quantity.go

/*
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package resource

import (
	"bytes"
	"errors"
	"fmt"
	"math/big"
	"regexp"
	"strconv"
	"strings"

	flag "github.com/spf13/pflag"

	"github.com/go-openapi/spec"
	inf "gopkg.in/inf.v0"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/genericapiserver/openapi/common"
)

// Quantity is a fixed-point representation of a number.
// It provides convenient marshaling/unmarshaling in JSON and YAML,
// in addition to String() and Int64() accessors.
//
// The serialization format is:
//
// <quantity>        ::= <signedNumber><suffix>
//   (Note that <suffix> may be empty, from the "" case in <decimalSI>.)
// <digit>           ::= 0 | 1 | ... | 9
// <digits>          ::= <digit> | <digit><digits>
// <number>          ::= <digits> | <digits>.<digits> | <digits>. | .<digits>
// <sign>            ::= "+" | "-"
// <signedNumber>    ::= <number> | <sign><number>
// <suffix>          ::= <binarySI> | <decimalExponent> | <decimalSI>
// <binarySI>        ::= Ki | Mi | Gi | Ti | Pi | Ei
//   (International System of units; See: http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html)
// <decimalSI>       ::= m | "" | k | M | G | T | P | E
//   (Note that 1024 = 1Ki but 1000 = 1k; I didn't choose the capitalization.)
// <decimalExponent> ::= "e" <signedNumber> | "E" <signedNumber>
//
// No matter which of the three exponent forms is used, no quantity may represent
// a number greater than 2^63-1 in magnitude, nor may it have more than 3 decimal
// places. Numbers larger or more precise will be capped or rounded up.
// (E.g.: 0.1m will rounded up to 1m.)
// This may be extended in the future if we require larger or smaller quantities.
//
// When a Quantity is parsed from a string, it will remember the type of suffix
// it had, and will use the same type again when it is serialized.
//
// Before serializing, Quantity will be put in "canonical form".
// This means that Exponent/suffix will be adjusted up or down (with a
// corresponding increase or decrease in Mantissa) such that:
//   a. No precision is lost
//   b. No fractional digits will be emitted
//   c. The exponent (or suffix) is as large as possible.
// The sign will be omitted unless the number is negative.
//
// Examples:
//   1.5 will be serialized as "1500m"
//   1.5Gi will be serialized as "1536Mi"
//
// NOTE: We reserve the right to amend this canonical format, perhaps to
//   allow 1.5 to be canonical.
// TODO: Remove above disclaimer after all bikeshedding about format is over,
//   or after March 2015.
//
// Note that the quantity will NEVER be internally represented by a
// floating point number. That is the whole point of this exercise.
//
// Non-canonical values will still parse as long as they are well formed,
// but will be re-emitted in their canonical form. (So always use canonical
// form, or don't diff.)
//
// This format is intended to make it difficult to use these numbers without
// writing some sort of special handling code in the hopes that that will
// cause implementors to also use a fixed point implementation.
//
// +protobuf=true
// +protobuf.embed=string
// +protobuf.options.marshal=false
// +protobuf.options.(gogoproto.goproto_stringer)=false
// +k8s:openapi-gen=true
type Quantity struct {
	// i is the quantity in int64 scaled form, if d.Dec == nil
	i int64Amount
	// d is the quantity in inf.Dec form if d.Dec != nil
	d infDecAmount
	// s is the generated value of this quantity to avoid recalculation
	s string

	// Change Format at will. See the comment for Canonicalize for
	// more details.
	Format
}

// CanonicalValue allows a quantity amount to be converted to a string.
type CanonicalValue interface {
	// AsCanonicalBytes returns a byte array representing the string representation
	// of the value mantissa and an int32 representing its exponent in base-10. Callers may
	// pass a byte slice to the method to avoid allocations.
	AsCanonicalBytes(out []byte) ([]byte, int32)
	// AsCanonicalBase1024Bytes returns a byte array representing the string representation
	// of the value mantissa and an int32 representing its exponent in base-1024. Callers
	// may pass a byte slice to the method to avoid allocations.
	AsCanonicalBase1024Bytes(out []byte) ([]byte, int32)
}

// Format lists the three possible formattings of a quantity.
type Format string

const (
	DecimalExponent = Format("DecimalExponent") // e.g., 12e6
	BinarySI        = Format("BinarySI")        // e.g., 12Mi (12 * 2^20)
	DecimalSI       = Format("DecimalSI")       // e.g., 12M  (12 * 10^6)
)

// MustParse turns the given string into a quantity or panics; for tests
// or others cases where you know the string is valid.
func MustParse(str string) Quantity {
	q, err := ParseQuantity(str)
	if err != nil {
		panic(fmt.Errorf("cannot parse '%v': %v", str, err))
	}
	return q
}

const (
	// splitREString is used to separate a number from its suffix; as such,
	// this is overly permissive, but that's OK-- it will be checked later.
	splitREString = "^([+-]?[0-9.]+)([eEinumkKMGTP]*[-+]?[0-9]*)$"
)

var (
	// splitRE is used to get the various parts of a number.
	splitRE = regexp.MustCompile(splitREString)

	// Errors that could happen while parsing a string.
	ErrFormatWrong = errors.New("quantities must match the regular expression '" + splitREString + "'")
	ErrNumeric     = errors.New("unable to parse numeric part of quantity")
	ErrSuffix      = errors.New("unable to parse quantity's suffix")
)

// parseQuantityString is a fast scanner for quantity values.
func parseQuantityString(str string) (positive bool, value, num, denom, suffix string, err error) {
	positive = true
	pos := 0
	end := len(str)

	// handle leading sign
	if pos < end {
		switch str[0] {
		case '-':
			positive = false
			pos++
		case '+':
			pos++
		}
	}

	// strip leading zeros
Zeroes:
	for i := pos; ; i++ {
		if i >= end {
			num = "0"
			value = num
			return
		}
		switch str[i] {
		case '0':
			pos++
		default:
			break Zeroes
		}
	}

	// extract the numerator
Num:
	for i := pos; ; i++ {
		if i >= end {
			num = str[pos:end]
			value = str[0:end]
			return
		}
		switch str[i] {
		case '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9':
		default:
			num = str[pos:i]
			pos = i
			break Num
		}
	}

	// if we stripped all numerator positions, always return 0
	if len(num) == 0 {
		num = "0"
	}

	// handle a denominator
	if pos < end && str[pos] == '.' {
		pos++
	Denom:
		for i := pos; ; i++ {
			if i >= end {
				denom = str[pos:end]
				value = str[0:end]
				return
			}
			switch str[i] {
			case '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9':
			default:
				denom = str[pos:i]
				pos = i
				break Denom
			}
		}
		// TODO: we currently allow 1.G, but we may not want to in the future.
		// if len(denom) == 0 {
		// 	err = ErrFormatWrong
		// 	return
		// }
	}
	value = str[0:pos]

	// grab the elements of the suffix
	suffixStart := pos
	for i := pos; ; i++ {
		if i >= end {
			suffix = str[suffixStart:end]
			return
		}
		if !strings.ContainsAny(str[i:i+1], "eEinumkKMGTP") {
			pos = i
			break
		}
	}
	if pos < end {
		switch str[pos] {
		case '-', '+':
			pos++
		}
	}
Suffix:
	for i := pos; ; i++ {
		if i >= end {
			suffix = str[suffixStart:end]
			return
		}
		switch str[i] {
		case '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9':
		default:
			break Suffix
		}
	}
	// we encountered a non decimal in the Suffix loop, but the last character
	// was not a valid exponent
	err = ErrFormatWrong
	return
}

// ParseQuantity turns str into a Quantity, or returns an error.
func ParseQuantity(str string) (Quantity, error) {
	if len(str) == 0 {
		return Quantity{}, ErrFormatWrong
	}
	if str == "0" {
		return Quantity{Format: DecimalSI, s: str}, nil
	}

	positive, value, num, denom, suf, err := parseQuantityString(str)
	if err != nil {
		return Quantity{}, err
	}

	base, exponent, format, ok := quantitySuffixer.interpret(suffix(suf))
	if !ok {
		return Quantity{}, ErrSuffix
	}

	precision := int32(0)
	scale := int32(0)
	mantissa := int64(1)
	switch format {
	case DecimalExponent, DecimalSI:
		scale = exponent
		precision = maxInt64Factors - int32(len(num)+len(denom))
	case BinarySI:
		scale = 0
		switch {
		case exponent >= 0 && len(denom) == 0:
			// only handle positive binary numbers with the fast path
			mantissa = int64(int64(mantissa) << uint64(exponent))
			// 1Mi (2^20) has ~6 digits of decimal precision, so exponent*3/10 -1 is roughly the precision
			precision = 15 - int32(len(num)) - int32(float32(exponent)*3/10) - 1
		default:
			precision = -1
		}
	}

	if precision >= 0 {
		// if we have a denominator, shift the entire value to the left by the number of places in the
		// denominator
		scale -= int32(len(denom))
		if scale >= int32(Nano) {
			shifted := num + denom

			var value int64
			value, err := strconv.ParseInt(shifted, 10, 64)
			if err != nil {
				return Quantity{}, ErrNumeric
			}
			if result, ok := int64Multiply(value, int64(mantissa)); ok {
				if !positive {
					result = -result
				}
				// if the number is in canonical form, reuse the string
				switch format {
				case BinarySI:
					if exponent%10 == 0 && (value&0x07 != 0) {
						return Quantity{i: int64Amount{value: result, scale: Scale(scale)}, Format: format, s: str}, nil
					}
				default:
					if scale%3 == 0 && !strings.HasSuffix(shifted, "000") && shifted[0] != '0' {
						return Quantity{i: int64Amount{value: result, scale: Scale(scale)}, Format: format, s: str}, nil
					}
				}
				return Quantity{i: int64Amount{value: result, scale: Scale(scale)}, Format: format}, nil
			}
		}
	}

	amount := new(inf.Dec)
	if _, ok := amount.SetString(value); !ok {
		return Quantity{}, ErrNumeric
	}

	// So that no one but us has to think about suffixes, remove it.
	if base == 10 {
		amount.SetScale(amount.Scale() + Scale(exponent).infScale())
	} else if base == 2 {
		// numericSuffix = 2 ** exponent
		numericSuffix := big.NewInt(1).Lsh(bigOne, uint(exponent))
		ub := amount.UnscaledBig()
		amount.SetUnscaledBig(ub.Mul(ub, numericSuffix))
	}

	// Cap at min/max bounds.
	sign := amount.Sign()
	if sign == -1 {
		amount.Neg(amount)
	}

	// This rounds non-zero values up to the minimum representable value, under the theory that
	// if you want some resources, you should get some resources, even if you asked for way too small
	// of an amount.  Arguably, this should be inf.RoundHalfUp (normal rounding), but that would have
	// the side effect of rounding values < .5n to zero.
	if v, ok := amount.Unscaled(); v != int64(0) || !ok {
		amount.Round(amount, Nano.infScale(), inf.RoundUp)
	}

	// The max is just a simple cap.
	// TODO: this prevents accumulating quantities greater than int64, for instance quota across a cluster
	if format == BinarySI && amount.Cmp(maxAllowed.Dec) > 0 {
		amount.Set(maxAllowed.Dec)
	}

	if format == BinarySI && amount.Cmp(decOne) < 0 && amount.Cmp(decZero) > 0 {
		// This avoids rounding and hopefully confusion, too.
		format = DecimalSI
	}
	if sign == -1 {
		amount.Neg(amount)
	}

	return Quantity{d: infDecAmount{amount}, Format: format}, nil
}

// DeepCopy returns a deep-copy of the Quantity value.  Note that the method
// receiver is a value, so we can mutate it in-place and return it.
func (q Quantity) DeepCopy() Quantity {
	if q.d.Dec != nil {
		tmp := &inf.Dec{}
		q.d.Dec = tmp.Set(q.d.Dec)
	}
	return q
}

// OpenAPIDefinition returns openAPI definition for this type.
func (_ Quantity) OpenAPIDefinition() common.OpenAPIDefinition {
	return common.OpenAPIDefinition{
		Schema: spec.Schema{
			SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
				Type:   []string{"string"},
				Format: "",
			},
		},
	}
}

// CanonicalizeBytes returns the canonical form of q and its suffix (see comment on Quantity).
//
// Note about BinarySI:
// * If q.Format is set to BinarySI and q.Amount represents a non-zero value between
//   -1 and +1, it will be emitted as if q.Format were DecimalSI.
// * Otherwise, if q.Format is set to BinarySI, frational parts of q.Amount will be
//   rounded up. (1.1i becomes 2i.)
func (q *Quantity) CanonicalizeBytes(out []byte) (result, suffix []byte) {
	if q.IsZero() {
		return zeroBytes, nil
	}

	var rounded CanonicalValue
	format := q.Format
	switch format {
	case DecimalExponent, DecimalSI:
	case BinarySI:
		if q.CmpInt64(-1024) > 0 && q.CmpInt64(1024) < 0 {
			// This avoids rounding and hopefully confusion, too.
			format = DecimalSI
		} else {
			var exact bool
			if rounded, exact = q.AsScale(0); !exact {
				// Don't lose precision-- show as DecimalSI
				format = DecimalSI
			}
		}
	default:
		format = DecimalExponent
	}

	// TODO: If BinarySI formatting is requested but would cause rounding, upgrade to
	// one of the other formats.
	switch format {
	case DecimalExponent, DecimalSI:
		number, exponent := q.AsCanonicalBytes(out)
		suffix, _ := quantitySuffixer.constructBytes(10, exponent, format)
		return number, suffix
	default:
		// format must be BinarySI
		number, exponent := rounded.AsCanonicalBase1024Bytes(out)
		suffix, _ := quantitySuffixer.constructBytes(2, exponent*10, format)
		return number, suffix
	}
}

// AsInt64 returns a representation of the current value as an int64 if a fast conversion
// is possible. If false is returned, callers must use the inf.Dec form of this quantity.
func (q *Quantity) AsInt64() (int64, bool) {
	if q.d.Dec != nil {
		return 0, false
	}
	return q.i.AsInt64()
}

// ToDec promotes the quantity in place to use an inf.Dec representation and returns itself.
func (q *Quantity) ToDec() *Quantity {
	if q.d.Dec == nil {
		q.d.Dec = q.i.AsDec()
		q.i = int64Amount{}
	}
	return q
}

// AsDec returns the quantity as represented by a scaled inf.Dec.
func (q *Quantity) AsDec() *inf.Dec {
	if q.d.Dec != nil {
		return q.d.Dec
	}
	q.d.Dec = q.i.AsDec()
	q.i = int64Amount{}
	return q.d.Dec
}

// AsCanonicalBytes returns the canonical byte representation of this quantity as a mantissa
// and base 10 exponent. The out byte slice may be passed to the method to avoid an extra
// allocation.
func (q *Quantity) AsCanonicalBytes(out []byte) (result []byte, exponent int32) {
	if q.d.Dec != nil {
		return q.d.AsCanonicalBytes(out)
	}
	return q.i.AsCanonicalBytes(out)
}

// IsZero returns true if the quantity is equal to zero.
func (q *Quantity) IsZero() bool {
	if q.d.Dec != nil {
		return q.d.Dec.Sign() == 0
	}
	return q.i.value == 0
}

// Sign returns 0 if the quantity is zero, -1 if the quantity is less than zero, or 1 if the
// quantity is greater than zero.
func (q *Quantity) Sign() int {
	if q.d.Dec != nil {
		return q.d.Dec.Sign()
	}
	return q.i.Sign()
}

// AsScaled returns the current value, rounded up to the provided scale, and returns
// false if the scale resulted in a loss of precision.
func (q *Quantity) AsScale(scale Scale) (CanonicalValue, bool) {
	if q.d.Dec != nil {
		return q.d.AsScale(scale)
	}
	return q.i.AsScale(scale)
}

// RoundUp updates the quantity to the provided scale, ensuring that the value is at
// least 1. False is returned if the rounding operation resulted in a loss of precision.
// Negative numbers are rounded away from zero (-9 scale 1 rounds to -10).
func (q *Quantity) RoundUp(scale Scale) bool {
	if q.d.Dec != nil {
		q.s = ""
		d, exact := q.d.AsScale(scale)
		q.d = d
		return exact
	}
	// avoid clearing the string value if we have already calculated it
	if q.i.scale >= scale {
		return true
	}
	q.s = ""
	i, exact := q.i.AsScale(scale)
	q.i = i
	return exact
}

// Add adds the provide y quantity to the current value. If the current value is zero,
// the format of the quantity will be updated to the format of y.
func (q *Quantity) Add(y Quantity) {
	q.s = ""
	if q.d.Dec == nil && y.d.Dec == nil {
		if q.i.value == 0 {
			q.Format = y.Format
		}
		if q.i.Add(y.i) {
			return
		}
	} else if q.IsZero() {
		q.Format = y.Format
	}
	q.ToDec().d.Dec.Add(q.d.Dec, y.AsDec())
}

// Sub subtracts the provided quantity from the current value in place. If the current
// value is zero, the format of the quantity will be updated to the format of y.
func (q *Quantity) Sub(y Quantity) {
	q.s = ""
	if q.IsZero() {
		q.Format = y.Format
	}
	if q.d.Dec == nil && y.d.Dec == nil && q.i.Sub(y.i) {
		return
	}
	q.ToDec().d.Dec.Sub(q.d.Dec, y.AsDec())
}

// Cmp returns 0 if the quantity is equal to y, -1 if the quantity is less than y, or 1 if the
// quantity is greater than y.
func (q *Quantity) Cmp(y Quantity) int {
	if q.d.Dec == nil && y.d.Dec == nil {
		return q.i.Cmp(y.i)
	}
	return q.AsDec().Cmp(y.AsDec())
}

// CmpInt64 returns 0 if the quantity is equal to y, -1 if the quantity is less than y, or 1 if the
// quantity is greater than y.
func (q *Quantity) CmpInt64(y int64) int {
	if q.d.Dec != nil {
		return q.d.Dec.Cmp(inf.NewDec(y, inf.Scale(0)))
	}
	return q.i.Cmp(int64Amount{value: y})
}

// Neg sets quantity to be the negative value of itself.
func (q *Quantity) Neg() {
	q.s = ""
	if q.d.Dec == nil {
		q.i.value = -q.i.value
		return
	}
	q.d.Dec.Neg(q.d.Dec)
}

// int64QuantityExpectedBytes is the expected width in bytes of the canonical string representation
// of most Quantity values.
const int64QuantityExpectedBytes = 18

// String formats the Quantity as a string, caching the result if not calculated.
// String is an expensive operation and caching this result significantly reduces the cost of
// normal parse / marshal operations on Quantity.
func (q *Quantity) String() string {
	if len(q.s) == 0 {
		result := make([]byte, 0, int64QuantityExpectedBytes)
		number, suffix := q.CanonicalizeBytes(result)
		number = append(number, suffix...)
		q.s = string(number)
	}
	return q.s
}

// MarshalJSON implements the json.Marshaller interface.
func (q Quantity) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
	if len(q.s) > 0 {
		out := make([]byte, len(q.s)+2)
		out[0], out[len(out)-1] = '"', '"'
		copy(out[1:], q.s)
		return out, nil
	}
	result := make([]byte, int64QuantityExpectedBytes, int64QuantityExpectedBytes)
	result[0] = '"'
	number, suffix := q.CanonicalizeBytes(result[1:1])
	// if the same slice was returned to us that we passed in, avoid another allocation by copying number into
	// the source slice and returning that
	if len(number) > 0 && &number[0] == &result[1] && (len(number)+len(suffix)+2) <= int64QuantityExpectedBytes {
		number = append(number, suffix...)
		number = append(number, '"')
		return result[:1+len(number)], nil
	}
	// if CanonicalizeBytes needed more space than our slice provided, we may need to allocate again so use
	// append
	result = result[:1]
	result = append(result, number...)
	result = append(result, suffix...)
	result = append(result, '"')
	return result, nil
}

// UnmarshalJSON implements the json.Unmarshaller interface.
// TODO: Remove support for leading/trailing whitespace
func (q *Quantity) UnmarshalJSON(value []byte) error {
	l := len(value)
	if l == 4 && bytes.Equal(value, []byte("null")) {
		q.d.Dec = nil
		q.i = int64Amount{}
		return nil
	}
	if l >= 2 && value[0] == '"' && value[l-1] == '"' {
		value = value[1 : l-1]
	}

	parsed, err := ParseQuantity(strings.TrimSpace(string(value)))
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	// This copy is safe because parsed will not be referred to again.
	*q = parsed
	return nil
}

// NewQuantity returns a new Quantity representing the given
// value in the given format.
func NewQuantity(value int64, format Format) *Quantity {
	return &Quantity{
		i:      int64Amount{value: value},
		Format: format,
	}
}

// NewMilliQuantity returns a new Quantity representing the given
// value * 1/1000 in the given format. Note that BinarySI formatting
// will round fractional values, and will be changed to DecimalSI for
// values x where (-1 < x < 1) && (x != 0).
func NewMilliQuantity(value int64, format Format) *Quantity {
	return &Quantity{
		i:      int64Amount{value: value, scale: -3},
		Format: format,
	}
}

// NewScaledQuantity returns a new Quantity representing the given
// value * 10^scale in DecimalSI format.
func NewScaledQuantity(value int64, scale Scale) *Quantity {
	return &Quantity{
		i:      int64Amount{value: value, scale: scale},
		Format: DecimalSI,
	}
}

// Value returns the value of q; any fractional part will be lost.
func (q *Quantity) Value() int64 {
	return q.ScaledValue(0)
}

// MilliValue returns the value of ceil(q * 1000); this could overflow an int64;
// if that's a concern, call Value() first to verify the number is small enough.
func (q *Quantity) MilliValue() int64 {
	return q.ScaledValue(Milli)
}

// ScaledValue returns the value of ceil(q * 10^scale); this could overflow an int64.
// To detect overflow, call Value() first and verify the expected magnitude.
func (q *Quantity) ScaledValue(scale Scale) int64 {
	if q.d.Dec == nil {
		i, _ := q.i.AsScaledInt64(scale)
		return i
	}
	dec := q.d.Dec
	return scaledValue(dec.UnscaledBig(), int(dec.Scale()), int(scale.infScale()))
}

// Set sets q's value to be value.
func (q *Quantity) Set(value int64) {
	q.SetScaled(value, 0)
}

// SetMilli sets q's value to be value * 1/1000.
func (q *Quantity) SetMilli(value int64) {
	q.SetScaled(value, Milli)
}

// SetScaled sets q's value to be value * 10^scale
func (q *Quantity) SetScaled(value int64, scale Scale) {
	q.s = ""
	q.d.Dec = nil
	q.i = int64Amount{value: value, scale: scale}
}

// Copy is a convenience function that makes a deep copy for you. Non-deep
// copies of quantities share pointers and you will regret that.
func (q *Quantity) Copy() *Quantity {
	if q.d.Dec == nil {
		return &Quantity{
			s:      q.s,
			i:      q.i,
			Format: q.Format,
		}
	}
	tmp := &inf.Dec{}
	return &Quantity{
		s:      q.s,
		d:      infDecAmount{tmp.Set(q.d.Dec)},
		Format: q.Format,
	}
}

// qFlag is a helper type for the Flag function
type qFlag struct {
	dest *Quantity
}

// Sets the value of the internal Quantity. (used by flag & pflag)
func (qf qFlag) Set(val string) error {
	q, err := ParseQuantity(val)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	// This copy is OK because q will not be referenced again.
	*qf.dest = q
	return nil
}

// Converts the value of the internal Quantity to a string. (used by flag & pflag)
func (qf qFlag) String() string {
	return qf.dest.String()
}

// States the type of flag this is (Quantity). (used by pflag)
func (qf qFlag) Type() string {
	return "quantity"
}

// QuantityFlag is a helper that makes a quantity flag (using standard flag package).
// Will panic if defaultValue is not a valid quantity.
func QuantityFlag(flagName, defaultValue, description string) *Quantity {
	q := MustParse(defaultValue)
	flag.Var(NewQuantityFlagValue(&q), flagName, description)
	return &q
}

// NewQuantityFlagValue returns an object that can be used to back a flag,
// pointing at the given Quantity variable.
func NewQuantityFlagValue(q *Quantity) flag.Value {
	return qFlag{q}
}