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A pure-Elixir embedded key-value database
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lib/cubdb.ex
defmodule CubDB do
@moduledoc """
`CubDB` is a pure-Elixir embedded key-value database, designed for simplicity.
It runs locally, and is backed by a single file.
Both keys and values can be any Elixir (or Erlang) term.
The `CubDB` database file uses an immutable data structure that ensures
robustness to data corruption: entries are never changed in-place, and writes
are atomic.
Read operations are performed on immutable views, so they are always
consistent, run concurrently, and do not block write operations.
## Usage
Start `CubDB` by specifying a directory for its database file (if not existing,
it will be created):
{:ok, db} = CubDB.start_link("my/data/directory")
The `get/2`, `put/3`, and `delete/2` functions work as you probably expect:
CubDB.put(db, :foo, "some value")
#=> :ok
CubDB.get(db, :foo)
#=> "some value"
CubDB.delete(db, :foo)
#=> :ok
CubDB.get(db, :foo)
#=> nil
Range of keys are retrieved using `select/3`:
for {key, value} <- [a: 1, b: 2, c: 3, d: 4, e: 5, f: 6, g: 7, h: 8] do
CubDB.put(db, key, value)
end
CubDB.select(db, min_key: :b, max_key: :e)
#=> {:ok, [b: 2, c: 3, d: 4, e: 5]}
But `select/3` can do much more than that. It can apply a pipeline of operations
(`map`, `filter`, `take`, `drop` and more) to the selected entries, it can
select the entries in normal or reverse order, and it can `reduce` the result
using an arbitrary function:
# Take the sum of the last 3 even values:
CubDB.select(db,
reverse: true,
pipe: [
map: fn {_key, value} -> value end,
filter: fn value -> Integer.is_even(value) end,
take: 3
],
reduce: fn n, sum -> sum + n end
)
#=> {:ok, 18}
As `CubDB` uses an immutable data structure, write operations cause the data
file to grow. Occasionally, it is adviseable to run a compaction to optimize
the file size and reclaim disk space. Compaction is started manually by
calling `compact/1`, and runs in the background, without blocking other
operations:
CubDB.compact(db)
#=> :ok
"""
use GenServer
alias CubDB.Btree
alias CubDB.Store
alias CubDB.Reader
alias CubDB.Compactor
alias CubDB.CatchUp
alias CubDB.CleanUp
@db_file_extension ".cub"
@compaction_file_extension ".compact"
@type key :: any
@type value :: any
defmodule State do
@moduledoc false
@type t :: %CubDB.State{
btree: Btree.t(),
data_dir: binary,
compactor: pid | nil,
clean_up: pid,
clean_up_pending: boolean,
busy_files: %{required(binary) => pos_integer}
}
@enforce_keys [:btree, :data_dir, :clean_up]
defstruct btree: nil,
data_dir: nil,
compactor: nil,
clean_up: nil,
clean_up_pending: false,
busy_files: %{}
end
@spec start_link(binary, GenServer.options()) :: GenServer.on_start()
@doc """
Starts the `CubDB` database process linked to the current process.
The `data_dir` argument is the directory path where the database files will be
stored. If it does not exist, it will be created. Only one `CubDB` instance
can run per directory, so if you run several databases, they should each use
their own separate data directory.
The `options` are passed to `GenServer.start_link/3`.
"""
def start_link(data_dir, options \\ []) do
GenServer.start_link(__MODULE__, data_dir, options)
end
@spec start(binary, GenServer.options()) :: GenServer.on_start()
@doc """
Starts the `CubDB` database without a link.
See `start_link/2` for more informations.
"""
def start(data_dir, options \\ []) do
GenServer.start(__MODULE__, data_dir, options)
end
@spec get(GenServer.server(), key, value) :: value
@doc """
Gets the value associated to `key` from the database.
If no value is associated with `key`, `default` is returned (which is `nil`,
unless specified otherwise).
"""
def get(db, key, default \\ nil) do
GenServer.call(db, {:get, key, default})
end
@spec fetch(GenServer.server(), key) :: {:ok, value} | :error
@doc """
Fetches the value for the given `key` in the database, or return `:error` if `key` is not present.
If the database contains an entry with the given `key` and value `value`, it
returns `{:ok, value}`. If `key` is not found, it returns `:error`.
"""
def fetch(db, key) do
GenServer.call(db, {:fetch, key})
end
@spec has_key?(GenServer.server(), key) :: boolean
@doc """
Returns whether an entry with the given `key` exists in the database.
"""
def has_key?(db, key) do
GenServer.call(db, {:has_key?, key})
end
@spec select(GenServer.server(), Keyword.t(), timeout) ::
{:ok, any} | {:error, Exception.t()}
@doc """
Selects a range of entries from the database, and optionally performs a
pipeline of operations on them.
It returns `{:ok, result}` if successful, or `{:error, exception}` if an
exception is raised.
## Options
The `min_key` and `max_key` specify the range of entries that are selected. By
default, the range is inclusive, so all entries that have a key greater or
equal than `min_key` and less or equal then `max_key` are selected:
# Select all entries where `"a" <= key <= "d"`
CubDB.select(db, min_key: "b", max_key: "d")
The range boundaries can be excluded by setting `min_key` or `max_key` to
`{key, :excluded}`:
# Select all entries where `"a" <= key < "d"`
CubDB.select(db, min_key: "b", max_key: {"d", :excluded})
Any of `:min_key` and `:max_key` can be omitted or set to `nil`, to leave the
range open-ended.
# Select entries where `key <= "a"
CubDB.select(db, max_key: "a")
# Or, equivalently:
CubDB.select(db, min_key: nil, max_key: "a")
In case the key boundary is the literal value `nil`, the longer form must be used:
# Select entries where `nil <= key <= "a"`
CubDB.select(db, min_key: {nil, :included}, max_key: "a")
The `reverse` option, when set to true, causes the entries to be selected and
traversed in reverse order.
The `pipe` option specifies an optional list of operations performed
sequentially on the selected entries. The given order of operations is
respected. The available operations, specified as tuples, are:
- `{:filter, fun}` filters entries for which `fun` returns a truthy value
- `{:map, fun}` maps each entry to the value returned by the function `fun`
- `{:take, n}` takes the first `n` entries
- `{:drop, n}` skips the first `n` entries
- `{:take_while, fun}` takes entries while `fun` returns a truthy value
- `{:drop_while, fun}` skips entries while `fun` returns a truthy value
Note that, when selecting a key range, specifying `min_key` and/or `max_key`
is more performant than using `{:filter, fun}` or `{:take_while | :drop_while,
fun}`, because `min_key` and `max_key` avoid loading unnecessary entries from
disk entirely.
The `reduce` option specifies how the selected entries are aggregated. If
`reduce` is omitted, the entries are returned as a list. If `reduce` is a
function, it is used to reduce the collection of entries. If `reduce` is a
tuple, the first element is the starting value of the reduction, and the
second is the reducing function.
## Examples
To select all entries with keys between `:a` and `:c` as a list of `{key,
value}` entries we can do:
{:ok, entries} = CubDB.select(db, min_key: :a, max_key: :c)
If we want to get all entries with keys between `:a` and `:c`, with `:c`
exluded, we can do:
{:ok, entries} = CubDB.select(db, min_key: :a, max_key: {:c, :excluded})
To select the last 3 entries, we can do:
{:ok, entries} = CubDB.select(db, reverse: true, pipe: [take: 3])
If we want to obtain the sum of the first 10 positive numeric values
associated to keys from `:a` to `:f`, we can do:
{:ok, sum} = CubDB.select(db,
min_key: :a,
max_key: :f,
pipe: [
map: fn {_key, value} -> value end, # map values
filter: fn n -> is_number(n) and n > 0 end # only positive numbers
take: 10, # take only the first 10 entries in the range
],
reduce: fn n, sum -> sum + n end # reduce to the sum of selected values
)
"""
def select(db, options \\ [], timeout \\ 5000) when is_list(options) do
GenServer.call(db, {:select, options}, timeout)
end
@spec size(GenServer.server()) :: pos_integer
@doc """
Returns the number of entries present in the database.
"""
def size(db) do
GenServer.call(db, :size)
end
@spec dirt_factor(GenServer.server()) :: float
@doc """
Returns the dirt factor.
The dirt factor is a number, ranging from 0 to 1, giving an indication about
the amount of overhead storage (or "dirt") that can be cleaned up with a
compaction operation. A value of 0 means that there is no overhead, so a
compaction would have no benefit. The closer to 1 the dirt factor is, the more
can be cleaned up in a compaction operation.
"""
def dirt_factor(db) do
GenServer.call(db, :dirt_factor)
end
@spec put(GenServer.server(), key, value) :: :ok
@doc """
Writes an entry in the database, associating `key` to `value`.
If `key` was already present, it is overwritten.
"""
def put(db, key, value) do
GenServer.call(db, {:put, key, value})
end
@spec delete(GenServer.server(), key) :: :ok
@doc """
Deletes the entry associated to `key` from the database.
If `key` was not present in the database, nothing is done.
"""
def delete(db, key) do
GenServer.call(db, {:delete, key})
end
@spec compact(GenServer.server()) :: :ok | {:error, binary}
@doc """
Runs a database compaction.
As write operations are performed on a database, its file grows. Occasionally,
a compaction operation can be run to shrink the file to its optimal size.
Compaction runs in the background and does not block operations.
Only one compaction operation can run at any time, therefore if this function
is called when a compaction is already running, it returns `{:error,
:pending_compaction}`.
"""
def compact(db) do
GenServer.call(db, :compact)
end
@spec cubdb_file?(binary) :: boolean
@doc false
def cubdb_file?(file_name) do
file_extensions = [@db_file_extension, @compaction_file_extension]
Enum.member?(file_extensions, Path.extname(file_name))
end
@spec db_file?(binary) :: boolean
@doc false
def db_file?(file_name) do
Path.extname(file_name) == @db_file_extension
end
@spec compaction_file?(binary) :: boolean
@doc false
def compaction_file?(file_name) do
Path.extname(file_name) == @compaction_file_extension
end
# OTP callbacks
@doc false
def init(data_dir) do
case find_db_file(data_dir) do
file_name when is_binary(file_name) or is_nil(file_name) ->
store = Store.File.new(Path.join(data_dir, file_name || "0#{@db_file_extension}"))
{:ok, clean_up} = CleanUp.start_link(data_dir)
{:ok, %State{btree: Btree.new(store), data_dir: data_dir, clean_up: clean_up}}
{:error, reason} ->
{:stop, reason}
end
end
def handle_call(operation = {:get, _, _}, from, state = %State{btree: btree}) do
state = read(from, btree, operation, state)
{:noreply, state}
end
def handle_call(operation = {:fetch, _}, from, state = %State{btree: btree}) do
state = read(from, btree, operation, state)
{:noreply, state}
end
def handle_call(operation = {:has_key?, _}, from, state = %State{btree: btree}) do
state = read(from, btree, operation, state)
{:noreply, state}
end
def handle_call(operation = {:select, _}, from, state = %State{btree: btree}) do
state = read(from, btree, operation, state)
{:noreply, state}
end
def handle_call(:size, _, state = %State{btree: btree}) do
{:reply, Enum.count(btree), state}
end
def handle_call(:dirt_factor, _, state = %State{btree: btree}) do
{:reply, Btree.dirt_factor(btree), state}
end
def handle_call({:put, key, value}, _, state = %State{btree: btree}) do
btree = Btree.insert(btree, key, value)
{:reply, :ok, %State{state | btree: btree}}
end
def handle_call({:delete, key}, _, state = %State{btree: btree, compactor: compactor}) do
btree =
case compactor do
nil -> Btree.delete(btree, key)
_ -> Btree.mark_deleted(btree, key)
end
{:reply, :ok, %State{state | btree: btree}}
end
def handle_call(:compact, _, state) do
%State{btree: btree, data_dir: data_dir, clean_up: clean_up} = state
reply =
case can_compact?(state) do
true ->
{:ok, store} = new_compaction_store(data_dir)
CleanUp.clean_up_old_compaction_files(clean_up, store)
Compactor.start_link(self(), btree, store)
{false, reason} ->
{:error, reason}
end
case reply do
{:ok, compactor} -> {:reply, :ok, %State{state | compactor: compactor}}
error -> {:reply, error, state}
end
end
def handle_info({:compaction_completed, original_btree, compacted_btree}, state) do
send(self(), {:catch_up, compacted_btree, original_btree})
{:noreply, state}
end
def handle_info({:catch_up, compacted_btree, original_btree}, state) do
%State{btree: latest_btree} = state
if latest_btree == original_btree do
compacted_btree = finalize_compaction(compacted_btree)
state = %State{state | btree: compacted_btree, compactor: nil}
{:noreply, trigger_clean_up(state)}
else
CatchUp.start_link(self(), compacted_btree, original_btree, latest_btree)
{:noreply, state}
end
end
def handle_info(:clean_up_completed, state) do
{:noreply, %State{state | clean_up: nil}}
end
def handle_info({:check_out_reader, btree}, state = %State{clean_up_pending: clean_up_pending}) do
state = check_out_reader(btree, state)
state =
if clean_up_pending == true,
do: trigger_clean_up(state),
else: state
{:noreply, state}
end
defp read(from, btree, operation, state) do
Reader.start_link(from, self(), btree, operation)
check_in_reader(btree, state)
end
defp find_db_file(data_dir) do
with :ok <- File.mkdir_p(data_dir),
{:ok, files} <- File.ls(data_dir) do
files
|> Enum.filter(&String.ends_with?(&1, @db_file_extension))
|> Enum.sort()
|> List.last()
end
end
defp finalize_compaction(%Btree{store: %Store.File{file_path: file_path}}) do
new_path = String.replace_suffix(file_path, @compaction_file_extension, @db_file_extension)
:ok = File.rename(file_path, new_path)
store = Store.File.new(new_path)
Btree.new(store)
end
defp new_compaction_store(data_dir) do
with {:ok, file_names} <- File.ls(data_dir) do
new_filename =
file_names
|> Enum.filter(&cubdb_file?/1)
|> Enum.map(fn file_name -> Path.basename(file_name, Path.extname(file_name)) end)
|> Enum.sort()
|> List.last()
|> String.to_integer(16)
|> (&(&1 + 1)).()
|> Integer.to_string(16)
|> (&(&1 <> @compaction_file_extension)).()
store = Store.File.new(Path.join(data_dir, new_filename))
{:ok, store}
end
end
defp can_compact?(%State{compactor: compactor}) do
case compactor do
nil -> true
_ -> {false, :pending_compaction}
end
end
defp check_in_reader(%Btree{store: store}, state = %State{busy_files: busy_files}) do
%Store.File{file_path: file_path} = store
busy_files = Map.update(busy_files, file_path, 1, &(&1 + 1))
%State{state | busy_files: busy_files}
end
defp check_out_reader(%Btree{store: store}, state = %State{busy_files: busy_files}) do
%Store.File{file_path: file_path} = store
busy_files =
case Map.get(busy_files, file_path) do
n when n > 1 -> Map.update!(busy_files, file_path, &(&1 - 1))
_ -> Map.delete(busy_files, file_path)
end
%State{state | busy_files: busy_files}
end
defp trigger_clean_up(state) do
if can_clean_up?(state),
do: clean_up_now(state),
else: clean_up_when_possible(state)
end
defp can_clean_up?(%State{btree: %Btree{store: store}, busy_files: busy_files}) do
%Store.File{file_path: file_path} = store
Enum.any?(busy_files, fn {file, _} -> file != file_path end) == false
end
defp clean_up_now(state = %State{btree: btree, clean_up: clean_up}) do
:ok = CleanUp.clean_up(clean_up, btree)
%State{state | clean_up_pending: false}
end
defp clean_up_when_possible(state) do
%State{state | clean_up_pending: true}
end
end