one-pass merging of dictionary & index

processing/src/main/java/io/druid/segment/IndexMerger.java

@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ package io.druid.segment;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.google.common.base.Function;
-import com.google.common.base.Objects;
 import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
 import com.google.common.base.Splitter;
+import com.google.common.base.Strings;
 import com.google.common.collect.FluentIterable;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import com.google.common.collect.Iterators;
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
 import com.google.common.collect.Ordering;
+import com.google.common.collect.PeekingIterator;
 import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
 import com.google.common.io.ByteStreams;
 import com.google.common.io.Files;
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ import com.metamx.collections.spatial.RTree;
 import com.metamx.collections.spatial.split.LinearGutmanSplitStrategy;
 import com.metamx.common.IAE;
 import com.metamx.common.ISE;
+import com.metamx.common.Pair;
 import com.metamx.common.guava.FunctionalIterable;
 import com.metamx.common.guava.MergeIterable;
 import com.metamx.common.guava.nary.BinaryFn;
@@ -92,9 +94,12 @@ import java.nio.MappedByteBuffer;
 import java.nio.channels.FileChannel;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
+import java.util.PriorityQueue;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.TreeSet;
 
@@ -641,7 +646,7 @@ public class IndexMerger
     ArrayList<Map<String, IntBuffer>> dimConversions = Lists.newArrayListWithCapacity(indexes.size());
     final ArrayList<Boolean> convertMissingDimsFlags = Lists.newArrayListWithCapacity(mergedDimensions.size());
 
-    for (IndexableAdapter index : indexes) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < indexes.size(); ++i) {
       dimConversions.add(Maps.<String, IntBuffer>newHashMap());
     }
 
@@ -651,22 +656,22 @@ public class IndexMerger
       );
       writer.open();
 
-      List<Indexed<String>> dimValueLookups = Lists.newArrayListWithCapacity(indexes.size() + 1);
+      boolean dimHasNull = false;
-      DimValueConverter[] converters = new DimValueConverter[indexes.size()];
       boolean dimHasValues = false;
       boolean dimAbsentFromSomeIndex = false;
-      boolean[] dimHasValuesByIndex = new boolean[indexes.size()];
 
+      int numMergeIndex = 0;
+      Indexed<String> dimValueLookup = null;
+      Indexed<String>[] dimValueLookups = new Indexed[indexes.size() + 1];
       for (int i = 0; i < indexes.size(); i++) {
         Indexed<String> dimValues = indexes.get(i).getDimValueLookup(dimension);
         if (!isNullColumn(dimValues)) {
           dimHasValues = true;
-          dimHasValuesByIndex[i] = true;
+          dimHasNull |= dimValues.indexOf(null) >= 0;
-          dimValueLookups.add(dimValues);
+          dimValueLookups[i] = dimValueLookup = dimValues;
-          converters[i] = new DimValueConverter(dimValues);
+          numMergeIndex++;
         } else {
           dimAbsentFromSomeIndex = true;
-          dimHasValuesByIndex[i] = false;
         }
       }
 
@@ -680,57 +685,33 @@ public class IndexMerger
        * later on, to allow rows from indexes without a particular dimension to merge correctly with
        * rows from indexes with null/empty str values for that dimension.
        */
-      if (convertMissingDims) {
+      if (convertMissingDims && !dimHasNull) {
-        dimValueLookups.add(EMPTY_STR_DIM_VAL);
+        dimValueLookups[indexes.size()] = dimValueLookup = EMPTY_STR_DIM_VAL;
-        for (int i = 0; i < indexes.size(); i++) {
+        numMergeIndex++;
-          if (!dimHasValuesByIndex[i]) {
-            converters[i] = new DimValueConverter(EMPTY_STR_DIM_VAL);
-          }
-        }
       }
 
-      Iterable<String> dimensionValues = CombiningIterable.createSplatted(
+      int cardinality = 0;
-          Iterables.transform(
+      if (numMergeIndex > 1) {
-              dimValueLookups,
+        DictionaryMergeIterator iterator = new DictionaryMergeIterator(dimValueLookups, true);
-              new Function<Indexed<String>, Iterable<String>>()
-              {
-                @Override
-                public Iterable<String> apply(@Nullable Indexed<String> indexed)
-                {
-                  return Iterables.transform(
-                      indexed,
-                      new Function<String, String>()
-                      {
-                        @Override
-                        public String apply(@Nullable String input)
-                        {
-                          return (input == null) ? "" : input;
-                        }
-                      }
-                  );
-                }
-              }
-          )
-          ,
-          Ordering.<String>natural().nullsFirst()
-      );
 
-      int count = 0;
+        while (iterator.hasNext()) {
-      for (String value : dimensionValues) {
+          writer.write(iterator.next());
-        value = value == null ? "" : value;
-        writer.write(value);
-
-        for (int i = 0; i < indexes.size(); i++) {
-          DimValueConverter converter = converters[i];
-          if (converter != null) {
-            converter.convert(value, count);
-          }
         }
 
-        ++count;
+        for (int i = 0; i < indexes.size(); i++) {
+          if (dimValueLookups[i] != null && iterator.needConversion(i)) {
+            dimConversions.get(i).put(dimension, iterator.conversions[i]);
+          }
+        }
+        cardinality = iterator.counter;
+      } else if (numMergeIndex == 1) {
+        for (String value : dimValueLookup) {
+          writer.write(value);
+        }
+        cardinality = dimValueLookup.size();
       }
 
-      dimensionCardinalities.put(dimension, count);
+      dimensionCardinalities.put(dimension, cardinality);
 
       FileOutputSupplier dimOut = new FileOutputSupplier(IndexIO.makeDimFile(v8OutDir, dimension), true);
       dimOuts.add(dimOut);
@@ -738,12 +719,6 @@ public class IndexMerger
       writer.close();
       serializerUtils.writeString(dimOut, dimension);
       ByteStreams.copy(writer.combineStreams(), dimOut);
-      for (int i = 0; i < indexes.size(); ++i) {
-        DimValueConverter converter = converters[i];
-        if (converter != null) {
-          dimConversions.get(i).put(dimension, converters[i].getConversionBuffer());
-        }
-      }
 
       ioPeon.cleanup();
     }
@@ -753,64 +728,14 @@ public class IndexMerger
     progress.progress();
     startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
 
-    ArrayList<Iterable<Rowboat>> boats = Lists.newArrayListWithCapacity(indexes.size());
+    Iterable<Rowboat> theRows = makeRowIterable(
-
+        indexes,
-    for (int i = 0; i < indexes.size(); ++i) {
+        mergedDimensions,
-      final IndexableAdapter adapter = indexes.get(i);
+        mergedMetrics,
-
+        dimConversions,
-      final int[] dimLookup = new int[mergedDimensions.size()];
+        convertMissingDimsFlags,
-      int count = 0;
+        rowMergerFn
-      for (String dim : adapter.getDimensionNames()) {
+    );
-        dimLookup[count] = mergedDimensions.indexOf(dim);
-        count++;
-      }
-
-      final int[] metricLookup = new int[mergedMetrics.size()];
-      count = 0;
-      for (String metric : adapter.getMetricNames()) {
-        metricLookup[count] = mergedMetrics.indexOf(metric);
-        count++;
-      }
-
-      boats.add(
-          new MMappedIndexRowIterable(
-              Iterables.transform(
-                  indexes.get(i).getRows(),
-                  new Function<Rowboat, Rowboat>()
-                  {
-                    @Override
-                    public Rowboat apply(@Nullable Rowboat input)
-                    {
-                      int[][] newDims = new int[mergedDimensions.size()][];
-                      int j = 0;
-                      for (int[] dim : input.getDims()) {
-                        newDims[dimLookup[j]] = dim;
-                        j++;
-                      }
-
-                      Object[] newMetrics = new Object[mergedMetrics.size()];
-                      j = 0;
-                      for (Object met : input.getMetrics()) {
-                        newMetrics[metricLookup[j]] = met;
-                        j++;
-                      }
-
-                      return new Rowboat(
-                          input.getTimestamp(),
-                          newDims,
-                          newMetrics,
-                          input.getRowNum()
-                      );
-                    }
-                  }
-              ),
-              mergedDimensions, dimConversions.get(i), i,
-              convertMissingDimsFlags
-          )
-      );
-    }
-
-    Iterable<Rowboat> theRows = rowMergerFn.apply(boats);
 
     CompressedLongsSupplierSerializer timeWriter = CompressedLongsSupplierSerializer.create(
         ioPeon, "little_end_time", IndexIO.BYTE_ORDER, CompressedObjectStrategy.DEFAULT_COMPRESSION_STRATEGY
@@ -969,22 +894,15 @@ public class IndexMerger
         tree = new RTree(2, new LinearGutmanSplitStrategy(0, 50, bitmapFactory), bitmapFactory);
       }
 
-      DictIdSeeker[] dictIdSeeker = new DictIdSeeker[indexes.size()];
+      IndexSeeker[] dictIdSeeker = toIndexSeekers(indexes, dimConversions, dimension);
-      for (int j = 0; j < indexes.size(); j++) {
+
-        IntBuffer dimConversion = dimConversions.get(j).get(dimension);
-        if (dimConversion != null) {
-          dictIdSeeker[j] = new DictIdSeeker((IntBuffer) dimConversion.asReadOnlyBuffer().rewind());
-        } else {
-          dictIdSeeker[j] = new DictIdSeeker(null);
-        }
-      }
       //Iterate all dim values's dictionary id in ascending order which in line with dim values's compare result.
       for (int dictId = 0; dictId < dimVals.size(); dictId++) {
         progress.progress();
         List<Iterable<Integer>> convertedInverteds = Lists.newArrayListWithCapacity(indexes.size());
         for (int j = 0; j < indexes.size(); ++j) {
           int seekedDictId = dictIdSeeker[j].seek(dictId);
-          if (seekedDictId != DictIdSeeker.NOT_EXIST) {
+          if (seekedDictId != IndexSeeker.NOT_EXIST) {
             convertedInverteds.add(
                 new ConvertingIndexedInts(
                     indexes.get(j).getBitmapIndex(dimension, seekedDictId), rowNumConversions.get(j)
@@ -1094,6 +1012,98 @@ public class IndexMerger
     return outDir;
   }
 
+  protected Iterable<Rowboat> makeRowIterable(
+      List<IndexableAdapter> indexes,
+      final List<String> mergedDimensions,
+      final List<String> mergedMetrics,
+      ArrayList<Map<String, IntBuffer>> dimConversions,
+      ArrayList<Boolean> convertMissingDimsFlags,
+      Function<ArrayList<Iterable<Rowboat>>, Iterable<Rowboat>> rowMergerFn
+  )
+  {
+    ArrayList<Iterable<Rowboat>> boats = Lists.newArrayListWithCapacity(indexes.size());
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < indexes.size(); ++i) {
+      final IndexableAdapter adapter = indexes.get(i);
+
+      final int[] dimLookup = toLookupMap(adapter.getDimensionNames(), mergedDimensions);
+      final int[] metricLookup = toLookupMap(adapter.getMetricNames(), mergedMetrics);
+
+      Iterable<Rowboat> target = indexes.get(i).getRows();
+      if (dimLookup != null || metricLookup != null) {
+        // resize/reorder index table if needed
+        target = Iterables.transform(
+            target,
+            new Function<Rowboat, Rowboat>()
+            {
+              @Override
+              public Rowboat apply(Rowboat input)
+              {
+                int[][] newDims = input.getDims();
+                if (dimLookup != null) {
+                  newDims = new int[mergedDimensions.size()][];
+                  int j = 0;
+                  for (int[] dim : input.getDims()) {
+                    newDims[dimLookup[j]] = dim;
+                    j++;
+                  }
+                }
+
+                Object[] newMetrics = input.getMetrics();
+                if (metricLookup != null) {
+                  newMetrics = new Object[mergedMetrics.size()];
+                  int j = 0;
+                  for (Object met : input.getMetrics()) {
+                    newMetrics[metricLookup[j]] = met;
+                    j++;
+                  }
+                }
+
+                return new Rowboat(
+                    input.getTimestamp(),
+                    newDims,
+                    newMetrics,
+                    input.getRowNum()
+                );
+              }
+            }
+        );
+      }
+      boats.add(
+          new MMappedIndexRowIterable(
+              target, mergedDimensions, dimConversions.get(i), i, convertMissingDimsFlags
+          )
+      );
+    }
+
+    return rowMergerFn.apply(boats);
+  }
+
+  private int[] toLookupMap(Indexed<String> indexed, List<String> values)
+  {
+    if (isSame(indexed, values)) {
+      return null;  // no need to convert
+    }
+    int[] dimLookup = new int[values.size()];
+    for (int i = 0; i < indexed.size(); i++) {
+      dimLookup[i] = values.indexOf(indexed.get(i));
+    }
+    return dimLookup;
+  }
+
+  private boolean isSame(Indexed<String> indexed, List<String> values)
+  {
+    if (indexed.size() != values.size()) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    for (int i = 0; i < indexed.size(); i++) {
+      if (!indexed.get(i).equals(values.get(i))) {
+        return false;
+      }
+    }
+    return true;
+  }
+
   public static <T extends Comparable> ArrayList<T> mergeIndexed(final List<Iterable<T>> indexedLists)
   {
     Set<T> retVal = Sets.newTreeSet(Ordering.<T>natural().nullsFirst());
@@ -1133,92 +1143,60 @@ public class IndexMerger
     IndexIO.checkFileSize(indexFile);
   }
 
-  public static class DimValueConverter
+  protected IndexSeeker[] toIndexSeekers(
+      List<IndexableAdapter> adapters,
+      ArrayList<Map<String, IntBuffer>> dimConversions,
+      String dimension
+  )
   {
-    private final Indexed<String> dimSet;
+    IndexSeeker[] seekers = new IndexSeeker[adapters.size()];
-    private final IntBuffer conversionBuf;
+    for (int i = 0; i < adapters.size(); i++) {
-
+      IntBuffer dimConversion = dimConversions.get(i).get(dimension);
-    private int currIndex;
+      if (dimConversion != null) {
-    private String lastVal = null;
+        seekers[i] = new IndexSeekerWithConversion((IntBuffer) dimConversion.asReadOnlyBuffer().rewind());
-    private String currValue;
+      } else {
-
+        Indexed<String> dimValueLookup = adapters.get(i).getDimValueLookup(dimension);
-    DimValueConverter(
+        seekers[i] = new IndexSeekerWithoutConversion(dimValueLookup == null ? 0 : dimValueLookup.size());
-        Indexed<String> dimSet
-    )
-    {
-      this.dimSet = dimSet;
-      conversionBuf = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(dimSet.size() * Ints.BYTES).asIntBuffer();
-
-      currIndex = 0;
-      currValue = null;
-    }
-
-    public void convert(String value, int index)
-    {
-      if (dimSet.size() == 0) {
-        return;
-      }
-      if (lastVal != null) {
-        if (value.compareTo(lastVal) <= 0) {
-          throw new ISE("Value[%s] is less than the last value[%s] I have, cannot be.", value, lastVal);
-        }
-        return;
-      }
-      if (currValue == null) {
-        currValue = dimSet.get(currIndex);
-      }
-
-      while (currValue == null) {
-        conversionBuf.position(conversionBuf.position() + 1);
-        ++currIndex;
-        if (currIndex == dimSet.size()) {
-          lastVal = value;
-          return;
-        }
-        currValue = dimSet.get(currIndex);
-      }
-
-      if (Objects.equal(currValue, value)) {
-        conversionBuf.put(index);
-        ++currIndex;
-        if (currIndex == dimSet.size()) {
-          lastVal = value;
-        } else {
-          currValue = dimSet.get(currIndex);
-        }
-      } else if (currValue.compareTo(value) < 0) {
-        throw new ISE(
-            "Skipped currValue[%s], currIndex[%,d]; incoming value[%s], index[%,d]", currValue, currIndex, value, index
-        );
       }
     }
+    return seekers;
+  }
 
-    public IntBuffer getConversionBuffer()
+  static interface IndexSeeker
+  {
+    int NOT_EXIST = -1;
+    int NOT_INIT = -1;
+
+    int seek(int dictId);
+  }
+
+  static class IndexSeekerWithoutConversion implements IndexSeeker
+  {
+    private final int limit;
+
+    public IndexSeekerWithoutConversion(int limit)
     {
-      if (currIndex != conversionBuf.limit() || conversionBuf.hasRemaining()) {
+      this.limit = limit;
-        throw new ISE(
+    }
-            "Asked for incomplete buffer.  currIndex[%,d] != buf.limit[%,d]", currIndex, conversionBuf.limit()
+
-        );
+    @Override
-      }
+    public int seek(int dictId)
-      return (IntBuffer) conversionBuf.asReadOnlyBuffer().rewind();
+    {
+      return dictId < limit ? dictId : NOT_EXIST;
     }
   }
 
   /**
    * Get old dictId from new dictId, and only support access in order
    */
-  public static class DictIdSeeker
+  static class IndexSeekerWithConversion implements IndexSeeker
   {
-    static final int NOT_EXIST = -1;
-    static final int NOT_INIT = -1;
     private final IntBuffer dimConversions;
     private int currIndex;
     private int currVal;
     private int lastVal;
 
-    DictIdSeeker(
+    IndexSeekerWithConversion(IntBuffer dimConversions)
-        IntBuffer dimConversions
-    )
     {
       this.dimConversions = dimConversions;
       this.currIndex = 0;
@@ -1233,8 +1211,9 @@ public class IndexMerger
       }
       if (lastVal != NOT_INIT) {
         if (dictId <= lastVal) {
-          throw new ISE("Value dictId[%d] is less than the last value dictId[%d] I have, cannot be.",
+          throw new ISE(
-                        dictId, lastVal
+              "Value dictId[%d] is less than the last value dictId[%d] I have, cannot be.",
+              dictId, lastVal
           );
         }
         return NOT_EXIST;
@@ -1252,8 +1231,9 @@ public class IndexMerger
         }
         return ret;
       } else if (currVal < dictId) {
-        throw new ISE("Skipped currValue dictId[%d], currIndex[%d]; incoming value dictId[%d]",
+        throw new ISE(
-                      currVal, currIndex, dictId
+            "Skipped currValue dictId[%d], currIndex[%d]; incoming value dictId[%d]",
+            currVal, currIndex, dictId
         );
       } else {
         return NOT_EXIST;
@@ -1357,29 +1337,23 @@ public class IndexMerger
               int[][] newDims = new int[convertedDims.size()][];
               for (int i = 0; i < convertedDims.size(); ++i) {
                 IntBuffer converter = converterArray[i];
-                String dimName = convertedDims.get(i);
-
-                if (converter == null) {
-                  continue;
-                }
-
                 if (i >= dims.length) {
                   continue;
                 }
 
-                if (dims[i] == null) {
+                if (dims[i] == null && convertMissingDimsFlags.get(i)) {
-                  if (convertMissingDimsFlags.get(i)) {
+                  newDims[i] = EMPTY_STR_DIM;
-                    newDims[i] = EMPTY_STR_DIM;
+                  continue;
-                  }
+                }
+
+                if (converter == null) {
+                  newDims[i] = dims[i];
                   continue;
                 }
 
                 newDims[i] = new int[dims[i].length];
 
                 for (int j = 0; j < dims[i].length; ++j) {
-                  if (!converter.hasRemaining()) {
-                    log.error("Converter mismatch! wtfbbq!");
-                  }
                   newDims[i][j] = converter.get(dims[i][j]);
                 }
               }
@@ -1508,4 +1482,109 @@ public class IndexMerger
     }
     IndexIO.checkFileSize(metadataFile);
   }
+
+  static class DictionaryMergeIterator implements Iterator<String>
+  {
+    protected final IntBuffer[] conversions;
+    protected final PriorityQueue<Pair<Integer, PeekingIterator<String>>> pQueue;
+
+    protected int counter;
+
+    DictionaryMergeIterator(Indexed<String>[] dimValueLookups, boolean useDirect)
+    {
+      pQueue = new PriorityQueue<>(
+          dimValueLookups.length,
+          new Comparator<Pair<Integer, PeekingIterator<String>>>()
+          {
+            @Override
+            public int compare(Pair<Integer, PeekingIterator<String>> lhs, Pair<Integer, PeekingIterator<String>> rhs)
+            {
+              return lhs.rhs.peek().compareTo(rhs.rhs.peek());
+            }
+          }
+      );
+      conversions = new IntBuffer[dimValueLookups.length];
+      for (int i = 0; i < conversions.length; i++) {
+        if (dimValueLookups[i] == null) {
+          continue;
+        }
+        Indexed<String> indexed = dimValueLookups[i];
+        if (useDirect) {
+          conversions[i] = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(indexed.size() * Ints.BYTES).asIntBuffer();
+        } else {
+          conversions[i] = IntBuffer.allocate(indexed.size());
+        }
+
+        final PeekingIterator<String> iter = Iterators.peekingIterator(
+            Iterators.transform(
+                indexed.iterator(),
+                new Function<String, String>()
+                {
+                  @Override
+                  public String apply(@Nullable String input)
+                  {
+                    return Strings.nullToEmpty(input);
+                  }
+                }
+            )
+        );
+        if (iter.hasNext()) {
+          pQueue.add(Pair.of(i, iter));
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean hasNext()
+    {
+      return !pQueue.isEmpty();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String next()
+    {
+      Pair<Integer, PeekingIterator<String>> smallest = pQueue.remove();
+      if (smallest == null) {
+        throw new NoSuchElementException();
+      }
+      final String value = writeTranslate(smallest, counter);
+
+      while (!pQueue.isEmpty() && value.equals(pQueue.peek().rhs.peek())) {
+        writeTranslate(pQueue.remove(), counter);
+      }
+      counter++;
+
+      return value;
+    }
+
+    boolean needConversion(int index)
+    {
+      IntBuffer readOnly = conversions[index].asReadOnlyBuffer();
+      readOnly.rewind();
+      for (int i = 0; readOnly.hasRemaining(); i++) {
+        if (i != readOnly.get()) {
+          return true;
+        }
+      }
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    private String writeTranslate(Pair<Integer, PeekingIterator<String>> smallest, int counter)
+    {
+      final int index = smallest.lhs;
+      final String value = smallest.rhs.next();
+
+      conversions[index].put(counter);
+      if (smallest.rhs.hasNext()) {
+        pQueue.add(smallest);
+      }
+      return value;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void remove()
+    {
+      throw new UnsupportedOperationException("remove");
+    }
+  }
 }

processing/src/main/java/io/druid/segment/IndexMergerV9.java

@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
 import org.joda.time.DateTime;
 import org.joda.time.Interval;
 
-import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
@@ -120,7 +119,6 @@ public class IndexMergerV9 extends IndexMerger
         adapters,
         new Function<IndexableAdapter, Metadata>()
         {
-          @Nullable
           @Override
           public Metadata apply(IndexableAdapter input)
           {
@@ -187,7 +185,6 @@ public class IndexMergerV9 extends IndexMerger
         mergedDimensions,
         mergedMetrics,
         dimConversions,
-        dimCardinalities,
         convertMissingDimsFlags,
         rowMergerFn
     );
@@ -526,15 +523,7 @@ public class IndexMergerV9 extends IndexMerger
         tree = new RTree(2, new LinearGutmanSplitStrategy(0, 50, bitmapFactory), bitmapFactory);
       }
 
-      DictIdSeeker[] dictIdSeeker = new DictIdSeeker[adapters.size()];
+      IndexSeeker[] dictIdSeeker = toIndexSeekers(adapters, dimConversions, dimension);
-      for (int j = 0; j < adapters.size(); j++) {
-        IntBuffer dimConversion = dimConversions.get(j).get(dimension);
-        if (dimConversion != null) {
-          dictIdSeeker[j] = new DictIdSeeker((IntBuffer)dimConversion.asReadOnlyBuffer().rewind());
-        } else {
-          dictIdSeeker[j] = new DictIdSeeker(null);
-        }
-      }
 
       ImmutableBitmap nullRowBitmap = bitmapSerdeFactory.getBitmapFactory().makeImmutableBitmap(
           nullRowsList.get(dimIndex)
@@ -546,7 +535,7 @@ public class IndexMergerV9 extends IndexMerger
         List<Iterable<Integer>> convertedInverteds = Lists.newArrayListWithCapacity(adapters.size());
         for (int j = 0; j < adapters.size(); ++j) {
           int seekedDictId = dictIdSeeker[j].seek(dictId);
-          if (seekedDictId != DictIdSeeker.NOT_EXIST) {
+          if (seekedDictId != IndexSeeker.NOT_EXIST) {
             convertedInverteds.add(
                 new ConvertingIndexedInts(
                     adapters.get(j).getBitmapIndex(dimension, seekedDictId), rowNumConversions.get(j)
@@ -567,10 +556,9 @@ public class IndexMergerV9 extends IndexMerger
 
         ImmutableBitmap bitmapToWrite = bitmapSerdeFactory.getBitmapFactory().makeImmutableBitmap(bitset);
         if ((dictId == 0) && (Iterables.getFirst(dimVals, "") == null)) {
-          bitmapIndexWriters.get(dimIndex).write(nullRowBitmap.union(bitmapToWrite));
+          bitmapToWrite = nullRowBitmap.union(bitmapToWrite);
-        } else {
-          bitmapIndexWriters.get(dimIndex).write(bitmapToWrite);
         }
+        bitmapIndexWriters.get(dimIndex).write(bitmapToWrite);
 
         if (spatialIndexWriter != null) {
           String dimVal = dimVals.get(dictId);
@@ -794,78 +782,6 @@ public class IndexMergerV9 extends IndexMerger
     return dimWriters;
   }
 
-  private Iterable<Rowboat> makeRowIterable(
-      final List<IndexableAdapter> adapters,
-      final List<String> mergedDimensions,
-      final List<String> mergedMetrics,
-      final ArrayList<Map<String, IntBuffer>> dimConversions,
-      final Map<String, Integer> dimCardinalities,
-      final ArrayList<Boolean> convertMissingDimsFlags,
-      final Function<ArrayList<Iterable<Rowboat>>, Iterable<Rowboat>> rowMergerFn
-  )
-  {
-    ArrayList<Iterable<Rowboat>> boats = Lists.newArrayListWithCapacity(adapters.size());
-
-    for (int i = 0; i < adapters.size(); ++i) {
-      final IndexableAdapter adapter = adapters.get(i);
-
-      final int[] dimLookup = new int[mergedDimensions.size()];
-      int count = 0;
-      for (String dim : adapter.getDimensionNames()) {
-        dimLookup[count] = mergedDimensions.indexOf(dim);
-        count++;
-      }
-
-      final int[] metricLookup = new int[mergedMetrics.size()];
-      count = 0;
-      for (String metric : adapter.getMetricNames()) {
-        metricLookup[count] = mergedMetrics.indexOf(metric);
-        count++;
-      }
-
-      boats.add(
-          new MMappedIndexRowIterable(
-              Iterables.transform(
-                  adapters.get(i).getRows(),
-                  new Function<Rowboat, Rowboat>()
-                  {
-                    @Override
-                    public Rowboat apply(Rowboat input)
-                    {
-                      int[][] newDims = new int[mergedDimensions.size()][];
-                      int j = 0;
-                      for (int[] dim : input.getDims()) {
-                        newDims[dimLookup[j]] = dim;
-                        j++;
-                      }
-
-                      Object[] newMetrics = new Object[mergedMetrics.size()];
-                      j = 0;
-                      for (Object met : input.getMetrics()) {
-                        newMetrics[metricLookup[j]] = met;
-                        j++;
-                      }
-
-                      return new Rowboat(
-                          input.getTimestamp(),
-                          newDims,
-                          newMetrics,
-                          input.getRowNum()
-                      );
-                    }
-                  }
-              ),
-              mergedDimensions,
-              dimConversions.get(i),
-              i,
-              convertMissingDimsFlags
-          )
-      );
-    }
-
-    return rowMergerFn.apply(boats);
-  }
-
   private ArrayList<GenericIndexedWriter<String>> setupDimValueWriters(
       final IOPeon ioPeon,
       final List<String> mergedDimensions
@@ -884,7 +800,7 @@ public class IndexMergerV9 extends IndexMerger
   }
 
   private void writeDimValueAndSetupDimConversion(
-      final List<IndexableAdapter> adapters,
+      final List<IndexableAdapter> indexes,
       final ProgressIndicator progress,
       final List<String> mergedDimensions,
       final Map<String, Integer> dimensionCardinalities,
@@ -898,34 +814,29 @@ public class IndexMergerV9 extends IndexMerger
     final String section = "setup dimension conversions";
     progress.startSection(section);
 
-    for (int i = 0; i < adapters.size(); ++i) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < indexes.size(); ++i) {
       dimConversions.add(Maps.<String, IntBuffer>newHashMap());
     }
 
     for (int dimIndex = 0; dimIndex < mergedDimensions.size(); ++dimIndex) {
       long dimStartTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
       String dimension = mergedDimensions.get(dimIndex);
-
+      boolean dimHasNull = false;
-      // lookups for all dimension values of this dimension
-      List<Indexed<String>> dimValueLookups = Lists.newArrayListWithCapacity(adapters.size());
-
-      // each converter converts dim values of this dimension to global dictionary
-      DimValueConverter[] converters = new DimValueConverter[adapters.size()];
-
       boolean dimHasValues = false;
       boolean dimAbsentFromSomeIndex = false;
-      boolean dimHasNull = false;
+
-      boolean[] dimHasValuesByIndex = new boolean[adapters.size()];
+      int numMergeIndex = 0;
-      for (int i = 0; i < adapters.size(); i++) {
+      Indexed<String> dimValueLookup = null;
-        Indexed<String> dimValues = adapters.get(i).getDimValueLookup(dimension);
+      Indexed<String>[] dimValueLookups = new Indexed[indexes.size() + 1];
+      for (int i = 0; i < indexes.size(); i++) {
+        Indexed<String> dimValues = indexes.get(i).getDimValueLookup(dimension);
         if (!isNullColumn(dimValues)) {
           dimHasValues = true;
-          dimHasValuesByIndex[i] = true;
+          dimHasNull |= dimValues.indexOf(null) >= 0;
-          dimValueLookups.add(dimValues);
+          dimValueLookups[i] = dimValueLookup = dimValues;
-          converters[i] = new DimValueConverter(dimValues);
+          numMergeIndex++;
         } else {
           dimAbsentFromSomeIndex = true;
-          dimHasValuesByIndex[i] = false;
         }
       }
 
@@ -939,58 +850,35 @@ public class IndexMergerV9 extends IndexMerger
        * later on, to allow rows from indexes without a particular dimension to merge correctly with
        * rows from indexes with null/empty str values for that dimension.
        */
-      if (convertMissingDims) {
+      if (convertMissingDims && !dimHasNull) {
-        dimValueLookups.add(EMPTY_STR_DIM_VAL);
+        dimHasNull = true;
-        for (int i = 0; i < adapters.size(); i++) {
+        dimValueLookups[indexes.size()] = dimValueLookup = EMPTY_STR_DIM_VAL;
-          if (!dimHasValuesByIndex[i]) {
+        numMergeIndex++;
-            converters[i] = new DimValueConverter(EMPTY_STR_DIM_VAL);
-          }
-        }
       }
 
-      // sort all dimension values and treat all null values as empty strings
-      Iterable<String> dimensionValues = CombiningIterable.createSplatted(
-          Iterables.transform(
-              dimValueLookups,
-              new Function<Indexed<String>, Iterable<String>>()
-              {
-                @Override
-                public Iterable<String> apply(@Nullable Indexed<String> indexed)
-                {
-                  return Iterables.transform(
-                      indexed,
-                      new Function<String, String>()
-                      {
-                        @Override
-                        public String apply(@Nullable String input)
-                        {
-                          return (input == null) ? "" : input;
-                        }
-                      }
-                  );
-                }
-              }
-          ), Ordering.<String>natural().nullsFirst()
-      );
-
       GenericIndexedWriter<String> writer = dimValueWriters.get(dimIndex);
-      int cardinality = 0;
-      for (String value : dimensionValues) {
-        value = value == null ? "" : value;
-        writer.write(value);
 
-        if (value.length() == 0) {
+      int cardinality = 0;
-          dimHasNull = true;
+      if (numMergeIndex > 1) {
+        DictionaryMergeIterator iterator = new DictionaryMergeIterator(dimValueLookups, true);
+
+        while (iterator.hasNext()) {
+          writer.write(iterator.next());
         }
 
-        for (int i = 0; i < adapters.size(); i++) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < indexes.size(); i++) {
-          DimValueConverter converter = converters[i];
+          if (dimValueLookups[i] != null && iterator.needConversion(i)) {
-          if (converter != null) {
+            dimConversions.get(i).put(dimension, iterator.conversions[i]);
-            converter.convert(value, cardinality);
           }
         }
-        ++cardinality;
+        cardinality = iterator.counter;
+      } else if (numMergeIndex == 1) {
+        for (String value : dimValueLookup) {
+          writer.write(value);
+        }
+        cardinality = dimValueLookup.size();
       }
+
       // Mark if this dim has the null/empty str value in its dictionary, used for determining nullRowsList later.
       dimHasNullFlags.add(dimHasNull);
 
@@ -1009,14 +897,6 @@ public class IndexMergerV9 extends IndexMerger
         continue;
       }
       dimensionSkipFlag.add(false);
-
-      // make the conversion
-      for (int i = 0; i < adapters.size(); ++i) {
-        DimValueConverter converter = converters[i];
-        if (converter != null) {
-          dimConversions.get(i).put(dimension, converters[i].getConversionBuffer());
-        }
-      }
     }
     progress.stopSection(section);
   }

processing/src/main/java/io/druid/segment/filter/SpatialFilter.java

@@ -46,9 +46,6 @@ public class SpatialFilter implements Filter
   public ImmutableBitmap getBitmapIndex(final BitmapIndexSelector selector)
   {
     Iterable<ImmutableBitmap> search = selector.getSpatialIndex(dimension).search(bound);
-    for (ImmutableBitmap immutableBitmap : search) {
-      System.out.println(immutableBitmap);
-    }
     return selector.getBitmapFactory().union(search);
   }
 

processing/src/test/java/io/druid/segment/DictionaryMergeIteratorTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to Metamarkets Group Inc. (Metamarkets) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. Metamarkets 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
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package io.druid.segment;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.Iterators;
+import io.druid.segment.data.ArrayIndexed;
+import io.druid.segment.data.Indexed;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ */
+public class DictionaryMergeIteratorTest
+{
+
+  @Test
+  public void basicTest()
+  {
+    // a b c d e f
+    String[] s1 = {"a", "c", "d", "e"};   // 0 2 3 4
+    String[] s2 = {"b", "c", "e"};        // 1 2 4
+    String[] s3 = {"a", "d", "f"};        // 0 3 5
+    String[] s4 = {"a", "b", "c"};
+    String[] s5 = {"a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f"};
+    Indexed<String> i1 = new ArrayIndexed<String>(s1, String.class);
+    Indexed<String> i2 = new ArrayIndexed<String>(s2, String.class);
+    Indexed<String> i3 = new ArrayIndexed<String>(s3, String.class);
+    Indexed<String> i4 = new ArrayIndexed<String>(s4, String.class);
+    Indexed<String> i5 = new ArrayIndexed<String>(s5, String.class);
+
+    IndexMerger.DictionaryMergeIterator iterator = new IndexMerger.DictionaryMergeIterator(new Indexed[]{i1, i2, i3, i4, i5}, false);
+
+    Assert.assertArrayEquals(new String[]{"a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f"}, Iterators.toArray(iterator, String.class));
+
+    Assert.assertArrayEquals(new int[] {0, 2, 3, 4}, iterator.conversions[0].array());
+    Assert.assertArrayEquals(new int[] {1, 2, 4}, iterator.conversions[1].array());
+    Assert.assertArrayEquals(new int[] {0, 3, 5}, iterator.conversions[2].array());
+    Assert.assertArrayEquals(new int[] {0, 1, 2}, iterator.conversions[3].array());
+    Assert.assertArrayEquals(new int[] {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, iterator.conversions[4].array());
+
+    Assert.assertTrue(iterator.needConversion(0));
+    Assert.assertTrue(iterator.needConversion(1));
+    Assert.assertTrue(iterator.needConversion(2));
+    Assert.assertFalse(iterator.needConversion(3));
+    Assert.assertFalse(iterator.needConversion(4));
+  }
+}

processing/src/test/java/io/druid/segment/IndexMergerTest.java

@@ -1668,7 +1668,9 @@ public class IndexMergerTest
     dimConversions.put(0);
     dimConversions.put(2);
     dimConversions.put(4);
-    IndexMerger.DictIdSeeker dictIdSeeker = new IndexMerger.DictIdSeeker((IntBuffer) dimConversions.asReadOnlyBuffer().rewind());
+    IndexMerger.IndexSeeker dictIdSeeker = new IndexMerger.IndexSeekerWithConversion(
+        (IntBuffer) dimConversions.asReadOnlyBuffer().rewind()
+    );
     Assert.assertEquals(0, dictIdSeeker.seek(0));
     Assert.assertEquals(-1, dictIdSeeker.seek(1));
     Assert.assertEquals(1, dictIdSeeker.seek(2));