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[4/8] incubator-apex-malhar git commit: MLHR-1877 #resolve #comment moved DTFile implementation to from contrib to lib

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-apex-malhar/blob/02f48e1b/library/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/io/file/tfile/DTBCFile.java
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+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
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+ */
+package org.apache.hadoop.io.file.tfile;
+
+import java.io.Closeable;
+import java.io.DataInput;
+import java.io.DataInputStream;
+import java.io.DataOutput;
+import java.io.DataOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.TreeMap;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+import org.apache.commons.io.output.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FSDataInputStream;
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FSDataOutputStream;
+import org.apache.hadoop.io.BytesWritable;
+import org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.Compressor;
+import org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.Decompressor;
+import org.apache.hadoop.io.file.tfile.CompareUtils.Scalar;
+import org.apache.hadoop.io.file.tfile.Utils.Version;
+import org.apache.hadoop.io.file.tfile.CompareUtils.ScalarComparator;
+import org.apache.hadoop.io.file.tfile.CompareUtils.ScalarLong;
+import org.apache.hadoop.io.file.tfile.Compression.Algorithm;
+
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * <ul>
+ * <li>The file format of DTFile is same as {@link TFile} with different reader implementation. 
+ * It reads data block by block and cache the binary block data into memory to speed up the random read.
+ * 
+ * <li>The public api of {@link Reader} is as same as it is in {@link TFile} {@link org.apache.hadoop.io.file.tfile.TFile.Reader} implementation. 
+ * Besides, it provides getBlockBuffer(), getKeyOffset(), getKeyLength(), getValueOffset(), getValueLength() method
+ *  to expose raw block, key, value data to user to avoid unnecessary internal/external data copy
+ *  
+ * <li>In the performance test, It shows no difference in sequential reads and 20x faster in random reads(If most of them hit memory)
+ * </ul>
+ * 
+ * Block Compressed file, the underlying physical storage layer for TFile.
+ * BCFile provides the basic block level compression for the data block and meta
+ * blocks. It is separated from TFile as it may be used for other
+ * block-compressed file implementation.
+ *
+ * @since 2.0.0
+ */
+final class DTBCFile {
+  // the current version of BCFile impl, increment them (major or minor) made
+  // enough changes
+  static final Version API_VERSION = new Version((short) 1, (short) 0);
+  static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(DTBCFile.class);
+
+  /**
+   * Prevent the instantiation of BCFile objects.
+   */
+  private DTBCFile() {
+    // nothing
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * BCFile writer, the entry point for creating a new BCFile.
+   */
+  static public class Writer implements Closeable {
+    private final FSDataOutputStream out;
+    private final Configuration conf;
+    // the single meta block containing index of compressed data blocks
+    final DataIndex dataIndex;
+    // index for meta blocks
+    final MetaIndex metaIndex;
+    boolean blkInProgress = false;
+    private boolean metaBlkSeen = false;
+    private boolean closed = false;
+    long errorCount = 0;
+    // reusable buffers.
+    private BytesWritable fsOutputBuffer;
+
+    /**
+     * Call-back interface to register a block after a block is closed.
+     */
+    private static interface BlockRegister {
+      /**
+       * Register a block that is fully closed.
+       * 
+       * @param raw
+       *          The size of block in terms of uncompressed bytes.
+       * @param offsetStart
+       *          The start offset of the block.
+       * @param offsetEnd
+       *          One byte after the end of the block. Compressed block size is
+       *          offsetEnd - offsetStart.
+       */
+      public void register(long raw, long offsetStart, long offsetEnd);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Intermediate class that maintain the state of a Writable Compression
+     * Block.
+     */
+    private static final class WBlockState {
+      private final Algorithm compressAlgo;
+      private Compressor compressor; // !null only if using native
+      // Hadoop compression
+      private final FSDataOutputStream fsOut;
+      private final long posStart;
+      private final SimpleBufferedOutputStream fsBufferedOutput;
+      private OutputStream out;
+
+      /**
+       * @param compressionAlgo
+       *          The compression algorithm to be used to for compression.
+       * @throws IOException
+       */
+      public WBlockState(Algorithm compressionAlgo, FSDataOutputStream fsOut,
+          BytesWritable fsOutputBuffer, Configuration conf) throws IOException {
+        this.compressAlgo = compressionAlgo;
+        this.fsOut = fsOut;
+        this.posStart = fsOut.getPos();
+
+        fsOutputBuffer.setCapacity(DTFile.getFSOutputBufferSize(conf));
+
+        this.fsBufferedOutput =
+            new SimpleBufferedOutputStream(this.fsOut, fsOutputBuffer.getBytes());
+        this.compressor = compressAlgo.getCompressor();
+
+        try {
+          this.out =
+              compressionAlgo.createCompressionStream(fsBufferedOutput,
+                  compressor, 0);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+          compressAlgo.returnCompressor(compressor);
+          throw e;
+        }
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * Get the output stream for BlockAppender's consumption.
+       * 
+       * @return the output stream suitable for writing block data.
+       */
+      OutputStream getOutputStream() {
+        return out;
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * Get the current position in file.
+       * 
+       * @return The current byte offset in underlying file.
+       * @throws IOException
+       */
+      long getCurrentPos() throws IOException {
+        return fsOut.getPos() + fsBufferedOutput.size();
+      }
+
+      long getStartPos() {
+        return posStart;
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * Current size of compressed data.
+       * 
+       * @return
+       * @throws IOException
+       */
+      long getCompressedSize() throws IOException {
+        long ret = getCurrentPos() - posStart;
+        return ret;
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * Finishing up the current block.
+       */
+      public void finish() throws IOException {
+        try {
+          if (out != null) {
+            out.flush();
+            out = null;
+          }
+        } finally {
+          compressAlgo.returnCompressor(compressor);
+          compressor = null;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Access point to stuff data into a block.
+     * 
+     * TODO: Change DataOutputStream to something else that tracks the size as
+     * long instead of int. Currently, we will wrap around if the row block size
+     * is greater than 4GB.
+     */
+    public class BlockAppender extends DataOutputStream {
+      private final BlockRegister blockRegister;
+      private final WBlockState wBlkState;
+      @SuppressWarnings("hiding")
+      private boolean closed = false;
+
+      /**
+       * Constructor
+       * 
+       * @param register
+       *          the block register, which is called when the block is closed.
+       * @param wbs
+       *          The writable compression block state.
+       */
+      BlockAppender(BlockRegister register, WBlockState wbs) {
+        super(wbs.getOutputStream());
+        this.blockRegister = register;
+        this.wBlkState = wbs;
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * Get the raw size of the block.
+       * 
+       * @return the number of uncompressed bytes written through the
+       *         BlockAppender so far.
+       * @throws IOException
+       */
+      public long getRawSize() throws IOException {
+        /**
+         * Expecting the size() of a block not exceeding 4GB. Assuming the
+         * size() will wrap to negative integer if it exceeds 2GB.
+         */
+        return size() & 0x00000000ffffffffL;
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * Get the compressed size of the block in progress.
+       * 
+       * @return the number of compressed bytes written to the underlying FS
+       *         file. The size may be smaller than actual need to compress the
+       *         all data written due to internal buffering inside the
+       *         compressor.
+       * @throws IOException
+       */
+      public long getCompressedSize() throws IOException {
+        return wBlkState.getCompressedSize();
+      }
+
+      @Override
+      public void flush() {
+        // The down stream is a special kind of stream that finishes a
+        // compression block upon flush. So we disable flush() here.
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * Signaling the end of write to the block. The block register will be
+       * called for registering the finished block.
+       */
+      @Override
+      public void close() throws IOException {
+        if (closed == true) {
+          return;
+        }
+        try {
+          ++errorCount;
+          wBlkState.finish();
+          blockRegister.register(getRawSize(), wBlkState.getStartPos(),
+              wBlkState.getCurrentPos());
+          --errorCount;
+        } finally {
+          closed = true;
+          blkInProgress = false;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor
+     * 
+     * @param fout
+     *          FS output stream.
+     * @param compressionName
+     *          Name of the compression algorithm, which will be used for all
+     *          data blocks.
+     * @throws IOException
+     * @see Compression#getSupportedAlgorithms
+     */
+    public Writer(FSDataOutputStream fout, String compressionName,
+        Configuration conf) throws IOException {
+      if (fout.getPos() != 0) {
+        throw new IOException("Output file not at zero offset.");
+      }
+
+      this.out = fout;
+      this.conf = conf;
+      dataIndex = new DataIndex(compressionName);
+      metaIndex = new MetaIndex();
+      fsOutputBuffer = new BytesWritable();
+      Magic.write(fout);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Close the BCFile Writer. Attempting to use the Writer after calling
+     * <code>close</code> is not allowed and may lead to undetermined results.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void close() throws IOException {
+      if (closed == true) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      try {
+        if (errorCount == 0) {
+          if (blkInProgress == true) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException(
+                "Close() called with active block appender.");
+          }
+
+          // add metaBCFileIndex to metaIndex as the last meta block
+          BlockAppender appender =
+              prepareMetaBlock(DataIndex.BLOCK_NAME,
+                  getDefaultCompressionAlgorithm());
+          try {
+            dataIndex.write(appender);
+          } finally {
+            appender.close();
+          }
+
+          long offsetIndexMeta = out.getPos();
+          metaIndex.write(out);
+
+          // Meta Index and the trailing section are written out directly.
+          out.writeLong(offsetIndexMeta);
+
+          API_VERSION.write(out);
+          Magic.write(out);
+          out.flush();
+        }
+      } finally {
+        closed = true;
+      }
+    }
+
+    private Algorithm getDefaultCompressionAlgorithm() {
+      return dataIndex.getDefaultCompressionAlgorithm();
+    }
+
+    private BlockAppender prepareMetaBlock(String name, Algorithm compressAlgo)
+        throws IOException, MetaBlockAlreadyExists {
+      if (blkInProgress == true) {
+        throw new IllegalStateException(
+            "Cannot create Meta Block until previous block is closed.");
+      }
+
+      if (metaIndex.getMetaByName(name) != null) {
+        throw new MetaBlockAlreadyExists("name=" + name);
+      }
+
+      MetaBlockRegister mbr = new MetaBlockRegister(name, compressAlgo);
+      WBlockState wbs =
+          new WBlockState(compressAlgo, out, fsOutputBuffer, conf);
+      BlockAppender ba = new BlockAppender(mbr, wbs);
+      blkInProgress = true;
+      metaBlkSeen = true;
+      return ba;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create a Meta Block and obtain an output stream for adding data into the
+     * block. There can only be one BlockAppender stream active at any time.
+     * Regular Blocks may not be created after the first Meta Blocks. The caller
+     * must call BlockAppender.close() to conclude the block creation.
+     * 
+     * @param name
+     *          The name of the Meta Block. The name must not conflict with
+     *          existing Meta Blocks.
+     * @param compressionName
+     *          The name of the compression algorithm to be used.
+     * @return The BlockAppender stream
+     * @throws IOException
+     * @throws MetaBlockAlreadyExists
+     *           If the meta block with the name already exists.
+     */
+    public BlockAppender prepareMetaBlock(String name, String compressionName)
+        throws IOException, MetaBlockAlreadyExists {
+      return prepareMetaBlock(name, Compression
+          .getCompressionAlgorithmByName(compressionName));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create a Meta Block and obtain an output stream for adding data into the
+     * block. The Meta Block will be compressed with the same compression
+     * algorithm as data blocks. There can only be one BlockAppender stream
+     * active at any time. Regular Blocks may not be created after the first
+     * Meta Blocks. The caller must call BlockAppender.close() to conclude the
+     * block creation.
+     * 
+     * @param name
+     *          The name of the Meta Block. The name must not conflict with
+     *          existing Meta Blocks.
+     * @return The BlockAppender stream
+     * @throws MetaBlockAlreadyExists
+     *           If the meta block with the name already exists.
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    public BlockAppender prepareMetaBlock(String name) throws IOException,
+        MetaBlockAlreadyExists {
+      return prepareMetaBlock(name, getDefaultCompressionAlgorithm());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create a Data Block and obtain an output stream for adding data into the
+     * block. There can only be one BlockAppender stream active at any time.
+     * Data Blocks may not be created after the first Meta Blocks. The caller
+     * must call BlockAppender.close() to conclude the block creation.
+     * 
+     * @return The BlockAppender stream
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    public BlockAppender prepareDataBlock() throws IOException {
+      if (blkInProgress == true) {
+        throw new IllegalStateException(
+            "Cannot create Data Block until previous block is closed.");
+      }
+
+      if (metaBlkSeen == true) {
+        throw new IllegalStateException(
+            "Cannot create Data Block after Meta Blocks.");
+      }
+
+      DataBlockRegister dbr = new DataBlockRegister();
+
+      WBlockState wbs =
+          new WBlockState(getDefaultCompressionAlgorithm(), out,
+              fsOutputBuffer, conf);
+      BlockAppender ba = new BlockAppender(dbr, wbs);
+      blkInProgress = true;
+      return ba;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Callback to make sure a meta block is added to the internal list when its
+     * stream is closed.
+     */
+    private class MetaBlockRegister implements BlockRegister {
+      private final String name;
+      private final Algorithm compressAlgo;
+
+      MetaBlockRegister(String name, Algorithm compressAlgo) {
+        this.name = name;
+        this.compressAlgo = compressAlgo;
+      }
+
+      @Override
+      public void register(long raw, long begin, long end) {
+        metaIndex.addEntry(new MetaIndexEntry(name, compressAlgo,
+            new BlockRegion(begin, end - begin, raw)));
+      }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Callback to make sure a data block is added to the internal list when
+     * it's being closed.
+     * 
+     */
+    private class DataBlockRegister implements BlockRegister {
+      DataBlockRegister() {
+        // do nothing
+      }
+
+      @Override
+      public void register(long raw, long begin, long end) {
+        dataIndex.addBlockRegion(new BlockRegion(begin, end - begin, raw));
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * BCFile Reader, interface to read the file's data and meta blocks.
+   */
+  static public class Reader implements Closeable {
+    private final FSDataInputStream in;
+    private final Configuration conf;
+    final DataIndex dataIndex;
+    // Index for meta blocks
+    final MetaIndex metaIndex;
+    final Version version;
+    //
+    private ByteArrayOutputStream baos;
+    private ArrayList<String> cacheKeys;
+
+    public ArrayList<String> getCacheKeys()
+    {
+      return cacheKeys;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Intermediate class that maintain the state of a Readable Compression
+     * Block.
+     */
+    static private final class RBlockState {
+      private final Algorithm compressAlgo;
+      private final ReusableByteArrayInputStream rbain;
+      private final BlockRegion region;
+
+      public RBlockState(Algorithm compressionAlgo, FSDataInputStream fsin, BlockRegion region, Configuration conf, Reader r) throws IOException
+      {
+        this.compressAlgo = compressionAlgo;
+        Decompressor decompressor = compressionAlgo.getDecompressor();
+        this.region = region;
+        try {
+
+          InputStream in = compressAlgo.createDecompressionStream(new BoundedRangeFileInputStream(fsin, region.getOffset(), region.getCompressedSize()), decompressor, DTFile.getFSInputBufferSize(conf));
+          int l = 1;
+          r.baos.reset();
+          byte[] buf = new byte[DTFile.getFSInputBufferSize(conf)];
+          while (l >= 0) {
+            l = in.read(buf);
+            if (l > 0) {
+              r.baos.write(buf, 0, l);
+            }
+          }
+          // keep decompressed data into cache
+          byte[] blockData = r.baos.toByteArray();
+          rbain = new ReusableByteArrayInputStream(blockData);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+          compressAlgo.returnDecompressor(decompressor);
+          throw e;
+        }
+
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * Get the output stream for BlockAppender's consumption.
+       * 
+       * @return the output stream suitable for writing block data.
+       */
+      public ReusableByteArrayInputStream getInputStream() {
+        return rbain;
+      }
+
+      public String getCompressionName() {
+        return compressAlgo.getName();
+      }
+
+      public BlockRegion getBlockRegion() {
+        return region;
+      }
+
+      public void finish() throws IOException {
+        try {
+          rbain.close();
+        } finally {
+        }
+      }
+
+      public void renew()
+      {
+        rbain.renew();
+      }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Access point to read a block.
+     */
+    public static class BlockReader extends DataInputStream {
+      private final RBlockState rBlkState;
+      private boolean closed = false;
+      
+      private ReusableByteArrayInputStream wrappedInputStream = null;
+
+      BlockReader(RBlockState rbs) {
+        super(rbs.getInputStream());
+        rBlkState = rbs;
+        wrappedInputStream = rbs.getInputStream();
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * Finishing reading the block. Release all resources.
+       */
+      @Override
+      public void close() throws IOException {
+        if (closed == true) {
+          return;
+        }
+        try {
+          // Do not set rBlkState to null. People may access stats after calling
+          // close().
+          rBlkState.finish();
+        } finally {
+          closed = true;
+        }
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * Get the name of the compression algorithm used to compress the block.
+       * 
+       * @return name of the compression algorithm.
+       */
+      public String getCompressionName() {
+        return rBlkState.getCompressionName();
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * Get the uncompressed size of the block.
+       * 
+       * @return uncompressed size of the block.
+       */
+      public long getRawSize() {
+        return rBlkState.getBlockRegion().getRawSize();
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * Get the compressed size of the block.
+       * 
+       * @return compressed size of the block.
+       */
+      public long getCompressedSize() {
+        return rBlkState.getBlockRegion().getCompressedSize();
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * Get the starting position of the block in the file.
+       * 
+       * @return the starting position of the block in the file.
+       */
+      public long getStartPos() {
+        return rBlkState.getBlockRegion().getOffset();
+      }
+
+      public void renew()
+      {
+        closed = false;
+        rBlkState.renew();
+      }
+      
+      public ReusableByteArrayInputStream getBlockDataInputStream()
+      {
+        return wrappedInputStream;
+      }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor
+     * 
+     * @param fin
+     *          FS input stream.
+     * @param fileLength
+     *          Length of the corresponding file
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    public Reader(FSDataInputStream fin, long fileLength, Configuration conf)
+        throws IOException {
+      this.in = fin;
+      this.conf = conf;
+      // A reader buffer to read the block
+      baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream(DTFile.getFSInputBufferSize(conf) * 2);
+      this.cacheKeys = new ArrayList<String>();
+      // move the cursor to the beginning of the tail, containing: offset to the
+      // meta block index, version and magic
+      fin.seek(fileLength - Magic.size() - Version.size() - Long.SIZE
+          / Byte.SIZE);
+      long offsetIndexMeta = fin.readLong();
+      version = new Version(fin);
+      Magic.readAndVerify(fin);
+
+      if (!version.compatibleWith(DTBCFile.API_VERSION)) {
+        throw new RuntimeException("Incompatible BCFile fileBCFileVersion.");
+      }
+
+      // read meta index
+      fin.seek(offsetIndexMeta);
+      metaIndex = new MetaIndex(fin);
+
+      // read data:BCFile.index, the data block index
+      BlockReader blockR = getMetaBlock(DataIndex.BLOCK_NAME);
+      try {
+        dataIndex = new DataIndex(blockR);
+      } finally {
+        blockR.close();
+      }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the name of the default compression algorithm.
+     * 
+     * @return the name of the default compression algorithm.
+     */
+    public String getDefaultCompressionName() {
+      return dataIndex.getDefaultCompressionAlgorithm().getName();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get version of BCFile file being read.
+     * 
+     * @return version of BCFile file being read.
+     */
+    public Version getBCFileVersion() {
+      return version;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get version of BCFile API.
+     * 
+     * @return version of BCFile API.
+     */
+    public Version getAPIVersion() {
+      return API_VERSION;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Finishing reading the BCFile. Release all resources.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void close() {
+      // Delete buffers in cache for this reader.
+      CacheManager.invalidateKeys(cacheKeys);
+      cacheKeys.clear();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the number of data blocks.
+     * 
+     * @return the number of data blocks.
+     */
+    public int getBlockCount() {
+      return dataIndex.getBlockRegionList().size();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Stream access to a Meta Block.
+     * 
+     * @param name
+     *          meta block name
+     * @return BlockReader input stream for reading the meta block.
+     * @throws IOException
+     * @throws MetaBlockDoesNotExist
+     *           The Meta Block with the given name does not exist.
+     */
+    public BlockReader getMetaBlock(String name) throws IOException,
+        MetaBlockDoesNotExist {
+      MetaIndexEntry imeBCIndex = metaIndex.getMetaByName(name);
+      if (imeBCIndex == null) {
+        throw new MetaBlockDoesNotExist("name=" + name);
+      }
+
+      BlockRegion region = imeBCIndex.getRegion();
+      return createReader(imeBCIndex.getCompressionAlgorithm(), region);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Stream access to a Data Block.
+     * 
+     * @param blockIndex
+     *          0-based data block index.
+     * @return BlockReader input stream for reading the data block.
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    public BlockReader getDataBlock(int blockIndex) throws IOException {
+      if (blockIndex < 0 || blockIndex >= getBlockCount()) {
+        throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException(String.format(
+            "blockIndex=%d, numBlocks=%d", blockIndex, getBlockCount()));
+      }
+
+      BlockRegion region = dataIndex.getBlockRegionList().get(blockIndex);
+      return createReader(dataIndex.getDefaultCompressionAlgorithm(), region);
+    }
+
+    private BlockReader createReader(Algorithm compressAlgo, BlockRegion region)
+        throws IOException {
+        BlockReader br = (BlockReader) CacheManager.get(region.getOffset() + this.toString());
+        if(br==null){
+          RBlockState rbs = new RBlockState(compressAlgo, in, region, conf, this);
+          br = new BlockReader(rbs);
+          String cacheKey = region.getOffset() + this.toString();
+          CacheManager.put(cacheKey, br);
+          cacheKeys.add(cacheKey);
+        } else {
+         br.renew();
+        }
+        return br;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Find the smallest Block index whose starting offset is greater than or
+     * equal to the specified offset.
+     * 
+     * @param offset
+     *          User-specific offset.
+     * @return the index to the data Block if such block exists; or -1
+     *         otherwise.
+     */
+    public int getBlockIndexNear(long offset) {
+      ArrayList<BlockRegion> list = dataIndex.getBlockRegionList();
+      int idx =
+          Utils
+              .lowerBound(list, new ScalarLong(offset), new ScalarComparator());
+
+      if (idx == list.size()) {
+        return -1;
+      }
+
+      return idx;
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Index for all Meta blocks.
+   */
+  static class MetaIndex {
+    // use a tree map, for getting a meta block entry by name
+    final Map<String, MetaIndexEntry> index;
+
+    // for write
+    public MetaIndex() {
+      index = new TreeMap<String, MetaIndexEntry>();
+    }
+
+    // for read, construct the map from the file
+    public MetaIndex(DataInput in) throws IOException {
+      int count = Utils.readVInt(in);
+      index = new TreeMap<String, MetaIndexEntry>();
+
+      for (int nx = 0; nx < count; nx++) {
+        MetaIndexEntry indexEntry = new MetaIndexEntry(in);
+        index.put(indexEntry.getMetaName(), indexEntry);
+      }
+    }
+
+    public void addEntry(MetaIndexEntry indexEntry) {
+      index.put(indexEntry.getMetaName(), indexEntry);
+    }
+
+    public MetaIndexEntry getMetaByName(String name) {
+      return index.get(name);
+    }
+
+    public void write(DataOutput out) throws IOException {
+      Utils.writeVInt(out, index.size());
+
+      for (MetaIndexEntry indexEntry : index.values()) {
+        indexEntry.write(out);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * An entry describes a meta block in the MetaIndex.
+   */
+  static final class MetaIndexEntry {
+    private final String metaName;
+    private final Algorithm compressionAlgorithm;
+    private final static String defaultPrefix = "data:";
+
+    private final BlockRegion region;
+
+    public MetaIndexEntry(DataInput in) throws IOException {
+      String fullMetaName = Utils.readString(in);
+      if (fullMetaName.startsWith(defaultPrefix)) {
+        metaName =
+            fullMetaName.substring(defaultPrefix.length(), fullMetaName
+                .length());
+      } else {
+        throw new IOException("Corrupted Meta region Index");
+      }
+
+      compressionAlgorithm =
+          Compression.getCompressionAlgorithmByName(Utils.readString(in));
+      region = new BlockRegion(in);
+    }
+
+    public MetaIndexEntry(String metaName, Algorithm compressionAlgorithm,
+        BlockRegion region) {
+      this.metaName = metaName;
+      this.compressionAlgorithm = compressionAlgorithm;
+      this.region = region;
+    }
+
+    public String getMetaName() {
+      return metaName;
+    }
+
+    public Algorithm getCompressionAlgorithm() {
+      return compressionAlgorithm;
+    }
+
+    public BlockRegion getRegion() {
+      return region;
+    }
+
+    public void write(DataOutput out) throws IOException {
+      Utils.writeString(out, defaultPrefix + metaName);
+      Utils.writeString(out, compressionAlgorithm.getName());
+
+      region.write(out);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Index of all compressed data blocks.
+   */
+  static class DataIndex {
+    final static String BLOCK_NAME = "BCFile.index";
+
+    private final Algorithm defaultCompressionAlgorithm;
+
+    // for data blocks, each entry specifies a block's offset, compressed size
+    // and raw size
+    private final ArrayList<BlockRegion> listRegions;
+
+    // for read, deserialized from a file
+    public DataIndex(DataInput in) throws IOException {
+      defaultCompressionAlgorithm =
+          Compression.getCompressionAlgorithmByName(Utils.readString(in));
+
+      int n = Utils.readVInt(in);
+      listRegions = new ArrayList<BlockRegion>(n);
+
+      for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+        BlockRegion region = new BlockRegion(in);
+        listRegions.add(region);
+      }
+    }
+
+    // for write
+    public DataIndex(String defaultCompressionAlgorithmName) {
+      this.defaultCompressionAlgorithm =
+          Compression
+              .getCompressionAlgorithmByName(defaultCompressionAlgorithmName);
+      listRegions = new ArrayList<BlockRegion>();
+    }
+
+    public Algorithm getDefaultCompressionAlgorithm() {
+      return defaultCompressionAlgorithm;
+    }
+
+    public ArrayList<BlockRegion> getBlockRegionList() {
+      return listRegions;
+    }
+
+    public void addBlockRegion(BlockRegion region) {
+      listRegions.add(region);
+    }
+
+    public void write(DataOutput out) throws IOException {
+      Utils.writeString(out, defaultCompressionAlgorithm.getName());
+
+      Utils.writeVInt(out, listRegions.size());
+
+      for (BlockRegion region : listRegions) {
+        region.write(out);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Magic number uniquely identifying a BCFile in the header/footer.
+   */
+  static final class Magic {
+    private final static byte[] AB_MAGIC_BCFILE =
+        {
+            // ... total of 16 bytes
+            (byte) 0xd1, (byte) 0x11, (byte) 0xd3, (byte) 0x68, (byte) 0x91,
+            (byte) 0xb5, (byte) 0xd7, (byte) 0xb6, (byte) 0x39, (byte) 0xdf,
+            (byte) 0x41, (byte) 0x40, (byte) 0x92, (byte) 0xba, (byte) 0xe1,
+            (byte) 0x50 };
+
+    public static void readAndVerify(DataInput in) throws IOException {
+      byte[] abMagic = new byte[size()];
+      in.readFully(abMagic);
+
+      // check against AB_MAGIC_BCFILE, if not matching, throw an
+      // Exception
+      if (!Arrays.equals(abMagic, AB_MAGIC_BCFILE)) {
+        throw new IOException("Not a valid BCFile.");
+      }
+    }
+
+    public static void write(DataOutput out) throws IOException {
+      out.write(AB_MAGIC_BCFILE);
+    }
+
+    public static int size() {
+      return AB_MAGIC_BCFILE.length;
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Block region.
+   */
+  static final class BlockRegion implements Scalar {
+    private final long offset;
+    private final long compressedSize;
+    private final long rawSize;
+
+    public BlockRegion(DataInput in) throws IOException {
+      offset = Utils.readVLong(in);
+      compressedSize = Utils.readVLong(in);
+      rawSize = Utils.readVLong(in);
+    }
+
+    public BlockRegion(long offset, long compressedSize, long rawSize) {
+      this.offset = offset;
+      this.compressedSize = compressedSize;
+      this.rawSize = rawSize;
+    }
+
+    public void write(DataOutput out) throws IOException {
+      Utils.writeVLong(out, offset);
+      Utils.writeVLong(out, compressedSize);
+      Utils.writeVLong(out, rawSize);
+    }
+
+    public long getOffset() {
+      return offset;
+    }
+
+    public long getCompressedSize() {
+      return compressedSize;
+    }
+
+    public long getRawSize() {
+      return rawSize;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public long magnitude() {
+      return offset;
+    }
+  }
+}