/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
*
* explain_format.c
* Format routines for explaining query execution plans
*
* Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
* Portions Copyright (c) 1994-5, Regents of the University of California
*
* IDENTIFICATION
* src/backend/commands/explain_format.c
*
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
#include "postgres.h"
#include "commands/explain.h"
#include "commands/explain_format.h"
#include "commands/explain_state.h"
#include "utils/json.h"
#include "utils/xml.h"
/* OR-able flags for ExplainXMLTag() */
#define X_OPENING 0
#define X_CLOSING 1
#define X_CLOSE_IMMEDIATE 2
#define X_NOWHITESPACE 4
static void ExplainJSONLineEnding(ExplainState *es);
static void ExplainXMLTag(const char *tagname, int flags, ExplainState *es);
static void ExplainYAMLLineStarting(ExplainState *es);
static void escape_yaml(StringInfo buf, const char *str);
/*
* Explain a property, such as sort keys or targets, that takes the form of
* a list of unlabeled items. "data" is a list of C strings.
*/
void
ExplainPropertyList(const char *qlabel, List *data, ExplainState *es)
{
ListCell *lc;
bool first = true;
switch (es->format)
{
case EXPLAIN_FORMAT_TEXT:
ExplainIndentText(es);
appendStringInfo(es->str, "%s: ", qlabel);
foreach(lc, data)
{
if (!first)
appendStringInfoString(es->str, ", ");
appendStringInfoString(es->str, (const char *) lfirst(lc));
first = false;
}
appendStringInfoChar(es->str, '\n');
break;
case EXPLAIN_FORMAT_XML:
ExplainXMLTag(qlabel, X_OPENING, es);
foreach(lc, data)
{
char *str;
appendStringInfoSpaces(es->str, es->indent * 2 + 2);
appendStringInfoString(es->str, "- ");
str = escape_xml((const char *) lfirst(lc));
appendStringInfoString(es->str, str);
pfree(str);
appendStringInfoString(es->str, "
\n");
}
ExplainXMLTag(qlabel, X_CLOSING, es);
break;
case EXPLAIN_FORMAT_JSON:
ExplainJSONLineEnding(es);
appendStringInfoSpaces(es->str, es->indent * 2);
escape_json(es->str, qlabel);
appendStringInfoString(es->str, ": [");
foreach(lc, data)
{
if (!first)
appendStringInfoString(es->str, ", ");
escape_json(es->str, (const char *) lfirst(lc));
first = false;
}
appendStringInfoChar(es->str, ']');
break;
case EXPLAIN_FORMAT_YAML:
ExplainYAMLLineStarting(es);
appendStringInfo(es->str, "%s: ", qlabel);
foreach(lc, data)
{
appendStringInfoChar(es->str, '\n');
appendStringInfoSpaces(es->str, es->indent * 2 + 2);
appendStringInfoString(es->str, "- ");
escape_yaml(es->str, (const char *) lfirst(lc));
}
break;
}
}
/*
* Explain a property that takes the form of a list of unlabeled items within
* another list. "data" is a list of C strings.
*/
void
ExplainPropertyListNested(const char *qlabel, List *data, ExplainState *es)
{
ListCell *lc;
bool first = true;
switch (es->format)
{
case EXPLAIN_FORMAT_TEXT:
case EXPLAIN_FORMAT_XML:
ExplainPropertyList(qlabel, data, es);
return;
case EXPLAIN_FORMAT_JSON:
ExplainJSONLineEnding(es);
appendStringInfoSpaces(es->str, es->indent * 2);
appendStringInfoChar(es->str, '[');
foreach(lc, data)
{
if (!first)
appendStringInfoString(es->str, ", ");
escape_json(es->str, (const char *) lfirst(lc));
first = false;
}
appendStringInfoChar(es->str, ']');
break;
case EXPLAIN_FORMAT_YAML:
ExplainYAMLLineStarting(es);
appendStringInfoString(es->str, "- [");
foreach(lc, data)
{
if (!first)
appendStringInfoString(es->str, ", ");
escape_yaml(es->str, (const char *) lfirst(lc));
first = false;
}
appendStringInfoChar(es->str, ']');
break;
}
}
/*
* Explain a simple property.
*
* If "numeric" is true, the value is a number (or other value that
* doesn't need quoting in JSON).
*
* If unit is non-NULL the text format will display it after the value.
*
* This usually should not be invoked directly, but via one of the datatype
* specific routines ExplainPropertyText, ExplainPropertyInteger, etc.
*/
static void
ExplainProperty(const char *qlabel, const char *unit, const char *value,
bool numeric, ExplainState *es)
{
switch (es->format)
{
case EXPLAIN_FORMAT_TEXT:
ExplainIndentText(es);
if (unit)
appendStringInfo(es->str, "%s: %s %s\n", qlabel, value, unit);
else
appendStringInfo(es->str, "%s: %s\n", qlabel, value);
break;
case EXPLAIN_FORMAT_XML:
{
char *str;
appendStringInfoSpaces(es->str, es->indent * 2);
ExplainXMLTag(qlabel, X_OPENING | X_NOWHITESPACE, es);
str = escape_xml(value);
appendStringInfoString(es->str, str);
pfree(str);
ExplainXMLTag(qlabel, X_CLOSING | X_NOWHITESPACE, es);
appendStringInfoChar(es->str, '\n');
}
break;
case EXPLAIN_FORMAT_JSON:
ExplainJSONLineEnding(es);
appendStringInfoSpaces(es->str, es->indent * 2);
escape_json(es->str, qlabel);
appendStringInfoString(es->str, ": ");
if (numeric)
appendStringInfoString(es->str, value);
else
escape_json(es->str, value);
break;
case EXPLAIN_FORMAT_YAML:
ExplainYAMLLineStarting(es);
appendStringInfo(es->str, "%s: ", qlabel);
if (numeric)
appendStringInfoString(es->str, value);
else
escape_yaml(es->str, value);
break;
}
}
/*
* Explain a string-valued property.
*/
void
ExplainPropertyText(const char *qlabel, const char *value, ExplainState *es)
{
ExplainProperty(qlabel, NULL, value, false, es);
}
/*
* Explain an integer-valued property.
*/
void
ExplainPropertyInteger(const char *qlabel, const char *unit, int64 value,
ExplainState *es)
{
char buf[32];
snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), INT64_FORMAT, value);
ExplainProperty(qlabel, unit, buf, true, es);
}
/*
* Explain an unsigned integer-valued property.
*/
void
ExplainPropertyUInteger(const char *qlabel, const char *unit, uint64 value,
ExplainState *es)
{
char buf[32];
snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), UINT64_FORMAT, value);
ExplainProperty(qlabel, unit, buf, true, es);
}
/*
* Explain a float-valued property, using the specified number of
* fractional digits.
*/
void
ExplainPropertyFloat(const char *qlabel, const char *unit, double value,
int ndigits, ExplainState *es)
{
char *buf;
buf = psprintf("%.*f", ndigits, value);
ExplainProperty(qlabel, unit, buf, true, es);
pfree(buf);
}
/*
* Explain a bool-valued property.
*/
void
ExplainPropertyBool(const char *qlabel, bool value, ExplainState *es)
{
ExplainProperty(qlabel, NULL, value ? "true" : "false", true, es);
}
/*
* Open a group of related objects.
*
* objtype is the type of the group object, labelname is its label within
* a containing object (if any).
*
* If labeled is true, the group members will be labeled properties,
* while if it's false, they'll be unlabeled objects.
*/
void
ExplainOpenGroup(const char *objtype, const char *labelname,
bool labeled, ExplainState *es)
{
switch (es->format)
{
case EXPLAIN_FORMAT_TEXT:
/* nothing to do */
break;
case EXPLAIN_FORMAT_XML:
ExplainXMLTag(objtype, X_OPENING, es);
es->indent++;
break;
case EXPLAIN_FORMAT_JSON:
ExplainJSONLineEnding(es);
appendStringInfoSpaces(es->str, 2 * es->indent);
if (labelname)
{
escape_json(es->str, labelname);
appendStringInfoString(es->str, ": ");
}
appendStringInfoChar(es->str, labeled ? '{' : '[');
/*
* In JSON format, the grouping_stack is an integer list. 0 means
* we've emitted nothing at this grouping level, 1 means we've
* emitted something (and so the next item needs a comma). See
* ExplainJSONLineEnding().
*/
es->grouping_stack = lcons_int(0, es->grouping_stack);
es->indent++;
break;
case EXPLAIN_FORMAT_YAML:
/*
* In YAML format, the grouping stack is an integer list. 0 means
* we've emitted nothing at this grouping level AND this grouping
* level is unlabeled and must be marked with "- ". See
* ExplainYAMLLineStarting().
*/
ExplainYAMLLineStarting(es);
if (labelname)
{
appendStringInfo(es->str, "%s: ", labelname);
es->grouping_stack = lcons_int(1, es->grouping_stack);
}
else
{
appendStringInfoString(es->str, "- ");
es->grouping_stack = lcons_int(0, es->grouping_stack);
}
es->indent++;
break;
}
}
/*
* Close a group of related objects.
* Parameters must match the corresponding ExplainOpenGroup call.
*/
void
ExplainCloseGroup(const char *objtype, const char *labelname,
bool labeled, ExplainState *es)
{
switch (es->format)
{
case EXPLAIN_FORMAT_TEXT:
/* nothing to do */
break;
case EXPLAIN_FORMAT_XML:
es->indent--;
ExplainXMLTag(objtype, X_CLOSING, es);
break;
case EXPLAIN_FORMAT_JSON:
es->indent--;
appendStringInfoChar(es->str, '\n');
appendStringInfoSpaces(es->str, 2 * es->indent);
appendStringInfoChar(es->str, labeled ? '}' : ']');
es->grouping_stack = list_delete_first(es->grouping_stack);
break;
case EXPLAIN_FORMAT_YAML:
es->indent--;
es->grouping_stack = list_delete_first(es->grouping_stack);
break;
}
}
/*
* Open a group of related objects, without emitting actual data.
*
* Prepare the formatting state as though we were beginning a group with
* the identified properties, but don't actually emit anything. Output
* subsequent to this call can be redirected into a separate output buffer,
* and then eventually appended to the main output buffer after doing a
* regular ExplainOpenGroup call (with the same parameters).
*
* The extra "depth" parameter is the new group's depth compared to current.
* It could be more than one, in case the eventual output will be enclosed
* in additional nesting group levels. We assume we don't need to track
* formatting state for those levels while preparing this group's output.
*
* There is no ExplainCloseSetAsideGroup --- in current usage, we always
* pop this state with ExplainSaveGroup.
*/
void
ExplainOpenSetAsideGroup(const char *objtype, const char *labelname,
bool labeled, int depth, ExplainState *es)
{
switch (es->format)
{
case EXPLAIN_FORMAT_TEXT:
/* nothing to do */
break;
case EXPLAIN_FORMAT_XML:
es->indent += depth;
break;
case EXPLAIN_FORMAT_JSON:
es->grouping_stack = lcons_int(0, es->grouping_stack);
es->indent += depth;
break;
case EXPLAIN_FORMAT_YAML:
if (labelname)
es->grouping_stack = lcons_int(1, es->grouping_stack);
else
es->grouping_stack = lcons_int(0, es->grouping_stack);
es->indent += depth;
break;
}
}
/*
* Pop one level of grouping state, allowing for a re-push later.
*
* This is typically used after ExplainOpenSetAsideGroup; pass the
* same "depth" used for that.
*
* This should not emit any output. If state needs to be saved,
* save it at *state_save. Currently, an integer save area is sufficient
* for all formats, but we might need to revisit that someday.
*/
void
ExplainSaveGroup(ExplainState *es, int depth, int *state_save)
{
switch (es->format)
{
case EXPLAIN_FORMAT_TEXT:
/* nothing to do */
break;
case EXPLAIN_FORMAT_XML:
es->indent -= depth;
break;
case EXPLAIN_FORMAT_JSON:
es->indent -= depth;
*state_save = linitial_int(es->grouping_stack);
es->grouping_stack = list_delete_first(es->grouping_stack);
break;
case EXPLAIN_FORMAT_YAML:
es->indent -= depth;
*state_save = linitial_int(es->grouping_stack);
es->grouping_stack = list_delete_first(es->grouping_stack);
break;
}
}
/*
* Re-push one level of grouping state, undoing the effects of ExplainSaveGroup.
*/
void
ExplainRestoreGroup(ExplainState *es, int depth, int *state_save)
{
switch (es->format)
{
case EXPLAIN_FORMAT_TEXT:
/* nothing to do */
break;
case EXPLAIN_FORMAT_XML:
es->indent += depth;
break;
case EXPLAIN_FORMAT_JSON:
es->grouping_stack = lcons_int(*state_save, es->grouping_stack);
es->indent += depth;
break;
case EXPLAIN_FORMAT_YAML:
es->grouping_stack = lcons_int(*state_save, es->grouping_stack);
es->indent += depth;
break;
}
}
/*
* Emit a "dummy" group that never has any members.
*
* objtype is the type of the group object, labelname is its label within
* a containing object (if any).
*/
void
ExplainDummyGroup(const char *objtype, const char *labelname, ExplainState *es)
{
switch (es->format)
{
case EXPLAIN_FORMAT_TEXT:
/* nothing to do */
break;
case EXPLAIN_FORMAT_XML:
ExplainXMLTag(objtype, X_CLOSE_IMMEDIATE, es);
break;
case EXPLAIN_FORMAT_JSON:
ExplainJSONLineEnding(es);
appendStringInfoSpaces(es->str, 2 * es->indent);
if (labelname)
{
escape_json(es->str, labelname);
appendStringInfoString(es->str, ": ");
}
escape_json(es->str, objtype);
break;
case EXPLAIN_FORMAT_YAML:
ExplainYAMLLineStarting(es);
if (labelname)
{
escape_yaml(es->str, labelname);
appendStringInfoString(es->str, ": ");
}
else
{
appendStringInfoString(es->str, "- ");
}
escape_yaml(es->str, objtype);
break;
}
}
/*
* Emit the start-of-output boilerplate.
*
* This is just enough different from processing a subgroup that we need
* a separate pair of subroutines.
*/
void
ExplainBeginOutput(ExplainState *es)
{
switch (es->format)
{
case EXPLAIN_FORMAT_TEXT:
/* nothing to do */
break;
case EXPLAIN_FORMAT_XML:
appendStringInfoString(es->str,
"\n");
es->indent++;
break;
case EXPLAIN_FORMAT_JSON:
/* top-level structure is an array of plans */
appendStringInfoChar(es->str, '[');
es->grouping_stack = lcons_int(0, es->grouping_stack);
es->indent++;
break;
case EXPLAIN_FORMAT_YAML:
es->grouping_stack = lcons_int(0, es->grouping_stack);
break;
}
}
/*
* Emit the end-of-output boilerplate.
*/
void
ExplainEndOutput(ExplainState *es)
{
switch (es->format)
{
case EXPLAIN_FORMAT_TEXT:
/* nothing to do */
break;
case EXPLAIN_FORMAT_XML:
es->indent--;
appendStringInfoString(es->str, "");
break;
case EXPLAIN_FORMAT_JSON:
es->indent--;
appendStringInfoString(es->str, "\n]");
es->grouping_stack = list_delete_first(es->grouping_stack);
break;
case EXPLAIN_FORMAT_YAML:
es->grouping_stack = list_delete_first(es->grouping_stack);
break;
}
}
/*
* Put an appropriate separator between multiple plans
*/
void
ExplainSeparatePlans(ExplainState *es)
{
switch (es->format)
{
case EXPLAIN_FORMAT_TEXT:
/* add a blank line */
appendStringInfoChar(es->str, '\n');
break;
case EXPLAIN_FORMAT_XML:
case EXPLAIN_FORMAT_JSON:
case EXPLAIN_FORMAT_YAML:
/* nothing to do */
break;
}
}
/*
* Emit opening or closing XML tag.
*
* "flags" must contain X_OPENING, X_CLOSING, or X_CLOSE_IMMEDIATE.
* Optionally, OR in X_NOWHITESPACE to suppress the whitespace we'd normally
* add.
*
* XML restricts tag names more than our other output formats, eg they can't
* contain white space or slashes. Replace invalid characters with dashes,
* so that for example "I/O Read Time" becomes "I-O-Read-Time".
*/
static void
ExplainXMLTag(const char *tagname, int flags, ExplainState *es)
{
const char *s;
const char *valid = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789-_.";
if ((flags & X_NOWHITESPACE) == 0)
appendStringInfoSpaces(es->str, 2 * es->indent);
appendStringInfoCharMacro(es->str, '<');
if ((flags & X_CLOSING) != 0)
appendStringInfoCharMacro(es->str, '/');
for (s = tagname; *s; s++)
appendStringInfoChar(es->str, strchr(valid, *s) ? *s : '-');
if ((flags & X_CLOSE_IMMEDIATE) != 0)
appendStringInfoString(es->str, " /");
appendStringInfoCharMacro(es->str, '>');
if ((flags & X_NOWHITESPACE) == 0)
appendStringInfoCharMacro(es->str, '\n');
}
/*
* Indent a text-format line.
*
* We indent by two spaces per indentation level. However, when emitting
* data for a parallel worker there might already be data on the current line
* (cf. ExplainOpenWorker); in that case, don't indent any more.
*/
void
ExplainIndentText(ExplainState *es)
{
Assert(es->format == EXPLAIN_FORMAT_TEXT);
if (es->str->len == 0 || es->str->data[es->str->len - 1] == '\n')
appendStringInfoSpaces(es->str, es->indent * 2);
}
/*
* Emit a JSON line ending.
*
* JSON requires a comma after each property but the last. To facilitate this,
* in JSON format, the text emitted for each property begins just prior to the
* preceding line-break (and comma, if applicable).
*/
static void
ExplainJSONLineEnding(ExplainState *es)
{
Assert(es->format == EXPLAIN_FORMAT_JSON);
if (linitial_int(es->grouping_stack) != 0)
appendStringInfoChar(es->str, ',');
else
linitial_int(es->grouping_stack) = 1;
appendStringInfoChar(es->str, '\n');
}
/*
* Indent a YAML line.
*
* YAML lines are ordinarily indented by two spaces per indentation level.
* The text emitted for each property begins just prior to the preceding
* line-break, except for the first property in an unlabeled group, for which
* it begins immediately after the "- " that introduces the group. The first
* property of the group appears on the same line as the opening "- ".
*/
static void
ExplainYAMLLineStarting(ExplainState *es)
{
Assert(es->format == EXPLAIN_FORMAT_YAML);
if (linitial_int(es->grouping_stack) == 0)
{
linitial_int(es->grouping_stack) = 1;
}
else
{
appendStringInfoChar(es->str, '\n');
appendStringInfoSpaces(es->str, es->indent * 2);
}
}
/*
* YAML is a superset of JSON; unfortunately, the YAML quoting rules are
* ridiculously complicated -- as documented in sections 5.3 and 7.3.3 of
* http://yaml.org/spec/1.2/spec.html -- so we chose to just quote everything.
* Empty strings, strings with leading or trailing whitespace, and strings
* containing a variety of special characters must certainly be quoted or the
* output is invalid; and other seemingly harmless strings like "0xa" or
* "true" must be quoted, lest they be interpreted as a hexadecimal or Boolean
* constant rather than a string.
*/
static void
escape_yaml(StringInfo buf, const char *str)
{
escape_json(buf, str);
}