Class podio::SchemaEvolution

class SchemaEvolution

The SchemaEvolution holds evolution functions that allow to transform CollectionReadBuffers of known datatypes from a previous schema version to the current schema version.

From the evolved buffers it is then possible to create collections.

It is implemented as a singleton that is populated at the time shared datamodel libraries (or their schema evolution libraries) are loaded. It is assumed that this happens early on in the startup of any application, such that the registration still happens on a single thread. After this initialization evolutions can be done from multiple threads.

Public Types

enum class Priority

Enum to make it possible to prioritize evolution functions during registration, making AutoGenerated lower priority than UserDefined.

Values:

enumerator AutoGenerated
enumerator UserDefined

Public Functions

SchemaEvolution(const SchemaEvolution&) = delete

The SchemaEvolution is a singleton so we disable all copy and move constructors explicitly.

SchemaEvolution &operator=(const SchemaEvolution&) = delete
SchemaEvolution(SchemaEvolution&&) = delete
SchemaEvolution &operator=(SchemaEvolution&&) = delete
~SchemaEvolution() = default
podio::CollectionReadBuffers evolveBuffers(const podio::CollectionReadBuffers &oldBuffers, SchemaVersionT fromVersion, const std::string &collType) const

Evolve the passed in buffers to the current version of the datatype that can be constructed from them.

Internally this will first check if the schema version of the buffers is already the current one and in that case immediately return the passed in buffers again as they do not need schema evolution. If that is not the case it will look up the correct evolution function for the passed in version and call that on the passed in buffers.

Parameters:

  • oldBuffers – The buffers to be evolved

  • fromVersion – The schema version of the buffers

  • collType – The fully qualified collection type

Returns:

CollectionReadBuffers that have been evolved to the current version. NOTE that these could also be the input buffers.

void registerEvolutionFunc(const std::string &collType, SchemaVersionT fromVersion, SchemaVersionT currentVersion, const EvolutionFuncT &evolutionFunc, Priority priority = Priority::UserDefined)

Register an evolution function for a given collection type and given versions from where to where the evolution applies.

Several assumptions are in place here:

  • The current version has to be the same for all invocations for a given datatype.

  • An evolution function has to be registered for all possible versions from 1 to N - 1, where N is the current version

  • An evolution function can only be registered once for a given datatype and fromVersion

  • For auto generated code the passed in priority has to be AutoGenerated otherwise it might override user defined functions

  • Even if a datatype does not require schema evolution it has to register an evolution function (e.g. the noOpSchemaEvolution below) in order to be known to the internal map.

Parameters:

  • collType – The fully qualified collection data type

  • fromVersion – The version from which this evolution function should apply

  • currentVersion – The current schema version for the data type

  • evolutionFunc – The evolution function that evolves passed in buffers from fromVersion to currentVersion

  • priority – The priority of this evolution function. Defaults to UserDefined which overrides auto generated functionality.

Public Static Functions

static SchemaEvolution &mutInstance()

Mutable instance only used for the initial registration of functions during library loading.

static SchemaEvolution const &instance()

Get the instance for evolving buffers.

static podio::CollectionReadBuffers noOpSchemaEvolution(podio::CollectionReadBuffers &&buffers, SchemaVersionT)

A no-op schema evolution function that returns the buffers unchanged.

This can be used for registering an evolution function for datatypes that do not require schema evolution, but need to register themselves with SchemaEvolution