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/* Copyright (C) 2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2019,2020 Olly Betts
 * Copyright (C) 2007,2009,2010 Lemur Consulting Ltd
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#include <config.h>

#include "remote-database.h"

#include <signal.h>

#include "autoptr.h"
#include "backends/inmemory/inmemory_positionlist.h"
#include "net_postlist.h"
#include "net_termlist.h"
#include "noreturn.h"
#include "remote-document.h"
#include "omassert.h"
#include "realtime.h"
#include "net/length.h"
#include "net/serialise.h"
#include "net/serialise-error.h"
#include "serialise-double.h"
#include "str.h"
#include "stringutils.h" // For STRINGIZE().
#include "weight/weightinternal.h"

#include <cerrno>
#include <string>
#include <vector>

#include "xapian/constants.h"
#include "xapian/error.h"
#include "xapian/matchspy.h"

using namespace std;
using Xapian::Internal::intrusive_ptr;

static inline bool
is_intermediate_reply(int msg_code, int reply_code)
{
    return reply_code == REPLY_ALLTERMS ||
           reply_code == REPLY_DOCDATA ||
           reply_code == REPLY_VALUE ||
           reply_code == REPLY_TERMLIST ||
           reply_code == REPLY_POSITIONLIST ||
           reply_code == REPLY_POSTLISTSTART ||
           reply_code == REPLY_POSTLISTITEM ||
           reply_code == REPLY_METADATAKEYLIST ||
           (msg_code == MSG_TERMLIST && reply_code == REPLY_DOCLENGTH);
}

XAPIAN_NORETURN(static void throw_handshake_failed(const string & context));
static void
throw_handshake_failed(const string & context)
{
    throw Xapian::NetworkError("Handshake failed - is this a Xapian server?",
                               context);
}

XAPIAN_NORETURN(static void throw_connection_closed_unexpectedly());
static void
throw_connection_closed_unexpectedly()
{
    throw Xapian::NetworkError("Connection closed unexpectedly");
}

RemoteDatabase::RemoteDatabase(int fd, double timeout_,
                               const string & context_, bool writable,
                               int flags)
        : link(fd, fd, context_),
          context(context_),
          cached_stats_valid(),
          mru_valstats(),
          mru_slot(Xapian::BAD_VALUENO),
          timeout(timeout_)
{
#ifndef __WIN32__
    // It's simplest to just ignore SIGPIPE.  We'll still know if the
    // connection dies because we'll get EPIPE back from write().
    if (signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN) == SIG_ERR) {
        throw Xapian::NetworkError("Couldn't set SIGPIPE to SIG_IGN", errno);
    }
#endif

    if (!writable) {
        // Transactions only make sense when writing, so flag them as
        // "unimplemented" so that our destructor doesn't call dtor_called()
        // since that might try to call commit() which will cause a message to
        // be sent to the remote server and probably an InvalidOperationError
        // exception message to be returned.
        transaction_state = TRANSACTION_UNIMPLEMENTED;
    }

    update_stats(MSG_MAX);

    if (writable) {
        if (flags & Xapian::DB_RETRY_LOCK) {
            const string & body = encode_length(flags & Xapian::DB_RETRY_LOCK);
            update_stats(MSG_WRITEACCESS, body);
        } else {
            update_stats(MSG_WRITEACCESS);
        }
    }
}

void
RemoteDatabase::keep_alive()
{
    send_message(MSG_KEEPALIVE, string());
    string message;
    get_message(message, REPLY_DONE);
}

TermList *
RemoteDatabase::open_metadata_keylist(const std::string &prefix) const
{
    // Ensure that total_length and doccount are up-to-date.
    if (!cached_stats_valid) update_stats();

    send_message(MSG_METADATAKEYLIST, prefix);

    string message;
    AutoPtr<NetworkTermList> tlist(
        new NetworkTermList(0, doccount,
                            intrusive_ptr<const RemoteDatabase>(this),
                            0));
    vector<NetworkTermListItem> & items = tlist->items;

    string term = prefix;
    while (get_message_or_done(message, REPLY_METADATAKEYLIST)) {
        NetworkTermListItem item;
        term.resize(size_t(static_cast<unsigned char>(message[0])));
        term.append(message, 1, string::npos);
        item.tname = term;
        items.push_back(item);
    }

    tlist->current_position = tlist->items.begin();
    return tlist.release();
}

TermList *
RemoteDatabase::open_term_list(Xapian::docid did) const
{
    Assert(did);

    // Ensure that total_length and doccount are up-to-date.
    if (!cached_stats_valid) update_stats();

    send_message(MSG_TERMLIST, encode_length(did));

    string message;
    get_message(message, REPLY_DOCLENGTH);
    const char * p = message.c_str();
    const char * p_end = p + message.size();
    Xapian::termcount doclen;
    decode_length(&p, p_end, doclen);
    if (p != p_end) {
        throw Xapian::NetworkError("Bad REPLY_DOCLENGTH message received", context);
    }

    AutoPtr<NetworkTermList> tlist(
        new NetworkTermList(doclen, doccount,
                            intrusive_ptr<const RemoteDatabase>(this),
                            did));
    vector<NetworkTermListItem> & items = tlist->items;

    string term;
    while (get_message_or_done(message, REPLY_TERMLIST)) {
        NetworkTermListItem item;
        p = message.data();
        p_end = p + message.size();
        decode_length(&p, p_end, item.wdf);
        decode_length(&p, p_end, item.termfreq);
        term.resize(size_t(static_cast<unsigned char>(*p++)));
        term.append(p, p_end);
        item.tname = term;
        items.push_back(item);
    }

    tlist->current_position = tlist->items.begin();
    return tlist.release();
}

TermList *
RemoteDatabase::open_allterms(const string & prefix) const {
    // Ensure that total_length and doccount are up-to-date.
    if (!cached_stats_valid) update_stats();

    send_message(MSG_ALLTERMS, prefix);

    AutoPtr<NetworkTermList> tlist(
        new NetworkTermList(0, doccount,
                            intrusive_ptr<const RemoteDatabase>(this),
                            0));
    vector<NetworkTermListItem> & items = tlist->items;

    string term = prefix;
    string message;
    while (get_message_or_done(message, REPLY_ALLTERMS)) {
        NetworkTermListItem item;
        const char * p = message.data();
        const char * p_end = p + message.size();
        decode_length(&p, p_end, item.termfreq);
        term.resize(size_t(static_cast<unsigned char>(*p++)));
        term.append(p, p_end);
        item.tname = term;
        items.push_back(item);
    }

    tlist->current_position = tlist->items.begin();
    return tlist.release();
}

LeafPostList *
RemoteDatabase::open_post_list(const string &term) const
{
    return new NetworkPostList(intrusive_ptr<const RemoteDatabase>(this), term);
}

Xapian::doccount
RemoteDatabase::read_post_list(const string &term, NetworkPostList & pl) const
{
    send_message(MSG_POSTLIST, term);

    string message;
    get_message(message, REPLY_POSTLISTSTART);

    const char * p = message.data();
    const char * p_end = p + message.size();
    Xapian::doccount termfreq;
    decode_length(&p, p_end, termfreq);

    while (get_message_or_done(message, REPLY_POSTLISTITEM)) {
        pl.append_posting(message);
    }

    return termfreq;
}

PositionList *
RemoteDatabase::open_position_list(Xapian::docid did, const string &term) const
{
    send_message(MSG_POSITIONLIST, encode_length(did) + term);

    vector<Xapian::termpos> positions;

    string message;
    Xapian::termpos lastpos = static_cast<Xapian::termpos>(-1);
    while (get_message_or_done(message, REPLY_POSITIONLIST)) {
        const char * p = message.data();
        const char * p_end = p + message.size();
        Xapian::termpos inc;
        decode_length(&p, p_end, inc);
        lastpos += inc + 1;
        positions.push_back(lastpos);
    }

    return new InMemoryPositionList(positions);
}

bool
RemoteDatabase::has_positions() const
{
    if (!cached_stats_valid) update_stats();
    return has_positional_info;
}

bool
RemoteDatabase::reopen()
{
    mru_slot = Xapian::BAD_VALUENO;
    return update_stats(MSG_REOPEN);
}

void
RemoteDatabase::close()
{
    do_close();
}

// Currently lazy is used:
//
// * To implement API flag Xapian::DOC_ASSUME_VALID which can be specified when
//   calling method Database::get_document()
//
// * To read values for backends without streamed values in SlowValueList
//
// * If you call get_data(), values_begin() or values_count() on a Document
//   object passed to a KeyMaker, MatchDecider, MatchSpy during the match
//
// The first is relevant to the remote backend, but doesn't happen during
// the match.
//
// SlowValueList is used with the remote backend, but not to read values
// during the match.
//
// KeyMaker and MatchSpy happens on the server with the remote backend, so
// they aren't relevant here.
//
// So the cases which are relevant to the remote backend don't matter during
// the match, and so we can ignore the lazy flag here without affecting matcher
// performance.
Xapian::Document::Internal *
RemoteDatabase::open_document(Xapian::docid did, bool /*lazy*/) const
{
    Assert(did);

    send_message(MSG_DOCUMENT, encode_length(did));
    string doc_data;
    map<Xapian::valueno, string> values;
    get_message(doc_data, REPLY_DOCDATA);

    string message;
    while (get_message_or_done(message, REPLY_VALUE)) {
        const char * p = message.data();
        const char * p_end = p + message.size();
        Xapian::valueno slot;
        decode_length(&p, p_end, slot);
        values.insert(make_pair(slot, string(p, p_end)));
    }

    return new RemoteDocument(this, did, doc_data, values);
}

bool
RemoteDatabase::update_stats(message_type msg_code, const string & body) const
{
    // MSG_MAX signals that we're handling the opening greeting, which isn't in
    // response to an explicit message.
    if (msg_code != MSG_MAX)
        send_message(msg_code, body);

    string message;
    if (!get_message_or_done(message, REPLY_UPDATE)) {
        // The database was already open at the latest revision.
        return false;
    }

    if (message.size() < 3) {
        throw_handshake_failed(context);
    }
    const char *p = message.c_str();
    const char *p_end = p + message.size();

    // The protocol major versions must match.  The protocol minor version of
    // the server must be >= that of the client.
    int protocol_major = static_cast<unsigned char>(*p++);
    int protocol_minor = static_cast<unsigned char>(*p++);
    if (protocol_major != XAPIAN_REMOTE_PROTOCOL_MAJOR_VERSION ||
        protocol_minor < XAPIAN_REMOTE_PROTOCOL_MINOR_VERSION) {
        string errmsg("Server supports protocol version");
        if (protocol_minor) {
            errmsg += "s ";
            errmsg += str(protocol_major);
            errmsg += ".0 to ";
        } else {
            errmsg += ' ';
        }
        errmsg += str(protocol_major);
        errmsg += '.';
        errmsg += str(protocol_minor);
        errmsg +=
            " - client is using "
            STRINGIZE(XAPIAN_REMOTE_PROTOCOL_MAJOR_VERSION)
            "."
            STRINGIZE(XAPIAN_REMOTE_PROTOCOL_MINOR_VERSION);
        throw Xapian::NetworkError(errmsg, context);
    }

    decode_length(&p, p_end, doccount);
    decode_length(&p, p_end, lastdocid);
    lastdocid += doccount;
    decode_length(&p, p_end, doclen_lbound);
    decode_length(&p, p_end, doclen_ubound);
    doclen_ubound += doclen_lbound;
    if (p == p_end) {
        throw Xapian::NetworkError("Bad stats update message received", context);
    }
    has_positional_info = (*p++ == '1');
    decode_length(&p, p_end, total_length);
    uuid.assign(p, p_end);
    cached_stats_valid = true;
    return true;
}

Xapian::doccount
RemoteDatabase::get_doccount() const
{
    if (!cached_stats_valid) update_stats();
    return doccount;
}

Xapian::docid
RemoteDatabase::get_lastdocid() const
{
    if (!cached_stats_valid) update_stats();
    return lastdocid;
}

Xapian::totallength
RemoteDatabase::get_total_length() const
{
    if (!cached_stats_valid) update_stats();
    return total_length;
}

bool
RemoteDatabase::term_exists(const string & tname) const
{
    Assert(!tname.empty());
    send_message(MSG_TERMEXISTS, tname);
    string message;
    reply_type type = get_message(message,
                                  REPLY_TERMEXISTS,
                                  REPLY_TERMDOESNTEXIST);
    return (type == REPLY_TERMEXISTS);
}

void
RemoteDatabase::get_freqs(const string & term,
                          Xapian::doccount * termfreq_ptr,
                          Xapian::termcount * collfreq_ptr) const
{
    Assert(!term.empty());
    string message;
    const char * p;
    const char * p_end;
    if (termfreq_ptr) {
        if (collfreq_ptr) {
            send_message(MSG_FREQS, term);
            get_message(message, REPLY_FREQS);
        } else {
            send_message(MSG_TERMFREQ, term);
            get_message(message, REPLY_TERMFREQ);
        }
        p = message.data();
        p_end = p + message.size();
        decode_length(&p, p_end, *termfreq_ptr);
    } else if (collfreq_ptr) {
        send_message(MSG_COLLFREQ, term);
        get_message(message, REPLY_COLLFREQ);
        p = message.data();
        p_end = p + message.size();
    }
    if (collfreq_ptr) {
        decode_length(&p, p_end, *collfreq_ptr);
    }
}

void
RemoteDatabase::read_value_stats(Xapian::valueno slot) const
{
    if (mru_slot != slot) {
        send_message(MSG_VALUESTATS, encode_length(slot));
        string message;
        get_message(message, REPLY_VALUESTATS);
        const char * p = message.data();
        const char * p_end = p + message.size();
        mru_slot = slot;
        decode_length(&p, p_end, mru_valstats.freq);
        size_t len;
        decode_length_and_check(&p, p_end, len);
        mru_valstats.lower_bound.assign(p, len);
        p += len;
        decode_length_and_check(&p, p_end, len);
        mru_valstats.upper_bound.assign(p, len);
        p += len;
        if (p != p_end) {
            throw Xapian::NetworkError("Bad REPLY_VALUESTATS message received", context);
        }
    }
}

Xapian::doccount
RemoteDatabase::get_value_freq(Xapian::valueno slot) const
{
    read_value_stats(slot);
    return mru_valstats.freq;
}

std::string
RemoteDatabase::get_value_lower_bound(Xapian::valueno slot) const
{
    read_value_stats(slot);
    return mru_valstats.lower_bound;
}

std::string
RemoteDatabase::get_value_upper_bound(Xapian::valueno slot) const
{
    read_value_stats(slot);
    return mru_valstats.upper_bound;
}

Xapian::termcount
RemoteDatabase::get_doclength_lower_bound() const
{
    return doclen_lbound;
}

Xapian::termcount
RemoteDatabase::get_doclength_upper_bound() const
{
    return doclen_ubound;
}

Xapian::termcount
RemoteDatabase::get_wdf_upper_bound(const string &) const
{
    // The default implementation returns get_collection_freq(), but we
    // don't want the overhead of a remote message and reply per query
    // term, and we can get called in the middle of a remote exchange
    // too.  FIXME: handle this bound in the stats local/remote code...
    return doclen_ubound;
}

Xapian::termcount
RemoteDatabase::get_doclength(Xapian::docid did) const
{
    Assert(did != 0);
    send_message(MSG_DOCLENGTH, encode_length(did));
    string message;
    get_message(message, REPLY_DOCLENGTH);
    const char * p = message.c_str();
    const char * p_end = p + message.size();
    Xapian::termcount doclen;
    decode_length(&p, p_end, doclen);
    if (p != p_end) {
        throw Xapian::NetworkError("Bad REPLY_DOCLENGTH message received", context);
    }
    return doclen;
}

Xapian::termcount
RemoteDatabase::get_unique_terms(Xapian::docid did) const
{
    Assert(did != 0);
    send_message(MSG_UNIQUETERMS, encode_length(did));
    string message;
    get_message(message, REPLY_UNIQUETERMS);
    const char * p = message.c_str();
    const char * p_end = p + message.size();
    Xapian::termcount doclen;
    decode_length(&p, p_end, doclen);
    if (p != p_end) {
        throw Xapian::NetworkError("Bad REPLY_UNIQUETERMS message received", context);
    }
    return doclen;
}

reply_type
RemoteDatabase::get_message(string &result,
                            reply_type required_type,
                            reply_type required_type2) const
{
    double end_time = RealTime::end_time(timeout);
    int type = link.get_message(result, end_time);
    if (pending_reply >= 0 && !is_intermediate_reply(pending_reply, type)) {
        pending_reply = -1;
    }
    if (type < 0)
        throw_connection_closed_unexpectedly();
    if (rare(type) >= REPLY_MAX) {
        if (required_type == REPLY_UPDATE)
            throw_handshake_failed(context);
        string errmsg("Invalid reply type ");
        errmsg += str(type);
        throw Xapian::NetworkError(errmsg);
    }
    if (type == REPLY_EXCEPTION) {
        unserialise_error(result, "REMOTE:", context);
    }
    if (type != required_type && type != required_type2) {
        string errmsg("Expecting reply type ");
        errmsg += str(int(required_type));
        if (required_type2 != required_type) {
            errmsg += " or ";
            errmsg += str(int(required_type2));
        }
        errmsg += ", got ";
        errmsg += str(type);
        throw Xapian::NetworkError(errmsg);
    }

    return static_cast<reply_type>(type);
}

void
RemoteDatabase::send_message(message_type type, const string &message) const
{
    double end_time = RealTime::end_time(timeout);
    while (pending_reply >= 0) {
        string dummy;
        int reply_code = link.get_message(dummy, end_time);
        if (reply_code < 0)
            throw_connection_closed_unexpectedly();
        if (!is_intermediate_reply(pending_reply, reply_code)) {
            pending_reply = -1;
        }
    }
    link.send_message(static_cast<unsigned char>(type), message, end_time);
    if (type == MSG_REMOVESPELLING) {
        // MSG_REMOVESPELLING is the only message we send which doesn't expect
        // a reply (except MSG_SHUTDOWN which causes us to exit anyway).
        pending_reply = -1;
    } else {
        pending_reply = int(type);
    }
}

void
RemoteDatabase::do_close()
{
    // In the constructor, we set transaction_state to
    // TRANSACTION_UNIMPLEMENTED if we aren't writable so that we can check
    // it here.
    bool writable = (transaction_state != TRANSACTION_UNIMPLEMENTED);

    if (writable) {
        try {
            if (transaction_active()) {
                cancel_transaction();
            } else {
                commit();
            }
        } catch (...) {
            try {
                link.do_close();
            } catch (...) {
            }
            throw;
        }

        // If we're writable, send a shutdown message to the server and wait
        // for it to close its end of the connection so we know that changes
        // have been written and flushed, and the database write lock released.
        // For the non-writable case, there's no need to wait - it would just
        // slow down searching needlessly.
        link.shutdown();
    }
    link.do_close();
}

void
RemoteDatabase::set_query(const Xapian::Query& query,
                          Xapian::termcount qlen,
                          Xapian::doccount collapse_max,
                          Xapian::valueno collapse_key,
                          Xapian::Enquire::docid_order order,
                          Xapian::valueno sort_key,
                          Xapian::Enquire::Internal::sort_setting sort_by,
                          bool sort_value_forward,
                          double time_limit,
                          int percent_cutoff, double weight_cutoff,
                          const Xapian::Weight *wtscheme,
                          const Xapian::RSet &omrset,
                          const vector<Xapian::Internal::opt_intrusive_ptr<Xapian::MatchSpy>> & matchspies)
{
    string tmp = query.serialise();
    string message = encode_length(tmp.size());
    message += tmp;

    // Serialise assorted Enquire settings.
    message += encode_length(qlen);
    message += encode_length(collapse_max);
    if (collapse_max) message += encode_length(collapse_key);
    message += char('0' + order);
    message += encode_length(sort_key);
    message += char('0' + sort_by);
    message += char('0' + sort_value_forward);
    message += serialise_double(time_limit);
    message += char(percent_cutoff);
    message += serialise_double(weight_cutoff);

    tmp = wtscheme->name();
    message += encode_length(tmp.size());
    message += tmp;

    tmp = wtscheme->serialise();
    message += encode_length(tmp.size());
    message += tmp;

    tmp = serialise_rset(omrset);
    message += encode_length(tmp.size());
    message += tmp;

    for (auto i : matchspies) {
        tmp = i->name();
        if (tmp.empty()) {
            throw Xapian::UnimplementedError("MatchSpy subclass not suitable for use with remote searches - name() method returned empty string");
        }
        message += encode_length(tmp.size());
        message += tmp;

        tmp = i->serialise();
        message += encode_length(tmp.size());
        message += tmp;
    }

    send_message(MSG_QUERY, message);
}

bool
RemoteDatabase::get_remote_stats(bool nowait, Xapian::Weight::Internal &out)
{
    if (nowait && !link.ready_to_read()) return false;

    string message;
    get_message(message, REPLY_STATS);
    const char* p = message.data();
    unserialise_stats(p, p + message.size(), out);

    return true;
}

void
RemoteDatabase::send_global_stats(Xapian::doccount first,
                                  Xapian::doccount maxitems,
                                  Xapian::doccount check_at_least,
                                  const Xapian::Weight::Internal &stats)
{
    string message = encode_length(first);
    message += encode_length(maxitems);
    message += encode_length(check_at_least);
    message += serialise_stats(stats);
    send_message(MSG_GETMSET, message);
}

void
RemoteDatabase::get_mset(Xapian::MSet &mset,
                         const vector<Xapian::Internal::opt_intrusive_ptr<Xapian::MatchSpy>> & matchspies)
{
    string message;
    get_message(message, REPLY_RESULTS);
    const char * p = message.data();
    const char * p_end = p + message.size();

    for (auto i : matchspies) {
        if (p == p_end)
            throw Xapian::NetworkError("Expected serialised matchspy");
        size_t len;
        decode_length_and_check(&p, p_end, len);
        string spyresults(p, len);
        p += len;
        i->merge_results(spyresults);
    }
    mset = unserialise_mset(p, p_end);
}

void
RemoteDatabase::commit()
{
    if (!uncommitted_changes) return;

    send_message(MSG_COMMIT, string());

    // We need to wait for a response to ensure documents have been committed.
    string message;
    get_message(message, REPLY_DONE);

    uncommitted_changes = false;
}

void
RemoteDatabase::cancel()
{
    if (!uncommitted_changes) return;

    cached_stats_valid = false;
    mru_slot = Xapian::BAD_VALUENO;

    send_message(MSG_CANCEL, string());
    string dummy;
    get_message(dummy, REPLY_DONE);

    uncommitted_changes = false;
}

Xapian::docid
RemoteDatabase::add_document(const Xapian::Document & doc)
{
    cached_stats_valid = false;
    mru_slot = Xapian::BAD_VALUENO;
    uncommitted_changes = true;

    send_message(MSG_ADDDOCUMENT, serialise_document(doc));

    string message;
    get_message(message, REPLY_ADDDOCUMENT);

    const char * p = message.data();
    const char * p_end = p + message.size();
    Xapian::docid did;
    decode_length(&p, p_end, did);
    return did;
}

void
RemoteDatabase::delete_document(Xapian::docid did)
{
    cached_stats_valid = false;
    mru_slot = Xapian::BAD_VALUENO;
    uncommitted_changes = true;

    send_message(MSG_DELETEDOCUMENT, encode_length(did));
    string dummy;
    get_message(dummy, REPLY_DONE);
}

void
RemoteDatabase::delete_document(const std::string & unique_term)
{
    cached_stats_valid = false;
    mru_slot = Xapian::BAD_VALUENO;
    uncommitted_changes = true;

    send_message(MSG_DELETEDOCUMENTTERM, unique_term);
    string dummy;
    get_message(dummy, REPLY_DONE);
}

void
RemoteDatabase::replace_document(Xapian::docid did,
                                 const Xapian::Document & doc)
{
    cached_stats_valid = false;
    mru_slot = Xapian::BAD_VALUENO;
    uncommitted_changes = true;

    string message = encode_length(did);
    message += serialise_document(doc);

    send_message(MSG_REPLACEDOCUMENT, message);
    string dummy;
    get_message(dummy, REPLY_DONE);
}

Xapian::docid
RemoteDatabase::replace_document(const std::string & unique_term,
                                 const Xapian::Document & doc)
{
    cached_stats_valid = false;
    mru_slot = Xapian::BAD_VALUENO;
    uncommitted_changes = true;

    string message = encode_length(unique_term.size());
    message += unique_term;
    message += serialise_document(doc);

    send_message(MSG_REPLACEDOCUMENTTERM, message);

    get_message(message, REPLY_ADDDOCUMENT);

    const char * p = message.data();
    const char * p_end = p + message.size();
    Xapian::docid did;
    decode_length(&p, p_end, did);
    return did;
}

string
RemoteDatabase::get_uuid() const
{
    return uuid;
}

string
RemoteDatabase::get_metadata(const string & key) const
{
    send_message(MSG_GETMETADATA, key);
    string metadata;
    get_message(metadata, REPLY_METADATA);
    return metadata;
}

void
RemoteDatabase::set_metadata(const string & key, const string & value)
{
    uncommitted_changes = true;

    string data = encode_length(key.size());
    data += key;
    data += value;
    send_message(MSG_SETMETADATA, data);
    string dummy;
    get_message(dummy, REPLY_DONE);
}

void
RemoteDatabase::add_spelling(const string & word,
                             Xapian::termcount freqinc) const
{
    uncommitted_changes = true;

    string data = encode_length(freqinc);
    data += word;
    send_message(MSG_ADDSPELLING, data);
    string dummy;
    get_message(dummy, REPLY_DONE);
}

void
RemoteDatabase::remove_spelling(const string & word,
                                Xapian::termcount freqdec) const
{
    uncommitted_changes = true;

    string data = encode_length(freqdec);
    data += word;
    send_message(MSG_REMOVESPELLING, data);
}

bool
RemoteDatabase::locked() const
{
    throw Xapian::UnimplementedError("Database::locked() not implemented for remote backend");
}