2 60.1. Creating Custom Scan Paths #
4 60.1.1. Custom Scan Path Callbacks
6 A custom scan provider will typically add paths for a base relation by
7 setting the following hook, which is called after the core code has
8 generated all the access paths it can for the relation (except for
9 Gather and Gather Merge paths, which are made after this call so that
10 they can use partial paths added by the hook):
11 typedef void (*set_rel_pathlist_hook_type) (PlannerInfo *root,
15 extern PGDLLIMPORT set_rel_pathlist_hook_type set_rel_pathlist_hook;
17 Although this hook function can be used to examine, modify, or remove
18 paths generated by the core system, a custom scan provider will
19 typically confine itself to generating CustomPath objects and adding
20 them to rel using add_path, or add_partial_path if they are partial
21 paths. The custom scan provider is responsible for initializing the
22 CustomPath object, which is declared like this:
23 typedef struct CustomPath
28 List *custom_restrictinfo;
30 const CustomPathMethods *methods;
33 path must be initialized as for any other path, including the row-count
34 estimate, start and total cost, and sort ordering provided by this
35 path. flags is a bit mask, which specifies whether the scan provider
36 can support certain optional capabilities. flags should include
37 CUSTOMPATH_SUPPORT_BACKWARD_SCAN if the custom path can support a
38 backward scan, CUSTOMPATH_SUPPORT_MARK_RESTORE if it can support mark
39 and restore, and CUSTOMPATH_SUPPORT_PROJECTION if it can perform
40 projections. (If CUSTOMPATH_SUPPORT_PROJECTION is not set, the scan
41 node will only be asked to produce Vars of the scanned relation; while
42 if that flag is set, the scan node must be able to evaluate scalar
43 expressions over these Vars.) An optional custom_paths is a list of
44 Path nodes used by this custom-path node; these will be transformed
45 into Plan nodes by planner. As described below, custom paths can be
46 created for join relations as well. In such a case, custom_restrictinfo
47 should be used to store the set of join clauses to apply to the join
48 the custom path replaces. Otherwise it should be NIL. custom_private
49 can be used to store the custom path's private data. Private data
50 should be stored in a form that can be handled by nodeToString, so that
51 debugging routines that attempt to print the custom path will work as
52 designed. methods must point to a (usually statically allocated) object
53 implementing the required custom path methods, which are further
56 A custom scan provider can also provide join paths. Just as for base
57 relations, such a path must produce the same output as would normally
58 be produced by the join it replaces. To do this, the join provider
59 should set the following hook, and then within the hook function,
60 create CustomPath path(s) for the join relation.
61 typedef void (*set_join_pathlist_hook_type) (PlannerInfo *root,
66 JoinPathExtraData *extra);
67 extern PGDLLIMPORT set_join_pathlist_hook_type set_join_pathlist_hook;
69 This hook will be invoked repeatedly for the same join relation, with
70 different combinations of inner and outer relations; it is the
71 responsibility of the hook to minimize duplicated work.
73 Note also that the set of join clauses to apply to the join, which is
74 passed as extra->restrictlist, varies depending on the combination of
75 inner and outer relations. A CustomPath path generated for the joinrel
76 must contain the set of join clauses it uses, which will be used by the
77 planner to convert the CustomPath path into a plan, if it is selected
78 by the planner as the best path for the joinrel.
80 60.1.1. Custom Scan Path Callbacks #
82 Plan *(*PlanCustomPath) (PlannerInfo *root,
84 CustomPath *best_path,
89 Convert a custom path to a finished plan. The return value will
90 generally be a CustomScan object, which the callback must allocate and
91 initialize. See Section 60.2 for more details.
93 List *(*ReparameterizeCustomPathByChild) (PlannerInfo *root,
95 RelOptInfo *child_rel);
97 This callback is called while converting a path parameterized by the
98 top-most parent of the given child relation child_rel to be
99 parameterized by the child relation. The callback is used to
100 reparameterize any paths or translate any expression nodes saved in the
101 given custom_private member of a CustomPath. The callback may use
102 reparameterize_path_by_child, adjust_appendrel_attrs or
103 adjust_appendrel_attrs_multilevel as required.