_filtered(embedding, k, filter, offset)
256            .map_err(MemoryError::from)
257    }
258
259    fn query_excluding(
260        &self,
261        embedding: &[f32],
262        k: usize,
263        exclude: &Metadata,
264    ) -> Result<Vec<(u64, f32, String)>, MemoryError> {
265        self.memory
266            .semantic()
267            .query_excluding(embedding, k, exclude)
268            .map_err(MemoryError::from)
269    }
270
271    fn query_columnar(
272        &self,
273        embedding: &[f32],
274        k: usize,
275        filters: &[ColumnFilter],
276    ) -> Result<Vec<Recollection>, MemoryError> {
277        let (sql, params) = self.build_fused_query(embedding, k, filters)?;
278        // Field names are validated by `build_fused_query`; ensure each one is
279        // indexed so the planner uses a bitmap prefilter instead of an O(n)
280        // post-filter scan. Idempotent and incrementally maintained thereafter.
281        for filter in filters {
282            self.memory
283                .semantic()
284                .ensure_index(&filter.field)
285                .map_err(MemoryError::from)?;
286        }
287        let results = self
288            .memory
289            .query_semantic(&sql, &params)
290            .map_err(MemoryError::from)?;
291        Ok(results.iter().map(to_recollection).collect())
292    }
293
294    fn relate(&self, from: u64, to: u64, relation: &str) -> Result<u64, MemoryError> {
295        self.memory
296            .semantic()
297            .relate(from, to, relation, None)
298            .map_err(MemoryError::from)
299    }
300
301    fn relations(&self, id: u64) -> Result<Vec<MemoryEdge>, MemoryError> {
302        Ok(self
303            .memory
304            .semantic()
305            .relations(id)?
306            .into_iter()
307            .map(|edge| MemoryEdge {
308                from: edge.source(),
309                to: edge.target(),
310                relation: edge.label().to_owned(),
311            })
312            .collect())
313    }
314
315    fn count(&self) -> usize {
316        self.memory.semantic().count()
317    }
318}
319
320#[cfg(feature = "persistence")]
321impl NativeStore {
322    /// Build the `VelesQL` for [`Self::query_columnar`]: a `NEAR` predicate
323    /// plus one bound parameter per filter, against the semantic collection.
324    /// Filter *values* are bound as query parameters (never interpolated);
325    /// filter *field names* are validated to be plain identifiers.
326    fn build_fused_query(
327        &self,
328        embedding: &[f32],
329        k: usize,
330        filters: &[ColumnFilter],
331    ) -> Result<(String, HashMap<String, Value>), MemoryError> {
332        use std::fmt::Write as _;
333        let mut params: HashMap<String, Value> = HashMap::new();
334        params.insert("q".to_string(), json!(embedding));
335        let mut predicate = String::from("vector NEAR $q");
336        for (index, filter) in filters.iter().enumerate() {
337            validate_column_filter(filter)?;
338            let key = format!("p{index}");
339            let _ = write!(
340                predicate,
341                " AND {} {} ${key}",
342                filter.field,
343                filter.op.as_sql()
344            );
345            params.insert(key, filter.value.clone());
346        }
347        let sql = format!(
348            "SELECT * FROM {} WHERE {predicate} LIMIT {k}",
349            self.memory.semantic().collection_name()
350        );
351        Ok((sql, params))
352    }
353}
354
355/// Reserved metadata key `remember`/`remember_with_ttl` auto-stamp with
356/// today's date (a `YYYYMMDD` integer, [`crate::clock::today_ymd`]) whenever
357/// the caller didn't already set it — see
358/// [`crate::service::MemoryService::remember_with_ttl`] for the full
359/// contract. A deliberate, documented **exception** to every other
360/// `_veles_`-namespaced key: [`is_reserved_key`] still names it (so it can
361/// never be confused with an arbitrary caller field), but unlike a true
362/// system key —
363/// - a caller MAY set it explicitly (to date a fact retroactively; never
364///   overwritten once present), and
365/// - it is NOT stripped from caller-facing results, so
366///   [`crate::dated_context::format_dated_context`]'s `date_field` (wired
367///   through `recall_fused`'s `date_field` parameter) can read it back with
368///   zero caller effort.
369///
370/// `pub` (re-exported at the crate root) so every caller of `date_field`
371/// names this one string in exactly one place, not a copy-pasted literal.
372pub const AUTO_DATE_FIELD: &str = "_veles_date";
373
374/// True for metadata keys the memory layer reserves: the engine's `content`
375/// payload, and any `_veles_`-namespaced system key (durable TTL, entity
376/// hubs) — [`AUTO_DATE_FIELD`] EXCEPTED, since (unlike every other reserved
377/// key) it is caller-settable and caller-visible by design. The single
378/// source of the reserved-key contract — the service layer (reject/strip)
379/// and every backend enforce it through this one predicate.
380pub(crate) fn is_reserved_key(key: &str) -> bool {
381    key != AUTO_DATE_FIELD && (key == "content" || key.starts_with("_veles_"))
382}
383
384/// Drop reserved system keys from a raw payload, and collapse an
385/// empty-after-stripping map to `None` — the caller-facing shape every
386/// [`Recollection::metadata`] is built from. `pub` because a [`MemoryStore`]
387/// backend that assembles `Recollection`s itself (`query_columnar`) must
388/// apply the same stripping the service layer applies on every other recall
389/// path, or reserved keys leak to callers on that one path only.
390#[must_use]
391pub fn strip_reserved_keys(payload: Option<Metadata>) -> Option<Metadata> {
392    payload.and_then(|payload| {
393        let metadata: Metadata = payload
394            .into_iter()
395            .filter(|(key, _)| !is_reserved_key(key))
396            .collect();
397        (!metadata.is_empty()).then_some(metadata)
398    })
399}
400
401/// [`strip_reserved_keys`] over a *borrowed* payload: clones only the
402/// surviving non-reserved entries. Use this when the payload isn't already
403/// owned — cloning the whole map first would deep-copy the reserved
404/// `content` value (the full fact text) per hit, only to discard it.
405#[must_use]
406pub fn strip_reserved_keys_ref(payload: Option<&Metadata>) -> Option<Metadata> {
407    payload.and_then(|payload| {
408        let metadata: Metadata = payload
409            .iter()
410            .filter(|(key, _)| !is_reserved_key(key))
411            .map(|(key, value)| (key.clone(), value.clone()))
412            .collect();
413        (!metadata.is_empty()).then_some(metadata)
414    })
415}
416
417/// Map a core search result to a [`Recollection`], lifting the fact text out
418/// of the reserved `content` payload key and surfacing any remaining
419/// caller-supplied metadata (reserved system keys excluded).
420#[cfg(feature = "persistence")]
421fn to_recollection(result: &SearchResult) -> Recollection {
422    let payload = result.point.payload.as_ref().and_then(Value::as_object);
423    let content = payload
424        .and_then(|payload| payload.get("content"))
425        .and_then(Value::as_str)
426        .unwrap_or_default()
427        .to_owned();
428    Recollection {
429        id: result.point.id,
430        score: result.score,
431        content,
432        metadata: strip_reserved_keys_ref(payload),
433    }
434}
435
436/// Validate one `recall_where` column filter: a plain, non-reserved
437/// identifier field name and a scalar (string/number/boolean) value. `pub`
438/// and shared so every [`MemoryStore`] backend enforces the *same* documented
439/// contract — the field-name rule keeps a filter safe to place into query
440/// text (`NativeStore` builds `VelesQL`; values are always bound parameters),
441/// and rejects the reserved system columns (`content`, `_veles_*`) regardless
442/// of backend; the scalar rule turns what would be an opaque engine error
443/// into a clear client-input error.
444///
445/// # Errors
446/// Returns [`MemoryError::InvalidFilter`] when either rule is violated.
447pub fn validate_column_filter(filter: &ColumnFilter) -> Result<(), MemoryError> {
448    let field = &filter.field;
449    let plain = !field.is_empty() && field.chars().all(|c| c.is_ascii_alphanumeric() || c == '_');
450    if !plain || is_reserved_key(field) {
451        return Err(MemoryError::InvalidFilter(field.clone()));
452    }
453    match &filter.value {
454        Value::String(_) | Value::Number(_) | Value::Bool(_) => Ok(()),
455        value => Err(MemoryError::InvalidFilter(format!(
456            "value must be a string, number, or boolean, got {value}"
457        ))),
458    }
459}
460
461#[cfg(all(test, feature = "persistence"))]
462#[path = "storage_tests.rs"]
463mod tests;