Ecoop2024_TIforWildFJ/constraints.tex

\section{Constraint generation}\label{chapter:constraintGeneration}
% Our type inference algorithm is split into two parts.
% A constraint generation step \textbf{TYPE} and a \unify{} step.

% Method names are not unique.
% It is possible to define the same method in multiple classes.
% The \TYPE{} algorithm accounts for that by generating Or-Constraints.
% This can lead to multiple possible solutions.

%\subsection{Well-Formedness}


% But it can be easily adapted to Featherweight Java or Java.
% We add T <. a for every return of an expression anyway. If anything returns a Generic like X it is not directly used in a method call like X <c T

The constraint generation works on the \TamedFJ{} language.
This step is mostly same as in \cite{TIforFGJ} except for field access and method invocation.
We will focus on those parts.
Here the new capture constraints and wildcard type placeholders are introduced.

Generally subtype constraints for an expression mirror the subtype relations in the premise of the respective type rule introduced in section \ref{sec:tifj}
Unknown types at the time of the constraint generation step are replaced with type placeholders.
\begin{verbatim}
m(l, v){
  let x = x in x.add(v)
}
\end{verbatim}

The constraint generation step cannot determine if a capture conversion is needed for a field access or a method call.
Those statements produce $\lessdotCC$ constraints which signal the \unify{} algorithm that they qualify for a capture conversion.


The parameter types given to a generic method also affect their return type.
During constraint generation the algorithm does not know the parameter types yet.
We generate $\lessdotCC$ constraints and let \unify{} do the capture conversion.
$\lessdotCC$ constraints are kept until they reach the form $\type{G} \lessdotCC \type{G}$ and a capture conversion is possible.

At points where a well-formed type is needed we use a normal type placeholder.
Inside a method call expression sub expressions (receiver, parameter) wildcard placeholders are used.
Here captured variables can flow freely.
A normal type placeholder cannot hold types containing free variables.
Normal type placeholders are assigned types which are also expressible with Java syntax.
So no types like $\wctype{\rwildcard{X}}{Pair}{\rwildcard{X}, \rwildcard{X}}$ or $\wctype{\rwildcard{X}}{List}{\exptype{List}{\rwildcard{X}}}$.

Type variables declared in the class header are passed to \unify{}.
Those type variables count as regular types and can be held by normal type placeholders.


There are two different types of constraints:
\begin{description}
\item[$\lessdot$] \textit{Example:}

$\exptype{List}{String} \lessdot \tv{a}, \exptype{List}{Integer} \lessdot \tv{a}$

\noindent
Those two constraints imply that we have to find a type replacement for type variable $\tv{a}$,
which is a supertype of $\exptype{List}{String}$ aswell as $\exptype{List}{Integer}$.
This paper describes a \unify{} algorithm to solve these constraints and calculate a type solution $\sigma$.
For the example above a correct solution would be $\sigma(\tv{a}) = \wctype{\rwildcard{X}}{List}{\rwildcard{X}}$.
\item[$\lessdotCC$] TODO
% The \fjtype{} algorithm assumes capture conversions for every method parameter.
\end{description}

%Why do we need a constraint generation step?
%% The problem is NP-Hard
%% a method call, does not know which type it will produce
%% depending on its type the 

%NO equals constraints during the constraint generation step!
\begin{figure}[tp]
  \begin{align*}
    % Type
    \type{T}, \type{U} &::= \tv{a} \mid \wtv{a} \mid \mv{X} \mid {\wcNtype{\Delta}{N}} && \text{types and type placeholders}\\
    \type{N} &::= \exptype{C}{\ol{T}} && \text{class type (with type variables)} \\
    % Constraints
    \constraint &::= \type{T} \lessdot \type{U} \mid \type{T} \lessdotCC \type{U} && \text{Constraint}\\
    \consSet &::= \set{\constraints} && \text{constraint set}\\
    % Method assumptions:
    \methodAssumption &::= \texttt{m} : \exptype{}{\ol{Y}
                        \triangleleft \ol{P}}\ \ol{\type{T}} \to \type{T}  &&
                                                                \text{method
                                                                type assumption}\\
    \localVarAssumption &::= \texttt{x} : \itype{T} && \text{parameter
                                                       assumption}\\
    \mtypeEnvironment & ::= \overline{\methodAssumption} &
                & \text{method type environment} \\
    \typeAssumptionsSymbol &::= ({\mtypeEnvironment} ; \overline{\localVarAssumption}) 
  \end{align*}
  \caption{Syntax of constraints and type assumptions}
  \label{fig:syntax-constraints}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}[tp]
  \begin{gather*}
    \begin{array}{@{}l@{}l}
      \fjtype & ({\mtypeEnvironment}, \mathtt{class } \ \exptype{C}{\ol{X} \triangleleft \ol{N}} \ \mathtt{ extends } \ \mathtt{N \{ \overline{T} \ \overline{f}; \, \overline{M} \}}) =\\
              & \begin{array}{ll@{}l}
\textbf{let} & \ol{\methodAssumption} =
                \set{ \mv{m} : (\exptype{C}{\ol{X}}, \ol{\tv{a}} \to \tv{a}) \mid
                  \set{ \mv{m}(\ol{x}) = \expr{e} } \in \ol{M}, \, \tv{a}, \ol{\tv{a}}\ \text{fresh} } \\
              \textbf{in} 
                  & \begin{array}[t]{l}
                \set{ \typeExpr(\mtypeEnvironment \cup \ol{\methodAssumption} \cup \set{\mv{this} :
              \exptype{C}{\ol{X}} , \, \ol{x} : \ol{\tv{a}} }, \texttt{e}, \tv{a})
               \\ \quad \quad \quad \quad \mid \set{ \mv{m}(\ol{x}) = \expr{e} }  \in \ol{M},\, \mv{m} : (\exptype{C}{\ol{X}}, \ol{\tv{a}} \to \tv{a}) \in \ol{\methodAssumption}}
                  \end{array}
                \end{array}
    \end{array}
  \end{gather*}
  \caption{Constraint generation for classes}
  \label{fig:constraints-for-classes}
\end{figure}

\begin{displaymath}
  \begin{array}{@{}l@{}l}
    \typeExpr{} &({\mtypeEnvironment} , \texttt{e}.\texttt{f}, \tv{a}) = \\
                & \begin{array}{ll}
                    \textbf{let} 
                    & \tv{r} \ \text{fresh} \\
                    & \consSet_R = \typeExpr({\mtypeEnvironment}, \texttt{e}, \tv{r})\\
                    & \constraint = \begin{array}[t]{@{}l@{}l}
                      \orCons\set{
                      \set{ &
                      \tv{r} \lessdotCC \exptype{C}{\ol{\wtv{a}}} ,
                      [\overline{\wtv{a}}/\ol{X}]\type{T} \lessdot \tv{a} ,
                      \ol{\wtv{a}} \lessdot [\overline{\wtv{a}}/\ol{X}]\ol{N}
                      } \\
                      & \quad \mid \mv{T}\ \mv{f} \in \texttt{class}\ \exptype{C}{\ol{X} \triangleleft \ol{N}} \set{ \ol{T\ f}; \ldots}
                        , \, \overline{\wtv{a}} \text{ fresh}
                      }\end{array}\\
                    {\mathbf{in}} & {
                    \consSet_R \cup \set{\constraint}}
                  \end{array} 
  \end{array}
\end{displaymath}

\begin{displaymath}
  \begin{array}{@{}l@{}l}
    \typeExpr{} &({\mtypeEnvironment} , \texttt{let}\ \expr{x} = \expr{e}_1 \ \texttt{in} \ \expr{e}_2, \tv{a}) = \\
                & \begin{array}{ll}
                    \textbf{let} 
                    & \tv{e}_1, \tv{e}_2, \tv{x} \ \text{fresh} \\
                    & \consSet_1 = \typeExpr({\mtypeEnvironment}, \expr{e}_1, \tv{e}_1)\\
                    & \consSet_2 = \typeExpr({\mtypeEnvironment} \cup \set{\expr{x} : \tv{x}}, \expr{e}_2, \tv{e}_2)\\
                    & \constraint =
                      \set{
                      \tv{e}_1 \lessdot \tv{x}, \tv{e}_2 \lessdot \tv{a}
                      }\\
                    {\mathbf{in}} & {
                      \consSet_1 \cup \consSet_2 \cup \set{\constraint}}
                  \end{array} 
  \end{array}
\end{displaymath}

\begin{displaymath}
  \begin{array}{@{}l@{}l}
      \typeExpr{} & ({\mtypeEnvironment} , \expr{v}.\mathtt{m}(\overline{\expr{v}}), \tv{a}) = \\
      & \begin{array}{ll}
      \textbf{let}
      & \tv{r}, \ol{\tv{r}} \text{ fresh} \\
      & \constraint = [\overline{\wtv{b}}/\ol{Y}]\set{
                    \ol{S} \lessdotCC \ol{T}, \type{T} \lessdot \tv{a}, 
                    \ol{Y} \lessdot \ol{N} }\\
      \mathbf{in} & (\consSet_R \cup \overline{\consSet} \cup \constraint, \type{T}) \\
      & \mathbf{where}\ \begin{array}[t]{l}
        \expr{v}, \ol{v} : \ol{S} \in \localVarAssumption \\
        \texttt{m} : \generics{\ol{Y} \triangleleft \ol{N}}\overline{\type{T}} \to \type{T} \in {\mtypeEnvironment}
      \end{array}
                    
      \end{array}
      \end{array}
  \end{displaymath}
\\[1em]
\noindent
\textbf{Example:}
\begin{verbatim}
class Class1{
  <A> A head(List<X> l){ ... }
  List<? extends String> get() { ... }
}

class Class2{
  example(c1){
    return c1.head(c1.get());
  }
}
\end{verbatim}
%This example comes with predefined type annotations.
We assume the class \texttt{Class1} has already been processed by our type inference algorithm
leading to the following type annotations:
%Now we call the $\fjtype{}$ function with the class \texttt{Class2} and the method assumptions for the preceeding class:
\begin{displaymath}
\mtypeEnvironment =  \left\{\begin{array}{l}
    \texttt{m}: \generics{\type{A} \triangleleft \type{Object}} \ 
      (\type{Class1},\, \exptype{List}{\type{A}}) \to \type{X}, \\
     \texttt{get}: (\type{Class1}) \to \wctype{\wildcard{A}{\type{Object}}{\type{String}}}{List}{\rwildcard{A}}
\end{array} \right\} 
\end{displaymath}

At first we have to convert the example method to a syntactically correct \TamedFJ{} program.
Afterwards the the \fjtype{} algorithm is able to generate constraints.

\begin{minipage}{0.45\textwidth}
  \begin{lstlisting}[style=tamedfj]
class Class2 {
  example(c1) = let x = c1 in
    let xp = x.get() in x.m(xp);
}
\end{lstlisting}
      \end{minipage}%
      \hfill
      \begin{minipage}{0.5\textwidth}
\begin{constraintset}
$
    \begin{array}{l}
      \ntv{c1} \lessdot \ntv{x}, \ntv{x} \lessdotCC \type{Class1}, \\
    \ntv{c1} \lessdot \ntv{x}, \ntv{x} \lessdotCC \type{Class1}, \\
    \wctype{\wildcard{A}{\type{String}}{\bot}}{List}{\rwildcard{A}} \lessdot \tv{xp}, \\
    \tv{xp} \lessdotCC \exptype{List}{\wtv{a}}
    \end{array}
$
  \end{constraintset}
\end{minipage}

Following is a possible solution for the given constraint set:

\begin{minipage}{0.55\textwidth}
  \begin{lstlisting}[style=letfj]
class Class2 {
  example(c1) = let x : Class1 = c1 in
    let xp : (*@$\wctype{\wildcard{A}{\type{String}}{\bot}}{List}{\rwildcard{A}}$@*) = x.get()
      in x.m(xp);
}
\end{lstlisting}
      \end{minipage}%
      \hfill
      \begin{minipage}{0.4\textwidth}
\begin{constraintset}
$
    \begin{array}{l}
    \sigma(\ntv{x}) = \type{Class1} \\
    %\tv{xp} \lessdot \exptype{List}{\wtv{x}}, \\
    %\exptype{List}{\type{String}} \lessdot \tv{p1}, \\
    \sigma(\tv{xp}) = \wctype{\wildcard{A}{\type{String}}{\bot}}{List}{\rwildcard{A}} \\
    \end{array}
$
  \end{constraintset}
\end{minipage}

For $\wctype{\wildcard{A}{\type{String}}{\bot}}{List}{\rwildcard{A}}$ to be a correct solution for $\tv{xp}$
the constraint $\wctype{\wildcard{A}{\type{String}}{\bot}}{List}{\rwildcard{A}} \lessdotCC \exptype{List}{\wtv{a}}$
must be satisfied.
This is possible, because we deal with a capture constraint.
The $\lessdotCC$ constraint allows the left side to undergo a capture conversion
which leads to $\exptype{List}{\rwildcard{A}} \lessdot \exptype{List}{\wtv{a}}$.
Now a substitution of the wildcard placeholder $\wtv{a}$ with $\rwildcard{A}$ leads to a satisfied constraint set.

The wildcard placeholders are not used as parameter or return types of methods.
Or as types for variables introduced by let statements.
They are only used for generic method parameters during a method invocation.
Type placeholders which are not flagged as wildcard placeholders ($\wtv{a}$) can never hold a free variable or a type containing free variables.
This practice hinders free variables to leave their scope.
The free variable $\rwildcard{A}$ generated by the capture conversion on the type $\wctype{\wildcard{A}{\type{String}}{\bot}}{List}{\rwildcard{A}}$
cannot be used anywhere else then inside the constraints generated by the method call \texttt{x.m(xp)}.

\begin{displaymath}
  \begin{array}{@{}l@{}l}
    \typeExpr{} &({\mtypeEnvironment} , e_1 \elvis{} e_2, \tv{a}) = \\
                & \begin{array}{ll}
                    \textbf{let} 
                    & \tv{r}_1, \tv{r}_2 \ \text{fresh} \\
                    & \consSet_1 = \typeExpr({\mtypeEnvironment}, e_1, \tv{r}_2)\\
                    & \consSet_2 = \typeExpr({\mtypeEnvironment}, e_2, \tv{r}_2)\\
                    {\mathbf{in}} & {
                    \consSet_1 \cup \consSet_2 \cup
                        \set{\tv{r}_1 \lessdot \tv{a}, \tv{r}_2 \lessdot \tv{a}}}
                  \end{array} 
  \end{array}
\end{displaymath}

%We could skip wfresh here:
\begin{displaymath}
  \begin{array}{@{}l@{}l}
    \typeExpr{} &({\mtypeEnvironment} , x, \tv{a}) = 
    \mtypeEnvironment(x)
  \end{array}
\end{displaymath}

\begin{displaymath}
  \begin{array}{@{}l@{}l}
    \typeExpr{} &({\mtypeEnvironment} , \texttt{new}\ \type{C}(\overline{e}), \tv{a}) = \\
                & \begin{array}{ll}
                    \textbf{let} 
                    & \ol{\tv{r}} \ \text{fresh} \\
                    & \overline{\consSet} = \typeExpr({\mtypeEnvironment}, \overline{e}, \ol{\tv{r}}) \\
                    & C = \set{\ol{\tv{r}} \lessdot [\ol{\tv{a}}/\ol{X}]\ol{T}, \ol{\tv{a}} \lessdot \ol{N} \mid \texttt{class}\ \exptype{C}{\ol{X} \triangleleft \ol{N}} \set{ \ol{T\ f}; \ldots}} \\
                    {\mathbf{in}} & {
                    \overline{\consSet} \cup
                        \set{\tv{a} \doteq \exptype{C}{\ol{a}}}}
                  \end{array} 
  \end{array}
\end{displaymath}

% Problem:
% <X, A extends List<X>> void t2(List<A> l){}

% void test(List<List<?>> l){
%    t2(l);
% }
% Problem:
% List<Y.List<Y>> <. List<a>, a <. List<x>
% Y.List<Y> =. a
% Z.List<Z> <. List<x>

% These constraints should fail!

% \section{Result Generation}
% If \unify{} returns atleast one type solution $(\Delta, \sigma)$
% the last step of the type inference algorithm is to generate a typed class.

% This section presents our type inference algorithm.
% The algorithm is given method assumptions $\mv\Pi$ and applied to a
% single class $\mv L$ at a time:
% \begin{gather*}
% \fjtypeinference(\mtypeEnvironment, \texttt{class}\ \exptype{C}{\ol{X}
% \triangleleft \ol{N}} \triangleleft \type{N}\ \{ \overline{\type{T} \ f};\ \ol{M} \}) = \\
% \quad \quad \begin{array}[t]{rll}
%   \textbf{let}\ 
%   (\overline{\methodAssumption}, \consSet) &= \fjtype{}(\mv{\Pi}, \texttt{class}\ \exptype{C}{\ol{X}
%   \triangleleft \ol{N}} \triangleleft \type{N}\ \{ \ldots \}) &
%                                                                      \text{// constraint generation}\\
%               {(\Delta, \sigma)} &= \unify{}(\consSet,\, \ol{X} <: \ol{N}) & \text{// constraint solving}\\
%               \generics{\ol{Y} \triangleleft \ol{S}} &= \set{ \type{Y} \triangleleft \type{S} \mid \wildcard{Y}{\type{P}}{\bot} \in \Delta} \\
%   \ol{M'} &= \set{ \generics{\ol{Y} \triangleleft \ol{S}}\ \sigma(\tv{a}) \ \texttt{m}(\ol{\sigma(\tv{a})\ x}) = \texttt{e} \mid (\mathtt{m}(\ol{x})\ = \mv e) \in \ol{M}, (\exptype{C}{\ol{X} \triangleleft \ol{N}}.\mv{m} : \ol{\tv{a}} \to \tv{a}) \in \overline{\methodAssumption}}
%   %TODO: Describe whole algorithm (Insert types, try out every unify solution by backtracking (describe it as Non Deterministic algorithm))
% \end{array}\\
% \textbf{in}\ \texttt{class}\ \exptype{C}{\ol{X}
% \triangleleft \ol{N}} \triangleleft \type{N}\ \{ \overline{\type{T} \ f};\ \ol{M'} \} \\
% \textbf{in}\ \mtypeEnvironment \cup
% \set{(\exptype{C}{\ol{X} \triangleleft \ol{N}}.\mv{m} : \generics{\ol{Y} \triangleleft \ol{S}}\ \ol{\sigma(\tv{a})} \to \sigma(\tv{a})) \ |\ (\exptype{C}{\ol{X} \triangleleft \ol{N}}.\mv{m} : \ol{\tv{a}} \to \tv{a}) \in \overline{\methodAssumption}}
% % \fjtypeInsert(\overline{\methodAssumption}, (\sigma, \unifyGenerics{}) )
% \end{gather*}

% The overall algorithm is nondeterministic. The function $\unify{}$ may
% return finitely many times as there may be multiple solutions for a constraint
% set.  A local solution for class $\mv C$ may not
% be compatible with the constraints generated for a subsequent class. In this case, we have to backtrack to $\mv C$ and proceed to the next
% local solution; if thats fail we have to backtrack further to an earlier class.

% \begin{gather*}
%   \textbf{ApplyTypes}(\mtypeEnvironment, \texttt{class}\ \exptype{C}{\ol{X}
%   \triangleleft \ol{N}} \triangleleft \type{N}\ \{ \overline{\type{T} \ f};\ \ol{M} \}) = \\
%   \quad \quad \begin{array}[t]{rl}
%     \textbf{let}\ 
%     \ol{M'} &= \set{ \generics{\ol{Y} \triangleleft \ol{S}}\ \sigma(\tv{a}) \ \texttt{m}(\ol{\sigma(\tv{a})\ x}) = \texttt{e} \mid (\mathtt{m}(\ol{x})\ = \mv e) \in \ol{M}, (\exptype{C}{\ol{X} \triangleleft \ol{N}}.\mv{m} : \ol{\tv{a}} \to \tv{a}) \in \overline{\methodAssumption}}
%   \end{array}\\
%   \textbf{in}\ \texttt{class}\ \exptype{C}{\ol{X}
%   \triangleleft \ol{N}} \triangleleft \type{N}\ \{ \overline{\type{T} \ f};\ \ol{M'} \} \\
% \end{gather*}

% %TODO: Rules to create let statements
% % Input is type solution and untyped program.
% % Output is typed program
% % describe conversion for each expression

% Given a result $(\Delta, \sigma)$ and the type placeholders generated by $\TYPE{}$
% we can construct a \wildFJ{} program.

% %TODO: show soundness by comparing constraints and type rules
% % untyped expression | constraints | typed expression (making use of constraints and sigma)
% $\begin{array}{l|c|r}
% m(x) = e & r m(p x) = e & \Delta \sigma(r) m(\sigma(p) x) = |e| \\
% e \elvis{} e' \\
% e.m(\ol{e}) & (e:a).m(\ol{e:p}) & a <. T, p <. T & let x : sigma(a) = e in e.m(x); %TODO
% \end{array}$
% \begin{displaymath}
% \begin{array}[c]{l}
%    \\ 
% \hline
% \vspace*{-0.4cm}\\
% \wildcardEnv
%  \vdash C \cup \, \set{ 
%  \ol{\type{S}} \doteq [\ol{\wtv{a}}/\overline{\rwildcard{A}}]\ol{\type{T}},
% \ol{\wtv{a}} \lessdot [\ol{\wtv{a}}/\overline{\rwildcard{A}}]\ol{U}, [\ol{\wtv{a}}/\overline{\rwildcard{A}}]\ol{L} \lessdot \ol{\wtv{a}} }
% \end{array}
% \end{displaymath}