Spade A f6f716bcfd
feat: impl StructArray -- support embedding searches embeddings in embedding list with element level filter expression (#45830)
issue: https://github.com/milvus-io/milvus/issues/42148

For a vector field inside a STRUCT, since a STRUCT can only appear as
the element type of an ARRAY field, the vector field in STRUCT is
effectively an array of vectors, i.e. an embedding list.
Milvus already supports searching embedding lists with metrics whose
names start with the prefix MAX_SIM_.

This PR allows Milvus to search embeddings inside an embedding list
using the same metrics as normal embedding fields. Each embedding in the
list is treated as an independent vector and participates in ANN search.

Further, since STRUCT may contain scalar fields that are highly related
to the embedding field, this PR introduces an element-level filter
expression to refine search results.
The grammar of the element-level filter is:

element_filter(structFieldName, $[subFieldName] == 3)

where $[subFieldName] refers to the value of subFieldName in each
element of the STRUCT array structFieldName.

It can be combined with existing filter expressions, for example:

"varcharField == 'aaa' && element_filter(struct_field, $[struct_int] ==
3)"

A full example:
```
struct_schema = milvus_client.create_struct_field_schema()
struct_schema.add_field("struct_str", DataType.VARCHAR, max_length=65535)
struct_schema.add_field("struct_int", DataType.INT32)
struct_schema.add_field("struct_float_vec", DataType.FLOAT_VECTOR, dim=EMBEDDING_DIM)

schema.add_field(
    "struct_field",
    datatype=DataType.ARRAY,
    element_type=DataType.STRUCT,
    struct_schema=struct_schema,
    max_capacity=1000,
)
...

filter = "varcharField == 'aaa' && element_filter(struct_field, $[struct_int] == 3 && $[struct_str] == 'abc')"
res = milvus_client.search(
    COLLECTION_NAME,
    data=query_embeddings,
    limit=10,
    anns_field="struct_field[struct_float_vec]",
    filter=filter,
    output_fields=["struct_field[struct_int]", "varcharField"],
)

```
TODO:
1. When an `element_filter` expression is used, a regular filter
expression must also be present. Remove this restriction.
2. Implement `element_filter` expressions in the `query`.

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Signed-off-by: SpadeA <tangchenjie1210@gmail.com>
2025-12-15 12:01:15 +08:00

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grammar Plan;
expr:
Identifier (op1=(ADD | SUB) INTERVAL interval_string=StringLiteral)? op2=(LT | LE | GT | GE | EQ | NE) ISO compare_string=StringLiteral # TimestamptzCompareForward
| ISO compare_string=StringLiteral op2=(LT | LE | GT | GE | EQ | NE) Identifier (op1=(ADD | SUB) INTERVAL interval_string=StringLiteral)? # TimestamptzCompareReverse
| IntegerConstant # Integer
| FloatingConstant # Floating
| BooleanConstant # Boolean
| StringLiteral # String
| (Identifier|Meta) # Identifier
| JSONIdentifier # JSONIdentifier
| StructSubFieldIdentifier # StructSubField
| LBRACE Identifier RBRACE # TemplateVariable
| '(' expr ')' # Parens
| '[' expr (',' expr)* ','? ']' # Array
| EmptyArray # EmptyArray
| EXISTS expr # Exists
| expr LIKE StringLiteral # Like
| TEXTMATCH'('Identifier',' StringLiteral (',' textMatchOption)? ')' # TextMatch
| PHRASEMATCH'('Identifier',' StringLiteral (',' expr)? ')' # PhraseMatch
| RANDOMSAMPLE'(' expr ')' # RandomSample
| ElementFilter'('Identifier',' expr')' # ElementFilter
| expr POW expr # Power
| op = (ADD | SUB | BNOT | NOT) expr # Unary
// | '(' typeName ')' expr # Cast
| expr op = (MUL | DIV | MOD) expr # MulDivMod
| expr op = (ADD | SUB) expr # AddSub
| expr op = (SHL | SHR) expr # Shift
| expr op = NOT? IN expr # Term
| (JSONContains | ArrayContains)'('expr',' expr')' # JSONContains
| (JSONContainsAll | ArrayContainsAll)'('expr',' expr')' # JSONContainsAll
| (JSONContainsAny | ArrayContainsAny)'('expr',' expr')' # JSONContainsAny
| STEuqals'('Identifier','StringLiteral')' # STEuqals
| STTouches'('Identifier','StringLiteral')' # STTouches
| STOverlaps'('Identifier','StringLiteral')' # STOverlaps
| STCrosses'('Identifier','StringLiteral')' # STCrosses
| STContains'('Identifier','StringLiteral')' # STContains
| STIntersects'('Identifier','StringLiteral')' # STIntersects
| STWithin'('Identifier','StringLiteral')' # STWithin
| STDWithin'('Identifier','StringLiteral',' expr')' # STDWithin
| STIsValid'('Identifier')' # STIsValid
| ArrayLength'('(Identifier | JSONIdentifier)')' # ArrayLength
| Identifier '(' ( expr (',' expr )* ','? )? ')' # Call
| expr op1 = (LT | LE) (Identifier | JSONIdentifier | StructSubFieldIdentifier) op2 = (LT | LE) expr # Range
| expr op1 = (GT | GE) (Identifier | JSONIdentifier | StructSubFieldIdentifier) op2 = (GT | GE) expr # ReverseRange
| expr op = (LT | LE | GT | GE) expr # Relational
| expr op = (EQ | NE) expr # Equality
| expr BAND expr # BitAnd
| expr BXOR expr # BitXor
| expr BOR expr # BitOr
| expr AND expr # LogicalAnd
| expr OR expr # LogicalOr
| (Identifier | JSONIdentifier) ISNULL # IsNull
| (Identifier | JSONIdentifier) ISNOTNULL # IsNotNull;
textMatchOption:
MINIMUM_SHOULD_MATCH ASSIGN IntegerConstant;
// typeName: ty = (BOOL | INT8 | INT16 | INT32 | INT64 | FLOAT | DOUBLE);
// BOOL: 'bool';
// INT8: 'int8';
// INT16: 'int16';
// INT32: 'int32';
// INT64: 'int64';
// FLOAT: 'float';
// DOUBLE: 'double';
LBRACE: '{';
RBRACE: '}';
LT: '<';
LE: '<=';
GT: '>';
GE: '>=';
EQ: '==';
NE: '!=';
LIKE: 'like' | 'LIKE';
EXISTS: 'exists' | 'EXISTS';
TEXTMATCH: 'text_match'|'TEXT_MATCH';
PHRASEMATCH: 'phrase_match'|'PHRASE_MATCH';
RANDOMSAMPLE: 'random_sample' | 'RANDOM_SAMPLE';
INTERVAL: 'interval' | 'INTERVAL';
ISO: 'iso' | 'ISO';
MINIMUM_SHOULD_MATCH: 'minimum_should_match' | 'MINIMUM_SHOULD_MATCH';
ASSIGN: '=';
ADD: '+';
SUB: '-';
MUL: '*';
DIV: '/';
MOD: '%';
POW: '**';
SHL: '<<';
SHR: '>>';
BAND: '&';
BOR: '|';
BXOR: '^';
AND: '&&' | 'and' | 'AND';
OR: '||' | 'or' | 'OR';
ISNULL: 'is null' | 'IS NULL';
ISNOTNULL: 'is not null' | 'IS NOT NULL';
BNOT: '~';
NOT: '!' | 'not' | 'NOT';
IN: 'in' | 'IN';
EmptyArray: '[' (Whitespace | Newline)* ']';
JSONContains: 'json_contains' | 'JSON_CONTAINS';
JSONContainsAll: 'json_contains_all' | 'JSON_CONTAINS_ALL';
JSONContainsAny: 'json_contains_any' | 'JSON_CONTAINS_ANY';
ArrayContains: 'array_contains' | 'ARRAY_CONTAINS';
ArrayContainsAll: 'array_contains_all' | 'ARRAY_CONTAINS_ALL';
ArrayContainsAny: 'array_contains_any' | 'ARRAY_CONTAINS_ANY';
ArrayLength: 'array_length' | 'ARRAY_LENGTH';
ElementFilter: 'element_filter' | 'ELEMENT_FILTER';
STEuqals:'st_equals' | 'ST_EQUALS';
STTouches:'st_touches' | 'ST_TOUCHES';
STOverlaps: 'st_overlaps' | 'ST_OVERLAPS';
STCrosses: 'st_crosses' | 'ST_CROSSES';
STContains: 'st_contains' | 'ST_CONTAINS';
STIntersects : 'st_intersects' | 'ST_INTERSECTS';
STWithin :'st_within' | 'ST_WITHIN';
STDWithin: 'st_dwithin' | 'ST_DWITHIN';
STIsValid: 'st_isvalid' | 'ST_ISVALID';
BooleanConstant: 'true' | 'True' | 'TRUE' | 'false' | 'False' | 'FALSE';
IntegerConstant:
DecimalConstant
| OctalConstant
| HexadecimalConstant
| BinaryConstant;
FloatingConstant:
DecimalFloatingConstant
| HexadecimalFloatingConstant;
Identifier: Nondigit (Nondigit | Digit)*;
Meta: '$meta';
StringLiteral: EncodingPrefix? ('"' DoubleSCharSequence? '"' | '\'' SingleSCharSequence? '\'');
JSONIdentifier: (Identifier | Meta)('[' (StringLiteral | DecimalConstant) ']')+;
StructSubFieldIdentifier: '$[' Identifier ']';
fragment EncodingPrefix: 'u8' | 'u' | 'U' | 'L';
fragment DoubleSCharSequence: DoubleSChar+;
fragment SingleSCharSequence: SingleSChar+;
fragment DoubleSChar: ~["\\\r\n] | EscapeSequence | '\\\n' | '\\\r\n';
fragment SingleSChar: ~['\\\r\n] | EscapeSequence | '\\\n' | '\\\r\n';
fragment Nondigit: [a-zA-Z_];
fragment Digit: [0-9];
fragment BinaryConstant: '0' [bB] [0-1]+;
fragment DecimalConstant: NonzeroDigit Digit* | '0';
fragment OctalConstant: '0' OctalDigit*;
fragment HexadecimalConstant: '0' [xX] HexadecimalDigitSequence;
fragment NonzeroDigit: [1-9];
fragment OctalDigit: [0-7];
fragment HexadecimalDigit: [0-9a-fA-F];
fragment HexQuad:
HexadecimalDigit HexadecimalDigit HexadecimalDigit HexadecimalDigit;
fragment UniversalCharacterName:
'\\u' HexQuad
| '\\U' HexQuad HexQuad;
fragment DecimalFloatingConstant:
FractionalConstant ExponentPart?
| DigitSequence ExponentPart;
fragment HexadecimalFloatingConstant:
'0' [xX] (
HexadecimalFractionalConstant
| HexadecimalDigitSequence
) BinaryExponentPart;
fragment FractionalConstant:
DigitSequence? '.' DigitSequence
| DigitSequence '.';
fragment ExponentPart: [eE] [+-]? DigitSequence;
fragment DigitSequence: Digit+;
fragment HexadecimalFractionalConstant:
HexadecimalDigitSequence? '.' HexadecimalDigitSequence
| HexadecimalDigitSequence '.';
fragment HexadecimalDigitSequence: HexadecimalDigit+;
fragment BinaryExponentPart: [pP] [+-]? DigitSequence;
fragment EscapeSequence:
'\\' ['"?abfnrtv\\]
| '\\' OctalDigit OctalDigit? OctalDigit?
| '\\x' HexadecimalDigitSequence
| UniversalCharacterName;
Whitespace: [ \t]+ -> skip;
Newline: ( '\r' '\n'? | '\n') -> skip;