IWF-808 use Unset object for empty data output

iwf/communication.py

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     WorkflowWorkerRpcRequestInternalChannelInfos,
     WorkflowWorkerRpcRequestSignalChannelInfos,
 )
+from iwf.iwf_api.types import Unset
 from iwf.object_encoder import ObjectEncoder
 from iwf.state_movement import StateMovement
 from iwf.type_store import TypeStore
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ class Communication:
     _internal_channel_type_store: TypeStore
     _signal_channel_type_store: dict[str, Optional[type]]
     _object_encoder: ObjectEncoder
-    _to_publish_internal_channel: dict[str, list[EncodedObject]]
+    _to_publish_internal_channel: dict[str, list[Union[EncodedObject, Unset]]]
     _state_movements: list[StateMovement]
     _internal_channel_infos: Optional[WorkflowWorkerRpcRequestInternalChannelInfos]
     _signal_channel_infos: Optional[WorkflowWorkerRpcRequestSignalChannelInfos]

iwf/communication_schema.py

@@ -16,9 +16,12 @@ class CommunicationMethod:
     is_prefix: bool
 
     @classmethod
-    def signal_channel_def(cls, name: str, value_type: type):
+    def signal_channel_def(cls, name: str, value_type: Union[type, None]):
         return CommunicationMethod(
-            name, CommunicationMethodType.SignalChannel, value_type, False
+            name,
+            CommunicationMethodType.SignalChannel,
+            value_type if value_type is not None else type(None),
+            False,
         )
 
     @classmethod

iwf/data_attributes.py

@@ -2,21 +2,22 @@
 
 from iwf.errors import WorkflowDefinitionError
 from iwf.iwf_api.models import EncodedObject
+from iwf.iwf_api.types import Unset
 from iwf.object_encoder import ObjectEncoder
 from iwf.type_store import TypeStore
 
 
 class DataAttributes:
     _type_store: TypeStore
     _object_encoder: ObjectEncoder
-    _current_values: dict[str, Union[EncodedObject, None]]
-    _updated_values_to_return: dict[str, EncodedObject]
+    _current_values: dict[str, Union[EncodedObject, None, Unset]]
+    _updated_values_to_return: dict[str, Union[EncodedObject, Unset]]
 
     def __init__(
         self,
         type_store: TypeStore,
         object_encoder: ObjectEncoder,
-        current_values: dict[str, Union[EncodedObject, None]],
+        current_values: dict[str, Union[EncodedObject, None, Unset]],
     ):
         self._object_encoder = object_encoder
         self._type_store = type_store
@@ -56,5 +57,5 @@ def set_data_attribute(self, key: str, value: Any):
         self._current_values[key] = encoded_value
         self._updated_values_to_return[key] = encoded_value
 
-    def get_updated_values_to_return(self) -> dict[str, EncodedObject]:
+    def get_updated_values_to_return(self) -> dict[str, Union[EncodedObject, Unset]]:
         return self._updated_values_to_return

iwf/object_encoder.py

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 from typing_extensions import Literal
 
 from iwf.iwf_api.models import EncodedObject
-from iwf.iwf_api.types import Unset
+from iwf.iwf_api.types import UNSET, Unset
 
 # StrEnum is available in 3.11+
 if sys.version_info >= (3, 11):
@@ -50,14 +50,15 @@ class PayloadConverter(ABC):
     def to_payload(
         self,
         value: Any,
-    ) -> EncodedObject:
+    ) -> Union[EncodedObject, Unset]:
         """Encode values into payloads.
 
         Args:
             value: value to be converted
 
         Returns:
-            Converted payload.
+            A boolean to indicate if the payload was converted and the converted value
+            or Unset
 
         Raises:
             Exception: Any issue during conversion.
@@ -90,19 +91,20 @@ class EncodingPayloadConverter(ABC):
 
     @property
     @abstractmethod
-    def encoding(self) -> str:
+    def encoding(self) -> Union[str, Unset]:
         """Encoding for the payload this converter works with."""
         raise NotImplementedError
 
     @abstractmethod
-    def to_payload(self, value: Any) -> Optional[EncodedObject]:
+    def to_payload(self, value: Any) -> tuple[bool, Union[EncodedObject, Unset]]:
         """Encode a single value to a payload or None.
 
         Args:
             value: Value to be converted.
 
         Returns:
-            Payload of the value or None if unable to convert.
+            A boolean to indicate if the payload was converted and the converted value
+            or Unset
 
         Raises:
             TypeError: Value is not the expected type.
@@ -145,7 +147,7 @@ class CompositePayloadConverter(PayloadConverter):
         converters: List of payload converters to delegate to, in order.
     """
 
-    converters: Mapping[str, EncodingPayloadConverter]
+    converters: Mapping[Union[str, Unset], EncodingPayloadConverter]
 
     def __init__(self, *converters: EncodingPayloadConverter) -> None:
         """Initializes the data converter.
@@ -159,7 +161,7 @@ def __init__(self, *converters: EncodingPayloadConverter) -> None:
     def to_payload(
         self,
         value: Any,
-    ) -> EncodedObject:
+    ) -> Union[EncodedObject, Unset]:
         """Encode values trying each converter.
 
         See base class. Always returns the same number of payloads as values.
@@ -169,12 +171,13 @@ def to_payload(
         """
         # We intentionally attempt these serially just in case a stateful
         # converter may rely on the previous values
-        payload = None
+        payload: Union[EncodedObject, Unset] = Unset()
+        is_encoded = False
         for converter in self.converters.values():
-            payload = converter.to_payload(value)
-            if payload is not None:
+            is_encoded, payload = converter.to_payload(value)
+            if is_encoded:
                 break
-        if payload is None:
+        if not is_encoded:
             raise RuntimeError(
                 f"Value of type {type(value)} has no known converter",
             )
@@ -194,7 +197,7 @@ def from_payload(
             RuntimeError: Error during decode
         """
         encoding = payload.encoding
-        assert isinstance(encoding, str)
+        assert isinstance(encoding, (str, Unset))
         converter = self.converters.get(encoding)
         if converter is None:
             raise KeyError(f"Unknown payload encoding {encoding}")
@@ -229,17 +232,15 @@ class BinaryNullPayloadConverter(EncodingPayloadConverter):
     """Converter for 'binary/null' payloads supporting None values."""
 
     @property
-    def encoding(self) -> str:
+    def encoding(self) -> Union[str, Unset]:
         """See base class."""
-        return "binary/null"
+        return UNSET
 
-    def to_payload(self, value: Any) -> Optional[EncodedObject]:
+    def to_payload(self, value: Any) -> tuple[bool, Union[EncodedObject, Unset]]:
         """See base class."""
         if value is None:
-            return EncodedObject(
-                encoding=self.encoding,
-            )
-        return None
+            return (True, UNSET)
+        return (False, UNSET)
 
     def from_payload(
         self,
@@ -256,18 +257,21 @@ class BinaryPlainPayloadConverter(EncodingPayloadConverter):
     """Converter for 'binary/plain' payloads supporting bytes values."""
 
     @property
-    def encoding(self) -> str:
+    def encoding(self) -> Union[str, Unset]:
         """See base class."""
         return "binary/plain"
 
-    def to_payload(self, value: Any) -> Optional[EncodedObject]:
+    def to_payload(self, value: Any) -> tuple[bool, Union[EncodedObject, Unset]]:
         """See base class."""
         if isinstance(value, bytes):
-            return EncodedObject(
-                encoding=self.encoding,
-                data=str(value),
+            return (
+                True,
+                EncodedObject(
+                    encoding=self.encoding,
+                    data=str(value),
+                ),
             )
-        return None
+        return (False, UNSET)
 
     def from_payload(
         self,
@@ -345,11 +349,11 @@ def __init__(
         self._custom_type_converters = custom_type_converters
 
     @property
-    def encoding(self) -> str:
+    def encoding(self) -> Union[str, Unset]:
         """See base class."""
         return self._encoding
 
-    def to_payload(self, value: Any) -> Optional[EncodedObject]:
+    def to_payload(self, value: Any) -> tuple[bool, Union[EncodedObject, Unset]]:
         """See base class."""
         # Check for pydantic then send warning
         if hasattr(value, "parse_obj"):
@@ -358,13 +362,16 @@ def to_payload(self, value: Any) -> Optional[EncodedObject]:
                 "https://github.com/temporalio/samples-python/tree/main/pydantic_converter for better support",
             )
         # We let JSON conversion errors be thrown to caller
-        return EncodedObject(
-            encoding=self.encoding,
-            data=json.dumps(
-                value,
-                cls=self._encoder,
-                separators=(",", ":"),
-                sort_keys=True,
+        return (
+            True,
+            EncodedObject(
+                encoding=self.encoding,
+                data=json.dumps(
+                    value,
+                    cls=self._encoder,
+                    separators=(",", ":"),
+                    sort_keys=True,
+                ),
             ),
         )
 
@@ -428,7 +435,7 @@ class PayloadCodec(ABC):
     @abstractmethod
     def encode(
         self,
-        payload: EncodedObject,
+        payload: Union[EncodedObject, Unset],
     ) -> EncodedObject:
         """Encode the given payloads.
 
@@ -486,7 +493,7 @@ def __post_init__(self) -> None:  # noqa: D105
     def encode(
         self,
         value: Any,
-    ) -> EncodedObject:
+    ) -> Union[EncodedObject, Unset]:
         """Encode values into payloads.
 
         First converts values to payload then encodes payload using codec.

iwf/state_execution_locals.py

@@ -1,19 +1,20 @@
-from typing import Any, List, Tuple
+from typing import Any, List, Tuple, Union
 
 from iwf.errors import WorkflowDefinitionError
 from iwf.iwf_api.models import EncodedObject, KeyValue
+from iwf.iwf_api.types import Unset
 from iwf.object_encoder import ObjectEncoder
 
 
 class StateExecutionLocals:
-    _record_events: dict[str, EncodedObject]
-    _attribute_name_to_encoded_object_map: dict[str, EncodedObject]
-    _upsert_attributes_to_return_to_server: dict[str, EncodedObject]
+    _record_events: dict[str, Union[EncodedObject, Unset]]
+    _attribute_name_to_encoded_object_map: dict[str, Union[EncodedObject, Unset]]
+    _upsert_attributes_to_return_to_server: dict[str, Union[EncodedObject, Unset]]
     _object_encoder: ObjectEncoder
 
     def __init__(
         self,
-        attribute_name_to_encoded_object_map: dict[str, EncodedObject],
+        attribute_name_to_encoded_object_map: dict[str, Union[EncodedObject, Unset]],
         object_encoder: ObjectEncoder,
     ):
         self._object_encoder = object_encoder

iwf/tests/test_rpc_with_memo_duplicate_java_tests.py

@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ class TestRpcWithMemo(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUpClass(cls):
         cls.client = Client(registry)
 
-    @unittest.skip("Currently broken: difference in behavior with the iwf-java-sdk")
     def test_rpc_memo_workflow_func1(self):
         wf_id = f"{inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name}-{time.time_ns()}"
         run_id = self.client.start_workflow(

iwf/tests/workflows/wait_signal_workflow.py

@@ -125,11 +125,11 @@ class WaitSignalWorkflow(ObjectWorkflow):
     def get_communication_schema(self) -> CommunicationSchema:
         return CommunicationSchema.create(
             CommunicationMethod.signal_channel_def(test_channel_int, int),
-            CommunicationMethod.signal_channel_def(test_channel_none, type(None)),
+            CommunicationMethod.signal_channel_def(test_channel_none, None),
             CommunicationMethod.signal_channel_def(test_channel_str, str),
-            CommunicationMethod.signal_channel_def(test_idle_channel_none, type(None)),
-            CommunicationMethod.signal_channel_def(test_channel1, type(None)),
-            CommunicationMethod.signal_channel_def(test_channel2, type(None)),
+            CommunicationMethod.signal_channel_def(test_idle_channel_none, None),
+            CommunicationMethod.signal_channel_def(test_channel1, None),
+            CommunicationMethod.signal_channel_def(test_channel2, None),
         )
 
     def get_workflow_states(self) -> StateSchema:

iwf/worker_service.py

@@ -85,7 +85,9 @@ def handle_workflow_worker_rpc(
             unset_to_none(request.input_), rpc_info.input_type
         )
 
-        current_data_attributes: dict[str, typing.Union[EncodedObject, None]] = {}
+        current_data_attributes: dict[str, typing.Union[EncodedObject, None, Unset]] = (
+            {}
+        )
         if not isinstance(request.data_attributes, Unset):
             current_data_attributes = {
                 assert_not_unset(attr.key): unset_to_none(attr.value)
@@ -184,7 +186,9 @@ def handle_workflow_state_wait_until(
             unset_to_none(request.state_input), get_input_type(state)
         )
 
-        current_data_attributes: dict[str, typing.Union[EncodedObject, None]] = {}
+        current_data_attributes: dict[str, typing.Union[EncodedObject, None, Unset]] = (
+            {}
+        )
         if not isinstance(request.data_objects, Unset):
             current_data_attributes = {
                 assert_not_unset(attr.key): unset_to_none(attr.value)
@@ -267,7 +271,9 @@ def handle_workflow_state_execute(
             unset_to_none(request.state_input), get_input_type(state)
         )
 
-        current_data_attributes: dict[str, typing.Union[EncodedObject, None]] = {}
+        current_data_attributes: dict[str, typing.Union[EncodedObject, None, Unset]] = (
+            {}
+        )
         if not isinstance(request.data_objects, Unset):
             current_data_attributes = {
                 assert_not_unset(attr.key): unset_to_none(attr.value)
@@ -407,9 +413,11 @@ def _create_upsert_search_attributes(
     return sas
 
 
-def to_map(key_values: Union[None, Unset, List[KeyValue]]) -> dict[str, EncodedObject]:
+def to_map(
+    key_values: Union[None, Unset, List[KeyValue]],
+) -> dict[str, Union[EncodedObject, Unset]]:
     key_values = unset_to_none(key_values) or []
-    kvs = {}
+    kvs: dict[str, Union[EncodedObject, Unset]] = {}
     for kv in key_values:
         k = unset_to_none(kv.key)
         v = unset_to_none(kv.value)