Lizt

lizt is a flexible list/file manager. you can create stream iterators or slice iterators as the base. there is a persistent storage wrapper and a seeder wrapper.

Read first

Based on the benchmarks, it seems that the SliceIterator is faster in every case. Which is pretty much true, once the slice is in memory.

The major differences between the two iterators are:

• Slice requires holding the entire list in memory and is therefore limited by the amount of memory available. Stream does not have this limitation.
• Slice is faster when the list is small. Stream is faster when the list is large.
• Slices will break eventually. For really large lists (10M+), streams are always the better choice.
• Streams should not be used at all if the list is small. The overhead of re-creating a stream, when round-robin is being used, is not worth it. Instead, lizt.ReadFromFile(path) into a SliceIterator.

Usage

Builder Helper Examples

You can use the MustBuild and MustBuildWithSeeds functions to create iterators. These functions will panic if there is an error.

File Stream Iterator

stream, _ := lizt.NewBuilder().Stream("test/50000000.txt").Build() // round-robin = false

fmt.Println(stream.Next(5)) // "a", "b", "c", "e", "f"

stream, _ := lizt.NewBuilder().StreamRR("test/50000000.txt").Build() // round-robin = true

fmt.Println(stream.Next(5)) // "a", "b", "c", "e", "f"

Slice Iterator

// creates a random string for it's name for ease of use

slice, _ := lizt.B().Slice([]string{"a", "b", "c", "d", "e"}).Build() // round-robin = false

fmt.Println(slice.Next(3)) // "a", "b", "c"

slice, _ := lizt.B().SliceRR([]string{"a", "b", "c", "d", "e"}).Build() // round-robin = true

fmt.Println(slice.Next(3)) // "a", "b", "c"

Slice Iterator With Name (Required if you're using a Manager)

slice, _ := lizt.B().SliceNamed("name", []string{"a", "b", "c", "d", "e"}).Build() // round-robin = false

fmt.Println(slice.Next(3)) // "a", "b", "c"

slice, _ := lizt.B().SliceNamedRR("name", []string{"a", "b", "c", "d", "e"}).Build() // round-robin = true

fmt.Println(slice.Next(3)) // "a", "b", "c"

Seeding File Stream Iterator with Seed Iterator as a Slice

plantEvery := 2

seedStream, _ = lizt.B().
            Stream("test/10000000.txt").
            BuildWithSeeds(plantEvery, []string{"seed1", "seed2"}) // round-robin = false

seedStream, _ = lizt.B().
            StreamRR("test/50000000.txt").
            BuildWithSeeds(plantEvery, []string{"seed1", "seed2"}) // round-robin = true

fmt.Println(slice.Next(4)) // "seed1", "a", "seed2", "b"

Seeding Slice Iterator with Seed Iterator as a File Stream

plantEvery := 2

seedStream, _ = lizt.B().
            Stream("test/10000000.txt").
            BuildWithSeeds(plantEvery, "data/seeds.txt") // round-robin = false

seedStream, _ = lizt.B().
            StreamRR("test/50000000.txt").
            BuildWithSeeds(plantEvery, "data/seeds.txt") // round-robin = true

fmt.Println(slice.Next(4))// "seed1", "a", "seed2", "b"
	

File Stream Iterator with Persistence ( See persist_test.go for more examples )

mem := NewInMemoryPersister()
stream, _ := lizt.B().StreamRR("test/50000000.txt").PersistTo(mem).Build() // round-robin = false

fmt.Println(stream.Next(5)) // "a", "b", "c", "e", "f"
// Persister Value => mem["50000000"] = 5

Slice Iterator with Persistence

mem := NewInMemoryPersister()

stream, _ := lizt.B().Slice([]{"test","this","here"}).PersistTo(mem).Build() // round-robin = false

fmt.Println(stream.Next(3)) // "test", "this", "here"
// Persister Value => mem["10"] = 3

Seeding File Stream Iterator with Persistence

mem := NewInMemoryPersister()

stream, _ := lizt.B().
        StreamRR("test/50000000.txt").
        PersistTo(mem).
        BuildWithSeeds(2, []string{"seed1", "seed2"}) // round-robin = false
		
fmt.Println(stream.Next(5)) // "seed1", "a", "seed2", "b", "seed1"
// Persister Value => mem["10"] = 2

Slice Iterator with Blacklist

// creates a random string for it's name for ease of use
bl := map[string]struct{}{"a": {}, "c": {}}
blm := lizt.NewBlacklistManager(bl)
slice, _ := lizt.B().Slice([]string{"a", "b", "c", "d", "e"}).Blacklist(blm).Build() // round-robin = false

fmt.Println(slice.Next(3)) // "b", "d", "e"

Blacklist helper function

// this is good to do so you can reuse the memory
bl := lizt.FileToMap("test/blacklist.txt")
err = lizt.ScrubFileWithBlacklist(bl, "test/10.txt", "test/10.txt.scrubbed")
if err != nil {
    t.Errorf("Expected no error, got %v", err)
}

Using the Manager

When using the manager, you must use SliceNamed and SliceNamedRR. The manager requires a name to properly use it's Get and MustGet functions.

When you're using streams, the Get look up key will always be the filename of the path. I.e. test/50000000.txt will be found at mgr.Get("50000000")

package main

import "git.faze.center/netr/lizt"
import "git.faze.center/netr/lizt/persist"

type IterKey string

const (
	IterKeyFiftyMillion IterKey = "50000000"
	IterKeyNumbers      IterKey = "numbers"
)

func main() {
    ip, err := persist.NewIniPersister("data/persist.ini")
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    
    // B() => NewBuilder(), StreamRR() => Stream with Round Robin, PersistTo() => Persist to Persister, BuildWithSeeds() => Build the Iterator with Seeding
    fiftyStream := lizt.B().StreamRR("test/50000000.txt").PersistTo(ip).MustBuildWithSeeds(2, []string{"seeder1", "seeder2"}) // round-robin = false
    
    // B() => NewBuilder(), SliceNamedRR() => Named slice with Round Robin, PersistTo() => Persist to Persister, Build() => Build the Iterator
    numbers := []string{"1", "2", "3", "4", "5"}
    numbersSlice := lizt.B().SliceNamedRR(string(IterKeyNumbers), numbers).PersistTo(ip).MustBuild() // round-robin = false
    
    // initialize and add iterators to the manager
    mgr := lizt.NewManager().AddIters(fiftyStream, numbersSlice)
    
    _, err = mgr.MustGet(string(IterKeyFiftyMillion)).Next(4)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    // results in ["seeder1", "1", "seeder2", "2"]
    
    _, err = mgr.MustGet(string(IterKeyNumbers)).Next(4)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    // results in ["1", "2", "3", "4"]
}

Adding an entire directory using AddDirIter

All files in the directory will be added to the manager. The key will be the filename of the file. I.e. test/50000000.txt will be found at mgr.Get("50000000") These will always be created as SliceIterators.

package main
import "git.faze.center/netr/lizt"

func main() {
	mgr := lizt.NewManager()
	// (path, round-robin)
	err := mgr.AddDirIter("data/", true)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	_, err = mgr.Get("filename")
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
}

Adding an entire directory using SmartAddDirIter

All files in the directory will be added to the manager. These will be SliceIterators if the file is less than 250,000 lines. Otherwise, they will be StreamIterators.This decision is based around the benchmarks. There's a considerable difference in speed when it comes to smaller lists. The streams perform consistently, regardless of the volume of items they have, after a certain amount of lines.

TODO: Make MaxLinesForSliceIter configurable.

package main
import "git.faze.center/netr/lizt"

func main() {
	mgr := lizt.NewManager()
	// (path, round-robin)
	err := mgr.SmartAddDirIter("data/", true)
	if err != nil {
        panic(err)
	}
	_, err = mgr.Get("filename")
	if err != nil {
		panic(err) 
	}
}

Development

Pre commit hooks

Install https://pre-commit.com/#install

run pre-commit install

Running tests

make test

Running benchmarks

make bench