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Add in-memory updating support to NoteMap 51/1851/5
authorShawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Fri, 5 Nov 2010 00:50:48 +0000 (17:50 -0700)
committerShawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Fri, 12 Nov 2010 22:01:24 +0000 (14:01 -0800)
NoteMap now supports editing in-memory, allowing applications to
modify the NoteMap once it has been loaded from the branch.  The
ability to write the branch back to tree objects is not yet done,
so the edits are strictly transient.

Change-Id: I63448954abfca2a8e3e95369cd84c0d1176cdb79
Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/notes/LeafBucketTest.java [new file with mode: 0644]
org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/notes/NoteMapTest.java
org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/notes/FanoutBucket.java
org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/notes/LeafBucket.java
org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/notes/NoteBucket.java
org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/notes/NoteMap.java

diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/notes/LeafBucketTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/notes/LeafBucketTest.java
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..68b0e2b
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@@ -0,0 +1,226 @@
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+
+package org.eclipse.jgit.notes;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.AnyObjectId;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.MutableObjectId;
+
+public class LeafBucketTest extends TestCase {
+       public void testEmpty() {
+               LeafBucket b = new LeafBucket(0);
+               assertNull(b.get(id(0x00), null));
+               assertNull(b.get(id(0x01), null));
+               assertNull(b.get(id(0xfe), null));
+       }
+
+       public void testParseFive() {
+               LeafBucket b = new LeafBucket(0);
+
+               b.parseOneEntry(id(0x11), id(0x81));
+               b.parseOneEntry(id(0x22), id(0x82));
+               b.parseOneEntry(id(0x33), id(0x83));
+               b.parseOneEntry(id(0x44), id(0x84));
+               b.parseOneEntry(id(0x55), id(0x85));
+
+               assertNull(b.get(id(0x01), null));
+               assertEquals(id(0x81), b.get(id(0x11), null));
+               assertEquals(id(0x82), b.get(id(0x22), null));
+               assertEquals(id(0x83), b.get(id(0x33), null));
+               assertEquals(id(0x84), b.get(id(0x44), null));
+               assertEquals(id(0x85), b.get(id(0x55), null));
+               assertNull(b.get(id(0x66), null));
+       }
+
+       public void testSetFive_InOrder() throws IOException {
+               LeafBucket b = new LeafBucket(0);
+
+               assertSame(b, b.set(id(0x11), id(0x81), null));
+               assertSame(b, b.set(id(0x22), id(0x82), null));
+               assertSame(b, b.set(id(0x33), id(0x83), null));
+               assertSame(b, b.set(id(0x44), id(0x84), null));
+               assertSame(b, b.set(id(0x55), id(0x85), null));
+
+               assertNull(b.get(id(0x01), null));
+               assertEquals(id(0x81), b.get(id(0x11), null));
+               assertEquals(id(0x82), b.get(id(0x22), null));
+               assertEquals(id(0x83), b.get(id(0x33), null));
+               assertEquals(id(0x84), b.get(id(0x44), null));
+               assertEquals(id(0x85), b.get(id(0x55), null));
+               assertNull(b.get(id(0x66), null));
+       }
+
+       public void testSetFive_ReverseOrder() throws IOException {
+               LeafBucket b = new LeafBucket(0);
+
+               assertSame(b, b.set(id(0x55), id(0x85), null));
+               assertSame(b, b.set(id(0x44), id(0x84), null));
+               assertSame(b, b.set(id(0x33), id(0x83), null));
+               assertSame(b, b.set(id(0x22), id(0x82), null));
+               assertSame(b, b.set(id(0x11), id(0x81), null));
+
+               assertNull(b.get(id(0x01), null));
+               assertEquals(id(0x81), b.get(id(0x11), null));
+               assertEquals(id(0x82), b.get(id(0x22), null));
+               assertEquals(id(0x83), b.get(id(0x33), null));
+               assertEquals(id(0x84), b.get(id(0x44), null));
+               assertEquals(id(0x85), b.get(id(0x55), null));
+               assertNull(b.get(id(0x66), null));
+       }
+
+       public void testSetFive_MixedOrder() throws IOException {
+               LeafBucket b = new LeafBucket(0);
+
+               assertSame(b, b.set(id(0x11), id(0x81), null));
+               assertSame(b, b.set(id(0x33), id(0x83), null));
+               assertSame(b, b.set(id(0x55), id(0x85), null));
+
+               assertSame(b, b.set(id(0x22), id(0x82), null));
+               assertSame(b, b.set(id(0x44), id(0x84), null));
+
+               assertNull(b.get(id(0x01), null));
+               assertEquals(id(0x81), b.get(id(0x11), null));
+               assertEquals(id(0x82), b.get(id(0x22), null));
+               assertEquals(id(0x83), b.get(id(0x33), null));
+               assertEquals(id(0x84), b.get(id(0x44), null));
+               assertEquals(id(0x85), b.get(id(0x55), null));
+               assertNull(b.get(id(0x66), null));
+       }
+
+       public void testSet_Replace() throws IOException {
+               LeafBucket b = new LeafBucket(0);
+
+               assertSame(b, b.set(id(0x11), id(0x81), null));
+               assertEquals(id(0x81), b.get(id(0x11), null));
+
+               assertSame(b, b.set(id(0x11), id(0x01), null));
+               assertEquals(id(0x01), b.get(id(0x11), null));
+       }
+
+       public void testRemoveMissingNote() throws IOException {
+               LeafBucket b = new LeafBucket(0);
+               assertNull(b.get(id(0x11), null));
+               assertSame(b, b.set(id(0x11), null, null));
+               assertNull(b.get(id(0x11), null));
+       }
+
+       public void testRemoveFirst() throws IOException {
+               LeafBucket b = new LeafBucket(0);
+
+               assertSame(b, b.set(id(0x11), id(0x81), null));
+               assertSame(b, b.set(id(0x22), id(0x82), null));
+               assertSame(b, b.set(id(0x33), id(0x83), null));
+               assertSame(b, b.set(id(0x44), id(0x84), null));
+               assertSame(b, b.set(id(0x55), id(0x85), null));
+
+               assertSame(b, b.set(id(0x11), null, null));
+
+               assertNull(b.get(id(0x01), null));
+               assertNull(b.get(id(0x11), null));
+               assertEquals(id(0x82), b.get(id(0x22), null));
+               assertEquals(id(0x83), b.get(id(0x33), null));
+               assertEquals(id(0x84), b.get(id(0x44), null));
+               assertEquals(id(0x85), b.get(id(0x55), null));
+               assertNull(b.get(id(0x66), null));
+       }
+
+       public void testRemoveMiddle() throws IOException {
+               LeafBucket b = new LeafBucket(0);
+
+               assertSame(b, b.set(id(0x11), id(0x81), null));
+               assertSame(b, b.set(id(0x22), id(0x82), null));
+               assertSame(b, b.set(id(0x33), id(0x83), null));
+               assertSame(b, b.set(id(0x44), id(0x84), null));
+               assertSame(b, b.set(id(0x55), id(0x85), null));
+
+               assertSame(b, b.set(id(0x33), null, null));
+
+               assertNull(b.get(id(0x01), null));
+               assertEquals(id(0x81), b.get(id(0x11), null));
+               assertEquals(id(0x82), b.get(id(0x22), null));
+               assertNull(b.get(id(0x33), null));
+               assertEquals(id(0x84), b.get(id(0x44), null));
+               assertEquals(id(0x85), b.get(id(0x55), null));
+               assertNull(b.get(id(0x66), null));
+       }
+
+       public void testRemoveLast() throws IOException {
+               LeafBucket b = new LeafBucket(0);
+
+               assertSame(b, b.set(id(0x11), id(0x81), null));
+               assertSame(b, b.set(id(0x22), id(0x82), null));
+               assertSame(b, b.set(id(0x33), id(0x83), null));
+               assertSame(b, b.set(id(0x44), id(0x84), null));
+               assertSame(b, b.set(id(0x55), id(0x85), null));
+
+               assertSame(b, b.set(id(0x55), null, null));
+
+               assertNull(b.get(id(0x01), null));
+               assertEquals(id(0x81), b.get(id(0x11), null));
+               assertEquals(id(0x82), b.get(id(0x22), null));
+               assertEquals(id(0x83), b.get(id(0x33), null));
+               assertEquals(id(0x84), b.get(id(0x44), null));
+               assertNull(b.get(id(0x55), null));
+               assertNull(b.get(id(0x66), null));
+       }
+
+       public void testRemoveMakesEmpty() throws IOException {
+               LeafBucket b = new LeafBucket(0);
+
+               assertSame(b, b.set(id(0x11), id(0x81), null));
+               assertEquals(id(0x81), b.get(id(0x11), null));
+
+               assertNull(b.set(id(0x11), null, null));
+               assertNull(b.get(id(0x11), null));
+       }
+
+       private static AnyObjectId id(int first) {
+               MutableObjectId id = new MutableObjectId();
+               id.setByte(1, first);
+               return id;
+       }
+}
index 786f1b94a40d70f639566fe744ad38243c9d15e7..e1a6d9bf862d195c11d5736482e828f4bcaa18cd 100644 (file)
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@
 package org.eclipse.jgit.notes;
 
 import org.eclipse.jgit.junit.TestRepository;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.MutableObjectId;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectInserter;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectReader;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Repository;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.RepositoryTestCase;
@@ -56,17 +58,21 @@ public class NoteMapTest extends RepositoryTestCase {
 
        private ObjectReader reader;
 
+       private ObjectInserter inserter;
+
        @Override
        protected void setUp() throws Exception {
                super.setUp();
 
                tr = new TestRepository<Repository>(db);
                reader = db.newObjectReader();
+               inserter = db.newObjectInserter();
        }
 
        @Override
        protected void tearDown() throws Exception {
                reader.release();
+               inserter.release();
                super.tearDown();
        }
 
@@ -182,6 +188,99 @@ public class NoteMapTest extends RepositoryTestCase {
                assertEquals(exp, RawParseUtils.decode(act));
        }
 
+       public void testCreateFromEmpty() throws Exception {
+               RevBlob a = tr.blob("a");
+               RevBlob b = tr.blob("b");
+               RevBlob data1 = tr.blob("data1");
+               RevBlob data2 = tr.blob("data2");
+
+               NoteMap map = NoteMap.newEmptyMap();
+               assertFalse("no a", map.contains(a));
+               assertFalse("no b", map.contains(b));
+
+               map.set(a, data1);
+               map.set(b, data2);
+
+               assertEquals(data1, map.get(a));
+               assertEquals(data2, map.get(b));
+
+               map.remove(a);
+               map.remove(b);
+
+               assertFalse("no a", map.contains(a));
+               assertFalse("no b", map.contains(b));
+
+               map.set(a, "data1", inserter);
+               assertEquals(data1, map.get(a));
+
+               map.set(a, null, inserter);
+               assertFalse("no a", map.contains(a));
+       }
+
+       public void testEditFlat() throws Exception {
+               RevBlob a = tr.blob("a");
+               RevBlob b = tr.blob("b");
+               RevBlob data1 = tr.blob("data1");
+               RevBlob data2 = tr.blob("data2");
+
+               RevCommit r = tr.commit() //
+                               .add(a.name(), data1) //
+                               .add(b.name(), data2) //
+                               .create();
+               tr.parseBody(r);
+
+               NoteMap map = NoteMap.read(reader, r);
+               map.set(a, data2);
+               map.set(b, null);
+               map.set(data1, b);
+               map.set(data2, null);
+
+               assertEquals(data2, map.get(a));
+               assertEquals(b, map.get(data1));
+               assertFalse("no b", map.contains(b));
+               assertFalse("no data2", map.contains(data2));
+
+               MutableObjectId id = new MutableObjectId();
+               for (int p = 42; p > 0; p--) {
+                       id.setByte(1, p);
+                       map.set(id, data1);
+               }
+
+               for (int p = 42; p > 0; p--) {
+                       id.setByte(1, p);
+                       assertTrue("contains " + id, map.contains(id));
+               }
+       }
+
+       public void testEditFanout2_38() throws Exception {
+               RevBlob a = tr.blob("a");
+               RevBlob b = tr.blob("b");
+               RevBlob data1 = tr.blob("data1");
+               RevBlob data2 = tr.blob("data2");
+
+               RevCommit r = tr.commit() //
+                               .add(fanout(2, a.name()), data1) //
+                               .add(fanout(2, b.name()), data2) //
+                               .create();
+               tr.parseBody(r);
+
+               NoteMap map = NoteMap.read(reader, r);
+               map.set(a, data2);
+               map.set(b, null);
+               map.set(data1, b);
+               map.set(data2, null);
+
+               assertEquals(data2, map.get(a));
+               assertEquals(b, map.get(data1));
+               assertFalse("no b", map.contains(b));
+               assertFalse("no data2", map.contains(data2));
+
+               map.set(a, null);
+               map.set(data1, null);
+               assertFalse("no a", map.contains(a));
+               assertFalse("no data1", map.contains(data1));
+       }
+
        private static String fanout(int prefix, String name) {
                StringBuilder r = new StringBuilder();
                int i = 0;
index 85337c8d1500686bf7ab1b9f8ddefc42850edc1c..760528618cab29522c28a25023ff9b2b7418571a 100644 (file)
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ class FanoutBucket extends InMemoryNoteBucket {
         */
        private final NoteBucket[] table;
 
+       /** Number of non-null slots in {@link #table}. */
+       private int cnt;
+
        FanoutBucket(int prefixLen) {
                super(prefixLen);
                table = new NoteBucket[256];
@@ -91,6 +94,7 @@ class FanoutBucket extends InMemoryNoteBucket {
 
        void parseOneEntry(int cell, ObjectId id) {
                table[cell] = new LazyNoteBucket(id);
+               cnt++;
        }
 
        @Override
@@ -99,6 +103,39 @@ class FanoutBucket extends InMemoryNoteBucket {
                return b != null ? b.get(objId, or) : null;
        }
 
+       @Override
+       InMemoryNoteBucket set(AnyObjectId noteOn, AnyObjectId noteData,
+                       ObjectReader or) throws IOException {
+               int cell = cell(noteOn);
+               NoteBucket b = table[cell];
+
+               if (b == null) {
+                       if (noteData == null)
+                               return this;
+
+                       LeafBucket n = new LeafBucket(prefixLen + 2);
+                       table[cell] = n.set(noteOn, noteData, or);
+                       cnt++;
+                       return this;
+
+               } else {
+                       NoteBucket n = b.set(noteOn, noteData, or);
+                       if (n == null) {
+                               table[cell] = null;
+                               cnt--;
+
+                               if (cnt == 0)
+                                       return null;
+
+                               return this;
+
+                       } else if (n != b) {
+                               table[cell] = n;
+                       }
+                       return this;
+               }
+       }
+
        private int cell(AnyObjectId id) {
                return id.getByte(prefixLen >> 1);
        }
@@ -115,6 +152,12 @@ class FanoutBucket extends InMemoryNoteBucket {
                        return load(objId, or).get(objId, or);
                }
 
+               @Override
+               InMemoryNoteBucket set(AnyObjectId noteOn, AnyObjectId noteData,
+                               ObjectReader or) throws IOException {
+                       return load(noteOn, or).set(noteOn, noteData, or);
+               }
+
                private NoteBucket load(AnyObjectId objId, ObjectReader or)
                                throws IOException {
                        AbbreviatedObjectId p = objId.abbreviate(prefixLen + 2);
index 66d773a05d8c5a635f13e9eca321c2da528e36e1..ce4feae2597d8b3d4ae130c86845ae87fb17970a 100644 (file)
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@
 
 package org.eclipse.jgit.notes;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.AnyObjectId;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectId;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectReader;
@@ -96,6 +98,34 @@ class LeafBucket extends InMemoryNoteBucket {
                return 0 <= idx ? notes[idx].getData() : null;
        }
 
+       InMemoryNoteBucket set(AnyObjectId noteOn, AnyObjectId noteData,
+                       ObjectReader or) throws IOException {
+               int p = search(noteOn);
+               if (0 <= p) {
+                       if (noteData != null) {
+                               notes[p].setData(noteData.copy());
+                               return this;
+
+                       } else {
+                               System.arraycopy(notes, p + 1, notes, p, cnt - p - 1);
+                               cnt--;
+                               return 0 < cnt ? this : null;
+                       }
+
+               } else if (noteData != null) {
+                       growIfFull();
+                       p = -(p + 1);
+                       if (p < cnt)
+                               System.arraycopy(notes, p, notes, p + 1, cnt - p);
+                       notes[p] = new Note(noteOn, noteData.copy());
+                       cnt++;
+                       return this;
+
+               } else {
+                       return this;
+               }
+       }
+
        void parseOneEntry(AnyObjectId noteOn, AnyObjectId noteData) {
                growIfFull();
                notes[cnt++] = new Note(noteOn, noteData.copy());
index 286f1408477b4cfdcd287072acb598b775f8b0fc..f75fc1f942def877a6633182149e9173f423efec 100644 (file)
@@ -58,4 +58,7 @@ import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectReader;
 abstract class NoteBucket {
        abstract ObjectId get(AnyObjectId objId, ObjectReader reader)
                        throws IOException;
+
+       abstract InMemoryNoteBucket set(AnyObjectId noteOn, AnyObjectId noteData,
+                       ObjectReader reader) throws IOException;
 }
index d2f07279e1edade31b6bb9be8792c57a4b2bd142..88ab48179435abedcaac7a1b4299469b37e21885 100644 (file)
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ import org.eclipse.jgit.errors.LargeObjectException;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.errors.MissingObjectException;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.AbbreviatedObjectId;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.AnyObjectId;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Constants;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectId;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectInserter;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectReader;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.revwalk.RevCommit;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.revwalk.RevTree;
@@ -65,6 +67,17 @@ import org.eclipse.jgit.revwalk.RevTree;
  * shared {@code ObjectReader} at the proper times.
  */
 public class NoteMap {
+       /**
+        * Construct a new empty note map.
+        *
+        * @return an empty note map.
+        */
+       public static NoteMap newEmptyMap() {
+               NoteMap r = new NoteMap(null /* no reader */);
+               r.root = new LeafBucket(0);
+               return r;
+       }
+
        /**
         * Load a collection of notes from a branch.
         *
@@ -213,6 +226,89 @@ public class NoteMap {
                        return null;
        }
 
+       /**
+        * Attach (or remove) a note on an object.
+        *
+        * If no note exists, a new note is stored. If a note already exists for the
+        * given object, it is replaced (or removed).
+        *
+        * This method only updates the map in memory.
+        *
+        * If the caller wants to attach a UTF-8 encoded string message to an
+        * object, {@link #set(AnyObjectId, String, ObjectInserter)} is a convenient
+        * way to encode and update a note in one step.
+        *
+        * @param noteOn
+        *            the object to attach the note to. This same ObjectId can later
+        *            be used as an argument to {@link #get(AnyObjectId)} or
+        *            {@link #getCachedBytes(AnyObjectId, int)} to read back the
+        *            {@code noteData}.
+        * @param noteData
+        *            data to associate with the note. This must be the ObjectId of
+        *            a blob that already exists in the repository. If null the note
+        *            will be deleted, if present.
+        * @throws IOException
+        *             a portion of the note space is not accessible.
+        */
+       public void set(AnyObjectId noteOn, ObjectId noteData) throws IOException {
+               InMemoryNoteBucket newRoot = root.set(noteOn, noteData, reader);
+               if (newRoot == null) {
+                       newRoot = new LeafBucket(0);
+                       newRoot.nonNotes = root.nonNotes;
+               }
+               root = newRoot;
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * Attach a note to an object.
+        *
+        * If no note exists, a new note is stored. If a note already exists for the
+        * given object, it is replaced (or removed).
+        *
+        * @param noteOn
+        *            the object to attach the note to. This same ObjectId can later
+        *            be used as an argument to {@link #get(AnyObjectId)} or
+        *            {@link #getCachedBytes(AnyObjectId, int)} to read back the
+        *            {@code noteData}.
+        * @param noteData
+        *            text to store in the note. The text will be UTF-8 encoded when
+        *            stored in the repository. If null the note will be deleted, if
+        *            the empty string a note with the empty string will be stored.
+        * @param ins
+        *            inserter to write the encoded {@code noteData} out as a blob.
+        *            The caller must ensure the inserter is flushed before the
+        *            updated note map is made available for reading.
+        * @throws IOException
+        *             the note data could not be stored in the repository.
+        */
+       public void set(AnyObjectId noteOn, String noteData, ObjectInserter ins)
+                       throws IOException {
+               ObjectId dataId;
+               if (noteData != null) {
+                       byte[] dataUTF8 = Constants.encode(noteData);
+                       dataId = ins.insert(Constants.OBJ_BLOB, dataUTF8);
+               } else {
+                       dataId = null;
+               }
+               set(noteOn, dataId);
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * Remove a note from an object.
+        *
+        * If no note exists, no action is performed.
+        *
+        * This method only updates the map in memory.
+        *
+        * @param noteOn
+        *            the object to remove the note from.
+        * @throws IOException
+        *             a portion of the note space is not accessible.
+        */
+       public void remove(AnyObjectId noteOn) throws IOException {
+               set(noteOn, null);
+       }
+
        private void load(ObjectId rootTree) throws MissingObjectException,
                        IncorrectObjectTypeException, CorruptObjectException, IOException {
                AbbreviatedObjectId none = AbbreviatedObjectId.fromString("");