v6: Nested object properties

README.md

@@ -668,10 +668,22 @@ for (var object : result.objects()) {
 }
 ```
 
+When _ingetsting_ data, Java records can be used to represent nested object properties:
+
+```java
+record MusicVideo(@Property("link") String url, long runtimeSeconds) {}
+
+songs.data.insert(Map.of(
+    "title", "Billie Jean",
+    "musicVideo", new MusicVideo("https://youtube.com/billijean", 294L),
+));
+```
+
 We want to stress that this ORM's focus is on improving type-safety around object properties and simplifying serialization/deserialization. It is intentionally kept minimal and as such has the following limitations:
 
 - **Does not support BLOB properties.** On the wire, blob properties are represented as base64-encoded strings, and both logically map to the Java's `String`. Presently there isn't a good way for the client to deduce which property type should be created, so it always maps `Sting -> TEXT`.
 - **Limited configuration options.** Vector indices, replication, multi-tenancy, and such need to be configured via a tucked builder in `.create(..., here -> here)`.
+- **Cannot include nested objects.** Java records can be used as nested properties in a `Map`, but cannot include nested properties themselves.
 - **Does not support cross-references.** Properties and Cross-References are conceptually and "physically" separated in Weaviate' client libraries, so doing something like in the snippet below is not supported.
 
 ```java

src/it/java/io/weaviate/containers/Weaviate.java

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 import io.weaviate.client6.v1.internal.ObjectBuilder;
 
 public class Weaviate extends WeaviateContainer {
-  public static final String VERSION = "1.32.3";
+  public static final String VERSION = "1.33.0";
   public static final String DOCKER_IMAGE = "semitechnologies/weaviate";
 
   private volatile SharedClient clientInstance;

src/it/java/io/weaviate/integration/CollectionsITest.java

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import io.weaviate.client6.v1.api.WeaviateApiException;
 import io.weaviate.client6.v1.api.WeaviateClient;
 import io.weaviate.client6.v1.api.collections.CollectionConfig;
+import io.weaviate.client6.v1.api.collections.DataType;
 import io.weaviate.client6.v1.api.collections.InvertedIndex;
 import io.weaviate.client6.v1.api.collections.Property;
 import io.weaviate.client6.v1.api.collections.ReferenceProperty;
@@ -191,4 +192,39 @@ public void testShards() throws IOException {
   public void testInvalidCollectionName() throws IOException {
     client.collections.create("^collection@weaviate.io$");
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testNestedProperties() throws IOException, Exception {
+    var nsBuildings = ns("Buildings");
+
+    client.collections.create(
+        nsBuildings, c -> c.properties(
+            Property.object("address", p -> p.nestedProperties(
+                Property.text("street"),
+                Property.integer("building_nr"),
+                Property.bool("isOneWay"))),
+            Property.objectArray("apartments", p -> p.nestedProperties(
+                Property.integer("door_nr"),
+                Property.number("area")))));
+
+    var config = client.collections.getConfig(nsBuildings);
+
+    var properties = Assertions.assertThat(config).get()
+        .extracting(CollectionConfig::properties, InstanceOfAssertFactories.list(Property.class))
+        .hasSize(2).actual();
+
+    Assertions.assertThat(properties.get(0))
+        .returns("address", Property::propertyName)
+        .returns(DataType.OBJECT, p -> p.dataTypes().get(0))
+        .extracting(Property::nestedProperties, InstanceOfAssertFactories.list(Property.class))
+        .extracting(Property::dataTypes).extracting(types -> types.get(0))
+        .containsExactly(DataType.TEXT, DataType.INT, DataType.BOOL);
+
+    Assertions.assertThat(properties.get(1))
+        .returns("apartments", Property::propertyName)
+        .returns(DataType.OBJECT_ARRAY, p -> p.dataTypes().get(0))
+        .extracting(Property::nestedProperties, InstanceOfAssertFactories.list(Property.class))
+        .extracting(Property::dataTypes).extracting(types -> types.get(0))
+        .containsExactly(DataType.INT, DataType.NUMBER);
+  }
 }

src/it/java/io/weaviate/integration/DataITest.java

@@ -431,7 +431,13 @@ public void testDataTypes() throws IOException {
                 Property.boolArray("prop_bool_array"),
                 Property.dateArray("prop_date_array"),
                 Property.uuidArray("prop_uuid_array"),
-                Property.textArray("prop_text_array")));
+                Property.textArray("prop_text_array"),
+                Property.object("prop_object",
+                    p -> p.nestedProperties(
+                        Property.text("marco"))),
+                Property.objectArray("prop_object_array",
+                    p -> p.nestedProperties(
+                        Property.text("marco")))));
 
     var types = client.collections.use(nsDataTypes);
 
@@ -450,13 +456,13 @@ public void testDataTypes() throws IOException {
         Map.entry("prop_bool_array", List.of(true, false)),
         Map.entry("prop_date_array", List.of(now, now)),
         Map.entry("prop_uuid_array", List.of(uuid, uuid)),
-        Map.entry("prop_text_array", List.of("a", "b", "c")));
-    var returnProperties = want.keySet().toArray(String[]::new);
+        Map.entry("prop_text_array", List.of("a", "b", "c")),
+        Map.entry("prop_object", Map.of("marco", "polo")),
+        Map.entry("prop_object_array", List.of(Map.of("marco", "polo"))));
 
     // Act
     var object = types.data.insert(want);
-    var got = types.query.byId(object.uuid(),
-        q -> q.returnProperties(returnProperties));
+    var got = types.query.byId(object.uuid()); // return all properties
 
     // Assert
     Assertions.assertThat(got).get()
@@ -465,4 +471,52 @@ public void testDataTypes() throws IOException {
         .containsAllEntriesOf(want);
 
   }
+
+  record Address(
+      String street,
+      @io.weaviate.client6.v1.api.collections.annotations.Property("building_nr") int buildingNr,
+      @io.weaviate.client6.v1.api.collections.annotations.Property("isOneWay") boolean oneWay) {
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testNestedProperties_insertMany() throws IOException {
+    // Arrange
+    var nsBuildings = ns("Buildings");
+
+    client.collections.create(
+        nsBuildings, c -> c.properties(
+            Property.object("address", p -> p.nestedProperties(
+                Property.text("street"),
+                Property.integer("building_nr"),
+                Property.bool("isOneWay"))),
+            Property.objectArray("apartments", p -> p.nestedProperties(
+                Property.integer("door_nr"),
+                Property.number("area")))));
+
+    var buildings = client.collections.use(nsBuildings);
+
+    Map<String, Object> house_1 = Map.of(
+        "address", Map.of(
+            "street", "Burggasse",
+            "building_nr", 51,
+            "isOneWay", true),
+        "apartments", List.of(
+            Map.of("door_nr", 11, "area", 42.2),
+            Map.of("door_nr", 12, "area", 26.7)));
+    Map<String, Object> house_2 = Map.of(
+        "address", new Address(
+            "Port Mariland St.",
+            111,
+            false),
+        "apartments", new Map[] {
+            Map.of("door_nr", 21, "area", 42.2),
+            Map.of("door_nr", 22, "area", 26.7),
+        });
+
+    // Act
+    var result = buildings.data.insertMany(house_1, house_2);
+
+    // Assert
+    Assertions.assertThat(result.errors()).isEmpty();
+  }
 }

src/it/java/io/weaviate/integration/ORMITest.java

@@ -350,4 +350,8 @@ public void test_partialScan() throws IOException {
         .returns(true, Song::hasAward)
         .returns(null, Song::monthlyListeners);
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void test_nestedProperties() throws IOException {
+  }
 }

src/main/java/io/weaviate/client6/v1/api/collections/DataType.java

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ public interface DataType {
   public static final String DATE_ARRAY = "date[]";
   public static final String UUID = "uuid";
   public static final String UUID_ARRAY = "uuid[]";
+  public static final String OBJECT = "object";
+  public static final String OBJECT_ARRAY = "object[]";
 
   /**
    * Scalar/array types which Weaviate and WeaviateClient recognize.
@@ -31,6 +33,6 @@ public interface DataType {
    * using {@link Property}'s factory classes.
    */
   public static final Set<String> KNOWN_TYPES = ImmutableSet.of(
-      TEXT, INT, BLOB, BOOL, DATE, UUID, NUMBER,
-      TEXT_ARRAY, INT_ARRAY, NUMBER_ARRAY, BOOL_ARRAY, DATE_ARRAY, UUID_ARRAY);
+      TEXT, INT, BLOB, BOOL, DATE, UUID, NUMBER, OBJECT,
+      TEXT_ARRAY, INT_ARRAY, NUMBER_ARRAY, BOOL_ARRAY, DATE_ARRAY, UUID_ARRAY, OBJECT_ARRAY);
 }

src/main/java/io/weaviate/client6/v1/api/collections/Property.java

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package io.weaviate.client6.v1.api.collections;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 
@@ -17,7 +19,8 @@ public record Property(
     @SerializedName("indexSearchable") Boolean indexSearchable,
     @SerializedName("tokenization") Tokenization tokenization,
     @SerializedName("skipVectorization") Boolean skipVectorization,
-    @SerializedName("vectorizePropertyName") Boolean vectorizePropertyName) {
+    @SerializedName("vectorizePropertyName") Boolean vectorizePropertyName,
+    @SerializedName("nestedProperties") List<Property> nestedProperties) {
 
   /**
    * Create a {@code text} property.
@@ -96,7 +99,7 @@ public static Property integerArray(String name, Function<Builder, ObjectBuilder
   }
 
   /**
-   * Create a {@code bool} property.
+   * Create a {@code blob} property.
    *
    * @param name Property name.
    */
@@ -267,6 +270,44 @@ public static Property numberArray(String name, Function<Builder, ObjectBuilder<
     return newProperty(name, DataType.NUMBER_ARRAY, fn);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Create a {@code object} property.
+   *
+   * @param name Property name.
+   */
+  public static Property object(String name) {
+    return object(name, ObjectBuilder.identity());
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Create a {@code object} property with additional configuration.
+   *
+   * @param name Property name.
+   * @param fn   Lambda expression for optional parameters.
+   */
+  public static Property object(String name, Function<Builder, ObjectBuilder<Property>> fn) {
+    return newProperty(name, DataType.OBJECT, fn);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Create a {@code object[]} property.
+   *
+   * @param name Property name.
+   */
+  public static Property objectArray(String name) {
+    return objectArray(name, ObjectBuilder.identity());
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Create a {@code objectArray[]} property with additional configuration.
+   *
+   * @param name Property name.
+   * @param fn   Lambda expression for optional parameters.
+   */
+  public static Property objectArray(String name, Function<Builder, ObjectBuilder<Property>> fn) {
+    return newProperty(name, DataType.OBJECT_ARRAY, fn);
+  }
+
   private static Property newProperty(String name, String dataType, Function<Builder, ObjectBuilder<Property>> fn) {
     return fn.apply(new Builder(name, dataType)).build();
   }
@@ -329,7 +370,8 @@ public Property(Builder builder) {
         builder.indexSearchable,
         builder.tokenization,
         builder.skipVectorization,
-        builder.vectorizePropertyName);
+        builder.vectorizePropertyName,
+        builder.nestedProperties.isEmpty() ? null : builder.nestedProperties);
   }
 
   // All methods accepting a `boolean` should have a boxed overload
@@ -346,9 +388,9 @@ public Property(Builder builder) {
   public static class Builder implements ObjectBuilder<Property> {
     // Required parameters.
     private final String propertyName;
+    private final List<String> dataTypes = new ArrayList<>();
 
     // Optional parameters.
-    private List<String> dataTypes;
     private String description;
     private Boolean indexInverted;
     private Boolean indexFilterable;
@@ -357,6 +399,7 @@ public static class Builder implements ObjectBuilder<Property> {
     private Tokenization tokenization;
     private Boolean skipVectorization;
     private Boolean vectorizePropertyName;
+    private List<Property> nestedProperties = new ArrayList<>();
 
     /**
      * Create a scalar / array type property.
@@ -365,7 +408,7 @@ public static class Builder implements ObjectBuilder<Property> {
      */
     public Builder(String propertyName, String dataType) {
       this.propertyName = propertyName;
-      this.dataTypes = List.of(dataType);
+      this.dataTypes.add(dataType);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -375,7 +418,7 @@ public Builder(String propertyName, String dataType) {
      */
     public Builder(String propertyName, List<String> dataTypes) {
       this.propertyName = propertyName;
-      this.dataTypes = List.copyOf(dataTypes);
+      this.dataTypes.addAll(dataTypes);
     }
 
     /** Add property description. */
@@ -491,6 +534,32 @@ public Builder vectorizePropertyName(boolean vectorizePropertyName) {
       return this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Defined nested properties. This configuration is only applicable to a
+     * property of type {@code object} and {@code object[]}.
+     *
+     * <pre>{@code
+     * Property.object("address",
+     *     p -> p.nestedProperties(
+     *         Property.text("street"),
+     *         Property.integer("building_nr")))
+     * }</pre>
+     */
+    public Builder nestedProperties(Property... properties) {
+      return nestedProperties(Arrays.asList(properties));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Defined nested properties. This configuration is only applicable to a
+     * property of type {@code object} and {@code object[]}.
+     *
+     * @see Builder#nestedProperties(Property...)
+     */
+    public Builder nestedProperties(List<Property> properties) {
+      this.nestedProperties.addAll(properties);
+      return this;
+    }
+
     /** Convenience method to be used by {@link Property#edit}. */
     Builder vectorizePropertyName(Boolean vectorizePropertyName) {
       this.vectorizePropertyName = vectorizePropertyName;