# Copyright (C) 2007 Canonical Ltd # # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software # Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA """Bisection lookup multiple keys.""" from __future__ import absolute_import __all__ = [ 'bisect_multi_bytes', ] def bisect_multi_bytes(content_lookup, size, keys): """Perform bisection lookups for keys using byte based addressing. The keys are looked up via the content_lookup routine. The content_lookup routine gives bisect_multi_bytes information about where to keep looking up to find the data for the key, and bisect_multi_bytes feeds this back into the lookup function until the search is complete. The search is complete when the list of keys which have returned something other than -1 or +1 is empty. Keys which are not found are not returned to the caller. :param content_lookup: A callable that takes a list of (offset, key) pairs and returns a list of result tuples ((offset, key), result). Each result can be one of: -1: The key comes earlier in the content. False: The key is not present in the content. +1: The key comes later in the content. Any other value: A final result to return to the caller. :param size: The length of the content. :param keys: The keys to bisect for. :return: An iterator of the results. """ # possibly make this a generator, but a list meets the contract for now. result = [] delta = size // 2 search_keys = [(delta, key) for key in keys] while search_keys: search_results = content_lookup(search_keys) if delta > 1: delta = delta // 2 search_keys = [] for (location, key), status in search_results: if status == -1: search_keys.append((location - delta, key)) elif status == 1: search_keys.append((location + delta, key)) elif status == False: # not present, stop searching continue else: result.append((key, status)) return result