index_io.h

/**
 * Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates.
 *
 * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
 * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
 */

// -*- c++ -*-

// I/O code for indexes

#ifndef FAISS_INDEX_IO_H
#define FAISS_INDEX_IO_H


#include <cstdio>

/** I/O functions can read/write to a filename, a file handle or to an
 * object that abstracts the medium.
 *
 * The read functions return objects that should be deallocated with
 * delete. All references within these objectes are owned by the
 * object.
 */

namespace faiss {

struct Index;
struct IndexBinary;
struct VectorTransform;
struct ProductQuantizer;
struct IOReader;
struct IOWriter;
struct InvertedLists;

void write_index (const Index *idx, const char *fname);
void write_index (const Index *idx, FILE *f);
void write_index (const Index *idx, IOWriter *writer);

void write_index_binary (const IndexBinary *idx, const char *fname);
void write_index_binary (const IndexBinary *idx, FILE *f);
void write_index_binary (const IndexBinary *idx, IOWriter *writer);

// The read_index flags are implemented only for a subset of index types.
const int IO_FLAG_MMAP = 1; // try to memmap if possible
const int IO_FLAG_READ_ONLY = 2;
// strip directory component from ondisk filename, and assume it's in
// the same directory as the index file
const int IO_FLAG_ONDISK_SAME_DIR = 4;

Index *read_index (const char *fname, int io_flags = 0);
Index *read_index (FILE * f, int io_flags = 0);
Index *read_index (IOReader *reader, int io_flags = 0);

IndexBinary *read_index_binary (const char *fname, int io_flags = 0);
IndexBinary *read_index_binary (FILE * f, int io_flags = 0);
IndexBinary *read_index_binary (IOReader *reader, int io_flags = 0);

void write_VectorTransform (const VectorTransform *vt, const char *fname);
VectorTransform *read_VectorTransform (const char *fname);

ProductQuantizer * read_ProductQuantizer (const char*fname);
ProductQuantizer * read_ProductQuantizer (IOReader *reader);

void write_ProductQuantizer (const ProductQuantizer*pq, const char *fname);
void write_ProductQuantizer (const ProductQuantizer*pq, IOWriter *f);

void write_InvertedLists (const InvertedLists *ils, IOWriter *f);
InvertedLists *read_InvertedLists (IOReader *reader, int io_flags = 0);


} // namespace faiss


#endif