Improve naming: JSON shards are actually JSONL, etc. (#537)

* Stdize docstrings, also fix ordering of get_sample_data, decode_sample.

* Terminology: "joint" -> "mono".

* "split" -> "dual" to stop confusing people (SplitWriter != dataaset splits)

* "Reader" -> "Shard". They manage shards. They do more than read.

* Fix filenames accordingly.

* Finally, JSON -> JSONL.

* Switch order of decorators...

* Fix markdown code.

STYLE_GUIDE.md

@@ -207,10 +207,10 @@ For example, from [streaming/dataset.py](streaming/dataset.py)
 """The :class:`Dataset` class, used for building streaming iterable datasets."""
 from torch.utils.data import IterableDataset
 
-from streaming.format import reader_from_json
+from streaming.format import shard_from_json
 from streaming.spanner import Spanner
 
-__all__ = ["Dataset"]  # export only the Dataset, not other imports like `Spanner` or `reader_from_json`
+__all__ = ["Dataset"]  # Export `Dataset` only, not the others e.g. `Spanner` or `shard_from_json`.
 
 
 class Dataset(IterableDataset):

benchmarks/backends/write.py

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 from wurlitzer import pipes
 
 from benchmarks.backends.datagen import generate
-from streaming import CSVWriter, JSONWriter, MDSWriter
+from streaming import CSVWriter, JSONLWriter, MDSWriter
 from streaming.util.tabulation import Tabulator
 
 
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ def _write_jsonl(nums: List[int],
         'num': 'int',
         'txt': 'str',
     }
-    with JSONWriter(out=root, columns=columns, size_limit=size_limit) as out:
+    with JSONLWriter(out=root, columns=columns, size_limit=size_limit) as out:
         each_sample = zip(nums, txts)
         if show_progress:
             each_sample = tqdm(each_sample, total=len(nums), leave=False)

benchmarks/samples/bench_and_plot.py

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 from numpy.typing import DTypeLike, NDArray
 from tqdm import trange
 
-from streaming import CSVWriter, JSONWriter, MDSWriter, StreamingDataset
+from streaming import CSVWriter, JSONLWriter, MDSWriter, StreamingDataset
 
 
 def parse_args() -> Namespace:
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ def bench(args: Namespace, bench_name: str, desc: str, generate: Callable,
 
     format_infos = [
         ('mds', MDSWriter, args.mds_color),
-        ('jsonl', JSONWriter, args.jsonl_color),
+        ('jsonl', JSONLWriter, args.jsonl_color),
         ('csv', CSVWriter, args.csv_color),
     ]
     format_infos = list(filter(lambda info: info[0] in formats, format_infos))

streaming/__init__.py

@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
 from streaming._version import __version__
 from streaming.dataloader import StreamingDataLoader
 from streaming.dataset import StreamingDataset
-from streaming.format import CSVWriter, JSONWriter, MDSWriter, TSVWriter, XSVWriter
+from streaming.format import CSVWriter, JSONLWriter, MDSWriter, TSVWriter, XSVWriter
 from streaming.local import LocalDataset
 from streaming.stream import Stream
 from streaming.util import clean_stale_shared_memory
 
 __all__ = [
-    'StreamingDataLoader', 'Stream', 'StreamingDataset', 'CSVWriter', 'JSONWriter', 'LocalDataset',
-    'MDSWriter', 'TSVWriter', 'XSVWriter', 'clean_stale_shared_memory'
+    'StreamingDataLoader', 'Stream', 'StreamingDataset', 'CSVWriter', 'JSONLWriter',
+    'LocalDataset', 'MDSWriter', 'TSVWriter', 'XSVWriter', 'clean_stale_shared_memory'
 ]

streaming/format/__init__.py

@@ -1,41 +1,54 @@
 # Copyright 2022-2024 MosaicML Streaming authors
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-"""Individual dataset writer for every format."""
+"""Streaming serialization format, consisting of an index and multiple types of shards."""
 
 from typing import Any, Dict, Optional
 
 from streaming.format.index import get_index_basename
-from streaming.format.json import JSONReader, JSONWriter
-from streaming.format.mds import MDSReader, MDSWriter
-from streaming.format.reader import FileInfo, Reader
-from streaming.format.xsv import CSVReader, CSVWriter, TSVReader, TSVWriter, XSVReader, XSVWriter
+from streaming.format.jsonl import JSONLShard, JSONLWriter
+from streaming.format.mds import MDSShard, MDSWriter
+from streaming.format.shard import FileInfo, Shard
+from streaming.format.xsv import CSVShard, CSVWriter, TSVShard, TSVWriter, XSVShard, XSVWriter
 
 __all__ = [
-    'CSVWriter', 'FileInfo', 'get_index_basename', 'JSONWriter', 'MDSWriter', 'Reader',
-    'reader_from_json', 'TSVWriter', 'XSVWriter'
+    'CSVWriter', 'FileInfo', 'get_index_basename', 'JSONLWriter', 'MDSWriter', 'Shard',
+    'shard_from_json', 'TSVWriter', 'XSVWriter'
 ]
 
-_readers = {
-    'csv': CSVReader,
-    'json': JSONReader,
-    'mds': MDSReader,
-    'tsv': TSVReader,
-    'xsv': XSVReader
+# Mapping of shard metadata dict "format" field to what type of Shard it is.
+_shards = {
+    'csv': CSVShard,
+    'jsonl': JSONLShard,
+    'mds': MDSShard,
+    'tsv': TSVShard,
+    'xsv': XSVShard,
 }
 
 
-def reader_from_json(dirname: str, split: Optional[str], obj: Dict[str, Any]) -> Reader:
-    """Initialize the reader from JSON object.
+def _get_shard_class(format_name: str) -> Shard:
+    """Get the associated Shard class given a Shard format name.
+
+    Args:
+        format_name (str): Shard format name.
+    """
+    # JSONL shards were originally called JSON shards (while containing JSONL).
+    if format_name == 'json':
+        format_name = 'jsonl'
+    return _shards[format_name]
+
+
+def shard_from_json(dirname: str, split: Optional[str], obj: Dict[str, Any]) -> Shard:
+    """Create a shard from a JSON config.
 
     Args:
         dirname (str): Local directory containing shards.
         split (str, optional): Which dataset split to use, if any.
         obj (Dict[str, Any]): JSON object to load.
 
     Returns:
-        Reader: Loaded Reader of `format` type
+        Shard: The loaded Shard.
     """
     assert obj['version'] == 2
-    cls = _readers[obj['format']]
+    cls = _get_shard_class(obj['format'])
     return cls.from_json(dirname, split, obj)

streaming/format/json/README.md → streaming/format/jsonl/README.md

@@ -7,22 +7,22 @@ Example:
         "words": "str"
       },
       "compression": "zstd:7",
-      "format": "json",
+      "format": "jsonl",
       "hashes": [
         "sha1",
         "xxh3_64"
       ],
       "newline": "\n",
       "raw_data": {
-        "basename": "shard.00000.json",
+        "basename": "shard.00000.jsonl",
         "bytes": 1048546,
         "hashes": {
           "sha1": "bfb6509ba6f041726943ce529b36a1cb74e33957",
           "xxh3_64": "0eb102a981b299eb"
         }
       },
       "raw_meta": {
-        "basename": "shard.00000.json.meta",
+        "basename": "shard.00000.jsonl.meta",
         "bytes": 53590,
         "hashes": {
           "sha1": "15ae80e002fe625b0b18f1a45058532ee867fa9b",
@@ -33,15 +33,15 @@ Example:
       "size_limit": 1048576,
       "version": 2,
       "zip_data": {
-        "basename": "shard.00000.json.zstd",
+        "basename": "shard.00000.jsonl.zstd",
         "bytes": 149268,
         "hashes": {
           "sha1": "7d45c600a71066ca8d43dbbaa2ffce50a91b735e",
           "xxh3_64": "3d338d4826d4b5ac"
         }
       },
       "zip_meta": {
-        "basename": "shard.00000.json.meta.zstd",
+        "basename": "shard.00000.jsonl.meta.zstd",
         "bytes": 42180,
         "hashes": {
           "sha1": "f64477cca5d27fc3a0301eeb4452ef7310cbf670",

streaming/format/jsonl/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Copyright 2023 MosaicML Streaming authors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+"""Streaming JSONL shards."""
+
+from streaming.format.jsonl.shard import JSONLShard
+from streaming.format.jsonl.writer import JSONLWriter
+
+__all__ = ['JSONLShard', 'JSONLWriter']

streaming/format/json/encodings.py → streaming/format/jsonl/encodings.py

@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 # Copyright 2022-2024 MosaicML Streaming authors
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-"""Check whether sample encoding is of supported JSON types."""
+"""Check whether sample encoding is of supported JSONL types."""
 
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from typing import Any
 
-__all__ = ['is_json_encoded', 'is_json_encoding']
+__all__ = ['is_jsonl_encoded', 'is_jsonl_encoding']
 
 
 class Encoding(ABC):
-    """Encoding of an object of JSON type."""
+    """Encoding of an object of JSONL type."""
 
     @classmethod
     @abstractmethod
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def is_encoded(cls, obj: Any) -> bool:
 _encodings = {'str': Str, 'int': Int, 'float': Float}
 
 
-def is_json_encoded(encoding: str, value: Any) -> bool:
+def is_jsonl_encoded(encoding: str, value: Any) -> bool:
     """Get whether the given object is of this encoding type.
 
     Args:
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ def is_json_encoded(encoding: str, value: Any) -> bool:
     return cls.is_encoded(value)
 
 
-def is_json_encoding(encoding: str) -> bool:
+def is_jsonl_encoding(encoding: str) -> bool:
     """Get whether the given encoding is supported.
 
     Args:

streaming/format/json/reader.py → streaming/format/jsonl/shard.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright 2022-2024 MosaicML Streaming authors
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-""":class:`JSONReader` reads samples from `.json` files that were written by :class:`MDSWriter`."""
+"""Streaming JSONL shard reading."""
 
 import json
 import os
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@
 import numpy as np
 from typing_extensions import Self
 
-from streaming.format.reader import FileInfo, SplitReader
+from streaming.format.shard import DualShard, FileInfo
 
-__all__ = ['JSONReader']
+__all__ = ['JSONLShard']
 
 
-class JSONReader(SplitReader):
-    """Provides random access to the samples of a JSON shard.
+class JSONLShard(DualShard):
+    """Provides random access to the samples of a JSONL shard.
 
     Args:
         dirname (str): Local dataset directory.
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def from_json(cls, dirname: str, split: Optional[str], obj: Dict[str, Any]) -> S
             obj (Dict[str, Any]): JSON object to load.
 
         Returns:
-            Self: Loaded JSONReader.
+            Self: Loaded JSONLShard.
         """
         args = deepcopy(obj)
         # Version check.
@@ -77,9 +77,9 @@ def from_json(cls, dirname: str, split: Optional[str], obj: Dict[str, Any]) -> S
                              f'Expected version 2.')
         del args['version']
         # Check format.
-        if args['format'] != 'json':
-            raise ValueError(f'Unsupported data format: {args["format"]}. ' +
-                             f'Expected to be `json`.')
+        if args['format'] not in {'json', 'jsonl'}:
+            raise ValueError(f'Unsupported data format: got {args["format"]}, but expected ' +
+                             f'"jsonl" (or "json").')
         del args['format']
         args['dirname'] = dirname
         args['split'] = split
@@ -88,18 +88,6 @@ def from_json(cls, dirname: str, split: Optional[str], obj: Dict[str, Any]) -> S
             args[key] = FileInfo(**arg) if arg else None
         return cls(**args)
 
-    def decode_sample(self, data: bytes) -> Dict[str, Any]:
-        """Decode a sample dict from bytes.
-
-        Args:
-            data (bytes): The sample encoded as bytes.
-
-        Returns:
-            Dict[str, Any]: Sample dict.
-        """
-        text = data.decode('utf-8')
-        return json.loads(text)
-
     def get_sample_data(self, idx: int) -> bytes:
         """Get the raw sample data at the index.
 
@@ -120,3 +108,15 @@ def get_sample_data(self, idx: int) -> bytes:
             fp.seek(begin)
             data = fp.read(end - begin)
         return data
+
+    def decode_sample(self, data: bytes) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        """Decode a sample dict from bytes.
+
+        Args:
+            data (bytes): The sample encoded as bytes.
+
+        Returns:
+            Dict[str, Any]: Sample dict.
+        """
+        text = data.decode('utf-8')
+        return json.loads(text)

streaming/format/json/writer.py → streaming/format/jsonl/writer.py

@@ -1,21 +1,21 @@
 # Copyright 2022-2024 MosaicML Streaming authors
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-""":class:`JSONWriter` writes samples to `.json` files that can be read by :class:`JSONReader`."""
+"""Streaming JSONL shard writing."""
 
 import json
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, Union
 
 import numpy as np
 
-from streaming.format.json.encodings import is_json_encoded, is_json_encoding
-from streaming.format.writer import SplitWriter
+from streaming.format.jsonl.encodings import is_jsonl_encoded, is_jsonl_encoding
+from streaming.format.writer import DualWriter
 
-__all__ = ['JSONWriter']
+__all__ = ['JSONLWriter']
 
 
-class JSONWriter(SplitWriter):
-    r"""Writes a streaming JSON dataset.
+class JSONLWriter(DualWriter):
+    r"""Writes a streaming JSONL dataset.
 
     Args:
         columns (Dict[str, str]): Sample columns.
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class JSONWriter(SplitWriter):
                 file to a remote location. Default to ``min(32, (os.cpu_count() or 1) + 4)``.
     """
 
-    format = 'json'
+    format = 'jsonl'
 
     def __init__(self,
                  *,
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ def __init__(self,
                          size_limit=size_limit,
                          **kwargs)
         for encoding in columns.values():
-            assert is_json_encoding(encoding)
+            assert is_jsonl_encoding(encoding)
 
         self.columns = columns
         self.newline = newline
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ def encode_sample(self, sample: Dict[str, Any]) -> bytes:
         obj = {}
         for key, encoding in self.columns.items():
             value = sample[key]
-            assert is_json_encoded(encoding, value)
+            assert is_jsonl_encoded(encoding, value)
             obj[key] = value
         text = json.dumps(obj, sort_keys=True) + self.newline
         return text.encode('utf-8')
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ def get_config(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         obj.update({'columns': self.columns, 'newline': self.newline})
         return obj
 
-    def encode_split_shard(self) -> Tuple[bytes, bytes]:
-        """Encode a split shard out of the cached samples (data, meta files).
+    def encode_dual_shard(self) -> Tuple[bytes, bytes]:
+        """Encode a dual shard out of the cached samples (data, meta files).
 
         Returns:
             Tuple[bytes, bytes]: Data file, meta file.

streaming/format/mds/__init__.py

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Copyright 2022-2024 MosaicML Streaming authors
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-"""Module to write and read the dataset in MDS format."""
+"""MDS shards."""
 
-from streaming.format.mds.reader import MDSReader
+from streaming.format.mds.shard import MDSShard
 from streaming.format.mds.writer import MDSWriter
 
-__all__ = ['MDSReader', 'MDSWriter']
+__all__ = ['MDSShard', 'MDSWriter']