lumiera_/src/steam/engine/weaving-pattern-builder.hpp
Ichthyostega b46e21e24d Invocation: investigate ways to introduce a parameter-functor
While the handling of invocation parameters is now integrated in the node processing,
there is still a gap to close in the Node Builder, which is tricky due to the way
the parameter-functor is now integrated deeply into the setup of the `FeedManifold`;
so the `PortBuilder` is tasked now with implanting a `FeedPrototype` -- which must be
adapted to a ''specific parameter-functor,'' which is only supplied optionally,
as a further build step.

At first this seemed to present a pattern very similar to a ''State Monad'' — and thus
I investigated if encapsulating the build of the prototype into such a State Monad would
simplify the structure of the builder — yet once again, Monads turned out as ''Anti Pattern''
rather: we'd had to ad an extra component, which is superficially generic
but without any tangible relation to patterns of the real world, it would be
rather technical (using lots of composed lambda primitives, which will be condensed
into a single builder function by the compiler / optimiser. But worse still,
this highly complicated setup does not actually solve the problem with N x M
typed contexts — implying that it ''is not actually an abstraction,'' rather just
pretends to be generic.

The benefit of this lengthy design exercise is to understand better the situation
in the builder, which amounts to building up mixed typed context with several
degrees of freedom. It is better to accept this reality and keep it in  plain sight,
i.e. let the builder be explicitly typed from end to end and do not try
to package parts of this selection process behind a virtualisation.
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/*
WEAVING-PATTERN-BUILDER.hpp - build an invocation pattern for media calculations
Copyright (C)
2024, Hermann Vosseler <Ichthyostega@web.de>
  **Lumiera** 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. See the file COPYING for further details.
*/
/** @file weaving-pattern-builder.hpp
** Construction kit to establish an invocation scheme for media calculations.
** Adapters and configuration is provided to invoke the actual _media processing function_
** in accordance to a wiring scheme as implied by the _signature_ of the bound function.
** - the function takes one to three arguments
** - these are related to the parameters, the input and the output (always in that order)
** - the specification of at least one output buffer is mandatory
** - a function may omit input and / or the parameter «slot»
** - multiple items of the same kind (output, input, parameter) can be packaged
** into a heterogeneous tuple, or given as an array of identically typed elements;
** yet a single value can be accepted directly as function argument.
** - input/output buffers are recognisable as pointers, while parameters are value data.
** - pointers and parameter values are typed, which is used internally to ensure passing
** the right value to the corresponding item and to ensure suitable memory allocations.
** @note steam::engine::Turnout mixes-in the steam::engine::MediaWeavingPattern, which in turn
** inherits from a FeedManifold given as template parameter. So this constitutes an
** **extension point** where other, more elaborate invocation schemes could be integrated.
**
** # Preparing a FeedManifold and handling invocation parameters
**
** Detection of the processing function signature with all possible variations as detailed above
** is the responsibility of the [FeedManifold template](\ref feed-manifold.hpp). For each distinct
** signature, a suitable data layout is generated, including storage to hold the processing-functor
** itself (which is embedded as a clone-copy to expose the actual invocation to the optimiser in
** the C++ compiler). The WeavingBuilder defined here is used to build a Port implementation and
** thus a specific »Weaving Pattern«, which — at the actual Node invocation — will in turn build
** the concrete FeedManifold instance into local stack memory. For this reason, the Port can be
** understood as the Level-1 builder, whereas the Port / Weaving Builder is classified as Level-2
** and a processing and link-builder operating on top of the former is designated as Level-3.
**
** The actual type of the FeedManifold, including all the specifics of the data layout, becomes
** embedded into the Port implementation (≙Weaving Pattern) by means of a FeedPrototype instance.
** Furthermore, a parameter-functor can be installed there, to generate actual parameter data
** whenever the FeedPrototype generates a new FeedManifold instance for the next render invocation.
** The parameter data (and a copy of the processing-functor) is stored alongside in this generation
** step, and thus available in local stack memory during an extended (possibly recursive) render
** invocation sequence.
**
** Invocation parameters are a crucial ingredient for each invocation, yet the responsibility for
** the parameter-functor to produce these parameters lies in a different part of the system than
** the responsibility for configuring the processing functor. The reason is simply that the
** setup of actual parameters is an essential part of the user's work on the edit in the Session.
** The control flow for parameter thus traces back into the session, while on the other hand the
** processing-functor must be configured by an external media-library adapter Plug-in. So this
** creates the challenge that in actual use the PortBuilder will be passed through several realms.
** Firstly, the external library binding will be invoked to set up a processing-functor, and then,
** in a separate step, the same PortBuilder instance, unfinished at that point, will be passed to
** the code responsible for configuring parameters and _Parameter Automation._ Only after that,
** the _terminal builder operation_ WeavingBuilder::build() will be invoked, and the control
** flow in the Lumiera Builder subsystem proceeds to outfitting the next Render Node.
** This intricate sequence of configuration step translates into the necessity to build the
** FeedPrototype first in its basic form, without a parameter-functor. The second configuration
** step performed later will then have to re-shape the FeedPrototype to add a parameter-functor.
** This amounts to a move-copy, thereby changing the FeedPrototype's template arguments to
** the full signature, including the type of the parameter functor. In this final shape,
** it can be integrated into a Turnout instance and dropped off into the PatternData, which
** is used to record configuration for the actual storage allocation and node generation step
** performed later.
**
**
** # Interplay of NodeBuider, PortBuilder and WeavingBuilder
**
** The steam::engine::WeavingBuilder defined here serves as the low-level builder and adapter
** to prepare the wiring and invocation. The builder-API allows to setup the wiring of input
** and output-»slots« and control some detail aspects like caching. However, without defining
** any connections explicitly, a simple 1:1 wiring scheme is employed
** - each _input slot_ of the function gets an input buffer, which is filled by _pulling_
** (i.e. invoking) a predecessor node (a so called »lead«).
** - for each _output slot_ a buffer is allocated for the processing function to drop off
** the calculated media data
** - only one of these output buffers is used as actual result, while the other buffers
** are just discarded (but may possibly be fed to the frame cache).
**
** Each [Processing Node](\ref ProcNode) represents one specific processing functionality on a
** logical level; yet such a node may be able to generate several „flavours“ of this processing,
** which are represented as *ports* on this node. Actually, each such port stands for one specific
** setup of a function invocation, with appropriate _wiring_ of input and output connections.
** For example, an audio filtering function may be exposed on port-#1 for stereo sound, while
** port-#2 may process the left, and port-#3 the right channel in isolation. It is entirely
** up to the library-adapter-plug-in to decide what processing functions to expose, and in
** which flavours. The WeavingBuilder is used to generate a single \ref Turnout object,
** which corresponds to the invocation of a single port and thus one flavour of processing.
**
** At one architectural level above, the \ref NodeBuilder exposes the ability to set up a
** ProcNode, complete with several ports and connected to possibly several predecessor nodes.
** Using a sequence of NodeBuilder invocations, the _processing node graph_ can be built gradually,
** starting from the source (predecessors) and moving up to the _exit nodes,_ which produce the
** desired calculation results. The NodeBuilder offers a function to define the predecessor nodes
** (also designated as _lead nodes_), and it offers an [entrance point](\ref NodeBuilder::preparePort)
** to descend into a \ref PortBuilder, allowing to add the port definitions for this node step by step.
**
** On the implementation level, the PortBuilder inherits from the NodeBuilder and embeds a
** WeavingBuilder instance. Moreover, the actual parametrisations of the NodeBuilder template
** are chained to create a _functional data structure._ This intricate setup is necessary because
** the actual data structure of the node graph comprises several small descriptor arrays and
** interconnected pointers, which are all placed into consecutive chunks of memory, using a
** custom allocator, the AllocationCluster. The lib::Several is used as front-end to access
** these small collections of related objects, and the associated lib::SeveralBuilder provides
** the low-level memory allocation and object creation functionality. The purpose of this
** admittedly quite elaborate scheme is to generate a compact data structure, with high
** cache locality and without wasting too much memory. Since the exact number of elements
** and the size of those elements can be deduced only after the builder-API usage has
** been completed, the aforementioned functional datastructure is used to collect the
** parametrisation information for all ports, while delaying the actual object creation.
** With this technique, it is possible to generate all descriptors or entries of one
** kind in a single run, and placed optimally and compact into the memory allocation.
**
** @see turnout.hpp
** @see node-builder.hpp
** @see NodeLink_test
**
** @todo WIP-WIP-WIP as of 10/2024 prototyping how to build and invoke render nodes /////////////////////////TICKET #1371
**
*/
#ifndef STEAM_ENGINE_WEAVING_PATTERN_BUILDER_H
#define STEAM_ENGINE_WEAVING_PATTERN_BUILDER_H
#include "lib/error.hpp"
#include "lib/several-builder.hpp"
#include "steam/engine/proc-id.hpp"
#include "steam/engine/engine-ctx.hpp"
#include "steam/engine/weaving-pattern.hpp"
#include "steam/engine/buffer-provider.hpp"
#include "steam/engine/buffhandle-attach.hpp" /////////////////OOO why do we need to include this? we need the accessAs<TY>() template function
#include "lib/meta/tuple-helper.hpp"
//#include "lib/test/test-helper.hpp" ////////////////////////////OOO TODO added for test
#include "lib/format-string.hpp"
#include "lib/iter-zip.hpp"
#include "lib/util.hpp"
#include <functional>
#include <utility>
#include <vector>
#include <string>
namespace steam {
namespace engine {
namespace err = lumiera::error;
using StrView = std::string_view;
using std::forward;
using lib::Depend;
using lib::izip;
using util::_Fmt;
using util::max;
template<class POL, class I, class E=I>
using DataBuilder = lib::SeveralBuilder<I,E, POL::template Policy>;
template<uint siz>
using SizMark = std::integral_constant<uint,siz>;
/**
* Recursive functional data structure to collect weaving pattern data
* and finally to emplace a Turnout instance into the data storage
* for each port, as specified by preceding builder-API invocations.
* @tparam PAR recursive layering for preceding entries
* @tparam BUILD a builder functor to emplace one Turnout instance,
* thereby opaquely embedding all specific data typing.
* @tparam siz storage in bytes to hold data produced by \a BUILD
*/
template<class PAR, class BUILD, uint siz>
struct PatternData
: PAR
{
BUILD buildEntry;
uint size() { return 1 + PAR::size(); }
template<class DAB>
void
collectEntries (DAB& dataBuilder, uint cntElm =0, uint maxSiz =0)
{
PAR::collectEntries (dataBuilder, cntElm+1, max (siz,maxSiz));
buildEntry (dataBuilder);
}
PatternData(PAR&& predecessor, BUILD&& entryBuilder)
: PAR{move (predecessor)}
, buildEntry{move (entryBuilder)}
{ }
};
/**
* Data recursion end: prime the port data storage
* by reserving appropriate storage to hold all known Turnout elements.
*/
struct PatternDataAnchor
{
uint size() { return 0; }
template<class DAB>
void
collectEntries (DAB& dataBuilder, uint cntElm, uint maxSiz)
{
dataBuilder.reserve (cntElm, maxSiz);
}
};
/**
* A low-level Builder to prepare and adapt for a specific node invocation.
* In this context, »weaving« refers to the way parameters and results of an
* processing function are provided, combined and forwarded within the setup
* for an actual Render Node invocation. When the invocation happens, a kind
* of preconfigured _blue print_ or invocation plan is executed; the purpose
* of the build at »Level-2« (≙the purpose of this code) is to preconfigure
* this invocation scheme. Using a _low level builder_ as controlled by the
* actual NodeBuilder and PortBuilder allows to introduce extension points
* and helps to abstract away internal technical details of the invocation.
* @tparam POL allocation and context configuration policy
* @tparam PROT Prototype to generate a Feed or invocation adapter to invoke
* @remark in the standard case, PROT is a FeedManifold<FUN>::Prototype and
* thus embeds the processing-functor and possibly a parameter-functor
*/
template<class POL, class PROT>
struct WeavingBuilder
: util::MoveOnly
{
using WeavingPattern = MediaWeavingPattern<PROT>;
using TurnoutWeaving = Turnout<WeavingPattern>;
static constexpr SizMark<sizeof(TurnoutWeaving)> sizMark{};
static constexpr uint FAN_I = PROT::FAN_I;
static constexpr uint FAN_O = PROT::FAN_O;
using TypeMarker = std::function<BuffDescr(BufferProvider&)>;
using ProviderRef = std::reference_wrapper<BufferProvider>;
DataBuilder<POL, PortRef> leadPorts;
std::vector<TypeMarker> buffTypes;
std::vector<ProviderRef> providers;
uint resultSlot{0};
Depend<EngineCtx> ctx;
StrView nodeSymb_;
StrView portSpec_;
PROT prototype_;
template<typename...INIT>
WeavingBuilder (PROT&& prototype, StrView nodeSymb, StrView portSpec, INIT&& ...alloInit)
: leadPorts{forward<INIT> (alloInit)...}
, buffTypes{fillDefaultBufferTypes()}
, nodeSymb_{nodeSymb}
, portSpec_{portSpec}
, prototype_{move(prototype)}
{ }
/** cross-ctor to switch to another prototype */
template<class PREV>
WeavingBuilder (WeavingBuilder<POL,PREV>&& prevBuilder, PROT&& adaptedPrototype)
: leadPorts {move (prevBuilder.leadPorts)}
, buffTypes {move (prevBuilder.buffTypes)}
, providers {move (prevBuilder.providers)}
, resultSlot{move (prevBuilder.resultSlot)}
, nodeSymb_ {move (prevBuilder.nodeSymb_)}
, portSpec_ {move (prevBuilder.portSpec_)}
, prototype_{move (adaptedPrototype)}
{ }
WeavingBuilder&&
attachToLeadPort (ProcNode& lead, uint portNr)
{
if (leadPorts.size() >= FAN_I)
throw err::Logic{_Fmt{"Builder: attempt to add further input, "
"but all %d »input slots« of the processing function are already connected."}
% FAN_I
};
PortRef portRef{lead.getPort (portNr)};
leadPorts.append (portRef);
return move(*this);
}
WeavingBuilder&&
connectRemainingInputs (DataBuilder<POL, ProcNodeRef>& knownLeads, uint defaultPort)
{
REQUIRE (leadPorts.size() <= FAN_I);
uint cnt = FAN_I - leadPorts.size();
if (FAN_I > knownLeads.size())
throw err::Logic{_Fmt{"Builder: attempt to auto-connect %d further »input slots«, "
"but this ProcNode has only %d predecessor nodes, while the "
"given processing function expects %d inputs."}
% cnt % knownLeads.size() % FAN_I
};
while (cnt--)
attachToLeadPort (knownLeads[leadPorts.size()], defaultPort);
return move(*this);
}
WeavingBuilder&&
selectResultSlot (uint idx)
{
this->resultSlot = idx;
return move(*this);
}
auto
build()
{
// discard excess storage prior to allocating the output types sequence
leadPorts.shrinkFit();
maybeFillDefaultProviders (buffTypes.size());
REQUIRE (providers.size() == buffTypes.size());
auto outTypes = DataBuilder<POL, BuffDescr>{leadPorts.policyConnect()}
.reserve (buffTypes.size());
for (auto& [i,typeConstructor] : izip(buffTypes))
outTypes.append (
typeConstructor (providers[i]));
ENSURE (leadPorts.size() == FAN_I);
ENSURE (outTypes.size() == FAN_O);
using PortDataBuilder = DataBuilder<POL, Port>;
// provide a free-standing functor to build a suitable Port impl (≙Turnout)
return [leads = move(leadPorts.build())
,types = move(outTypes.build())
,prototype = move(prototype_)
,resultIdx = resultSlot
,procID = ProcID::describe (nodeSymb_,portSpec_)
]
(PortDataBuilder& portData) mutable -> void
{
portData.template emplace<TurnoutWeaving> (procID
,move(leads)
,move(types)
,resultIdx
,move(prototype)
);
};
}
private: /* ====== WeavingBuilder implementation details ====== */
void
maybeFillDefaultProviders (size_t maxSlots)
{
for (uint i=providers.size(); i < maxSlots; ++i)
providers.emplace_back (ctx().mem);
}
/**
* @internal configuration builder for buffer descriptors
* @tparam BU target type of the buffer (without pointer)
* The FeedPrototype can generate for the given \a FUN a
* type sequence of output buffer types, which are used
* to instantiate this template and then later to work
* on specific output buffer slots.
*/
template<typename BU>
struct BufferDescriptor
{
/**
* Setup the constructor function for the default BufferDescriptors.
* @return a functor that can be applied to the actual BufferProviders
* at the point when everything for this port is configured.
*/
TypeMarker
makeBufferDescriptor() const
{
return [](BufferProvider& provider)
{ return provider.getDescriptor<BU>(); };
}
};
using OutTypesDescriptors = typename PROT::template OutTypesApply<BufferDescriptor>;
using OutDescriptorTup = lib::meta::Tuple<OutTypesDescriptors>;
/** A tuple of BufferDescriptor instances for all output buffer types */
static constexpr OutDescriptorTup outDescriptors{};
/** @internal pre-initialise the buffTypes vector with a default configuration.
* @remarks In the _terminal step,_ the buffTypes will be transformed into a
* sequence of BufferDescriptor entries, which can later be used
* by the node invocation to prepare a set of output buffers.
* - each slot holds a function<BufferDescripter(BufferProvider&)>
* - these can be used to configure specific setup for some buffers
* - the default BufferDescriptor will just default-construct the
* designated «output slot» of the media processing-function.
*/
static auto
fillDefaultBufferTypes()
{
std::vector<TypeMarker> defaultBufferTypes;
defaultBufferTypes.reserve (std::tuple_size_v<OutDescriptorTup>);
lib::meta::forEach(outDescriptors
,[&](auto& desc)
{
defaultBufferTypes.emplace_back(
desc.makeBufferDescriptor());
});
return defaultBufferTypes;
}
};
}}// namespace steam::engine
#endif /*STEAM_ENGINE_WEAVING_PATTERN_BUILDER_H*/