Add db.getMany(keys)

README.md

@@ -218,7 +218,17 @@ Get a value from the store by `key`. The optional `options` object may contain:
 
 - `asBuffer` _(boolean, default: `true`)_: Whether to return the `value` as a Buffer. If `false`, the returned type depends on the implementation.
 
-The `callback` function will be called with an `Error` if the operation failed for any reason. If successful the first argument will be `null` and the second argument will be the value.
+The `callback` function will be called with an `Error` if the operation failed for any reason, including if the key was not found. If successful the first argument will be `null` and the second argument will be the value.
+
+### `db.getMany(keys[, options][, callback])`
+
+Get multiple values from the store by an array of `keys`. The optional `options` object may contain:
+
+- `asBuffer` _(boolean, default: `true`)_: Whether to return the `value` as a Buffer. If `false`, the returned type depends on the implementation.
+
+The `callback` function will be called with an `Error` if the operation failed for any reason. If successful the first argument will be `null` and the second argument will be an array of values with the same order as `keys`. If a key was not found, the relevant value will be `undefined`.
+
+If no callback is provided, a promise is returned.
 
 ### `db.put(key, value[, options], callback)`
 
@@ -435,6 +445,14 @@ Get a value by `key`. The `options` object will always have the following proper
 
 The default `_get()` invokes `callback` on a next tick with a `NotFound` error. It must be overridden.
 
+### `db._getMany(keys, options, callback)`
+
+**This new method is optional for the time being. To enable its tests, set the [`getMany` option of the test suite](#excluding-tests) to `true`.**
+
+Get multiple values by an array of `keys`. The `options` object will always have the following properties: `asBuffer`. If an error occurs, call the `callback` function with an `Error`. Otherwise call `callback` with `null` as the first argument and an array of values as the second. If a key does not exist, set the relevant value to `undefined`.
+
+The default `_getMany()` invokes `callback` on a next tick with an array of values that is equal in length to `keys` and is filled with `undefined`. It must be overridden to support `getMany()` but this is currently an opt-in feature. If the implementation does support `getMany()` then `db.supports.getMany` must be set to true via the [constructor](#db--abstractleveldownmanifest).
+
 ### `db._put(key, value, options, callback)`
 
 Store a new entry or overwrite an existing entry. There are no default options but `options` will always be an object. If putting failed, call the `callback` function with an `Error`. Otherwise call `callback` without any arguments.
@@ -581,6 +599,7 @@ This also serves as a signal to users of your implementation. The following opti
 - `bufferKeys`: set to `false` if binary keys are not supported by the underlying storage
 - `seek`: set to `false` if your `iterator` does not implement `_seek`
 - `clear`: defaults to `false` until a next major release. Set to `true` if your implementation either implements `_clear()` itself or is suitable to use the default implementation of `_clear()` (which requires binary key support).
+- `getMany`: defaults to `false` until a next major release. Set to `true` if your implementation implements `_getMany()`.
 - `snapshots`: set to `false` if any of the following is true:
   - Reads don't operate on a [snapshot](#iterator)
   - Snapshots are created asynchronously

abstract-leveldown.js

@@ -2,8 +2,12 @@
 
 const supports = require('level-supports')
 const isBuffer = require('is-buffer')
+const catering = require('catering')
 const AbstractIterator = require('./abstract-iterator')
 const AbstractChainedBatch = require('./abstract-chained-batch')
+const getCallback = require('./lib/common').getCallback
+const getOptions = require('./lib/common').getOptions
+
 const hasOwnProperty = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty
 const rangeOptions = ['lt', 'lte', 'gt', 'gte']
 
@@ -90,6 +94,51 @@ AbstractLevelDOWN.prototype._get = function (key, options, callback) {
   this._nextTick(function () { callback(new Error('NotFound')) })
 }
 
+AbstractLevelDOWN.prototype.getMany = function (keys, options, callback) {
+  callback = getCallback(options, callback)
+  callback = catering.fromCallback(callback)
+  options = getOptions(options)
+
+  if (maybeError(this, callback)) {
+    return callback.promise
+  }
+
+  if (!Array.isArray(keys)) {
+    this._nextTick(callback, new Error('getMany() requires an array argument'))
+    return callback.promise
+  }
+
+  if (keys.length === 0) {
+    this._nextTick(callback, null, [])
+    return callback.promise
+  }
+
+  if (typeof options.asBuffer !== 'boolean') {
+    options = { ...options, asBuffer: true }
+  }
+
+  const serialized = new Array(keys.length)
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < keys.length; i++) {
+    const key = keys[i]
+    const err = this._checkKey(key)
+
+    if (err) {
+      this._nextTick(callback, err)
+      return callback.promise
+    }
+
+    serialized[i] = this._serializeKey(key)
+  }
+
+  this._getMany(serialized, options, callback)
+  return callback.promise
+}
+
+AbstractLevelDOWN.prototype._getMany = function (keys, options, callback) {
+  this._nextTick(callback, null, new Array(keys.length).fill(undefined))
+}
+
 AbstractLevelDOWN.prototype.put = function (key, value, options, callback) {
   if (typeof options === 'function') callback = options
 
@@ -315,9 +364,28 @@ AbstractLevelDOWN.prototype._checkValue = function (value) {
   }
 }
 
+// TODO: docs and tests
+AbstractLevelDOWN.prototype.isOperational = function () {
+  return this.status === 'open' || this._isOperational()
+}
+
+// Implementation may accept operations in other states too
+AbstractLevelDOWN.prototype._isOperational = function () {
+  return false
+}
+
 // Expose browser-compatible nextTick for dependents
 // TODO: rename _nextTick to _queueMicrotask
 // TODO: after we drop node 10, also use queueMicrotask in node
 AbstractLevelDOWN.prototype._nextTick = require('./next-tick')
 
 module.exports = AbstractLevelDOWN
+
+function maybeError (db, callback) {
+  if (!db.isOperational()) {
+    db._nextTick(callback, new Error('Database is not open'))
+    return true
+  }
+
+  return false
+}

lib/common.js

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+'use strict'
+
+exports.getCallback = function (options, callback) {
+  return typeof options === 'function' ? options : callback
+}
+
+exports.getOptions = function (options) {
+  return typeof options === 'object' && options !== null ? options : {}
+}

package.json

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
     "abstract-iterator.js",
     "abstract-leveldown.js",
     "index.js",
+    "lib",
     "next-tick-browser.js",
     "next-tick.js",
     "test",
@@ -30,9 +31,10 @@
   ],
   "dependencies": {
     "buffer": "^6.0.3",
+    "catering": "^2.0.0",
     "is-buffer": "^2.0.5",
     "level-concat-iterator": "^3.0.0",
-    "level-supports": "^2.0.0",
+    "level-supports": "^2.0.1",
     "queue-microtask": "^1.2.3"
   },
   "devDependencies": {

test/common.js

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ function testCommon (options) {
     snapshots: options.snapshots !== false,
     seek: options.seek !== false,
     clear: !!options.clear,
+    getMany: !!options.getMany,
 
     // Support running test suite on a levelup db. All options below this line
     // are undocumented and should not be used by abstract-leveldown db's (yet).
@@ -42,7 +43,6 @@ function testCommon (options) {
     // and that operations return strings rather than buffers by default.
     encodings: !!options.encodings,
 
-    // Not yet used, only here for symmetry with levelup's test suite.
     deferredOpen: !!options.deferredOpen,
     streams: !!options.streams
   }

test/del-test.js

@@ -39,22 +39,6 @@ exports.args = function (test, testCommon) {
     )
     t.end()
   })
-
-  testCommon.serialize && test('test custom _serialize*', function (t) {
-    t.plan(3)
-    const db = testCommon.factory()
-    db._serializeKey = function (data) { return data }
-    db._del = function (key, options, callback) {
-      t.deepEqual(key, { foo: 'bar' })
-      this._nextTick(callback)
-    }
-    db.open(function () {
-      db.del({ foo: 'bar' }, function (err) {
-        t.error(err)
-        db.close(t.error.bind(t))
-      })
-    })
-  })
 }
 
 exports.del = function (test, testCommon) {