ryanb-thinking_sphinx 0.9.8

data/LICENCE

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+Copyright (c) 2008 Pat Allan
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+"Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
+LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
+OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
+WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

data/README

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+= Thinking Sphinx
+
+== Usage
+
+First, if you haven't done so already, check out the main usage[http://ts.freelancing-gods.com/usage.html] page. Once you've done that, the next place to look for information is the specific method docs - ThinkingSphinx::Search and ThinkingSphinx::Index::Builder in particular.
+
+Keep in mind that while Thinking Sphinx works for ActiveRecord with Merb, it doesn't yet support DataMapper (although that is planned).
+
+== Contributing
+
+Fork on GitHub and after you've committed tested patches, send a pull request.
+
+To get the spec suite running, you will need to install the not-a-mock gem if you don't already have it:
+
+  git clone git://github.com/freelancing-god/not-a-mock.git
+  cd not-a-mock
+  rake gem
+  gem install pkg/not_a_mock-1.1.0.gem
+
+Then set up your database
+
+  cp spec/fixtures/database.yml.default spec/fixtures/database.yml
+  mysqladmin -u root create thinking_sphinx
+
+You should now have a passing test suite from which to build your patch on.
+
+  rake spec
+
+== Contributors
+
+Since I first released this library, there's been quite a few people who have submitted patches, to my immense gratitude. Others have suggested syntax changes and general improvements. So my thanks to the following people:
+
+- Joost Hietbrink
+- Jonathon Conway
+- Gregory Mirzayantz
+- Tung Nguyen
+- Sean Cribbs
+- Benoit Caccinolo
+- John Barton
+- Oliver Beddows
+- Arthur Zapparoli
+- Dusty Doris
+- Marcus Crafter
+- Patrick Lenz
+- Björn Andreasson
+- James Healy
+- Jae-Jun Hwang
+- Xavier Shay
+- Jason Rust
+- Gopal Patel
+- Chris Heald
+- Peter Vandenberk
+- Josh French
+- Andrew Bennett
+- Jordan Fowler
+- Seth Walker
+- Joe Noon
+- Wolfgang Postler
+- Rick Olson
+- Killian Murphy

data/lib/riddle.rb

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+require 'socket'
+require 'timeout'
+require 'riddle/client'
+require 'riddle/client/filter'
+require 'riddle/client/message'
+require 'riddle/client/response'
+
+module Riddle #:nodoc:
+  class ConnectionError < StandardError #:nodoc:
+  end
+  
+  module Version #:nodoc:
+    Major   = 0
+    Minor   = 9
+    Tiny    = 8
+    # Revision number for RubyForge's sake, taken from what Sphinx
+    # outputs to the command line.
+    Rev     = 1371
+    # Release number to mark my own fixes, beyond feature parity with
+    # Sphinx itself.
+    Release = 0
+    
+    String      = [Major, Minor, Tiny].join('.')
+    GemVersion  = [Major, Minor, Tiny, Rev, Release].join('.')
+  end
+end

data/lib/riddle/client.rb

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+module Riddle
+  class VersionError < StandardError;  end
+  class ResponseError < StandardError; end
+  
+  # This class was heavily based on the existing Client API by Dmytro Shteflyuk
+  # and Alexy Kovyrin. Their code worked fine, I just wanted something a bit
+  # more Ruby-ish (ie. lowercase and underscored method names). I also have
+  # used a few helper classes, just to neaten things up.
+  #
+  # Feel free to use it wherever. Send bug reports, patches, comments and
+  # suggestions to pat at freelancing-gods dot com.
+  #
+  # Most properties of the client are accessible through attribute accessors,
+  # and where relevant use symboles instead of the long constants common in
+  # other clients.
+  # Some examples:
+  #
+  #   client.sort_mode  = :extended
+  #   client.sort_by    = "birthday DESC"
+  #   client.match_mode = :extended
+  #
+  # To add a filter, you will need to create a Filter object:
+  #
+  #   client.filters << Riddle::Client::Filter.new("birthday",
+  #     Time.at(1975, 1, 1).to_i..Time.at(1985, 1, 1).to_i, false)
+  #
+  class Client
+    Commands = {
+      :search   => 0, # SEARCHD_COMMAND_SEARCH
+      :excerpt  => 1, # SEARCHD_COMMAND_EXCERPT
+      :update   => 2, # SEARCHD_COMMAND_UPDATE
+      :keywords => 3  # SEARCHD_COMMAND_KEYWORDS
+    }
+    
+    Versions = {
+      :search   => 0x113, # VER_COMMAND_SEARCH
+      :excerpt  => 0x100, # VER_COMMAND_EXCERPT
+      :update   => 0x101, # VER_COMMAND_UPDATE
+      :keywords => 0x100  # VER_COMMAND_KEYWORDS
+    }
+    
+    Statuses = {
+      :ok      => 0, # SEARCHD_OK
+      :error   => 1, # SEARCHD_ERROR
+      :retry   => 2, # SEARCHD_RETRY
+      :warning => 3  # SEARCHD_WARNING
+    }
+    
+    MatchModes = {
+      :all        => 0, # SPH_MATCH_ALL
+      :any        => 1, # SPH_MATCH_ANY
+      :phrase     => 2, # SPH_MATCH_PHRASE
+      :boolean    => 3, # SPH_MATCH_BOOLEAN
+      :extended   => 4, # SPH_MATCH_EXTENDED
+      :fullscan   => 5, # SPH_MATCH_FULLSCAN
+      :extended2  => 6  # SPH_MATCH_EXTENDED2
+    }
+    
+    RankModes = {
+      :proximity_bm25 => 0, # SPH_RANK_PROXIMITY_BM25
+      :bm25           => 1, # SPH_RANK_BM25
+      :none           => 2, # SPH_RANK_NONE
+      :wordcount      => 3  # SPH_RANK_WORDCOUNT
+    }
+    
+    SortModes = {
+      :relevance     => 0, # SPH_SORT_RELEVANCE
+      :attr_desc     => 1, # SPH_SORT_ATTR_DESC
+      :attr_asc      => 2, # SPH_SORT_ATTR_ASC
+      :time_segments => 3, # SPH_SORT_TIME_SEGMENTS
+      :extended      => 4, # SPH_SORT_EXTENDED
+      :expr          => 5  # SPH_SORT_EXPR
+    }
+    
+    AttributeTypes = {
+      :integer    => 1, # SPH_ATTR_INTEGER
+      :timestamp  => 2, # SPH_ATTR_TIMESTAMP
+      :ordinal    => 3, # SPH_ATTR_ORDINAL
+      :bool       => 4, # SPH_ATTR_BOOL
+      :float      => 5, # SPH_ATTR_FLOAT
+      :multi      => 0x40000000 # SPH_ATTR_MULTI
+    }
+    
+    GroupFunctions = {
+      :day      => 0, # SPH_GROUPBY_DAY
+      :week     => 1, # SPH_GROUPBY_WEEK
+      :month    => 2, # SPH_GROUPBY_MONTH
+      :year     => 3, # SPH_GROUPBY_YEAR
+      :attr     => 4, # SPH_GROUPBY_ATTR
+      :attrpair => 5  # SPH_GROUPBY_ATTRPAIR
+    }
+    
+    FilterTypes = {
+      :values       => 0, # SPH_FILTER_VALUES
+      :range        => 1, # SPH_FILTER_RANGE
+      :float_range  => 2  # SPH_FILTER_FLOATRANGE
+    }
+    
+    attr_accessor :server, :port, :offset, :limit, :max_matches,
+      :match_mode, :sort_mode, :sort_by, :weights, :id_range, :filters,
+      :group_by, :group_function, :group_clause, :group_distinct, :cut_off,
+      :retry_count, :retry_delay, :anchor, :index_weights, :rank_mode,
+      :max_query_time, :field_weights, :timeout
+    attr_reader :queue
+    
+    # Can instantiate with a specific server and port - otherwise it assumes
+    # defaults of localhost and 3312 respectively. All other settings can be
+    # accessed and changed via the attribute accessors.
+    def initialize(server=nil, port=nil)
+      @server = server || "localhost"
+      @port   = port   || 3312
+      
+      # defaults
+      @offset         = 0
+      @limit          = 20
+      @max_matches    = 1000
+      @match_mode     = :all
+      @sort_mode      = :relevance
+      @sort_by        = ''
+      @weights        = []
+      @id_range       = 0..0
+      @filters        = []
+      @group_by       = ''
+      @group_function = :day
+      @group_clause   = '@group desc'
+      @group_distinct = ''
+      @cut_off        = 0
+      @retry_count    = 0
+      @retry_delay    = 0
+      @anchor         = {}
+      # string keys are index names, integer values are weightings
+      @index_weights  = {}
+      @rank_mode      = :proximity_bm25
+      @max_query_time = 0
+      # string keys are field names, integer values are weightings
+      @field_weights  = {}
+      @timeout        = 0
+      
+      @queue = []
+    end
+    
+    # Reset attributes and settings to defaults.
+    def reset
+      # defaults
+      @offset         = 0
+      @limit          = 20
+      @max_matches    = 1000
+      @match_mode     = :all
+      @sort_mode      = :relevance
+      @sort_by        = ''
+      @weights        = []
+      @id_range       = 0..0
+      @filters        = []
+      @group_by       = ''
+      @group_function = :day
+      @group_clause   = '@group desc'
+      @group_distinct = ''
+      @cut_off        = 0
+      @retry_count    = 0
+      @retry_delay    = 0
+      @anchor         = {}
+      # string keys are index names, integer values are weightings
+      @index_weights  = {}
+      @rank_mode      = :proximity_bm25
+      @max_query_time = 0
+      # string keys are field names, integer values are weightings
+      @field_weights  = {}
+      @timeout        = 0
+    end
+    
+    # Set the geo-anchor point - with the names of the attributes that contain
+    # the latitude and longitude (in radians), and the reference position.
+    # Note that for geocoding to work properly, you must also set
+    # match_mode to :extended. To sort results by distance, you will
+    # need to set sort_mode to '@geodist asc' for example. Sphinx
+    # expects latitude and longitude to be returned from you SQL source
+    # in radians.
+    #
+    # Example:
+    #   client.set_anchor('lat', -0.6591741, 'long', 2.530770)
+    #
+    def set_anchor(lat_attr, lat, long_attr, long)
+      @anchor = {
+        :latitude_attribute   => lat_attr,
+        :latitude             => lat,
+        :longitude_attribute  => long_attr,
+        :longitude            => long
+      }
+    end
+    
+    # Append a query to the queue. This uses the same parameters as the query
+    # method.
+    def append_query(search, index = '*', comments = '')
+      @queue << query_message(search, index, comments)
+    end
+    
+    # Run all the queries currently in the queue. This will return an array of
+    # results hashes.
+    def run
+      response = Response.new request(:search, @queue)
+      
+      results = @queue.collect do
+        result = {
+          :matches         => [],
+          :fields          => [],
+          :attributes      => {},
+          :attribute_names => [],
+          :words           => {}
+        }
+
+        result[:status] = response.next_int
+        case result[:status]
+        when Statuses[:warning]
+          result[:warning] = response.next
+        when Statuses[:error]
+          result[:error] = response.next
+          next result
+        end
+        
+        result[:fields] = response.next_array
+
+        attributes = response.next_int
+        for i in 0...attributes
+          attribute_name = response.next
+          type           = response.next_int
+
+          result[:attributes][attribute_name] = type
+          result[:attribute_names] << attribute_name
+        end
+
+        matches   = response.next_int
+        is_64_bit = response.next_int
+        for i in 0...matches
+          doc = is_64_bit > 0 ? response.next_64bit_int : response.next_int
+          weight = response.next_int
+
+          result[:matches] << {:doc => doc, :weight => weight, :index => i, :attributes => {}}
+          result[:attribute_names].each do |attr|
+            result[:matches].last[:attributes][attr] = attribute_from_type(
+              result[:attributes][attr], response
+            )
+          end
+        end
+
+        result[:total] = response.next_int.to_i || 0
+        result[:total_found] = response.next_int.to_i || 0
+        result[:time] = ('%.3f' % (response.next_int / 1000.0)).to_f || 0.0
+
+        words = response.next_int
+        for i in 0...words
+          word = response.next
+          docs = response.next_int
+          hits = response.next_int
+          result[:words][word] = {:docs => docs, :hits => hits}
+        end
+
+        result
+      end
+      
+      @queue.clear
+      results
+    end
+    
+    # Query the Sphinx daemon - defaulting to all indexes, but you can specify
+    # a specific one if you wish. The search parameter should be a string
+    # following Sphinx's expectations.
+    #
+    # The object returned from this method is a hash with the following keys:
+    # 
+    # * :matches
+    # * :fields
+    # * :attributes
+    # * :attribute_names
+    # * :words
+    # * :total
+    # * :total_found
+    # * :time
+    # * :status
+    # * :warning (if appropriate)
+    # * :error (if appropriate)
+    #
+    # The key <tt>:matches</tt> returns an array of hashes - the actual search
+    # results. Each hash has the document id (<tt>:doc</tt>), the result 
+    # weighting (<tt>:weight</tt>), and a hash of the attributes for the
+    # document (<tt>:attributes</tt>).
+    # 
+    # The <tt>:fields</tt> and <tt>:attribute_names</tt> keys return list of
+    # fields and attributes for the documents. The key <tt>:attributes</tt>
+    # will return a hash of attribute name and type pairs, and <tt>:words</tt>
+    # returns a hash of hashes representing the words from the search, with the
+    # number of documents and hits for each, along the lines of:
+    # 
+    #   results[:words]["Pat"] #=> {:docs => 12, :hits => 15}
+    # 
+    # <tt>:total</tt>, <tt>:total_found</tt> and <tt>:time</tt> return the
+    # number of matches available, the total number of matches (which may be
+    # greater than the maximum available, depending on the number of matches
+    # and your sphinx configuration), and the time in milliseconds that the
+    # query took to run.
+    # 
+    # <tt>:status</tt> is the error code for the query - and if there was a
+    # related warning, it will be under the <tt>:warning</tt> key. Fatal errors
+    # will be described under <tt>:error</tt>.
+    #
+    def query(search, index = '*', comments = '')
+      @queue << query_message(search, index, comments)
+      self.run.first
+    end
+    
+    # Build excerpts from search terms (the +words+) and the text of documents. Excerpts are bodies of text that have the +words+ highlighted.
+    # They may also be abbreviated to fit within a word limit.
+    #
+    # As part of the options hash, you will need to
+    # define:
+    # * :docs
+    # * :words
+    # * :index
+    #
+    # Optional settings include:
+    # * :before_match (defaults to <span class="match">)
+    # * :after_match (defaults to </span>)
+    # * :chunk_separator (defaults to ' &#8230; ' - which is an HTML ellipsis)
+    # * :limit (defaults to 256)
+    # * :around (defaults to 5)
+    # * :exact_phrase (defaults to false)
+    # * :single_passage (defaults to false)
+    #
+    # The defaults differ from the official PHP client, as I've opted for
+    # semantic HTML markup.
+    #
+    # Example:
+    #
+    #   client.excerpts(:docs => ["Pat Allan, Pat Cash"], :words => 'Pat', :index => 'pats')
+    #   #=> ["<span class=\"match\">Pat</span> Allan, <span class=\"match\">Pat</span> Cash"]
+    #
+    #   lorem_lipsum = "Lorem ipsum dolor..."
+    #
+    #   client.excerpts(:docs => ["Pat Allan, #{lorem_lipsum} Pat Cash"], :words => 'Pat', :index => 'pats')
+    #   #=> ["<span class=\"match\">Pat</span> Allan, Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing
+    #          elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua &#8230; . Excepteur 
+    #          sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est 
+    #          laborum. <span class=\"match\">Pat</span> Cash"]  
+    #
+    # Workflow:
+    #
+    # Excerpt creation is completely isolated from searching the index. The nominated index is only used to 
+    # discover encoding and charset information.
+    #
+    # Therefore, the workflow goes:
+    #
+    # 1. Do the sphinx query.
+    # 2. Fetch the documents found by sphinx from their repositories.
+    # 3. Pass the documents' text to +excerpts+ for marking up of matched terms.
+    #
+    def excerpts(options = {})
+      options[:index]           ||= '*'
+      options[:before_match]    ||= '<span class="match">'
+      options[:after_match]     ||= '</span>'
+      options[:chunk_separator] ||= ' &#8230; ' # ellipsis
+      options[:limit]           ||= 256
+      options[:around]          ||= 5
+      options[:exact_phrase]    ||= false
+      options[:single_passage]  ||= false
+      
+      response = Response.new request(:excerpt, excerpts_message(options))
+      
+      options[:docs].collect { response.next }
+    end
+    
+    # Update attributes - first parameter is the relevant index, second is an
+    # array of attributes to be updated, and the third is a hash, where the
+    # keys are the document ids, and the values are arrays with the attribute
+    # values - in the same order as the second parameter.
+    #
+    # Example:
+    # 
+    #   client.update('people', ['birthday'], {1 => [Time.at(1982, 20, 8).to_i]})
+    # 
+    def update(index, attributes, values_by_doc)
+      response = Response.new request(
+        :update,
+        update_message(index, attributes, values_by_doc)
+      )
+      
+      response.next_int
+    end
+    
+    # Generates a keyword list for a given query. Each keyword is represented
+    # by a hash, with keys :tokenised and :normalised. If return_hits is set to
+    # true it will also report on the number of hits and documents for each
+    # keyword (see :hits and :docs keys respectively).
+    def keywords(query, index, return_hits = false)
+      response = Response.new request(
+        :keywords,
+        keywords_message(query, index, return_hits)
+      )
+      
+      (0...response.next_int).collect do
+        hash = {}
+        hash[:tokenised]  = response.next
+        hash[:normalised] = response.next
+        
+        if return_hits
+          hash[:docs] = response.next_int
+          hash[:hits] = response.next_int
+        end
+        
+        hash
+      end
+    end
+    
+    private
+    
+    # Connects to the Sphinx daemon, and yields a socket to use. The socket is
+    # closed at the end of the block.
+    def connect(&block)
+      socket = nil
+      if @timeout == 0
+        socket = initialise_connection
+      else
+        begin
+          Timeout.timeout(@timeout) { socket = initialise_connection }
+        rescue Timeout::Error
+          raise Riddle::ConnectionError,
+            "Connection to #{@server} on #{@port} timed out after #{@timeout} seconds"
+        end
+      end
+      
+      begin
+        yield socket
+      ensure
+        socket.close
+      end
+    end
+    
+    def initialise_connection
+      socket = TCPSocket.new @server, @port
+      
+      # Checking version
+      version = socket.recv(4).unpack('N*').first
+      if version < 1
+        socket.close
+        raise VersionError, "Can only connect to searchd version 1.0 or better, not version #{version}"
+      end
+      
+      # Send version
+      socket.send [1].pack('N'), 0
+      
+      socket
+    end
+    
+    # Send a collection of messages, for a command type (eg, search, excerpts,
+    # update), to the Sphinx daemon.
+    def request(command, messages)
+      response = ""
+      status   = -1
+      version  = 0
+      length   = 0
+      message  = Array(messages).join("")
+          
+      connect do |socket|
+        case command
+        when :search
+          # Message length is +4 to account for the following count value for
+          # the number of messages (well, that's what I'm assuming).
+          socket.send [
+            Commands[command], Versions[command],
+            4+message.length,  messages.length
+          ].pack("nnNN") + message, 0
+        else
+          socket.send [
+            Commands[command], Versions[command], message.length
+          ].pack("nnN") + message, 0
+        end
+        
+        header = socket.recv(8)
+        status, version, length = header.unpack('n2N')
+        
+        while response.length < length
+          part = socket.recv(length - response.length)
+          response << part if part
+        end
+      end
+      
+      if response.empty? || response.length != length
+        raise ResponseError, "No response from searchd (status: #{status}, version: #{version})"
+      end
+      
+      case status
+      when Statuses[:ok]
+        if version < Versions[command]
+          puts format("searchd command v.%d.%d older than client (v.%d.%d)",
+            version >> 8, version & 0xff,
+            Versions[command] >> 8, Versions[command] & 0xff)
+        end
+        response
+      when Statuses[:warning]
+        length = response[0, 4].unpack('N*').first
+        puts response[4, length]
+        response[4 + length, response.length - 4 - length]
+      when Statuses[:error], Statuses[:retry]
+        raise ResponseError, "searchd error (status: #{status}): #{response[4, response.length - 4]}"
+      else
+        raise ResponseError, "Unknown searchd error (status: #{status})"
+      end
+    end
+    
+    # Generation of the message to send to Sphinx for a search.
+    def query_message(search, index, comments = '')
+      message = Message.new
+      
+      # Mode, Limits, Sort Mode
+      message.append_ints @offset, @limit, MatchModes[@match_mode],
+        RankModes[@rank_mode], SortModes[@sort_mode]
+      message.append_string @sort_by
+      
+      # Query
+      message.append_string search
+      
+      # Weights
+      message.append_int @weights.length
+      message.append_ints *@weights
+      
+      # Index
+      message.append_string index
+      
+      # ID Range
+      message.append_int 1
+      message.append_64bit_ints @id_range.first, @id_range.last
+      
+      # Filters
+      message.append_int @filters.length
+      @filters.each { |filter| message.append filter.query_message }
+      
+      # Grouping
+      message.append_int GroupFunctions[@group_function]
+      message.append_string @group_by
+      message.append_int @max_matches
+      message.append_string @group_clause
+      message.append_ints @cut_off, @retry_count, @retry_delay
+      message.append_string @group_distinct
+      
+      # Anchor Point
+      if @anchor.empty?
+        message.append_int 0
+      else
+        message.append_int 1
+        message.append_string @anchor[:latitude_attribute]
+        message.append_string @anchor[:longitude_attribute]
+        message.append_floats @anchor[:latitude], @anchor[:longitude]
+      end
+      
+      # Per Index Weights
+      message.append_int @index_weights.length
+      @index_weights.each do |key,val|
+        message.append_string key.to_s
+        message.append_int val
+      end
+      
+      # Max Query Time
+      message.append_int @max_query_time
+      
+      # Per Field Weights
+      message.append_int @field_weights.length
+      @field_weights.each do |key,val|
+        message.append_string key.to_s
+        message.append_int val
+      end
+      
+      message.append_string comments
+      
+      message.to_s
+    end
+    
+    # Generation of the message to send to Sphinx for an excerpts request.
+    def excerpts_message(options)
+      message = Message.new
+      
+      flags = 1
+      flags |= 2  if options[:exact_phrase]
+      flags |= 4  if options[:single_passage]
+      flags |= 8  if options[:use_boundaries]
+      flags |= 16 if options[:weight_order]
+      
+      message.append [0, flags].pack('N2') # 0 = mode
+      message.append_string options[:index]
+      message.append_string options[:words]
+      
+      # options
+      message.append_string options[:before_match]
+      message.append_string options[:after_match]
+      message.append_string options[:chunk_separator]
+      message.append_ints options[:limit], options[:around]
+      
+      message.append_array options[:docs]
+      
+      message.to_s
+    end
+    
+    # Generation of the message to send to Sphinx to update attributes of a
+    # document.
+    def update_message(index, attributes, values_by_doc)
+      message = Message.new
+      
+      message.append_string index
+      message.append_array attributes
+      
+      message.append_int values_by_doc.length
+      values_by_doc.each do |key,values|
+        message.append_64bit_int key # document ID
+        message.append_ints *values # array of new values (integers)
+      end
+      
+      message.to_s
+    end
+    
+    # Generates the simple message to send to the daemon for a keywords request.
+    def keywords_message(query, index, return_hits)
+      message = Message.new
+      
+      message.append_string query
+      message.append_string index
+      message.append_int return_hits ? 1 : 0
+      
+      message.to_s
+    end
+    
+    def attribute_from_type(type, response)
+      type -= AttributeTypes[:multi] if is_multi = type > AttributeTypes[:multi]
+      
+      case type
+      when AttributeTypes[:float]
+        is_multi ? response.next_float_array : response.next_float
+      else
+        is_multi ? response.next_int_array   : response.next_int
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end