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lancedb-gatefixer[bot] c1a8c3f089 fix(node): validate inferred types across records (#3786)
## Summary

- compare inferred Arrow types by their semantic representation across
records
- throw the schema inference error when a later record has an
incompatible type
- cover compatible and incompatible multi-record inference across
supported Arrow versions

## Root cause

Schema inference compared newly allocated Arrow DataType objects by
identity, so equivalent inferred types did not compare equal. The
mismatch path also constructed an Error without throwing it, which
silently accepted incompatible values.

## Validation

- pnpm test __test__/arrow.test.ts --runInBand (176 tests passed)
- pnpm lint
- pnpm build
- pnpm run docs

Fixes #3781

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TypeScript

// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright The LanceDB Authors
import {
Data as ArrowData,
Table as ArrowTable,
Binary,
BufferType,
DataType,
DateUnit,
Date_,
Decimal,
Dictionary,
Duration,
Field,
FixedSizeBinary,
FixedSizeList,
Float,
Float32,
Int,
LargeBinary,
List,
Null,
Precision,
RecordBatch,
RecordBatchFileReader,
RecordBatchFileWriter,
RecordBatchStreamWriter,
Schema,
Struct,
Timestamp,
Type,
Utf8,
Vector,
makeVector as arrowMakeVector,
util as arrowUtil,
vectorFromArray as badVectorFromArray,
makeBuilder,
makeData,
} from "apache-arrow";
import { Buffers } from "apache-arrow/data";
import { typedArrayToArrowType } from "./arrow_type";
import { type EmbeddingFunction } from "./embedding/embedding_function";
import {
EmbeddingFunctionConfig,
getRegistry,
parseEmbeddingMetadata,
} from "./embedding/registry";
import {
sanitizeField,
sanitizeSchema,
sanitizeTable,
sanitizeType,
} from "./sanitize";
import { inferSchema } from "./schema";
export * from "apache-arrow";
export type SchemaLike =
| Schema
| {
fields: FieldLike[];
metadata: Map<string, string>;
get names(): unknown[];
};
export type FieldLike =
| Field
| {
type: string;
name: string;
nullable: boolean;
metadata?: Map<string, string>;
};
export type DataLike =
// biome-ignore lint/suspicious/noExplicitAny: <explanation>
| import("apache-arrow").Data<Struct<any>>
| {
// biome-ignore lint/suspicious/noExplicitAny: <explanation>
type: any;
length: number;
offset: number;
stride: number;
nullable: boolean;
children: DataLike[];
get nullCount(): number;
// biome-ignore lint/suspicious/noExplicitAny: <explanation>
values: Buffers<any>[BufferType.DATA];
// biome-ignore lint/suspicious/noExplicitAny: <explanation>
typeIds: Buffers<any>[BufferType.TYPE];
// biome-ignore lint/suspicious/noExplicitAny: <explanation>
nullBitmap: Buffers<any>[BufferType.VALIDITY];
// biome-ignore lint/suspicious/noExplicitAny: <explanation>
valueOffsets: Buffers<any>[BufferType.OFFSET];
};
export type RecordBatchLike =
| RecordBatch
| {
schema: SchemaLike;
data: DataLike;
};
export type TableLike =
| ArrowTable
| { schema: SchemaLike; batches: RecordBatchLike[] };
export type IntoVector =
| Float32Array
| Float64Array
| Uint8Array
| number[]
| Promise<Float32Array | Float64Array | Uint8Array | number[]>;
export type MultiVector = IntoVector[];
export function isMultiVector(value: unknown): value is MultiVector {
return Array.isArray(value) && isIntoVector(value[0]);
}
// Float16Array is not in TypeScript's standard lib yet; access dynamically
type Float16ArrayCtor = new (
...args: unknown[]
) => { buffer: ArrayBuffer; byteOffset: number; byteLength: number };
const float16ArrayCtor = (globalThis as unknown as Record<string, unknown>)
.Float16Array as Float16ArrayCtor | undefined;
export function isIntoVector(value: unknown): value is IntoVector {
return (
value instanceof Float32Array ||
value instanceof Float64Array ||
value instanceof Uint8Array ||
(float16ArrayCtor !== undefined && value instanceof float16ArrayCtor) ||
(Array.isArray(value) && !Array.isArray(value[0]))
);
}
/**
* Extract the underlying byte buffer and data type from a typed array
* for passing to the Rust NAPI layer without precision loss.
*/
export function extractVectorBuffer(
vector: Float32Array | Float64Array | Uint8Array,
): { data: Uint8Array; dtype: string } | null {
if (float16ArrayCtor !== undefined && vector instanceof float16ArrayCtor) {
return {
data: new Uint8Array(vector.buffer, vector.byteOffset, vector.byteLength),
dtype: "float16",
};
}
if (vector instanceof Float64Array) {
return {
data: new Uint8Array(vector.buffer, vector.byteOffset, vector.byteLength),
dtype: "float64",
};
}
if (vector instanceof Uint8Array && !(vector instanceof Float32Array)) {
return { data: vector, dtype: "uint8" };
}
return null;
}
export function isArrowTable(value: object): value is TableLike {
if (value instanceof ArrowTable) return true;
return "schema" in value && "batches" in value;
}
export function isNull(value: unknown): value is Null {
return value instanceof Null || DataType.isNull(value);
}
export function isInt(value: unknown): value is Int {
return value instanceof Int || DataType.isInt(value);
}
export function isFloat(value: unknown): value is Float {
return value instanceof Float || DataType.isFloat(value);
}
export function isBinary(value: unknown): value is Binary {
return value instanceof Binary || DataType.isBinary(value);
}
export function isLargeBinary(value: unknown): value is LargeBinary {
return value instanceof LargeBinary || DataType.isLargeBinary(value);
}
export function isUtf8(value: unknown): value is Utf8 {
return value instanceof Utf8 || DataType.isUtf8(value);
}
export function isLargeUtf8(value: unknown): value is Utf8 {
return value instanceof Utf8 || DataType.isLargeUtf8(value);
}
export function isBool(value: unknown): value is Utf8 {
return value instanceof Utf8 || DataType.isBool(value);
}
export function isDecimal(value: unknown): value is Utf8 {
return value instanceof Utf8 || DataType.isDecimal(value);
}
export function isDate(value: unknown): value is Utf8 {
return value instanceof Utf8 || DataType.isDate(value);
}
export function isTime(value: unknown): value is Utf8 {
return value instanceof Utf8 || DataType.isTime(value);
}
export function isTimestamp(value: unknown): value is Utf8 {
return value instanceof Utf8 || DataType.isTimestamp(value);
}
export function isInterval(value: unknown): value is Utf8 {
return value instanceof Utf8 || DataType.isInterval(value);
}
export function isDuration(value: unknown): value is Utf8 {
return value instanceof Utf8 || DataType.isDuration(value);
}
export function isList(value: unknown): value is List {
return value instanceof List || DataType.isList(value);
}
export function isStruct(value: unknown): value is Struct {
return value instanceof Struct || DataType.isStruct(value);
}
export function isUnion(value: unknown): value is Struct {
return value instanceof Struct || DataType.isUnion(value);
}
export function isFixedSizeBinary(value: unknown): value is FixedSizeBinary {
return value instanceof FixedSizeBinary || DataType.isFixedSizeBinary(value);
}
export function isFixedSizeList(value: unknown): value is FixedSizeList {
return value instanceof FixedSizeList || DataType.isFixedSizeList(value);
}
/** Data type accepted by NodeJS SDK */
export type Data = Record<string, unknown>[] | TableLike;
/*
* Options to control how a column should be converted to a vector array
*/
export class VectorColumnOptions {
/** Vector column type. */
type: Float = new Float32();
constructor(values?: Partial<VectorColumnOptions>) {
Object.assign(this, values);
}
}
// biome-ignore lint/suspicious/noExplicitAny: skip
function vectorFromArray(data: any, type?: DataType) {
// Workaround for: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/45862
// If FSL type with float
if (DataType.isFixedSizeList(type) && DataType.isFloat(type.valueType)) {
const extendedData = [...data, new Array(type.listSize).fill(0.0)];
const array = badVectorFromArray(extendedData, type);
return array.slice(0, data.length);
} else if (type === undefined) {
return badVectorFromArray(data);
} else {
return badVectorFromArray(data, type);
}
}
/** Options to control the makeArrowTable call. */
export class MakeArrowTableOptions {
/*
* Schema of the data.
*
* If this is not provided then the data type will be inferred from the
* JS type. Integer numbers will become int64, floating point numbers
* will become float64 and arrays will become variable sized lists with
* the data type inferred from the first element in the array.
*
* The schema must be specified if there are no records (e.g. to make
* an empty table)
*/
schema?: SchemaLike;
/*
* Mapping from vector column name to expected type
*
* Lance expects vector columns to be fixed size list arrays (i.e. tensors)
* However, `makeArrowTable` will not infer this by default (it creates
* variable size list arrays). This field can be used to indicate that a column
* should be treated as a vector column and converted to a fixed size list.
*
* The keys should be the names of the vector columns. The value specifies the
* expected data type of the vector columns.
*
* If `schema` is provided then this field is ignored.
*
* By default, the column named "vector" will be assumed to be a float32
* vector column.
*/
vectorColumns: Record<string, VectorColumnOptions> = {
vector: new VectorColumnOptions(),
};
embeddings?: EmbeddingFunction<unknown>;
embeddingFunction?: EmbeddingFunctionConfig;
/**
* If true then string columns will be encoded with dictionary encoding
*
* Set this to true if your string columns tend to repeat the same values
* often. For more precise control use the `schema` property to specify the
* data type for individual columns.
*
* If `schema` is provided then this property is ignored.
*/
dictionaryEncodeStrings: boolean = false;
constructor(values?: Partial<MakeArrowTableOptions>) {
Object.assign(this, values);
}
}
/**
* An enhanced version of the apache-arrow makeTable function from Apache Arrow
* that supports nested fields and embeddings columns.
*
* (typically you do not need to call this function. It will be called automatically
* when creating a table or adding data to it)
*
* This function converts an array of Record<String, any> (row-major JS objects)
* to an Arrow Table (a columnar structure)
*
* If a schema is provided then it will be used to determine the resulting array
* types. Fields will also be reordered to fit the order defined by the schema.
*
* If a schema is not provided then the types will be inferred and the field order
* will be controlled by the order of properties in the first record. If a type
* is inferred it will always be nullable.
*
* If not all fields are found in the data, then a subset of the schema will be
* returned.
*
* If the input is empty then a schema must be provided to create an empty table.
*
* When a schema is not specified then data types will be inferred. The inference
* rules are as follows:
*
* - boolean => Bool
* - number => Float64
* - bigint => Int64
* - String => Utf8
* - Buffer => Binary
* - Record<String, any> => Struct
* - Array<any> => List
* @example
* ```ts
* import { fromTableToBuffer, makeArrowTable } from "../arrow";
* import { Field, FixedSizeList, Float16, Float32, Int32, Schema } from "apache-arrow";
*
* const schema = new Schema([
* new Field("a", new Int32()),
* new Field("b", new Float32()),
* new Field("c", new FixedSizeList(3, new Field("item", new Float16()))),
* ]);
* const table = makeArrowTable([
* { a: 1, b: 2, c: [1, 2, 3] },
* { a: 4, b: 5, c: [4, 5, 6] },
* { a: 7, b: 8, c: [7, 8, 9] },
* ], { schema });
* ```
*
* By default it assumes that the column named `vector` is a vector column
* and it will be converted into a fixed size list array of type float32.
* The `vectorColumns` option can be used to support other vector column
* names and data types.
*
* ```ts
* const schema = new Schema([
* new Field("a", new Float64()),
* new Field("b", new Float64()),
* new Field(
* "vector",
* new FixedSizeList(3, new Field("item", new Float32()))
* ),
* ]);
* const table = makeArrowTable([
* { a: 1, b: 2, vector: [1, 2, 3] },
* { a: 4, b: 5, vector: [4, 5, 6] },
* { a: 7, b: 8, vector: [7, 8, 9] },
* ]);
* assert.deepEqual(table.schema, schema);
* ```
*
* You can specify the vector column types and names using the options as well
*
* ```ts
* const schema = new Schema([
* new Field('a', new Float64()),
* new Field('b', new Float64()),
* new Field('vec1', new FixedSizeList(3, new Field('item', new Float16()))),
* new Field('vec2', new FixedSizeList(3, new Field('item', new Float16())))
* ]);
* const table = makeArrowTable([
* { a: 1, b: 2, vec1: [1, 2, 3], vec2: [2, 4, 6] },
* { a: 4, b: 5, vec1: [4, 5, 6], vec2: [8, 10, 12] },
* { a: 7, b: 8, vec1: [7, 8, 9], vec2: [14, 16, 18] }
* ], {
* vectorColumns: {
* vec1: { type: new Float16() },
* vec2: { type: new Float16() }
* }
* }
* assert.deepEqual(table.schema, schema)
* ```
*/
export function makeArrowTable(
data: Array<Record<string, unknown>>,
options?: Partial<MakeArrowTableOptions>,
metadata?: Map<string, string>,
): ArrowTable {
const opt = new MakeArrowTableOptions(options !== undefined ? options : {});
let schema: Schema | undefined = undefined;
if (opt.schema !== undefined && opt.schema !== null) {
schema = sanitizeSchema(opt.schema);
schema = validateSchemaEmbeddings(
schema as Schema,
data,
options?.embeddingFunction,
);
}
let schemaMetadata = schema?.metadata || new Map<string, string>();
if (metadata !== undefined) {
schemaMetadata = new Map([...schemaMetadata, ...metadata]);
}
if (
data.length === 0 &&
(options?.schema === undefined || options?.schema === null)
) {
throw new Error("At least one record or a schema needs to be provided");
} else if (data.length === 0) {
if (schema === undefined) {
throw new Error("A schema must be provided if data is empty");
} else {
schema = new Schema(schema.fields, schemaMetadata);
return new ArrowTable(schema);
}
}
let inferredSchema = inferSchema(data, schema, opt);
inferredSchema = new Schema(inferredSchema.fields, schemaMetadata);
const finalColumns: Record<string, Vector> = {};
for (const field of inferredSchema.fields) {
finalColumns[field.name] = transposeData(data, field);
}
return new ArrowTable(inferredSchema, finalColumns);
}
function isObject(value: unknown): value is Record<string, unknown> {
return (
typeof value === "object" &&
value !== null &&
!Array.isArray(value) &&
!(value instanceof RegExp) &&
!(value instanceof Date) &&
!(value instanceof Set) &&
!(value instanceof Map) &&
!(value instanceof Buffer) &&
!ArrayBuffer.isView(value)
);
}
function valueAtPath(datum: Record<string, unknown>, path: string[]): unknown {
let current: unknown = datum;
for (const key of path) {
if (current == null) {
return null;
}
if (isObject(current) && (Object.hasOwn(current, key) || key in current)) {
current = current[key];
} else {
return undefined;
}
}
return current;
}
function transposeData(
data: Record<string, unknown>[],
field: Field,
path: string[] = [],
): Vector {
const valuesPath = [...path, field.name];
const values = data.map((datum) => valueAtPath(datum, valuesPath));
if (field.type instanceof Struct) {
const childFields = field.type.children;
const childVectors = childFields.map((child) => {
return transposeData(data, child, valuesPath);
});
const nullCount = values.filter((value) => value === null).length;
const structData = makeData({
type: field.type,
length: values.length,
nullCount,
nullBitmap:
nullCount > 0
? arrowUtil.packBools(values.map((value) => value !== null))
: undefined,
children: childVectors as unknown as ArrowData<DataType>[],
});
return arrowMakeVector(structData);
} else {
return makeVector(values, field.type, undefined, field.nullable);
}
}
/**
* Create an empty Arrow table with the provided schema
*/
export function makeEmptyTable(
schema: SchemaLike,
metadata?: Map<string, string>,
): ArrowTable {
return makeArrowTable([], { schema }, metadata);
}
/**
* Helper function to convert Array<Array<any>> to a variable sized list array
*/
// @ts-expect-error (Vector<unknown> is not assignable to Vector<any>)
function makeListVector(lists: unknown[][]): Vector<unknown> {
if (lists.length === 0 || lists[0].length === 0) {
throw Error("Cannot infer list vector from empty array or empty list");
}
const sampleList = lists[0];
// biome-ignore lint/suspicious/noExplicitAny: skip
let inferredType: any;
try {
const sampleVector = makeVector(sampleList);
inferredType = sampleVector.type;
} catch (error: unknown) {
// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/restrict-template-expressions
throw Error(`Cannot infer list vector. Cannot infer inner type: ${error}`);
}
const listBuilder = makeBuilder({
type: new List(new Field("item", inferredType, true)),
});
for (const list of lists) {
listBuilder.append(list);
}
return listBuilder.finish().toVector();
}
/** Helper function to convert an Array of JS values to an Arrow Vector */
function makeVector(
values: unknown[],
type?: DataType,
stringAsDictionary?: boolean,
nullable?: boolean,
// biome-ignore lint/suspicious/noExplicitAny: skip
): Vector<any> {
if (type !== undefined) {
// Convert undefined values to null for nullable fields
if (nullable) {
values = values.map((v) => (v === undefined ? null : v));
}
// workaround for: https://github.com/apache/arrow-js/issues/68
if (DataType.isBool(type)) {
const hasNonNullValue = values.some((v) => v !== null && v !== undefined);
if (!hasNonNullValue) {
const nullBitmap = new Uint8Array(Math.ceil(values.length / 8));
const data = makeData({
type: type,
length: values.length,
nullCount: values.length,
nullBitmap,
});
return arrowMakeVector(data);
}
}
// No need for inference, let Arrow create it
if (type instanceof Int) {
if (DataType.isInt(type) && type.bitWidth === 64) {
// wrap in BigInt to avoid bug: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/40051
values = values.map((v) => {
if (v === null) {
return v;
} else if (typeof v === "bigint") {
return v;
} else if (typeof v === "number") {
return BigInt(v);
} else {
return v;
}
});
} else {
// Similarly, bigint isn't supported for 16 or 32-bit ints.
values = values.map((v) => {
if (typeof v == "bigint") {
return Number(v);
} else {
return v;
}
});
}
}
return vectorFromArray(values, type);
}
if (values.length === 0) {
throw Error(
"makeVector requires at least one value or the type must be specfied",
);
}
const sampleValue = values.find((val) => val !== null && val !== undefined);
if (sampleValue === undefined) {
throw Error(
"makeVector cannot infer the type if all values are null or undefined",
);
}
if (ArrayBuffer.isView(sampleValue) && !(sampleValue instanceof DataView)) {
const info = typedArrayToArrowType(sampleValue);
if (info !== undefined) {
const fslType = new FixedSizeList(
info.length,
new Field("item", info.elementType, true),
);
return vectorFromArray(values, fslType);
}
}
if (Array.isArray(sampleValue)) {
// Default Arrow inference doesn't handle list types
return makeListVector(values as unknown[][]);
} else if (Buffer.isBuffer(sampleValue)) {
// Default Arrow inference doesn't handle Buffer
return vectorFromArray(values, new Binary());
} else if (
!(stringAsDictionary ?? false) &&
(typeof sampleValue === "string" || sampleValue instanceof String)
) {
// If the type is string then don't use Arrow's default inference unless dictionaries are requested
// because it will always use dictionary encoding for strings
return vectorFromArray(values, new Utf8());
} else {
// Convert a JS array of values to an arrow vector
return vectorFromArray(values);
}
}
/** Helper function to apply embeddings from metadata to an input table */
async function applyEmbeddingsFromMetadata(
table: ArrowTable,
schema: Schema,
): Promise<ArrowTable> {
const registry = getRegistry();
const functions = await registry.parseFunctions(schema.metadata);
const columns = Object.fromEntries(
table.schema.fields.map((field) => [
field.name,
table.getChild(field.name)!,
]),
);
for (const functionEntry of functions.values()) {
const sourceColumn = columns[functionEntry.sourceColumn];
const destColumn = functionEntry.vectorColumn;
if (sourceColumn === undefined) {
throw new Error(
`Cannot apply embedding function because the source column '${functionEntry.sourceColumn}' was not present in the data`,
);
}
// Check if destination column exists and handle accordingly
if (columns[destColumn] !== undefined) {
const existingColumn = columns[destColumn];
// If the column exists but is all null, we can fill it with embeddings
if (existingColumn.nullCount !== existingColumn.length) {
// Column has non-null values, skip embedding application
continue;
}
}
if (table.batches.length > 1) {
throw new Error(
"Internal error: `makeArrowTable` unexpectedly created a table with more than one batch",
);
}
const values = sourceColumn.toArray();
const vectors =
await functionEntry.function.computeSourceEmbeddings(values);
if (vectors.length !== values.length) {
throw new Error(
"Embedding function did not return an embedding for each input element",
);
}
let destType: DataType;
const dtype = schema.fields.find((f) => f.name === destColumn)!.type;
if (isFixedSizeList(dtype)) {
destType = sanitizeType(dtype);
} else {
throw new Error(
"Expected FixedSizeList as datatype for vector field, instead got: " +
dtype,
);
}
const vector = makeVector(vectors, destType);
columns[destColumn] = vector;
}
// Add any missing columns from the schema as null vectors
for (const field of schema.fields) {
if (!(field.name in columns)) {
const nullValues = new Array(table.numRows).fill(null);
columns[field.name] = makeVector(
nullValues,
field.type,
undefined,
field.nullable,
);
}
}
const newTable = new ArrowTable(columns);
return alignTable(newTable, schema);
}
/** Helper function to apply embeddings to an input table */
async function applyEmbeddings<T>(
table: ArrowTable,
embeddings?: EmbeddingFunctionConfig,
schema?: SchemaLike,
): Promise<ArrowTable> {
if (schema !== undefined && schema !== null) {
schema = sanitizeSchema(schema);
}
if (schema?.metadata.has("embedding_functions")) {
return applyEmbeddingsFromMetadata(table, schema! as Schema);
} else if (embeddings == null || embeddings === undefined) {
return table;
}
let schemaMetadata = schema?.metadata || new Map<string, string>();
if (!(embeddings == null || embeddings === undefined)) {
const registry = getRegistry();
const embeddingMetadata = registry.getTableMetadata([embeddings]);
schemaMetadata = new Map([...schemaMetadata, ...embeddingMetadata]);
}
// Convert from ArrowTable to Record<String, Vector>
const colEntries = [...Array(table.numCols).keys()].map((_, idx) => {
const name = table.schema.fields[idx].name;
// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-non-null-assertion
const vec = table.getChildAt(idx)!;
return [name, vec];
});
const newColumns = Object.fromEntries(colEntries);
const sourceColumn = newColumns[embeddings.sourceColumn];
const destColumn = embeddings.vectorColumn ?? "vector";
const innerDestType =
embeddings.function.embeddingDataType() ?? new Float32();
if (sourceColumn === undefined) {
throw new Error(
`Cannot apply embedding function because the source column '${embeddings.sourceColumn}' was not present in the data`,
);
}
if (table.numRows === 0) {
if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(newColumns, destColumn)) {
// We have an empty table and it already has the embedding column so no work needs to be done
// Note: we don't return an error like we did below because this is a common occurrence. For example,
// if we call convertToTable with 0 records and a schema that includes the embedding
return table;
}
const dimensions = embeddings.function.ndims();
if (dimensions !== undefined) {
const destType = newVectorType(dimensions, innerDestType);
newColumns[destColumn] = makeVector([], destType);
} else if (schema != null) {
const destField = schema.fields.find((f) => f.name === destColumn);
if (destField != null) {
newColumns[destColumn] = makeVector(
[],
destField.type,
undefined,
destField.nullable,
);
} else {
throw new Error(
`Attempt to apply embeddings to an empty table failed because schema was missing embedding column '${destColumn}'`,
);
}
} else {
throw new Error(
"Attempt to apply embeddings to an empty table when the embeddings function does not specify `embeddingDimension`",
);
}
} else {
// Check if destination column exists and handle accordingly
if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(newColumns, destColumn)) {
const existingColumn = newColumns[destColumn];
// If the column exists but is all null, we can fill it with embeddings
if (existingColumn.nullCount !== existingColumn.length) {
// Column has non-null values, skip embedding application and return table as-is
let newTable = new ArrowTable(newColumns);
if (schema != null) {
newTable = alignTable(newTable, schema as Schema);
}
return new ArrowTable(
new Schema(newTable.schema.fields, schemaMetadata),
newTable.batches,
);
}
}
if (table.batches.length > 1) {
throw new Error(
"Internal error: `makeArrowTable` unexpectedly created a table with more than one batch",
);
}
const values = sourceColumn.toArray();
const vectors = await embeddings.function.computeSourceEmbeddings(
values as T[],
);
if (vectors.length !== values.length) {
throw new Error(
"Embedding function did not return an embedding for each input element",
);
}
const destType = newVectorType(vectors[0].length, innerDestType);
newColumns[destColumn] = makeVector(vectors, destType);
}
let newTable = new ArrowTable(newColumns);
if (schema != null) {
if (schema.fields.find((f) => f.name === destColumn) === undefined) {
throw new Error(
`When using embedding functions and specifying a schema the schema should include the embedding column but the column ${destColumn} was missing`,
);
}
newTable = alignTable(newTable, schema as Schema);
}
newTable = new ArrowTable(
new Schema(newTable.schema.fields, schemaMetadata),
newTable.batches,
);
return newTable;
}
/**
* Convert an Array of records into an Arrow Table, optionally applying an
* embeddings function to it.
*
* This function calls `makeArrowTable` first to create the Arrow Table.
* Any provided `makeTableOptions` (e.g. a schema) will be passed on to
* that call.
*
* The embedding function will be passed a column of values (based on the
* `sourceColumn` of the embedding function) and expects to receive back
* number[][] which will be converted into a fixed size list column. By
* default this will be a fixed size list of Float32 but that can be
* customized by the `embeddingDataType` property of the embedding function.
*
* If a schema is provided in `makeTableOptions` then it should include the
* embedding columns. If no schema is provded then embedding columns will
* be placed at the end of the table, after all of the input columns.
*/
export async function convertToTable(
data: Array<Record<string, unknown>>,
embeddings?: EmbeddingFunctionConfig,
makeTableOptions?: Partial<MakeArrowTableOptions>,
): Promise<ArrowTable> {
let processedData = data;
// If we have a schema with embedding metadata, we need to preprocess the data
// to ensure all nested fields are present
if (
makeTableOptions?.schema &&
makeTableOptions.schema.metadata?.has("embedding_functions")
) {
processedData = ensureNestedFieldsExist(
data,
makeTableOptions.schema as Schema,
);
}
const table = makeArrowTable(processedData, makeTableOptions);
return await applyEmbeddings(table, embeddings, makeTableOptions?.schema);
}
/** Creates the Arrow Type for a Vector column with dimension `dim` */
export function newVectorType<T extends Float>(
dim: number,
innerType: unknown,
): FixedSizeList<T> {
// in Lance we always default to have the elements nullable, so we need to set it to true
// otherwise we often get schema mismatches because the stored data always has schema with nullable elements
const children = new Field("item", <T>sanitizeType(innerType), true);
return new FixedSizeList(dim, children);
}
/**
* Serialize an Array of records into a buffer using the Arrow IPC File serialization
*
* This function will call `convertToTable` and pass on `embeddings` and `schema`
*
* `schema` is required if data is empty
*/
export async function fromRecordsToBuffer(
data: Array<Record<string, unknown>>,
embeddings?: EmbeddingFunctionConfig,
schema?: Schema,
): Promise<Buffer> {
if (schema !== undefined && schema !== null) {
schema = sanitizeSchema(schema);
}
const table = await convertToTable(data, embeddings, { schema });
const writer = RecordBatchFileWriter.writeAll(table);
return Buffer.from(await writer.toUint8Array());
}
/**
* Serialize an Array of records into a buffer using the Arrow IPC Stream serialization
*
* This function will call `convertToTable` and pass on `embeddings` and `schema`
*
* `schema` is required if data is empty
*/
export async function fromRecordsToStreamBuffer(
data: Array<Record<string, unknown>>,
embeddings?: EmbeddingFunctionConfig,
schema?: Schema,
): Promise<Buffer> {
if (schema !== undefined && schema !== null) {
schema = sanitizeSchema(schema);
}
const table = await convertToTable(data, embeddings, { schema });
const writer = RecordBatchStreamWriter.writeAll(table);
return Buffer.from(await writer.toUint8Array());
}
/**
* Serialize an Arrow Table into a buffer using the Arrow IPC File serialization
*
* This function will apply `embeddings` to the table in a manner similar to
* `convertToTable`.
*
* `schema` is required if the table is empty
*/
export async function fromTableToBuffer(
table: ArrowTable,
embeddings?: EmbeddingFunctionConfig,
schema?: SchemaLike,
): Promise<Buffer> {
if (schema !== undefined && schema !== null) {
schema = sanitizeSchema(schema);
}
const tableWithEmbeddings = await applyEmbeddings(table, embeddings, schema);
const writer = RecordBatchFileWriter.writeAll(tableWithEmbeddings);
return Buffer.from(await writer.toUint8Array());
}
/**
* Serialize an Arrow Table into a buffer using the Arrow IPC File serialization
*
* This function will apply `embeddings` to the table in a manner similar to
* `convertToTable`.
*
* `schema` is required if the table is empty
*/
export async function fromDataToBuffer(
data: Data,
embeddings?: EmbeddingFunctionConfig,
schema?: Schema,
): Promise<Buffer> {
if (schema !== undefined && schema !== null) {
schema = sanitizeSchema(schema);
}
if (isArrowTable(data)) {
const table = sanitizeTable(data);
// If we have a schema with embedding functions, we need to ensure all columns exist
// before applying embeddings, since applyEmbeddingsFromMetadata expects all columns
// to be present in the table
if (schema && schema.metadata?.has("embedding_functions")) {
const alignedTable = alignTableToSchema(table, schema);
return fromTableToBuffer(alignedTable, embeddings, schema);
} else {
return fromTableToBuffer(table, embeddings, schema);
}
} else {
const table = await convertToTable(data, embeddings, { schema });
return fromTableToBuffer(table);
}
}
/**
* Read a single record batch from a buffer.
*
* Returns null if the buffer does not contain a record batch
*/
export async function fromBufferToRecordBatch(
data: Buffer,
): Promise<RecordBatch | null> {
const iter = await RecordBatchFileReader.readAll(Buffer.from(data)).next()
.value;
const recordBatch = iter?.next().value;
return recordBatch || null;
}
/**
* Create a buffer containing a single record batch
*/
export async function fromRecordBatchToBuffer(
batch: RecordBatch,
): Promise<Buffer> {
const writer = new RecordBatchFileWriter().writeAll([batch]);
return Buffer.from(await writer.toUint8Array());
}
/**
* Create a buffer containing a single record batch using the Arrow IPC Stream
* serialization. Each call produces a self-contained Stream message (schema +
* batch + EOS) suitable for incremental decode by `arrow_ipc::reader::StreamReader`.
*/
export async function fromRecordBatchToStreamBuffer(
batch: RecordBatch,
): Promise<Buffer> {
const writer = RecordBatchStreamWriter.writeAll([batch]);
return Buffer.from(await writer.toUint8Array());
}
/**
* Serialize an Arrow Table into a buffer using the Arrow IPC Stream serialization
*
* This function will apply `embeddings` to the table in a manner similar to
* `convertToTable`.
*
* `schema` is required if the table is empty
*/
export async function fromTableToStreamBuffer(
table: ArrowTable,
embeddings?: EmbeddingFunctionConfig,
schema?: SchemaLike,
): Promise<Buffer> {
const tableWithEmbeddings = await applyEmbeddings(table, embeddings, schema);
const writer = RecordBatchStreamWriter.writeAll(tableWithEmbeddings);
return Buffer.from(await writer.toUint8Array());
}
/**
* Reorder the columns in `batch` so that they agree with the field order in `schema`
*/
function alignBatch(batch: RecordBatch, schema: Schema): RecordBatch {
const alignedChildren = [];
for (const field of schema.fields) {
const indexInBatch = batch.schema.fields?.findIndex(
(f) => f.name === field.name,
);
if (indexInBatch < 0) {
throw new Error(
`The column ${field.name} was not found in the Arrow Table`,
);
}
alignedChildren.push(batch.data.children[indexInBatch]);
}
const newData = makeData({
type: new Struct(schema.fields),
length: batch.numRows,
nullCount: batch.nullCount,
children: alignedChildren as unknown as ArrowData<DataType>[],
});
return new RecordBatch(schema, newData);
}
/**
* Reorder the columns in `table` so that they agree with the field order in `schema`
*/
function alignTable(table: ArrowTable, schema: Schema): ArrowTable {
const alignedBatches = table.batches.map((batch) =>
alignBatch(batch, schema),
);
return new ArrowTable(schema, alignedBatches);
}
/**
* Create an empty table with the given schema
*/
export function createEmptyTable(schema: Schema): ArrowTable {
return new ArrowTable(sanitizeSchema(schema));
}
function validateSchemaEmbeddings(
schema: Schema,
data: Array<Record<string, unknown>>,
embeddings: EmbeddingFunctionConfig | undefined,
): Schema {
const fields = [];
const missingEmbeddingFields = [];
// First we check if the field is a `FixedSizeList`
// Then we check if the data contains the field
// if it does not, we add it to the list of missing embedding fields
// Finally, we check if those missing embedding fields are `this._embeddings`
// if they are not, we throw an error
for (let field of schema.fields) {
if (isFixedSizeList(field.type)) {
field = sanitizeField(field);
if (data.length !== 0 && data?.[0]?.[field.name] === undefined) {
// Check if there's an embedding function registered for this field
let hasEmbeddingFunction = false;
// Check schema metadata for embedding functions
if (schema.metadata.has("embedding_functions")) {
const entries = parseEmbeddingMetadata(
schema.metadata.get("embedding_functions")!,
);
if (entries.some((f) => f.vectorColumn === field.name)) {
hasEmbeddingFunction = true;
}
}
// Check passed embedding function parameter
if (embeddings && embeddings.vectorColumn === field.name) {
hasEmbeddingFunction = true;
}
// If the field is nullable AND there's no embedding function, allow undefined/omitted values
if (field.nullable && !hasEmbeddingFunction) {
fields.push(field);
} else {
// Either not nullable OR has embedding function - require explicit values
if (hasEmbeddingFunction) {
// Don't add to missingEmbeddingFields since this is expected to be filled by embedding function
fields.push(field);
} else {
missingEmbeddingFields.push(field);
}
}
} else {
fields.push(field);
}
} else {
fields.push(field);
}
}
if (missingEmbeddingFields.length > 0 && embeddings === undefined) {
throw new Error(
`Table has embeddings: "${missingEmbeddingFields
.map((f) => f.name)
.join(",")}", but no embedding function was provided`,
);
}
return new Schema(fields, schema.metadata);
}
/**
* Ensures that all nested fields defined in the schema exist in the data,
* filling missing fields with null values.
*/
export function ensureNestedFieldsExist(
data: Array<Record<string, unknown>>,
schema: Schema,
): Array<Record<string, unknown>> {
return data.map((row) => {
const completeRow: Record<string, unknown> = {};
for (const field of schema.fields) {
if (field.name in row) {
if (
field.type.constructor.name === "Struct" &&
row[field.name] !== null &&
row[field.name] !== undefined
) {
// Handle nested struct
const nestedValue = row[field.name] as Record<string, unknown>;
completeRow[field.name] = ensureStructFieldsExist(
nestedValue,
field.type,
);
} else {
// Non-struct field or null struct value
completeRow[field.name] = row[field.name];
}
} else {
// Keep a missing struct valid while filling each of its children with
// null. This is distinct from an explicitly null struct value.
completeRow[field.name] =
field.type.constructor.name === "Struct"
? ensureStructFieldsExist({}, field.type as Struct)
: null;
}
}
return completeRow;
});
}
/**
* Recursively ensures that all fields in a struct type exist in the data,
* filling missing fields with null values.
*/
function ensureStructFieldsExist(
data: Record<string, unknown>,
structType: Struct,
): Record<string, unknown> {
const completeStruct: Record<string, unknown> = {};
for (const childField of structType.children) {
if (childField.name in data) {
if (
childField.type.constructor.name === "Struct" &&
data[childField.name] !== null &&
data[childField.name] !== undefined
) {
// Recursively handle nested struct
completeStruct[childField.name] = ensureStructFieldsExist(
data[childField.name] as Record<string, unknown>,
childField.type,
);
} else {
// Non-struct field or null struct value
completeStruct[childField.name] = data[childField.name];
}
} else {
// Keep a missing struct valid while filling each of its children with
// null. This is distinct from an explicitly null struct value.
completeStruct[childField.name] =
childField.type.constructor.name === "Struct"
? ensureStructFieldsExist({}, childField.type as Struct)
: null;
}
}
return completeStruct;
}
interface JsonDataType {
type: string;
fields?: JsonField[];
length?: number;
}
interface JsonField {
name: string;
type: JsonDataType;
nullable: boolean;
metadata: Map<string, string>;
}
// Matches format of https://github.com/lancedb/lance/blob/main/rust/lance/src/arrow/json.rs
export function dataTypeToJson(dataType: DataType): JsonDataType {
switch (dataType.typeId) {
// For primitives, matches https://github.com/lancedb/lance/blob/e12bb9eff2a52f753668d4b62c52e4d72b10d294/rust/lance-core/src/datatypes.rs#L185
case Type.Null:
return { type: "null" };
case Type.Bool:
return { type: "bool" };
case Type.Int8:
return { type: "int8" };
case Type.Int16:
return { type: "int16" };
case Type.Int32:
return { type: "int32" };
case Type.Int64:
return { type: "int64" };
case Type.Uint8:
return { type: "uint8" };
case Type.Uint16:
return { type: "uint16" };
case Type.Uint32:
return { type: "uint32" };
case Type.Uint64:
return { type: "uint64" };
case Type.Int: {
const bitWidth = (dataType as Int).bitWidth;
const signed = (dataType as Int).isSigned;
const prefix = signed ? "" : "u";
return { type: `${prefix}int${bitWidth}` };
}
case Type.Float: {
switch ((dataType as Float).precision) {
case Precision.HALF:
return { type: "halffloat" };
case Precision.SINGLE:
return { type: "float" };
case Precision.DOUBLE:
return { type: "double" };
}
throw Error("Unsupported float precision");
}
case Type.Float16:
return { type: "halffloat" };
case Type.Float32:
return { type: "float" };
case Type.Float64:
return { type: "double" };
case Type.Utf8:
return { type: "string" };
case Type.Binary:
return { type: "binary" };
case Type.LargeUtf8:
return { type: "large_string" };
case Type.LargeBinary:
return { type: "large_binary" };
case Type.List:
return {
type: "list",
fields: [fieldToJson((dataType as List).children[0])],
};
case Type.FixedSizeList: {
const fixedSizeList = dataType as FixedSizeList;
return {
type: "fixed_size_list",
fields: [fieldToJson(fixedSizeList.children[0])],
length: fixedSizeList.listSize,
};
}
case Type.Struct:
return {
type: "struct",
fields: (dataType as Struct).children.map(fieldToJson),
};
case Type.Date: {
const unit = (dataType as Date_).unit;
return {
type: unit === DateUnit.DAY ? "date32:day" : "date64:ms",
};
}
case Type.Timestamp: {
const timestamp = dataType as Timestamp;
const timezone = timestamp.timezone || "-";
return {
type: `timestamp:${timestamp.unit}:${timezone}`,
};
}
case Type.Decimal: {
const decimal = dataType as Decimal;
return {
type: `decimal:${decimal.bitWidth}:${decimal.precision}:${decimal.scale}`,
};
}
case Type.Duration: {
const duration = dataType as Duration;
return { type: `duration:${duration.unit}` };
}
case Type.FixedSizeBinary: {
const byteWidth = (dataType as FixedSizeBinary).byteWidth;
return { type: `fixed_size_binary:${byteWidth}` };
}
case Type.Dictionary: {
const dict = dataType as Dictionary;
const indexType = dataTypeToJson(dict.indices);
const valueType = dataTypeToJson(dict.valueType);
return {
type: `dict:${valueType.type}:${indexType.type}:false`,
};
}
}
throw new Error("Unsupported data type");
}
function fieldToJson(field: Field): JsonField {
return {
name: field.name,
type: dataTypeToJson(field.type),
nullable: field.nullable,
metadata: field.metadata,
};
}
function alignTableToSchema(
table: ArrowTable,
targetSchema: Schema,
): ArrowTable {
const existingColumns = new Map<string, Vector>();
// Map existing columns
for (const field of table.schema.fields) {
existingColumns.set(field.name, table.getChild(field.name)!);
}
// Create vectors for all fields in target schema
const alignedColumns: Record<string, Vector> = {};
for (const field of targetSchema.fields) {
if (existingColumns.has(field.name)) {
// Column exists, use it
alignedColumns[field.name] = existingColumns.get(field.name)!;
} else {
// Column missing, create null vector
alignedColumns[field.name] = createNullVector(field, table.numRows);
}
}
// Create new table with aligned schema and columns
return new ArrowTable(targetSchema, alignedColumns);
}
function createNullVector(field: Field, numRows: number): Vector {
if (field.type.constructor.name === "Struct") {
// For struct types, create a struct with null fields
const structType = field.type as Struct;
const childVectors = structType.children.map((childField) =>
createNullVector(childField, numRows),
);
// Create struct data
const structData = makeData({
type: structType,
length: numRows,
nullCount: 0,
children: childVectors.map((v) => v.data[0]),
});
return arrowMakeVector(structData);
} else {
// For other types, create a vector of nulls
const nullBitmap = new Uint8Array(Math.ceil(numRows / 8));
// All bits are 0, meaning all values are null
const data = makeData({
type: field.type,
length: numRows,
nullCount: numRows,
nullBitmap,
});
return arrowMakeVector(data);
}
}