termlistmerger.h

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/* Copyright (C) 2008,2010,2011,2013,2016,2017,2018 Olly Betts
 * Copyright (C) 2011 Action Without Borders
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#ifndef XAPIAN_INCLUDED_TERMLISTMERGER_H
#define XAPIAN_INCLUDED_TERMLISTMERGER_H
 
#include "api/termlist.h"
#include "heap.h"
#include "omassert.h"
#include "ortermlist.h"
 
struct CompareTermListSizeAscending {
    bool operator()(const TermList* a, const TermList* b) const {
        return a->get_approx_size() > b->get_approx_size();
    }
};
 
template<class ORTERMLIST = OrTermList>
inline TermList*
make_termlist_merger(std::vector<TermList*>& termlists)
{
    if (termlists.size() <= 1) {
        return termlists.size() == 1 ? termlists[0] : NULL;
    }
 
    // Make termlists into a heap so that the longest termlist is at the
    // top of the heap.
    Heap::make(termlists.begin(), termlists.end(),
               CompareTermListSizeAscending());
 
    // Now build a tree of binary TermList objects.  The algorithm used to
    // build the tree is like that used to build an optimal Huffman coding
    // tree.  If we called next() repeatedly, this arrangement would
    // minimise the number of method calls.  Generally we don't actually do
    // that, but this arrangement is still likely to be a good one, and it
    // does minimise the work in the worst case.
    while (true) {
        AssertRel(termlists.size(), >=, 2);
        // We build the tree such that at each branch:
        //
        //   l.get_approx_size() >= r.get_approx_size()
        //
        // We do this so that the OrTermList class can be optimised
        // assuming that this is the case.
        TermList* r = termlists.front();
        Heap::pop(termlists.begin(), termlists.end(),
                  CompareTermListSizeAscending());
        termlists.pop_back();
        TermList* l = termlists.front();
 
        TermList* tl = new ORTERMLIST(l, r);
 
        if (termlists.size() == 1)
            return tl;
 
        termlists.front() = tl;
        Heap::replace(termlists.begin(), termlists.end(),
                      CompareTermListSizeAscending());
    }
}
 
#endif // XAPIAN_INCLUDED_TERMLISTMERGER_H