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#![cfg_attr(docsrs, feature(doc_cfg))]
#![doc = include_str!("../README.md")]
#![cfg_attr(not(feature = "std"), no_std)]
#![deny(missing_docs)]
use core::cmp::Ordering;
use scale::{EncodeLike, FullCodec};
use frame_support::storage::*;
mod lexicographic;
pub use lexicographic::*;
mod average;
pub use average::*;
mod policy;
pub use policy::*;
/// The store for a median.
///
/// `KeyPrefix` is accepted so a single set of storage values may be used to back multiple medians.
/// For all `StorageDoubleMap`s however, the hasher of the second key MUST be the identity hasher.
///
/// For all storage values present, they MUST be considered opaque to the caller and left
/// undisturbed. No assumptions may be made about their internal representation nor usage.
/// Any names or documentation comments are solely for the review of the implementation
/// itself, and are not intended to signify any potential layout nor use cases to the caller.
/// ANY external usage has undefined behavior.
pub trait MedianStore<KeyPrefix: FullCodec, MedianValue: Average + LexicographicEncoding> {
/// The policy to use when there are multiple candidate values.
const POLICY: Policy;
/// The amount of items currently present within the median's list.
type Length: StorageMap<KeyPrefix, u64, Query = u64>;
/// A store for the values currently present within the median.
///
/// The value is the amount of instances of this value within the median's list.
type Store: IterableStorageDoubleMap<KeyPrefix, MedianValue::Encoding, u64, Query = u64>;
/// A secondary store for the values currently present within the median.
type ReverseStore: IterableStorageDoubleMap<
KeyPrefix,
LexicographicReverse<MedianValue>,
(),
Query = (),
>;
/// The position of the saved median within the list of values.
///
/// This is necessary as when a value selected as the current median is present multiple times
/// within the list of values, the code does not know _which_ instance was selected as the
/// median, as necessary to know when to advance to a lesser/greater value. To resolve this, once
/// we know a value is the median value, we always set the position to the _first instance_ of
/// the value. This gives us a consistent frame of reference to decide the next steps of the
/// algorithm upon.
type Position: StorageMap<KeyPrefix, u64, Query = Option<u64>>;
/// The median value.
///
/// This may drift from the actual median while an update is performed.
type Median: StorageMap<KeyPrefix, MedianValue, Query = Option<MedianValue>>;
}
const KEY_PREFIX_ASSERT: &str = "next value in storage had a different prefix associated";
const AFTER_ASSERT: &str = "iterator yielding *after* key yielded key itself";
/// Update the median.
///
/// This function may be called at any point to correctly calculate the current median. It will do
/// so in an amount of operations linear to the distance from the stored median to the new median.
///
/// Since the distance is bounded by the amount of insertions to/removals from the median's list
/// which have yet to be handled, the following `push` and `pop` functions achieve a constant
/// amount of operations by calling this function _upon each and every invocation_. This leaves
/// solely a singular insertion/removal needing to be handled, and a maximum distance of one.
fn update_median<
KeyPrefix: FullCodec,
MedianValue: Average + LexicographicEncoding,
S: MedianStore<KeyPrefix, MedianValue>,
>(
key_prefix: impl Copy + EncodeLike<KeyPrefix>,
) {
let Some(mut existing_median_pos) = S::Position::get(key_prefix) else {
return;
};
let length = S::Length::get(key_prefix);
let target_median_pos = S::POLICY.target_median_pos(length);
let mut existing_median =
S::Median::get(key_prefix).expect("current position yet not current median");
// We first iterate up to the desired median position
{
let mut iter = {
let existing_median_key =
S::Store::hashed_key_for(key_prefix, existing_median.lexicographic_encode());
S::Store::iter_from(existing_median_key)
};
let mut existing_median_instances =
S::Store::get(key_prefix, existing_median.lexicographic_encode());
let mut next_value_first_pos;
while {
next_value_first_pos = existing_median_pos + existing_median_instances;
next_value_first_pos <= target_median_pos
} {
existing_median_pos = next_value_first_pos;
let (_key_prefix, next_value_encoding, next_value_instances) = iter
.next()
.expect("stored median was before the actual median yet no values were after it");
debug_assert_eq!(key_prefix.encode(), _key_prefix.encode(), "{KEY_PREFIX_ASSERT}");
debug_assert!(
existing_median.lexicographic_encode() != next_value_encoding,
"{AFTER_ASSERT}",
);
existing_median = MedianValue::lexicographic_decode(next_value_encoding);
existing_median_instances = next_value_instances;
}
}
// Then, we iterate down to the desired median position
{
let mut iter = {
let existing_median_key =
S::ReverseStore::hashed_key_for(key_prefix, LexicographicReverse::from(&existing_median));
S::ReverseStore::iter_keys_from(existing_median_key)
};
while existing_median_pos > target_median_pos {
let (_key_prefix, prior_value_encoding) = iter
.next()
.expect("stored median was before the actual median yet no values were after it");
debug_assert_eq!(key_prefix.encode(), _key_prefix.encode(), "{KEY_PREFIX_ASSERT}");
let prior_value = prior_value_encoding.into();
debug_assert!(prior_value != existing_median, "{AFTER_ASSERT}");
let prior_value_instances = S::Store::get(key_prefix, prior_value.lexicographic_encode());
existing_median = prior_value;
existing_median_pos -= prior_value_instances;
}
}
S::Position::set(key_prefix, Some(existing_median_pos));
S::Median::set(key_prefix, Some(existing_median));
}
/// A median.
///
/// The implementation only uses a constant amount of database operations to implement insertion
/// and removal. When instantiated over a database with logarithmic complexities (such as a radix
/// trie), this effects a median with logarithmic memory/computation complexities (not requiring
/// loading all values into memory).
///
/// This SHOULD NOT be used for small collections where the linear (or even quadratic) complexities
/// still out-perform how expensive database operations are. In those cases, the collection should
/// be written to a single storage slot, read entirely, sorted, and the median should be
/// immediately taken via indexing the value halfway through the collection.
pub trait Median<KeyPrefix: FullCodec, MedianValue: Average + LexicographicEncoding>:
MedianStore<KeyPrefix, MedianValue>
{
/// The current length of the median's list.
fn length(key_prefix: impl Copy + EncodeLike<KeyPrefix>) -> u64;
/// The current median value.
///
/// This returns `None` if no values are present.
fn median(key_prefix: impl Copy + EncodeLike<KeyPrefix>) -> Option<MedianValue>;
/// Push a new value onto the median.
///
/// If the value is already present within the existing values, the amount of times it will be
/// considered present will be incremented.
fn push(key_prefix: impl Copy + EncodeLike<KeyPrefix>, value: MedianValue);
/// Pop a value from the median.
///
/// This returns `true` if the value was present and `false` otherwise.
///
/// If the value is present within the existing values multiple times, only a single instance
/// will be removed.
fn pop(key_prefix: impl Copy + EncodeLike<KeyPrefix>, value: MedianValue) -> bool;
}
impl<
KeyPrefix: FullCodec,
MedianValue: Average + LexicographicEncoding,
S: MedianStore<KeyPrefix, MedianValue>,
> Median<KeyPrefix, MedianValue> for S
{
fn length(key_prefix: impl Copy + EncodeLike<KeyPrefix>) -> u64 {
Self::Length::get(key_prefix)
}
/*
This function assumes `Position`, `Median` are up to date. This is guaranteed by
`update_median` being called after every single `push`, `pop` call, the only defined ways to
mutate the state.
*/
fn median(key_prefix: impl Copy + EncodeLike<KeyPrefix>) -> Option<MedianValue> {
let mut current_median = Self::Median::get(key_prefix)?;
// If we're supposed to take the average, do so now
if matches!(S::POLICY, Policy::Average) {
let length = Self::length(key_prefix);
if (length % 2) == 0 {
// This will yield the target position for the lesser value in the pair
let target_median_pos_lo = Self::POLICY.target_median_pos(length);
let target_median_pos_hi = target_median_pos_lo + 1;
/*
We need to take the average of the current value and the next value, due to
`Policy::Average` internally being considered `Policy::Lesser` and solely differing here
when the median is fetched.
To fetch the next value, we first need to identify if `target_median_pos` points to the
_last instance_ of the currently selected median value. If it does not, then the next
value is another instance of this value, the average of them themselves, and we can
return now.
If `target_median_pos` does point to the last instance of the currently selected median
value, then we fetch the next key in our trie to learn the next value in order to take the
average.
*/
let current_median_pos =
Self::Position::get(key_prefix).expect("current median yet no position");
let current_median_encoding = current_median.lexicographic_encode();
let inclusions = Self::Store::get(key_prefix, &current_median_encoding);
let start_pos_of_next_value = current_median_pos + inclusions;
// Short-circuit if we are averaging two of the same value
if target_median_pos_hi < start_pos_of_next_value {
return Some(current_median);
}
let current_median_key = Self::Store::hashed_key_for(key_prefix, &current_median_encoding);
let (_key_prefix, next_encoding) = Self::Store::iter_keys_from(current_median_key)
.next()
.expect("last value in storage yet looking for value after it");
debug_assert_eq!(key_prefix.encode(), _key_prefix.encode(), "{KEY_PREFIX_ASSERT}");
debug_assert!(current_median_encoding != next_encoding, "{AFTER_ASSERT}");
let next_value = MedianValue::lexicographic_decode(next_encoding);
current_median = MedianValue::average(current_median, next_value);
}
}
Some(current_median)
}
fn push(key_prefix: impl Copy + EncodeLike<KeyPrefix>, value: MedianValue) {
// Update the length
let existing_length = Self::Length::get(key_prefix);
let new_length = existing_length + 1;
Self::Length::set(key_prefix, new_length);
// Update the amount of inclusions
let encoding = value.lexicographic_encode();
{
let existing_presences = Self::Store::get(key_prefix, &encoding);
let new_presences = existing_presences + 1;
Self::Store::set(key_prefix, &encoding, new_presences);
if existing_presences == 0 {
Self::ReverseStore::set(key_prefix, LexicographicReverse::from_encoding(encoding), ());
}
}
// If this was the first value inserted, initialize and immediately return
if existing_length == 0 {
Self::Position::set(key_prefix, Some(0));
Self::Median::set(key_prefix, Some(value));
return;
}
// Fetch the current median
let existing_median =
Self::Median::get(key_prefix).expect("values within median yet no median");
// If this value was inserted before the current median, the current median's position has
// increased
if value < existing_median {
let mut existing_median_pos =
Self::Position::get(key_prefix).expect("values within median yet no current position");
existing_median_pos += 1;
Self::Position::set(key_prefix, Some(existing_median_pos));
}
// Update the median
update_median::<_, _, Self>(key_prefix);
}
fn pop(key_prefix: impl Copy + EncodeLike<KeyPrefix>, value: MedianValue) -> bool {
let encoding = value.lexicographic_encode();
let mut inclusions = Self::Store::get(key_prefix, &encoding);
if inclusions == 0 {
return false;
}
// Update the length
let existing_length = Self::Length::get(key_prefix);
let new_length = existing_length - 1;
Self::Length::set(key_prefix, new_length);
// Update the presence within the median's list
inclusions -= 1;
if inclusions == 0 {
Self::Store::remove(key_prefix, &encoding);
Self::ReverseStore::remove(key_prefix, LexicographicReverse::from_encoding(encoding));
} else {
Self::Store::set(key_prefix, encoding, inclusions);
}
let existing_median =
Self::Median::get(key_prefix).expect("values within median yet no median");
match value.cmp(&existing_median) {
Ordering::Less => {
let mut existing_median_pos =
Self::Position::get(key_prefix).expect("values within median yet no current position");
existing_median_pos -= 1;
Self::Position::set(key_prefix, Some(existing_median_pos));
}
Ordering::Equal if inclusions == 0 => {
/*
This value was the median, then removed, leaving `Median` and `Position` in an
ill-defined state. We attempt to consider `Position` as well-defined and solely update
`Median` to also be well-defined.
This works so long `Position` still refers to a valid position within the median's list.
It may not if the median's list started with length 1 or 2, where the current position
could have referred to the last element in the list, now popped.
If the length was 1, the list is now empty, triggering its own special case.
If the length was 2, we create a well-defined (and also accurate) definition for
`Position` and `Median` by setting them to the first (and only) item within
the list.
*/
if new_length == 0 {
Self::Position::remove(key_prefix);
Self::Median::remove(key_prefix);
} else {
let mut existing_median_pos =
Self::Position::get(key_prefix).expect("values within median yet no current position");
let new_median_encoding = if existing_median_pos >= new_length {
/*
While resetting the declared median to the first item is always safe, so long as
`update_median` is called after (as done here), `update_median` has an algorithmic
complexity linear to the distance from the declared median to the correct median.
That means this can only be done, while maintaining the desired complexities, when a
bound is known on the distance from `0` to `target_median_pos`.
Since the list length is 1 in this case, per the reasoning above, the distance here
is `0`, making this a safe operation which also respects the desired complexities.
*/
Self::Position::set(key_prefix, Some(0));
Self::Store::iter_key_prefix(key_prefix)
.next()
.expect("median list isn't empty yet has no values")
} else {
let existing_median_key =
Self::Store::hashed_key_for(key_prefix, existing_median.lexicographic_encode());
let (_key_prefix, next_value_encoding) =
Self::Store::iter_keys_from(existing_median_key)
.next()
.expect("current median wasn't the last value yet no value was after");
debug_assert_eq!(key_prefix.encode(), _key_prefix.encode(), "{KEY_PREFIX_ASSERT}");
debug_assert!(
existing_median.lexicographic_encode() != next_value_encoding,
"{AFTER_ASSERT}",
);
next_value_encoding
};
Self::Median::set(
key_prefix,
Some(MedianValue::lexicographic_decode(new_median_encoding)),
);
}
}
/*
If this value is an instance of the current median, for which some remain, we consider this
as removing an instance other than the first instance which is what the position refers to.
Accordingly, we don't have to update the position.
If this is greater than the current median, then its removal does not effect the position
of the current median.
*/
Ordering::Equal | Ordering::Greater => {}
}
// Update the median
update_median::<_, _, Self>(key_prefix);
true
}
}
#[test]
fn test_median() {
use frame_support::{
Blake2_128Concat, Identity,
storage::types::{self, ValueQuery, OptionQuery},
};
use rand_core::{RngCore, OsRng};
macro_rules! prefix {
($name: ident, $prefix: expr) => {
struct $name;
impl frame_support::traits::StorageInstance for $name {
const STORAGE_PREFIX: &'static str = $prefix;
fn pallet_prefix() -> &'static str {
"median"
}
}
};
}
prefix!(PrefixLength, "Length");
prefix!(PrefixStore, "Store");
prefix!(PrefixReverse, "Reverse");
prefix!(PrefixPosition, "Position");
prefix!(PrefixMedian, "Median");
type StorageMapStruct<Prefix, Value, Query> =
types::StorageMap<Prefix, Blake2_128Concat, (), Value, Query>;
type StorageDoubleMapStruct<Prefix, Key, Value> =
types::StorageDoubleMap<Prefix, Blake2_128Concat, (), Identity, Key, Value, ValueQuery>;
macro_rules! test {
($name: ident, $policy: expr) => {
struct $name;
impl MedianStore<(), u32> for $name {
const POLICY: Policy = $policy;
type Length = StorageMapStruct<PrefixLength, u64, ValueQuery>;
type Store =
StorageDoubleMapStruct<PrefixStore, <u32 as LexicographicEncoding>::Encoding, u64>;
type ReverseStore = StorageDoubleMapStruct<PrefixReverse, LexicographicReverse<u32>, ()>;
type Position = StorageMapStruct<PrefixPosition, u64, OptionQuery>;
type Median = StorageMapStruct<PrefixMedian, u32, OptionQuery>;
}
sp_io::TestExternalities::default().execute_with(|| {
assert_eq!($name::length(()), 0);
assert_eq!($name::median(()), None);
let mut current_list = vec![];
for i in 0 .. 1000 {
'reselect: loop {
// This chooses a modulus low enough this `match` will in fact match, yet high enough
// more cases can be added without forgetting to update it being an issue
match OsRng.next_u64() % 8 {
// Push a freshly sampled value
0 => {
#[allow(clippy::cast_possible_truncation)]
let push = OsRng.next_u64() as u32;
current_list.push(push);
current_list.sort();
$name::push((), push);
}
// Push an existing value
1 if !current_list.is_empty() => {
let i =
usize::try_from(OsRng.next_u64() % u64::try_from(current_list.len()).unwrap())
.unwrap();
let push = current_list[i];
current_list.push(push);
current_list.sort();
$name::push((), push);
}
// Remove an existing value
2 if !current_list.is_empty() => {
let i =
usize::try_from(OsRng.next_u64() % u64::try_from(current_list.len()).unwrap())
.unwrap();
let pop = current_list.remove(i);
assert!($name::pop((), pop));
}
// Remove a value which is not present
3 => {
#[allow(clippy::cast_possible_truncation)]
let pop = OsRng.next_u64() as u32;
if current_list.contains(&pop) {
continue 'reselect;
}
assert!(!$name::pop((), pop));
}
_ => continue 'reselect,
}
break 'reselect;
}
assert_eq!(
$name::length(()),
u64::try_from(current_list.len()).unwrap(),
"length differs on iteration: {i}",
);
let target_median_pos =
$policy.target_median_pos(u64::try_from(current_list.len()).unwrap());
let target_median_pos = usize::try_from(target_median_pos).unwrap();
let expected = (!current_list.is_empty()).then(|| match $policy {
Policy::Greater | Policy::Lesser => current_list[target_median_pos],
Policy::Average => {
if (current_list.len() % 2) == 0 {
u32::average(current_list[target_median_pos], current_list[target_median_pos + 1])
} else {
current_list[target_median_pos]
}
}
});
assert_eq!($name::median(()), expected, "median differs on iteration: {i}");
}
});
};
}
test!(Greater, Policy::Greater);
test!(Lesser, Policy::Lesser);
test!(Average, Policy::Average);
}