deltacat 1.1.35__py3-none-any.whl → 2.0__py3-none-any.whl

deltacat/storage/model/metafile.py

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+# Allow classes to use self-referencing Type hints in Python 3.7.
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import copy
+
+from typing import Optional, Tuple, List
+
+import base64
+import json
+import msgpack
+import pyarrow.fs
+import posixpath
+import uuid
+import deltacat
+
+from deltacat.constants import (
+    METAFILE_FORMAT,
+    REVISION_DIR_NAME,
+    METAFILE_EXT,
+    SUPPORTED_METAFILE_FORMATS,
+    TXN_DIR_NAME,
+    TXN_PART_SEPARATOR,
+    SUCCESS_TXN_DIR_NAME,
+)
+from deltacat.storage.model.list_result import ListResult
+from deltacat.storage.model.locator import Locator
+from deltacat.storage.model.types import TransactionOperationType
+from deltacat.utils.filesystem import (
+    resolve_path_and_filesystem,
+    list_directory,
+    get_file_info,
+)
+
+
+class MetafileRevisionInfo(dict):
+    """
+    Base class for DeltaCAT metafile revision info.
+    """
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def undefined() -> MetafileRevisionInfo:
+        mri = MetafileRevisionInfo()
+        mri.revision = 0
+        mri.txn_id = None
+        mri.txn_op_type = None
+        mri.dir_path = None
+        return mri
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def parse(revision_file_path: str) -> MetafileRevisionInfo:
+        dir_path = posixpath.dirname(revision_file_path)
+        metafile_name = posixpath.basename(revision_file_path)
+        metafile_and_ext = posixpath.splitext(metafile_name)
+        metafile_ext = metafile_and_ext[1] if len(metafile_and_ext) > 1 else None
+        metafile_rev_and_txn_info = metafile_and_ext[0]
+        txn_info_parts = metafile_rev_and_txn_info.split(TXN_PART_SEPARATOR)
+
+        mri = MetafileRevisionInfo()
+        mri.dir_path = dir_path
+        mri.extension = metafile_ext
+        mri.revision = int(txn_info_parts[0])
+        mri.txn_op_type = txn_info_parts[1]
+        mri.txn_id = f"{txn_info_parts[2]}{TXN_PART_SEPARATOR}{txn_info_parts[3]}"
+        return mri
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def list_revisions(
+        revision_dir_path: str,
+        filesystem: pyarrow.fs.FileSystem,
+        success_txn_log_dir: str,
+        current_txn_start_time: Optional[int] = None,
+        current_txn_id: Optional[str] = None,
+        limit: Optional[int] = None,
+    ) -> List[MetafileRevisionInfo]:
+        if not success_txn_log_dir:
+            err_msg = f"No transaction log found for: {revision_dir_path}."
+            raise ValueError(err_msg)
+        # find the latest committed revision of the target metafile
+        sorted_metafile_paths = MetafileRevisionInfo._sorted_file_paths(
+            revision_dir_path=revision_dir_path,
+            filesystem=filesystem,
+            ignore_missing_revision=True,
+        )
+        revisions = []
+        while sorted_metafile_paths:
+            latest_metafile_path = sorted_metafile_paths.pop()
+            mri = MetafileRevisionInfo.parse(latest_metafile_path)
+            if not current_txn_id or mri.txn_id == current_txn_id:
+                # consider the current transaction (if any) to be committed
+                revisions.append(mri)
+            elif current_txn_start_time is not None:
+                # the current transaction can only build on top of the snapshot
+                # of commits from transactions that completed before it started
+                txn_end_time = (
+                    deltacat.storage.model.transaction.Transaction.read_end_time(
+                        path=posixpath.join(success_txn_log_dir, mri.txn_id),
+                        filesystem=filesystem,
+                    )
+                )
+                if txn_end_time is not None and txn_end_time < current_txn_start_time:
+                    revisions.append(mri)
+            else:
+                raise ValueError(
+                    f"Current transaction ID `{current_txn_id} provided "
+                    f"without a transaction start time."
+                )
+            if limit <= len(revisions):
+                break
+        return revisions
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def latest_revision(
+        revision_dir_path: str,
+        filesystem: pyarrow.fs.FileSystem,
+        success_txn_log_dir: str,
+        current_txn_start_time: Optional[int] = None,
+        current_txn_id: Optional[str] = None,
+        ignore_missing_revision: bool = False,
+    ) -> MetafileRevisionInfo:
+        """
+        Fetch latest revision of a metafile, or return None if no
+        revisions exist.
+        :param revision_dir_path: root path of directory for metafile
+        :param ignore_missing_revision: if True, will return
+        MetafileRevisionInfo.undefined() on no revisions
+        :raises ValueError if no revisions are found AND
+        ignore_missing_revision=False
+        """
+        revisions = MetafileRevisionInfo.list_revisions(
+            revision_dir_path=revision_dir_path,
+            filesystem=filesystem,
+            success_txn_log_dir=success_txn_log_dir,
+            current_txn_start_time=current_txn_start_time,
+            current_txn_id=current_txn_id,
+            limit=1,
+        )
+        if not revisions and not ignore_missing_revision:
+            err_msg = f"No committed revision found at {revision_dir_path}."
+            raise ValueError(err_msg)
+        return revisions[0] if revisions else MetafileRevisionInfo.undefined()
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def new_revision(
+        revision_dir_path: str,
+        current_txn_op_type: deltacat.storage.model.transaction.TransactionOperationType,
+        current_txn_start_time: int,
+        current_txn_id: str,
+        filesystem: pyarrow.fs.FileSystem,
+        extension: Optional[str] = METAFILE_EXT,
+        success_txn_log_dir: Optional[str] = None,
+    ) -> MetafileRevisionInfo:
+        """
+        Creates and returns a new MetafileRevisionInfo object for the next
+        revision of the metafile.
+
+        This method determines the next revision information based on the
+        latest existing revision in the specified directory path and the
+        current transaction details.
+
+        Args:
+            revision_dir_path (str): Metafile revision directory path to
+            generate the next metafile revision info for.
+            current_txn_op_type (TransactionOperationType): The current
+            transaction's operation type.
+            current_txn_start_time (int): The current transaction's start time.
+            current_txn_id (str): The current transaction's ID.
+            filesystem (pyarrow.fs.FileSystem): The filesystem interface to
+            use for file operations
+            extension (str, optional): The file extension for metafiles.
+            Defaults to METAFILE_EXT.
+            success_txn_log_dir (Optional[str], optional): Directory path for
+            successful transaction logs. Will be automatically discovered by
+            traversing revision directory parent paths if not specified.
+
+        Returns:
+            MetafileRevisionInfo: A new revision info object containing
+            metadata for the next revision
+
+        Notes:
+            - For CREATE operations, the method will ignore missing previous
+              revisions.
+            - The method validates the transaction operation type before
+              creating the new revision.
+            - Uses the pyarrow filesystem interface for file operations.
+        """
+        is_create_txn = current_txn_op_type == TransactionOperationType.CREATE
+        mri = MetafileRevisionInfo.latest_revision(
+            revision_dir_path=revision_dir_path,
+            filesystem=filesystem,
+            success_txn_log_dir=success_txn_log_dir,
+            current_txn_start_time=current_txn_start_time,
+            current_txn_id=current_txn_id,
+            ignore_missing_revision=is_create_txn,
+        )
+        # validate the transaction operation type
+        if mri.exists():
+            # update/delete fails if the last metafile was deleted
+            if mri.txn_op_type == TransactionOperationType.DELETE:
+                if current_txn_op_type != TransactionOperationType.CREATE:
+                    raise ValueError(
+                        f"Metafile {current_txn_op_type.value} failed "
+                        f"for transaction ID {current_txn_id} failed. "
+                        f"Metafile state at {mri.path} is deleted."
+                    )
+            # create fails unless the last metafile was deleted
+            elif is_create_txn:
+                raise ValueError(
+                    f"Metafile creation for transaction ID {current_txn_id} "
+                    f"failed. Metafile commit at {mri.path} already exists."
+                )
+        elif not is_create_txn:
+            # update/delete fails if the last metafile doesn't exist
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"Metafile {current_txn_op_type.value} failed for "
+                f"transaction ID {current_txn_id} failed. Metafile at "
+                f"{mri.path} does not exist."
+            )
+        mri.revision = mri.revision + 1
+        mri.txn_id = current_txn_id
+        mri.txn_op_type = current_txn_op_type
+        mri.dir_path = revision_dir_path
+        mri.extension = extension
+        return mri
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def check_for_concurrent_txn_conflict(
+        success_txn_log_dir: str,
+        current_txn_revision_file_path: str,
+        filesystem: pyarrow.fs.FileSystem,
+    ) -> None:
+        """
+        Checks for a concurrent modification conflict between a file commited
+        by the current transaction and another parallel transaction. Raises
+        an exception if a concurrent modification conflict is found.
+
+        :param success_txn_log_dir: Path to the log of successful transactions.
+        :param current_txn_revision_file_path: Path to a metafile revision
+        written by the current transaction to check for conflicts against.
+        :param filesystem: Filesystem that can read the metafile revision.
+        :raises RuntimeError: if a conflict is found with another transaction.
+        """
+        revision_dir_path = posixpath.dirname(current_txn_revision_file_path)
+        cur_txn_mri = MetafileRevisionInfo.parse(current_txn_revision_file_path)
+
+        sorted_metafile_paths = MetafileRevisionInfo._sorted_file_paths(
+            revision_dir_path=revision_dir_path,
+            filesystem=filesystem,
+        )
+        conflict_mris = []
+        while sorted_metafile_paths:
+            next_metafile_path = sorted_metafile_paths.pop()
+            mri = MetafileRevisionInfo.parse(next_metafile_path)
+            if mri.revision < cur_txn_mri.revision:
+                # no conflict was found
+                break
+            elif (
+                mri.revision == cur_txn_mri.revision
+                and mri.txn_id != cur_txn_mri.txn_id
+            ):
+                # we've found a conflict between txn_id and current_txn_id
+                # defer to the transaction with the higher lexicographic order
+                # (i.e., the transaction that started most recently)
+                # TODO(pdames): Ensure the conflicting transaction is alive
+                #  (e.g., give each transaction a heartbeat timeout that gives
+                #  it 1-2 seconds per operation, and record known failed
+                #  transaction IDs)
+                if mri.txn_id > cur_txn_mri.txn_id:
+                    raise RuntimeError(
+                        f"Aborting transaction {cur_txn_mri.txn_id} due to "
+                        f"concurrent conflict at "
+                        f"{current_txn_revision_file_path} with transaction "
+                        f"{mri.txn_id} at {next_metafile_path}."
+                    )
+                conflict_mris.append(mri)
+        if conflict_mris:
+            # current txn wins the ordering challenge among all conflicts,
+            # but we still need to ensure that no conflicting transactions
+            # completed before seeing the conflict with this transaction
+            for mri in conflict_mris:
+                txn_end_time = (
+                    deltacat.storage.model.transaction.Transaction.read_end_time(
+                        path=posixpath.join(success_txn_log_dir, mri.txn_id),
+                        filesystem=filesystem,
+                    )
+                )
+                # TODO(pdames): Resolve risk of passing this check if it
+                #  runs before the conflicting transaction marks itself as
+                #  complete in the txn log. Some fixes include enforcing
+                #  serializable isolation of the txn log, eventually
+                #  consistent detection & repair, writing a mutex file
+                #  that tells future transactions to only consider this txn
+                #  complete if the conflicting txn is not complete, etc.
+                if txn_end_time:
+                    raise RuntimeError(
+                        f"Aborting transaction {cur_txn_mri.txn_id} due to "
+                        f"concurrent conflict at {revision_dir_path} with "
+                        f"previously completed transaction {mri.txn_id} at "
+                        f"{next_metafile_path}."
+                    )
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _sorted_file_paths(
+        revision_dir_path: str,
+        filesystem: pyarrow.fs.FileSystem,
+        ignore_missing_revision: bool = False,
+    ) -> List[str]:
+        file_paths_and_sizes = list_directory(
+            path=revision_dir_path,
+            filesystem=filesystem,
+            ignore_missing_path=True,
+        )
+        if not file_paths_and_sizes and not ignore_missing_revision:
+            err_msg = (
+                f"Expected to find at least 1 Metafile at "
+                f"{revision_dir_path} but found none."
+            )
+            raise ValueError(err_msg)
+        return list(list(zip(*file_paths_and_sizes))[0]) if file_paths_and_sizes else []
+
+    @property
+    def revision(self) -> int:
+        return self["revision"]
+
+    @revision.setter
+    def revision(self, revision: int):
+        self["revision"] = revision
+
+    @property
+    def txn_id(self) -> Optional[str]:
+        return self["txn_id"]
+
+    @txn_id.setter
+    def txn_id(self, txn_id: str):
+        self["txn_id"] = txn_id
+
+    @property
+    def txn_op_type(self) -> Optional[TransactionOperationType]:
+        op_type = self.get("txn_op_type")
+        return None if op_type is None else TransactionOperationType(op_type)
+
+    @txn_op_type.setter
+    def txn_op_type(self, txn_op_type: TransactionOperationType):
+        self["txn_op_type"] = txn_op_type
+
+    @property
+    def dir_path(self) -> Optional[str]:
+        return self["dir_path"]
+
+    @dir_path.setter
+    def dir_path(self, dir_path: str):
+        self["dir_path"] = dir_path
+
+    @property
+    def extension(self) -> str:
+        return self.get("extension") or METAFILE_EXT
+
+    @extension.setter
+    def extension(self, extension: str):
+        self["extension"] = extension
+
+    @property
+    def file_name(self) -> Optional[str]:
+        return (
+            TXN_PART_SEPARATOR.join(
+                [
+                    f"{self.revision:020}",
+                    self.txn_op_type,
+                    f"{self.txn_id}{self.extension}",
+                ]
+            )
+            if self.txn_op_type and self.txn_id
+            else None
+        )
+
+    @property
+    def path(self) -> Optional[str]:
+        file_name = self.file_name
+        return (
+            posixpath.join(
+                self.dir_path,
+                file_name,
+            )
+            if self.dir_path and file_name
+            else None
+        )
+
+    def exists(self) -> bool:
+        return bool(self.revision)
+
+
+class Metafile(dict):
+    """
+    Base class for DeltaCAT metadata files, with read and write methods
+    for dict-based DeltaCAT models. Uses msgpack (https://msgpack.org/) for
+    cross-language-compatible serialization and deserialization.
+    """
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def update_for(other: Optional[Metafile]) -> Optional[Metafile]:
+        """
+        Returns a new metafile that can be used as the destination metafile
+        in an update transaction operation against the input source metafile.
+        The returned metafile starts as an identical deep copy of the input
+        metafile such that, if the output is changed and committed as part of
+        an update transaction operation on the source metafile, then it will
+        update instead of replace the source metafile.
+        :param other: Source metafile for the copy.
+        :return: New copy of the source metafile.
+        """
+        return copy.deepcopy(other) if other is not None else None
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def based_on(
+        other: Optional[Metafile],
+        new_id: Optional[Locator] = None,
+    ) -> Optional[Metafile]:
+        """
+        Returns a new metafile equivalent to the input metafile, but with a new
+        ID assigned to distinguish it as a separate catalog object. This means
+        that, if the output is simply committed as part of an update transaction
+        operation on the source metafile, then it will replace instead of update
+        the source metafile.
+        :param other: Source metafile that is the basis for the new metafile.
+        :param new_id: New immutable ID to assign to the new metafile. Should
+        not be specified for metafiles with mutable names (e.g., namespaces and
+        tables).
+        :return: A new metafile based on the input metafile with a different ID.
+        """
+        metafile_copy = Metafile.update_for(other)
+        if metafile_copy:
+            # remove the source metafile ID so that this is treated as a
+            # different catalog object with otherwise identical properties
+            if not other.named_immutable_id:
+                metafile_copy.pop("id", None)
+                if new_id:
+                    raise ValueError(
+                        f"New ID cannot be specified for metafiles that "
+                        f"don't have a named immutable ID."
+                    )
+            else:
+                if not new_id:
+                    raise ValueError(
+                        f"New ID must be specified for metafiles that have a "
+                        f"named immutable ID."
+                    )
+                metafile_copy.named_immutable_id = new_id
+            # remove all ancestors of the original source metafile
+            metafile_copy.pop("ancestor_ids", None)
+        return metafile_copy
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def read_txn(
+        catalog_root_dir: str,
+        success_txn_log_dir: str,
+        current_txn_op: deltacat.storage.model.transaction.TransactionOperation,
+        current_txn_start_time: int,
+        current_txn_id: str,
+        filesystem: Optional[pyarrow.fs.FileSystem] = None,
+    ) -> ListResult[Metafile]:
+        """
+        Read one or more metadata files within the context of a transaction.
+        :param catalog_root_dir: Catalog root dir to read the metafile from.
+        :param success_txn_log_dir: Catalog root successful transaction log
+        directory.
+        :param current_txn_op: Transaction operation for this read.
+        :param current_txn_start_time: Transaction start time for this read.
+        :param current_txn_id: Transaction ID for this read.
+        :param filesystem: File system to use for reading the metadata file. If
+        not given, a default filesystem will be automatically selected based on
+        the catalog root path.
+        :return: ListResult of deserialized metadata files read.
+        """
+        kwargs = {
+            "catalog_root": catalog_root_dir,
+            "success_txn_log_dir": success_txn_log_dir,
+            "current_txn_start_time": current_txn_start_time,
+            "current_txn_id": current_txn_id,
+            "filesystem": filesystem,
+            "limit": current_txn_op.read_limit,
+        }
+        if current_txn_op.type == TransactionOperationType.READ_SIBLINGS:
+            return current_txn_op.dest_metafile.siblings(**kwargs)
+        elif current_txn_op.type == TransactionOperationType.READ_CHILDREN:
+            return current_txn_op.dest_metafile.children(**kwargs)
+        elif current_txn_op.type == TransactionOperationType.READ_LATEST:
+            kwargs["limit"] = 1
+        elif current_txn_op.type == TransactionOperationType.READ_EXISTS:
+            kwargs["limit"] = 1
+            kwargs["materialize_revisions"] = False
+        else:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"Unsupported transaction operation type: {current_txn_op.type}"
+            )
+        # return the latest metafile revision for READ_LATEST and READ_EXISTS
+        list_result = current_txn_op.dest_metafile.revisions(**kwargs)
+        revisions = list_result.all_items()
+        metafiles = []
+        if revisions:
+            op_type = revisions[0][0]
+            if op_type != TransactionOperationType.DELETE:
+                metafiles.append(revisions[0][1])
+            # TODO(pdames): Add Optional[Metafile] to return type and just
+            #  return the latest metafile (if any) directly?
+            return ListResult.of(
+                items=metafiles,
+                pagination_key=None,
+                next_page_provider=None,
+            )
+        else:
+            # Could not find any revisions in list operations - return no results
+            return ListResult.empty()
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_class(serialized_dict: dict):
+        """
+        Given a serialized dictionary of Metafile data, gets the metafile child
+        class type to instantiate.
+        """
+        # TODO: more robust implementation. Right now this relies on the
+        #  assumption that XLocator key will only be present in class X, and
+        #  is brittle to renames. On the other hand, this implementation does
+        #  not require any marker fields to be persisted, and a regression
+        #  will be quickly detected by test_metafile.io or other unit tests
+        if serialized_dict.__contains__("tableLocator"):
+            return deltacat.storage.model.table.Table
+        elif serialized_dict.__contains__("namespaceLocator"):
+            return deltacat.storage.model.namespace.Namespace
+        elif serialized_dict.__contains__("tableVersionLocator"):
+            return deltacat.storage.model.table_version.TableVersion
+        elif serialized_dict.__contains__("partitionLocator"):
+            return deltacat.storage.model.partition.Partition
+        elif serialized_dict.__contains__("streamLocator"):
+            return deltacat.storage.model.stream.Stream
+        elif serialized_dict.__contains__("deltaLocator"):
+            return deltacat.storage.model.delta.Delta
+        else:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"Could not find metafile class from serialized form: "
+                f"${serialized_dict}"
+            )
+
+    @classmethod
+    def read(
+        cls,
+        path: str,
+        filesystem: Optional[pyarrow.fs.FileSystem] = None,
+        format: Optional[str] = METAFILE_FORMAT,
+    ) -> Metafile:
+        """
+        Read a metadata file and return the deserialized object.
+        :param path: Metadata file path to read.
+        :param filesystem: File system to use for reading the metadata file.
+        :param format: Format to use for deserializing the metadata file.
+        :return: Deserialized object from the metadata file.
+        """
+        if format not in SUPPORTED_METAFILE_FORMATS:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"Unsupported format '{format}'. Supported formats include: {SUPPORTED_METAFILE_FORMATS}."
+            )
+
+        if not filesystem:
+            path, filesystem = resolve_path_and_filesystem(path, filesystem)
+        with filesystem.open_input_stream(path) as file:
+            binary = file.readall()
+        reader = {
+            "json": lambda b: json.loads(
+                b.decode("utf-8"),
+                object_hook=lambda obj: {
+                    k: base64.b64decode(v)
+                    if isinstance(v, str) and v.startswith("b64:")
+                    else v
+                    for k, v in obj.items()
+                },
+            ),
+            "msgpack": msgpack.loads,
+        }[format]
+        data = reader(binary)
+        # cast this Metafile into the appropriate child class type
+        clazz = Metafile.get_class(data)
+        obj = clazz(**data).from_serializable(path, filesystem)
+        return obj
+
+    def write_txn(
+        self,
+        catalog_root_dir: str,
+        success_txn_log_dir: str,
+        current_txn_op: deltacat.storage.model.transaction.TransactionOperation,
+        current_txn_start_time: int,
+        current_txn_id: str,
+        filesystem: Optional[pyarrow.fs.FileSystem] = None,
+    ) -> None:
+        """
+        Serialize and write this object to a metadata file within the context
+        of a transaction.
+        :param catalog_root_dir: Catalog root dir to write the metafile to.
+        :param success_txn_log_dir: Catalog root successful transaction log
+        directory.
+        :param current_txn_op: Transaction operation for this write.
+        :param current_txn_start_time: Transaction start time for this write.
+        :param current_txn_id: Transaction ID for this write.
+        :param filesystem: File system to use for writing the metadata file. If
+        not given, a default filesystem will be automatically selected based on
+        the catalog root path.
+        """
+        if not filesystem:
+            catalog_root_dir, filesystem = resolve_path_and_filesystem(
+                path=catalog_root_dir,
+                filesystem=filesystem,
+            )
+        self._write_metafile_revisions(
+            catalog_root=catalog_root_dir,
+            success_txn_log_dir=success_txn_log_dir,
+            current_txn_op=current_txn_op,
+            current_txn_start_time=current_txn_start_time,
+            current_txn_id=current_txn_id,
+            filesystem=filesystem,
+        )
+
+    def write(
+        self,
+        path: str,
+        filesystem: Optional[pyarrow.fs.FileSystem] = None,
+        format: Optional[str] = METAFILE_FORMAT,
+    ) -> None:
+        """
+        Serialize and write this object to a metadata file.
+        :param path: Metadata file path to write to.
+        :param filesystem: File system to use for writing the metadata file. If
+        not given, a default filesystem will be automatically selected based on
+        the catalog root path.
+        param: format: Format to use for serializing the metadata file.
+        """
+        if format not in SUPPORTED_METAFILE_FORMATS:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"Unsupported format '{format}'. Supported formats include: {SUPPORTED_METAFILE_FORMATS}."
+            )
+
+        if not filesystem:
+            path, filesystem = resolve_path_and_filesystem(path, filesystem)
+        revision_dir_path = posixpath.dirname(path)
+        filesystem.create_dir(revision_dir_path, recursive=True)
+
+        writer = {
+            "json": lambda data: json.dumps(
+                data,
+                indent=4,
+                default=lambda b: base64.b64encode(b).decode("utf-8")
+                if isinstance(b, bytes)
+                else b,
+            ).encode("utf-8"),
+            "msgpack": msgpack.dumps,
+        }[format]
+
+        with filesystem.open_output_stream(path) as file:
+            file.write(writer(self.to_serializable()))
+
+    def equivalent_to(self, other: Metafile) -> bool:
+        """
+        True if this Metafile is equivalent to the other Metafile minus its
+        unique ID and ancestor IDs.
+
+        :param other: Metafile to compare to.
+        :return: True if the other metafile is equivalent, false if not.
+        """
+        identifiers = {"id", "ancestor_ids"}
+        for k, v in self.items():
+            if k not in identifiers and (k not in other or other[k] != v):
+                return False
+        for k in other.keys():
+            if k not in identifiers and k not in self:
+                return False
+        return True
+
+    @property
+    def named_immutable_id(self) -> Optional[str]:
+        """
+        If this metafile's locator name is immutable (i.e., if the object it
+        refers to can't be renamed) then returns an immutable ID suitable for
+        use in URLS or filesystem paths. Returns None if this locator name is
+        mutable (i.e., if the object it refers to can be renamed).
+        """
+        return self.locator.name.immutable_id
+
+    @named_immutable_id.setter
+    def named_immutable_id(self, immutable_id: Optional[str]) -> None:
+        """
+        If this metafile's locator name is immutable (i.e., if the object it
+        refers to can't be renamed), then sets an immutable ID for this
+        locator name suitable for use in URLS or filesystem paths. Note that
+        the ID is only considered immutable in durable catalog storage, and
+        remains mutable in transient memory (i.e., this setter remains
+        functional regardless of whether an ID is already assigned, but each
+        update will cause it to refer to a different, distinct object in
+        durable storage).
+        :raises NotImplementedError: If this metafile type does not have a
+        named immutable ID (i.e., its immutable ID is auto-generated).
+        """
+        self.locator.name.immutable_id = immutable_id
+
+    @property
+    def id(self) -> str:
+        """
+        Returns an existing immutable ID for this metafile or generates a new
+        one. This ID can be used for equality checks (i.e. 2 metafiles refer
+        to the same catalog object if they have the same ID) and deterministic
+        references (e.g. for generating a root namespace or table path that
+        remains the same regardless of renames).
+        """
+
+        # check if the locator name can be reused as an immutable ID
+        # or if we need to use a generated UUID as an immutable ID
+        _id = self.locator.name.immutable_id or self.get("id")
+        if not _id:
+            _id = self["id"] = str(uuid.uuid4())
+        return _id
+
+    @property
+    def locator(self) -> Optional[Locator]:
+        """
+        Returns the canonical locator for this metafile, which is typically used
+        to efficiently resolve internal system references to this object.
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+    @property
+    def locator_alias(self) -> Optional[Locator]:
+        """
+        Returns an optional locator alias for this metafile. This is
+        typically used to resolve a unique, human-readable reference to this
+        object (e.g., by using partition values instead of partition ID or
+        stream format name instead of stream ID). Locator aliases are
+        typically used during partition predicate pushdown (e.g., by
+        partition value + partition scheme ID) or to display unique
+        human-readable metafile names.
+        """
+        return None
+
+    def children(
+        self,
+        catalog_root: str,
+        success_txn_log_dir: str,
+        current_txn_start_time: Optional[int] = None,
+        current_txn_id: Optional[str] = None,
+        filesystem: Optional[pyarrow.fs.FileSystem] = None,
+        limit: Optional[int] = None,
+    ) -> ListResult[Metafile]:
+        """
+        Retrieve all children of this object.
+        :return: ListResult containing all children of this object.
+        """
+        catalog_root, filesystem = resolve_path_and_filesystem(
+            catalog_root,
+            filesystem,
+        )
+        metafile_root_dir_path = self.metafile_root_path(
+            catalog_root=catalog_root,
+            current_txn_start_time=current_txn_start_time,
+            current_txn_id=current_txn_id,
+            filesystem=filesystem,
+        )
+        # List metafiles with respect to this metafile's URI as root
+        return self._list_metafiles(
+            success_txn_log_dir=success_txn_log_dir,
+            metafile_root_dir_path=metafile_root_dir_path,
+            current_txn_start_time=current_txn_start_time,
+            current_txn_id=current_txn_id,
+            filesystem=filesystem,
+            limit=limit,
+        )
+
+    def siblings(
+        self,
+        catalog_root: str,
+        success_txn_log_dir: str,
+        current_txn_start_time: Optional[int] = None,
+        current_txn_id: Optional[str] = None,
+        filesystem: Optional[pyarrow.fs.FileSystem] = None,
+        limit: Optional[int] = None,
+    ) -> ListResult[Metafile]:
+        """
+        Retrieve all siblings of this object.
+        :return: ListResult containing all siblings of this object.
+        """
+        catalog_root, filesystem = resolve_path_and_filesystem(
+            catalog_root,
+            filesystem,
+        )
+        parent_obj_path = self.parent_root_path(
+            catalog_root=catalog_root,
+            current_txn_start_time=current_txn_start_time,
+            current_txn_id=current_txn_id,
+            filesystem=filesystem,
+        )
+        return self._list_metafiles(
+            success_txn_log_dir=success_txn_log_dir,
+            metafile_root_dir_path=parent_obj_path,
+            current_txn_start_time=current_txn_start_time,
+            current_txn_id=current_txn_id,
+            filesystem=filesystem,
+            limit=limit,
+        )
+
+    def revisions(
+        self,
+        catalog_root: str,
+        success_txn_log_dir: str,
+        current_txn_start_time: Optional[int] = None,
+        current_txn_id: Optional[str] = None,
+        filesystem: Optional[pyarrow.fs.FileSystem] = None,
+        limit: Optional[int] = None,
+        materialize_revisions: bool = True,
+    ) -> ListResult[Tuple[TransactionOperationType, Optional[Metafile]]]:
+        """
+        Retrieve all revisions of this object.
+        :return: ListResult containing all revisions of this object.
+        """
+        catalog_root, filesystem = resolve_path_and_filesystem(
+            catalog_root,
+            filesystem,
+        )
+        try:
+            parent_root = self.parent_root_path(
+                catalog_root=catalog_root,
+                current_txn_start_time=current_txn_start_time,
+                current_txn_id=current_txn_id,
+                filesystem=filesystem,
+            )
+        except ValueError:
+            # one or more ancestor's don't exist - return an empty list result
+            # TODO(pdames): Raise and catch a more explicit AncestorNotFound
+            #  error type here.
+            return ListResult.empty()
+        try:
+            locator = (
+                self.locator
+                if self.locator.name.exists()
+                else self.locator_alias
+                if self.locator_alias and self.locator_alias.name.exists()
+                else None
+            )
+            immutable_id = (
+                # TODO(pdames): Refactor id lazy assignment into explicit getter/setter
+                self.get("id")
+                or Metafile._locator_to_id(
+                    locator=locator,
+                    catalog_root=catalog_root,
+                    metafile_root=parent_root,
+                    filesystem=filesystem,
+                    txn_start_time=current_txn_start_time,
+                    txn_id=current_txn_id,
+                )
+                if locator
+                else None
+            )
+        except ValueError:
+            # the metafile has been deleted
+            return ListResult.empty()
+        if not immutable_id:
+            # the metafile does not exist
+            return ListResult.empty()
+        revision_dir_path = posixpath.join(
+            parent_root,
+            immutable_id,
+            REVISION_DIR_NAME,
+        )
+        revisions = MetafileRevisionInfo.list_revisions(
+            revision_dir_path=revision_dir_path,
+            filesystem=filesystem,
+            success_txn_log_dir=success_txn_log_dir,
+            current_txn_start_time=current_txn_start_time,
+            current_txn_id=current_txn_id,
+            limit=limit,
+        )
+        items = []
+        for mri in revisions:
+            if mri.exists():
+                metafile = (
+                    {}
+                    if not materialize_revisions
+                    else self.read(
+                        path=mri.path,
+                        filesystem=filesystem,
+                    )
+                )
+                items.append((mri.txn_op_type, metafile))
+        # TODO(pdames): Add pagination.
+        return ListResult.of(
+            items=items,
+            pagination_key=None,
+            next_page_provider=None,
+        )
+
+    def to_serializable(self) -> Metafile:
+        """
+        Prepare the object for serialization by converting any non-serializable
+        types to serializable types. May also run any required pre-write
+        validations on the serialized or deserialized object.
+        :return: a serializable version of the object
+        """
+        return self
+
+    def from_serializable(
+        self,
+        path: str,
+        filesystem: Optional[pyarrow.fs.FileSystem] = None,
+    ) -> Metafile:
+        """
+        Restore any non-serializable types from a serializable version of this
+        object. May also run any required post-read validations on the
+        serialized or deserialized object.
+        :return: a deserialized version of the object
+        """
+        return self
+
+    def parent_root_path(
+        self,
+        catalog_root: str,
+        current_txn_start_time: Optional[int] = None,
+        current_txn_id: Optional[str] = None,
+        filesystem: Optional[pyarrow.fs.FileSystem] = None,
+    ) -> str:
+        ancestor_ids = self.ancestor_ids(
+            catalog_root=catalog_root,
+            current_txn_start_time=current_txn_start_time,
+            current_txn_id=current_txn_id,
+            filesystem=filesystem,
+        )
+        return posixpath.join(*[catalog_root] + ancestor_ids)
+
+    def metafile_root_path(
+        self,
+        catalog_root: str,
+        current_txn_start_time: Optional[int] = None,
+        current_txn_id: Optional[str] = None,
+        filesystem: Optional[pyarrow.fs.FileSystem] = None,
+    ) -> str:
+        parent_obj_path = self.parent_root_path(
+            catalog_root=catalog_root,
+            current_txn_start_time=current_txn_start_time,
+            current_txn_id=current_txn_id,
+            filesystem=filesystem,
+        )
+        return posixpath.join(
+            parent_obj_path,
+            self.id,
+        )
+
+    def ancestor_ids(
+        self,
+        catalog_root: str,
+        current_txn_start_time: Optional[int] = None,
+        current_txn_id: Optional[str] = None,
+        filesystem: Optional[pyarrow.fs.FileSystem] = None,
+    ) -> List[str]:
+        """
+        Returns the IDs for this metafile's ancestor metafiles. IDs are
+        listed in order from root to immediate parent.
+        """
+        ancestor_ids = self.get("ancestor_ids") or []
+        if not ancestor_ids:
+            ancestor_ids = Metafile._ancestor_ids(
+                locator=self.locator,
+                catalog_root=catalog_root,
+                current_txn_start_time=current_txn_start_time,
+                current_txn_id=current_txn_id,
+                filesystem=filesystem,
+            )
+            self["ancestor_ids"] = ancestor_ids
+        return ancestor_ids
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _parent_metafile_rev_dir_path(
+        base_metafile_path: str,
+        parent_number,
+    ):
+        # TODO(pdames): Stop parent traversal at catalog root.
+        current_dir = posixpath.dirname(  # base metafile root dir
+            posixpath.dirname(  # base metafile revision dir
+                base_metafile_path,
+            )
+        )
+        while parent_number and current_dir != posixpath.sep:
+            current_dir = posixpath.dirname(current_dir)
+            parent_number -= 1
+        return posixpath.join(
+            current_dir,
+            REVISION_DIR_NAME,
+        )
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _locator_to_id(
+        locator: Locator,
+        catalog_root: str,
+        metafile_root: str,
+        filesystem: pyarrow.fs.FileSystem,
+        txn_start_time: Optional[int] = None,
+        txn_id: Optional[str] = None,
+    ) -> Optional[str]:
+        """
+        Resolves the immutable metafile ID for the given locator.
+
+        :return: Immutable ID read from mapping file. None if no mapping exists.
+        :raises: ValueError if the id is found but has been deleted
+        """
+        metafile_id = locator.name.immutable_id
+        if not metafile_id:
+            # the locator name is mutable, so we need to resolve the mapping
+            # from the locator back to its immutable metafile ID
+            locator_path = locator.path(metafile_root)
+            success_txn_log_dir = posixpath.join(
+                catalog_root,
+                TXN_DIR_NAME,
+                SUCCESS_TXN_DIR_NAME,
+            )
+            mri = MetafileRevisionInfo.latest_revision(
+                revision_dir_path=locator_path,
+                filesystem=filesystem,
+                success_txn_log_dir=success_txn_log_dir,
+                current_txn_start_time=txn_start_time,
+                current_txn_id=txn_id,
+                ignore_missing_revision=True,
+            )
+            if not mri.exists():
+                return None
+            if mri.txn_op_type == TransactionOperationType.DELETE:
+                err_msg = (
+                    f"Locator {locator} to metafile ID resolution failed "
+                    f"because its metafile ID mapping was deleted. You may "
+                    f"have an old reference to a renamed or deleted object."
+                )
+                raise ValueError(err_msg)
+            metafile_id = posixpath.splitext(mri.path)[1][1:]
+        return metafile_id
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _ancestor_ids(
+        locator: Locator,
+        catalog_root: str,
+        current_txn_start_time: Optional[int] = None,
+        current_txn_id: Optional[str] = None,
+        filesystem: Optional[pyarrow.fs.FileSystem] = None,
+    ) -> List[str]:
+        ancestor_ids = []
+        catalog_root, filesystem = resolve_path_and_filesystem(
+            path=catalog_root,
+            filesystem=filesystem,
+        )
+        parent_locators = []
+        # TODO(pdames): Correctly resolve missing parents and K of N
+        #  specified ancestors by using placeholder IDs for missing
+        #  ancestors
+        parent_locator = locator.parent
+        while parent_locator:
+            parent_locators.append(parent_locator)
+            parent_locator = parent_locator.parent
+        metafile_root = catalog_root
+        while parent_locators:
+            parent_locator = parent_locators.pop()
+            ancestor_id = Metafile._locator_to_id(
+                locator=parent_locator,
+                catalog_root=catalog_root,
+                metafile_root=metafile_root,
+                filesystem=filesystem,
+                txn_start_time=current_txn_start_time,
+                txn_id=current_txn_id,
+            )
+            if not ancestor_id:
+                err_msg = f"Ancestor does not exist: {parent_locator}."
+                raise ValueError(err_msg)
+            metafile_root = posixpath.join(
+                metafile_root,
+                ancestor_id,
+            )
+            try:
+                get_file_info(
+                    path=metafile_root,
+                    filesystem=filesystem,
+                )
+            except FileNotFoundError:
+                raise ValueError(
+                    f"Ancestor {parent_locator} does not exist at: " f"{metafile_root}"
+                )
+            ancestor_ids.append(ancestor_id)
+        return ancestor_ids
+
+    def _write_locator_to_id_map_file(
+        self,
+        locator: Locator,
+        success_txn_log_dir: str,
+        parent_obj_path: str,
+        current_txn_op: deltacat.storage.model.transaction.TransactionOperation,
+        current_txn_op_type: TransactionOperationType,
+        current_txn_start_time: int,
+        current_txn_id: str,
+        filesystem: pyarrow.fs.FileSystem,
+    ) -> None:
+        name_resolution_dir_path = locator.path(parent_obj_path)
+        # TODO(pdames): Don't write updated revisions with the same mapping as
+        #  the latest revision.
+        mri = MetafileRevisionInfo.new_revision(
+            revision_dir_path=name_resolution_dir_path,
+            current_txn_op_type=current_txn_op_type,
+            current_txn_start_time=current_txn_start_time,
+            current_txn_id=current_txn_id,
+            filesystem=filesystem,
+            extension=f".{self.id}",
+            success_txn_log_dir=success_txn_log_dir,
+        )
+        revision_file_path = mri.path
+        filesystem.create_dir(posixpath.dirname(revision_file_path), recursive=True)
+        with filesystem.open_output_stream(revision_file_path):
+            pass  # Just create an empty ID file to map to the locator
+        current_txn_op.append_locator_write_path(revision_file_path)
+
+    def _write_metafile_revision(
+        self,
+        success_txn_log_dir: str,
+        revision_dir_path: str,
+        current_txn_op: deltacat.storage.model.transaction.TransactionOperation,
+        current_txn_op_type: TransactionOperationType,
+        current_txn_start_time: int,
+        current_txn_id: str,
+        filesystem: pyarrow.fs.FileSystem,
+    ) -> None:
+        mri = MetafileRevisionInfo.new_revision(
+            revision_dir_path=revision_dir_path,
+            current_txn_op_type=current_txn_op_type,
+            current_txn_start_time=current_txn_start_time,
+            current_txn_id=current_txn_id,
+            filesystem=filesystem,
+            success_txn_log_dir=success_txn_log_dir,
+        )
+        self.write(
+            path=mri.path,
+            filesystem=filesystem,
+        )
+        current_txn_op.append_metafile_write_path(mri.path)
+
+    def _write_metafile_revisions(
+        self,
+        catalog_root: str,
+        success_txn_log_dir: str,
+        current_txn_op: deltacat.storage.model.transaction.TransactionOperation,
+        current_txn_start_time: int,
+        current_txn_id: str,
+        filesystem: pyarrow.fs.FileSystem,
+    ) -> None:
+        """
+        Generates the fully qualified paths required to write this metafile as
+        part of the given transaction. All paths returned will be based in the
+        given root directory.
+        """
+        parent_obj_path = self.parent_root_path(
+            catalog_root=catalog_root,
+            current_txn_start_time=current_txn_start_time,
+            current_txn_id=current_txn_id,
+            filesystem=filesystem,
+        )
+        mutable_src_locator = None
+        mutable_dest_locator = None
+        # metafiles without named immutable IDs have mutable name mappings
+        if not self.named_immutable_id:
+            mutable_src_locator = (
+                current_txn_op.src_metafile.locator
+                if current_txn_op.src_metafile
+                else None
+            )
+            mutable_dest_locator = current_txn_op.dest_metafile.locator
+        # metafiles with named immutable IDs may have aliases
+        elif self.locator_alias:
+            mutable_src_locator = (
+                current_txn_op.src_metafile.locator_alias
+                if current_txn_op.src_metafile
+                else None
+            )
+            mutable_dest_locator = current_txn_op.dest_metafile.locator_alias
+        if mutable_dest_locator:
+            # the locator name is mutable, so we need to persist a mapping
+            # from the locator back to its immutable metafile ID
+            if (
+                current_txn_op.type == TransactionOperationType.UPDATE
+                and mutable_src_locator is not None
+                and mutable_src_locator != mutable_dest_locator
+            ):
+                # this update includes a rename
+                # mark the source metafile mapping as deleted
+                current_txn_op.src_metafile._write_locator_to_id_map_file(
+                    locator=mutable_src_locator,
+                    success_txn_log_dir=success_txn_log_dir,
+                    parent_obj_path=parent_obj_path,
+                    current_txn_op=current_txn_op,
+                    current_txn_op_type=TransactionOperationType.DELETE,
+                    current_txn_start_time=current_txn_start_time,
+                    current_txn_id=current_txn_id,
+                    filesystem=filesystem,
+                )
+                # mark the dest metafile mapping as created
+                self._write_locator_to_id_map_file(
+                    locator=mutable_dest_locator,
+                    success_txn_log_dir=success_txn_log_dir,
+                    parent_obj_path=parent_obj_path,
+                    current_txn_op=current_txn_op,
+                    current_txn_op_type=TransactionOperationType.CREATE,
+                    current_txn_start_time=current_txn_start_time,
+                    current_txn_id=current_txn_id,
+                    filesystem=filesystem,
+                )
+            else:
+                self._write_locator_to_id_map_file(
+                    locator=mutable_dest_locator,
+                    success_txn_log_dir=success_txn_log_dir,
+                    parent_obj_path=parent_obj_path,
+                    current_txn_op=current_txn_op,
+                    current_txn_op_type=current_txn_op.type,
+                    current_txn_start_time=current_txn_start_time,
+                    current_txn_id=current_txn_id,
+                    filesystem=filesystem,
+                )
+        metafile_revision_dir_path = posixpath.join(
+            parent_obj_path,
+            self.id,
+            REVISION_DIR_NAME,
+        )
+        if (
+            current_txn_op.type == TransactionOperationType.UPDATE
+            and current_txn_op.src_metafile.id != current_txn_op.dest_metafile.id
+        ):
+            # TODO(pdames): block operations including both a rename & replace?
+            # this update includes a replace
+            # mark the source metafile as deleted
+            src_metafile_revision_dir_path = posixpath.join(
+                parent_obj_path,
+                current_txn_op.src_metafile.id,
+                REVISION_DIR_NAME,
+            )
+            self._write_metafile_revision(
+                success_txn_log_dir=success_txn_log_dir,
+                revision_dir_path=src_metafile_revision_dir_path,
+                current_txn_op=current_txn_op,
+                current_txn_op_type=TransactionOperationType.DELETE,
+                current_txn_start_time=current_txn_start_time,
+                current_txn_id=current_txn_id,
+                filesystem=filesystem,
+            )
+            try:
+                # mark the dest metafile as created
+                self._write_metafile_revision(
+                    success_txn_log_dir=success_txn_log_dir,
+                    revision_dir_path=metafile_revision_dir_path,
+                    current_txn_op=current_txn_op,
+                    current_txn_op_type=TransactionOperationType.CREATE,
+                    current_txn_start_time=current_txn_start_time,
+                    current_txn_id=current_txn_id,
+                    filesystem=filesystem,
+                )
+            except ValueError as e:
+                # TODO(pdames): raise/catch a DuplicateMetafileCreate exception.
+                if "already exists" not in str(e):
+                    raise e
+                # src metafile is being replaced by an existing dest metafile
+
+        else:
+            self._write_metafile_revision(
+                success_txn_log_dir=success_txn_log_dir,
+                revision_dir_path=metafile_revision_dir_path,
+                current_txn_op=current_txn_op,
+                current_txn_op_type=current_txn_op.type,
+                current_txn_start_time=current_txn_start_time,
+                current_txn_id=current_txn_id,
+                filesystem=filesystem,
+            )
+
+    def _list_metafiles(
+        self,
+        success_txn_log_dir: str,
+        metafile_root_dir_path: str,
+        current_txn_start_time: Optional[int] = None,
+        current_txn_id: Optional[str] = None,
+        filesystem: Optional[pyarrow.fs.FileSystem] = None,
+        limit: Optional[int] = None,
+    ) -> ListResult[Metafile]:
+        file_paths_and_sizes = list_directory(
+            path=metafile_root_dir_path,
+            filesystem=filesystem,
+            ignore_missing_path=True,
+        )
+        # TODO(pdames): Exclude name resolution directories
+        revision_dir_paths = [
+            posixpath.join(file_path_and_size[0], REVISION_DIR_NAME)
+            for file_path_and_size in file_paths_and_sizes
+            if file_path_and_size[0] != success_txn_log_dir
+        ]
+        items = []
+        for path in revision_dir_paths:
+            mri = MetafileRevisionInfo.latest_revision(
+                revision_dir_path=path,
+                filesystem=filesystem,
+                success_txn_log_dir=success_txn_log_dir,
+                current_txn_start_time=current_txn_start_time,
+                current_txn_id=current_txn_id,
+                ignore_missing_revision=True,
+            )
+            if mri.exists():
+                item = self.read(
+                    path=mri.path,
+                    filesystem=filesystem,
+                )
+                items.append(item)
+            if limit and limit <= len(items):
+                break
+        # TODO(pdames): Add pagination.
+        return ListResult.of(
+            items=items,
+            pagination_key=None,
+            next_page_provider=None,
+        )