PagedFile.java

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package org.neo4j.io.pagecache;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * The representation of a file that has been mapped into the associated page cache.
 */
public interface PagedFile extends AutoCloseable
{
    /**
     * Pin the pages with a shared lock.
     * <p>
     * This implies {@link org.neo4j.io.pagecache.PagedFile#PF_NO_GROW}, since
     * pages under read locks cannot be safely written to anyway, so there's
     * no point in trying to go beyond the end of the file.
     * <p>
     * This cannot be combined with {@link #PF_SHARED_WRITE_LOCK}.
     */
    int PF_SHARED_READ_LOCK = 1;
    /**
     * Pin the pages with a shared write lock.
     * <p>
     * This will mark the pages as dirty, and caused them to be flushed, if they are evicted.
     * <p>
     * Note that write locks are <em>not</em> exclusive. You must use other means to coordinate access to the data on
     * the pages. The write lock only means that the page will not be concurrently evicted.
     * <p>
     * This cannot be combined with {@link #PF_SHARED_READ_LOCK}.
     */
    int PF_SHARED_WRITE_LOCK = 1 << 1;
    /**
     * Disallow pinning and navigating to pages outside the range of the
     * underlying file.
     */
    int PF_NO_GROW = 1 << 2;
    /**
     * Read-ahead hint for sequential forward scanning.
     */
    int PF_READ_AHEAD = 1 << 3; // TBD
    /**
     * Do not load in the page if it is not loaded already. Only useful with
     * exclusive locking when you want to overwrite the whole page anyway.
     */
    int PF_NO_FAULT = 1 << 4; // TBD
    /**
     * Do not update page access statistics.
     */
    int PF_TRANSIENT = 1 << 5; // TBD

    /**
     * Initiate an IO interaction with the contents of the paged file.
     * <p>
     * The basic structure of an interaction looks like this:
     * <pre><code>
     *     try ( PageCursor cursor = pagedFile.io( startingPageId, intentFlags ) )
     *     {
     *         if ( cursor.next() )
     *         {
     *             do
     *             {
     *                 // perform read or write operations on the page
     *             }
     *             while ( cursor.shouldRetry() );
     *         }
     *     }
     * </code></pre>
     * {@link org.neo4j.io.pagecache.PageCursor PageCursors} are {@link AutoCloseable}, so interacting with them
     * using <em>try-with-resources</em> is recommended.
     * <p>
     * The returned PageCursor is initially not bound, so {@link PageCursor#next() next} must be called on it before it
     * can be used.
     * <p>
     * The first {@code next} call will advance the cursor to the initial page, as given by the {@code pageId}
     * parameter. Until then, the cursor won't be bound to any page, the {@link PageCursor#getCurrentPageId()} method
     * will return the {@link org.neo4j.io.pagecache.PageCursor#UNBOUND_PAGE_ID} constant, and attempts at reading from
     * or writing to the cursor will throw a {@link NullPointerException}.
     * <p>
     * After the {@code next} call, if it returns {@code true}, the cursor will be bound to a page, and the get and put
     * methods will access that page.
     * <p>
     * After a call to {@link PageCursor#rewind()}, the cursor will return to its initial state.
     * <p>
     * The {@code pf_flags} argument expresses the intent of the IO operation. It is a bitmap that combines various
     * {@code PF_*} constants. You must always specify your desired locking behaviour, with either
     * {@link org.neo4j.io.pagecache.PagedFile#PF_SHARED_WRITE_LOCK} or
     * {@link org.neo4j.io.pagecache.PagedFile#PF_SHARED_READ_LOCK}.
     * <p>
     * The two locking modes cannot be combined, but other intents can be combined with them. For instance, if you want
     * to write to a page, but also make sure that you don't write beyond the end of the file, then you can express your
     * intent with {@code PF_SHARED_WRITE_LOCK | PF_NO_GROW} – note how the flags are combined with a bitwise-OR operator.
     * Arithmetic addition can also be used, but might not make it as clear that we are dealing with a bit-set.
     *
     * @param pageId The initial file-page-id, that the cursor will be bound to
     * after the first call to <code>next</code>.
     * @param pf_flags A bitmap of <code>PF_*</code> constants composed with
     * the bitwise-OR operator, that expresses the desired
     * locking behaviour, and other hints.
     * @return A PageCursor in its initial unbound state.
     * Never <code>null</code>.
     * @throws IOException if there was an error accessing the underlying file.
     */
    PageCursor io( long pageId, int pf_flags ) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Get the size of the file-pages, in bytes.
     */
    int pageSize();

    /**
     * Flush all dirty pages into the file channel, and force the file channel to disk.
     */
    void flushAndForce() throws IOException;

    /**
     * Flush all dirty pages into the file channel, and force the file channel to disk, but limit the rate of IO as
     * advised by the given IOPSLimiter.
     * @param limiter The {@link IOLimiter} that determines if pauses or sleeps should be injected into the flushing
     * process to keep the IO rate down.
     */
    void flushAndForce( IOLimiter limiter ) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Get the file-page-id of the last page in the file.
     * <p>
     * This will return <em>a negative number</em> (not necessarily -1) if the file is completely empty.
     *
     * @throws IllegalStateException if this file has been unmapped
     */
    long getLastPageId() throws IOException;

    /**
     * Release a handle to a paged file.
     * <p>
     * If this is the last handle to the file, it will be flushed and closed.
     * <p>
     * Note that this operation assumes that there are no write page cursors open on the paged file. If there are, then
     * their writes may be lost, as they might miss the last flush that can happen on their data.
     *
     * @throws IOException instead of the Exception superclass as defined in AutoCloseable, if .
     * @see AutoCloseable#close()
     */
    void close() throws IOException;
}