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/**
 * Base class for search engines.
 *
 * All search engines must extend this class.
 *
 * @package   core_search
 * @copyright 2015 Daniel Neis
 * @license   http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
 */

namespace core_search;

defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();

/**
 * Base class for search engines.
 *
 * All search engines must extend this class.
 *
 * @package   core_search
 * @copyright 2015 Daniel Neis
 * @license   http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
 */
abstract class engine {

    /**
     * The search engine configuration.
     *
     * @var \stdClass
     */
    protected $config = null;

    /**
     * Last executed query error, if there was any.
     * @var string
     */
    protected $queryerror = null;

    /**
     * @var array Internal cache.
     */
    protected $cachedareas = array();

    /**
     * @var array Internal cache.
     */
    protected $cachedcourses = array();

    /**
     * User data required to show their fullnames. Indexed by userid.
     *
     * @var \stdClass[]
     */
    protected static $cachedusers = array();

    /**
     * @var string Frankenstyle plugin name.
     */
    protected $pluginname = null;

    /**
     * @var bool If true, should skip schema validity check when checking the search engine is ready
     */
    protected $skipschemacheck = false;

    /**
     * Initialises the search engine configuration.
     *
     * Search engine availability should be checked separately.
     *
     * The alternate configuration option is only used to construct a special second copy of the
     * search engine object, as described in {@see has_alternate_configuration}.
     *
     * @param bool $alternateconfiguration If true, use alternate configuration settings
     * @return void
     */
    public function __construct(bool $alternateconfiguration = false) {

        $classname = get_class($this);
        if (strpos($classname, '\\') === false) {
            throw new \coding_exception('"' . $classname . '" class should specify its component namespace and it should be named engine.');
        } else if (strpos($classname, '_') === false) {
            throw new \coding_exception('"' . $classname . '" class namespace should be its frankenstyle name');
        }

        // This is search_xxxx config.
        $this->pluginname = substr($classname, 0, strpos($classname, '\\'));
        if ($config = get_config($this->pluginname)) {
            $this->config = $config;
        } else {
            $this->config = new stdClass();
        }

        // For alternate configuration, automatically replace normal configuration values with
        // those beginning with 'alternate'.
        if ($alternateconfiguration) {
            foreach ((array)$this->config as $key => $value) {
                if (preg_match('~^alternate(.*)$~', $key, $matches)) {
                    $this->config->{$matches[1]} = $value;
                }
            }
        }

        // Flag just in case engine needs to know it is using the alternate configuration.
        $this->config->alternateconfiguration = $alternateconfiguration;
    }

    /**
     * Returns a course instance checking internal caching.
     *
     * @param int $courseid
     * @return stdClass
     */
    protected function get_course($courseid) {
        if (!empty($this->cachedcourses[$courseid])) {
            return $this->cachedcourses[$courseid];
        }

        // No need to clone, only read.
        $this->cachedcourses[$courseid] = get_course($courseid, false);

        return $this->cachedcourses[$courseid];
    }

    /**
     * Returns user data checking the internal static cache.
     *
     * Including here the minimum required user information as this may grow big.
     *
     * @param int $userid
     * @return stdClass
     */
    public function get_user($userid) {
        global $DB;

        if (empty(self::$cachedusers[$userid])) {
            $userfieldsapi = \core_user\fields::for_name();
            $fields = $userfieldsapi->get_sql('', false, '', '', false)->selects;
            self::$cachedusers[$userid] = $DB->get_record('user', array('id' => $userid), 'id, ' . $fields);
        }
        return self::$cachedusers[$userid];
    }

    /**
     * Clears the users cache.
     *
     * @return null
     */
    public static function clear_users_cache() {
        self::$cachedusers = [];
    }

    /**
     * Returns a search instance of the specified area checking internal caching.
     *
     * @param string $areaid Area id
     * @return \core_search\base
     */
    protected function get_search_area($areaid) {

        if (isset($this->cachedareas[$areaid]) && $this->cachedareas[$areaid] === false) {
            // We already checked that area and it is not available.
            return false;
        }

        if (!isset($this->cachedareas[$areaid])) {
            // First result that matches this area.

            $this->cachedareas[$areaid] = \core_search\manager::get_search_area($areaid);
            if ($this->cachedareas[$areaid] === false) {
                // The area does not exist or it is not available any more.

                $this->cachedareas[$areaid] = false;
                return false;
            }

            if (!$this->cachedareas[$areaid]->is_enabled()) {
                // We skip the area if it is not enabled.

                // Marking it as false so next time we don' need to check it again.
                $this->cachedareas[$areaid] = false;

                return false;
            }
        }

        return $this->cachedareas[$areaid];
    }

    /**
     * Returns a document instance prepared to be rendered.
     *
     * @param \core_search\base $searcharea
     * @param array $docdata
     * @return \core_search\document
     */
    protected function to_document(\core_search\base $searcharea, $docdata) {

        list($componentname, $areaname) = \core_search\manager::extract_areaid_parts($docdata['areaid']);
        $doc = \core_search\document_factory::instance($docdata['itemid'], $componentname, $areaname, $this);
        $doc->set_data_from_engine($docdata);
        $doc->set_doc_url($searcharea->get_doc_url($doc));
        $doc->set_context_url($searcharea->get_context_url($doc));
        $doc->set_doc_icon($searcharea->get_doc_icon($doc));

        // Uses the internal caches to get required data needed to render the document later.
        $course = $this->get_course($doc->get('courseid'));
        $doc->set_extra('coursefullname', $course->fullname);

        if ($doc->is_set('userid')) {
            $user = $this->get_user($doc->get('userid'));
            $doc->set_extra('userfullname', fullname($user));
        }

        return $doc;
    }

    /**
     * Loop through given iterator of search documents
     * and and have the search engine back end add them
     * to the index.
     *
     * @param \iterator $iterator the iterator of documents to index
     * @param base $searcharea the area for the documents to index
     * @param array $options document indexing options
     * @return array Processed document counts
     */
    public function add_documents($iterator, $searcharea, $options) {
        $numrecords = 0;
        $numdocs = 0;
        $numdocsignored = 0;
        $numbatches = 0;
        $lastindexeddoc = 0;
        $firstindexeddoc = 0;
        $partial = false;
        $lastprogress = manager::get_current_time();

        $batchmode = $this->supports_add_document_batch();
        $currentbatch = [];

        foreach ($iterator as $document) {
            // Stop if we have exceeded the time limit (and there are still more items). Always
            // do at least one second's worth of documents otherwise it will never make progress.
            if ($lastindexeddoc !== $firstindexeddoc &&
                    !empty($options['stopat']) && manager::get_current_time() >= $options['stopat']) {
                $partial = true;
                break;
            }

            if (!$document instanceof \core_search\document) {
                continue;
            }

            if (isset($options['lastindexedtime']) && $options['lastindexedtime'] == 0) {
                // If we have never indexed this area before, it must be new.
                $document->set_is_new(true);
            }

            if ($options['indexfiles']) {
                // Attach files if we are indexing.
                $searcharea->attach_files($document);
            }

            if ($batchmode && strlen($document->get('content')) <= $this->get_batch_max_content()) {
                $currentbatch[] = $document;
                if (count($currentbatch) >= $this->get_batch_max_documents()) {
                    [$processed, $failed, $batches] = $this->add_document_batch($currentbatch, $options['indexfiles']);
                    $numdocs += $processed;
                    $numdocsignored += $failed;
                    $numbatches += $batches;
                    $currentbatch = [];
                }
            } else {
                if ($this->add_document($document, $options['indexfiles'])) {
                    $numdocs++;
                } else {
                    $numdocsignored++;
                }
                $numbatches++;
            }

            $lastindexeddoc = $document->get('modified');
            if (!$firstindexeddoc) {
                $firstindexeddoc = $lastindexeddoc;
            }
            $numrecords++;

            // If indexing the area takes a long time, periodically output progress information.
            if (isset($options['progress'])) {
                $now = manager::get_current_time();
                if ($now - $lastprogress >= manager::DISPLAY_INDEXING_PROGRESS_EVERY) {
                    $lastprogress = $now;
< // The first date format is the same used in cron_trace_time_and_memory(). < $options['progress']->output(date('H:i:s', $now) . ': Done to ' . userdate(
> // The first date format is the same used in \core\cron::trace_time_and_memory(). > $options['progress']->output(date('H:i:s', (int)$now) . ': Done to ' . userdate(
$lastindexeddoc, get_string('strftimedatetimeshort', 'langconfig')), 1); } } } // Add remaining documents from batch. if ($batchmode && $currentbatch) { [$processed, $failed, $batches] = $this->add_document_batch($currentbatch, $options['indexfiles']); $numdocs += $processed; $numdocsignored += $failed; $numbatches += $batches; } return [$numrecords, $numdocs, $numdocsignored, $lastindexeddoc, $partial, $numbatches]; } /** * Returns the plugin name. * * @return string Frankenstyle plugin name. */ public function get_plugin_name() { return $this->pluginname; } /** * Gets the document class used by this search engine. * * Search engines can overwrite \core_search\document with \search_ENGINENAME\document class. * * Looks for a document class in the current search engine namespace, falling back to \core_search\document. * Publicly available because search areas do not have access to the engine details, * \core_search\document_factory accesses this function. * * @return string */ public function get_document_classname() { $classname = $this->pluginname . '\\document'; if (!class_exists($classname)) { $classname = '\\core_search\\document'; } return $classname; } /** * Run any pre-indexing operations. * * Should be overwritten if the search engine needs to do any pre index preparation. * * @param bool $fullindex True if a full index will be performed * @return void */ public function index_starting($fullindex = false) { // Nothing by default. } /** * Run any post indexing operations. * * Should be overwritten if the search engine needs to do any post index cleanup. * * @param int $numdocs The number of documents that were added to the index * @param bool $fullindex True if a full index was performed * @return void */ public function index_complete($numdocs = 0, $fullindex = false) { // Nothing by default. } /** * Do anything that may need to be done before an area is indexed. * * @param \core_search\base $searcharea The search area that was complete * @param bool $fullindex True if a full index is being performed * @return void */ public function area_index_starting($searcharea, $fullindex = false) { // Nothing by default. } /** * Do any area cleanup needed, and do anything to confirm contents. * * Return false to prevent the search area completed time and stats from being updated. * * @param \core_search\base $searcharea The search area that was complete * @param int $numdocs The number of documents that were added to the index * @param bool $fullindex True if a full index is being performed * @return bool True means that data is considered indexed */ public function area_index_complete($searcharea, $numdocs = 0, $fullindex = false) { return true; } /** * Optimizes the search engine. * * Should be overwritten if the search engine can optimize its contents. * * @return void */ public function optimize() { // Nothing by default. mtrace('The ' . get_string('pluginname', $this->get_plugin_name()) . ' search engine does not require automatic optimization.'); } /** * Does the system satisfy all the requirements. * * Should be overwritten if the search engine has any system dependencies * that needs to be checked. * * @return bool */ public function is_installed() { return true; } /** * Returns any error reported by the search engine when executing the provided query. * * It should be called from static::execute_query when an exception is triggered. * * @return string */ public function get_query_error() { return $this->queryerror; } /** * Returns the total number of documents available for the most recent call to execute_query. * * This can be an estimate, but should get more accurate the higher the limited passed to execute_query is. * To do that, the engine can use (actual result returned count + count of unchecked documents), or * (total possible docs - docs that have been checked and rejected). * * Engine can limit to manager::MAX_RESULTS if there is cost to determining more. * If this cannot be computed in a reasonable way, manager::MAX_RESULTS may be returned. * * @return int */ abstract public function get_query_total_count(); /** * Return true if file indexing is supported and enabled. False otherwise. * * @return bool */ public function file_indexing_enabled() { return false; } /** * Clears the current query error value. * * @return void */ public function clear_query_error() { $this->queryerror = null; } /** * Is the server ready to use? * * This should also check that the search engine configuration is ok. * * If the function $this->should_skip_schema_check() returns true, then this function may leave * out time-consuming checks that the schema is valid. (This allows for improved performance on * critical pages such as the main search form.) * * @return true|string Returns true if all good or an error string. */ abstract function is_server_ready(); /** * Tells the search engine to skip any time-consuming checks that it might do as part of the * is_server_ready function, and only carry out a basic check that it can contact the server. * * This setting is not remembered and applies only to the current request. * * @since Moodle 3.5 * @param bool $skip True to skip the checks, false to start checking again */ public function skip_schema_check($skip = true) { $this->skipschemacheck = $skip; } /** * For use by subclasses. The engine can call this inside is_server_ready to check whether it * should skip time-consuming schema checks. * * @since Moodle 3.5 * @return bool True if schema checks should be skipped */ protected function should_skip_schema_check() { return $this->skipschemacheck; } /** * Adds a document to the search engine. * * @param document $document * @param bool $fileindexing True if file indexing is to be used * @return bool False if the file was skipped or failed, true on success */ abstract function add_document($document, $fileindexing = false); /** * Adds multiple documents to the search engine. * * It should return the number successfully processed, and the number of batches they were * processed in (for example if you add 100 documents and there is an error processing one of * those documents, and it took 4 batches, it would return [99, 1, 4]). * * If the engine implements this, it should return true to {@see supports_add_document_batch}. * * The system will only call this function with up to {@see get_batch_max_documents} documents, * and each document in the batch will have content no larger than specified by * {@see get_batch_max_content}. * * @param document[] $documents Documents to add * @param bool $fileindexing True if file indexing is to be used * @return int[] Array of three elements, successfully processed, failed processed, batch count */ public function add_document_batch(array $documents, bool $fileindexing = false): array { throw new \coding_exception('add_document_batch not supported by this engine'); } /** * Executes the query on the engine. * * Implementations of this function should check user context array to limit the results to contexts where the * user have access. They should also limit the owneruserid field to manger::NO_OWNER_ID or the current user's id. * Engines must use area->check_access() to confirm user access. * * Engines should reasonably attempt to fill up to limit with valid results if they are available. * * The $filters object may include the following fields (optional except q): * - q: value of main search field; results should include this text * - title: if included, title must match this search * - areaids: array of search area id strings (only these areas will be searched) * - courseids: array of course ids (only these courses will be searched) * - groupids: array of group ids (only results specifically from these groupids will be * searched) - this option will be ignored if the search engine doesn't support groups * * The $accessinfo parameter has two different values (for historical compatibility). If the * engine returns false to supports_group_filtering then it is an array of user contexts, or * true if the user can access all contexts. (This parameter used to be called $usercontexts.) * If the engine returns true to supports_group_filtering then it will be an object containing * these fields: * - everything (true if admin is searching with no restrictions) * - usercontexts (same as above) * - separategroupscontexts (array of context ids where separate groups are used) * - visiblegroupscontextsareas (array of subset of those where some areas use visible groups) * - usergroups (array of relevant group ids that user belongs to) * * The engine should apply group restrictions to those contexts listed in the * 'separategroupscontexts' array. In these contexts, it shouled only include results if the * groupid is not set, or if the groupid matches one of the values in USER_GROUPS array, or * if the search area is one of those listed in 'visiblegroupscontextsareas' for that context. * * @param \stdClass $filters Query and filters to apply. * @param \stdClass $accessinfo Information about the contexts the user can access * @param int $limit The maximum number of results to return. If empty, limit to manager::MAX_RESULTS. * @return \core_search\document[] Results or false if no results */ public abstract function execute_query($filters, $accessinfo, $limit = 0); /** * Delete all documents. * * @param string $areaid To filter by area * @return void */ abstract function delete($areaid = null); /** * Deletes information related to a specific context id. This should be used when the context * itself is deleted from Moodle. * * This only deletes information for the specified context - not for any child contexts. * * This function is optional; if not supported it will return false and the information will * not be deleted from the search index. * * If an engine implements this function it should also implement delete_index_for_course; * otherwise, nothing will be deleted when users delete an entire course at once. * * @param int $oldcontextid ID of context that has been deleted * @return bool True if implemented * @throws \core_search\engine_exception Engines may throw this exception for any problem */ public function delete_index_for_context(int $oldcontextid) { return false; } /** * Deletes information related to a specific course id. This should be used when the course * itself is deleted from Moodle. * * This deletes all information relating to that course from the index, including all child * contexts. * * This function is optional; if not supported it will return false and the information will * not be deleted from the search index. * * If an engine implements this function then, ideally, it should also implement * delete_index_for_context so that deletion of single activities/blocks also works. * * @param int $oldcourseid ID of course that has been deleted * @return bool True if implemented * @throws \core_search\engine_exception Engines may throw this exception for any problem */ public function delete_index_for_course(int $oldcourseid) { return false; } /** * Checks that the schema is the latest version. If the version stored in config does not match * the current, this function will attempt to upgrade the schema. * * @return bool|string True if schema is OK, a string if user needs to take action */ public function check_latest_schema() { if (empty($this->config->schemaversion)) { $currentversion = 0; } else { $currentversion = $this->config->schemaversion; } if ($currentversion < document::SCHEMA_VERSION) { return $this->update_schema((int)$currentversion, (int)document::SCHEMA_VERSION); } else { return true; } } /** * Usually called by the engine; marks that the schema has been updated. * * @param int $version Records the schema version now applied */ public function record_applied_schema_version($version) { set_config('schemaversion', $version, $this->pluginname); } /** * Requests the search engine to upgrade the schema. The engine should update the schema if * possible/necessary, and should ensure that record_applied_schema_version is called as a * result. * * If it is not possible to upgrade the schema at the moment, it can do nothing and return; the * function will be called again next time search is initialised. * * The default implementation just returns, with a DEBUG_DEVELOPER warning. * * @param int $oldversion Old schema version * @param int $newversion New schema version * @return bool|string True if schema is updated successfully, a string if it needs updating manually */ protected function update_schema($oldversion, $newversion) { debugging('Unable to update search engine schema: ' . $this->pluginname, DEBUG_DEVELOPER); return get_string('schemanotupdated', 'search'); } /** * Checks if this search engine supports groups. * * Note that returning true to this function causes the parameters to execute_query to be * passed differently! * * In order to implement groups and return true to this function, the search engine should: * * 1. Handle the fields ->separategroupscontexts and ->usergroups in the $accessinfo parameter * to execute_query (ideally, using these to automatically restrict search results). * 2. Support the optional groupids parameter in the $filter parameter for execute_query to * restrict results to only those where the stored groupid matches the given value. * * @return bool True if this engine supports searching by group id field */ public function supports_group_filtering() { return false; } /** * Obtain a list of results orders (and names for them) that are supported by this * search engine in the given context. * * By default, engines sort by relevance only. * * @param \context $context Context that the user requested search from * @return array Array from order name => display text */ public function get_supported_orders(\context $context) { return ['relevance' => get_string('order_relevance', 'search')]; } /** * Checks if the search engine supports searching by user. * * If it returns true to this function, the search engine should support the 'userids' option * in the $filters value passed to execute_query(), returning only items where the userid in * the search document matches one of those user ids. * * @return bool True if the search engine supports searching by user */ public function supports_users() { return false; } /** * Checks if the search engine supports adding documents in a batch. * * If it returns true to this function, the search engine must implement the add_document_batch * function. * * @return bool True if the search engine supports adding documents in a batch */ public function supports_add_document_batch(): bool { return false; } /** * Gets the maximum number of documents to send together in batch mode. * * Only relevant if the engine returns true to {@see supports_add_document_batch}. * * Can be overridden by search engine if required. * * @var int Number of documents to send together in batch mode, default 100. */ public function get_batch_max_documents(): int { return 100; } /** * Gets the maximum size of document content to be included in a shared batch (if the * document is bigger then it will be sent on its own; batching does not provide a performance * improvement for big documents anyway). * * Only relevant if the engine returns true to {@see supports_add_document_batch}. * * Can be overridden by search engine if required. * * @return int Max size in bytes, default 1MB */ public function get_batch_max_content(): int { return 1024 * 1024; } /** * Checks if the search engine has an alternate configuration. * * This is used where the same search engine class supports two different configurations, * which are both shown on the settings screen. The alternate configuration is selected by * passing 'true' parameter to the constructor. * * The feature is used when a different connection is in use for indexing vs. querying * the search engine. * * This function should only return true if the engine supports an alternate configuration * and the user has filled in the settings. (We do not need to test they are valid, that will * happen as normal.) * * @return bool True if an alternate configuration is defined */ public function has_alternate_configuration(): bool { return false; } }