Make search functions translation aware (#118355)

* Introduce TranslationAware interface

* Serialize query builder

* Fix EsqlNodeSubclassTests

* Add javadoc

* Address review comments

* Revert changes on making constructors private

Author: ioanatia

server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/TransportVersions.java

@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ static TransportVersion def(int id) {
     public static final TransportVersion ADD_DATA_STREAM_OPTIONS_TO_TEMPLATES = def(8_805_00_0);
     public static final TransportVersion KNN_QUERY_RESCORE_OVERSAMPLE = def(8_806_00_0);
     public static final TransportVersion SEMANTIC_QUERY_LENIENT = def(8_807_00_0);
+    public static final TransportVersion ESQL_QUERY_BUILDER_IN_SEARCH_FUNCTIONS = def(8_808_00_0);
 
     /*
      * STOP! READ THIS FIRST! No, really,

x-pack/plugin/esql-core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/core/expression/TranslationAware.java

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0; you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License
+ * 2.0.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.core.expression;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.core.planner.TranslatorHandler;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.core.querydsl.query.Query;
+
+/**
+ * Expressions can implement this interface to control how they would be translated and pushed down as Lucene queries.
+ * When an expression implements {@link TranslationAware}, we call {@link #asQuery(TranslatorHandler)} to get the
+ * {@link Query} translation, instead of relying on the registered translators from EsqlExpressionTranslators.
+ */
+public interface TranslationAware {
+    Query asQuery(TranslatorHandler translatorHandler);
+}

x-pack/plugin/esql-core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/core/querydsl/query/TranslationAwareExpressionQuery.java

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0; you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License
+ * 2.0.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.core.querydsl.query;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.core.tree.Source;
+
+/**
+ * Expressions that store their own {@link QueryBuilder} and implement
+ * {@link org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.core.expression.TranslationAware} can use {@link TranslationAwareExpressionQuery}
+ * to wrap their {@link QueryBuilder}, instead of using the other existing {@link Query} implementations.
+ */
+public class TranslationAwareExpressionQuery extends Query {
+    private final QueryBuilder queryBuilder;
+
+    public TranslationAwareExpressionQuery(Source source, QueryBuilder queryBuilder) {
+        super(source);
+        this.queryBuilder = queryBuilder;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public QueryBuilder asBuilder() {
+        return queryBuilder;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected String innerToString() {
+        return queryBuilder.toString();
+    }
+}

x-pack/plugin/esql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/expression/function/EsqlFunctionRegistry.java

@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ private static FunctionDefinition[][] functions() {
                 def(MvSum.class, MvSum::new, "mv_sum"),
                 def(Split.class, Split::new, "split") },
             // fulltext functions
-            new FunctionDefinition[] { def(Match.class, Match::new, "match"), def(QueryString.class, QueryString::new, "qstr") } };
+            new FunctionDefinition[] { def(Match.class, bi(Match::new), "match"), def(QueryString.class, uni(QueryString::new), "qstr") } };
 
     }
 
@@ -426,9 +426,9 @@ private static FunctionDefinition[][] snapshotFunctions() {
                 // The delay() function is for debug/snapshot environments only and should never be enabled in a non-snapshot build.
                 // This is an experimental function and can be removed without notice.
                 def(Delay.class, Delay::new, "delay"),
-                def(Kql.class, Kql::new, "kql"),
+                def(Kql.class, uni(Kql::new), "kql"),
                 def(Rate.class, Rate::withUnresolvedTimestamp, "rate"),
-                def(Term.class, Term::new, "term") } };
+                def(Term.class, bi(Term::new), "term") } };
     }
 
     public EsqlFunctionRegistry snapshotRegistry() {

x-pack/plugin/esql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/expression/function/fulltext/FullTextFunction.java

@@ -8,14 +8,21 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.expression.function.fulltext;
 
 import org.apache.lucene.util.BytesRef;
+import org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.core.expression.Expression;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.core.expression.Nullability;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.core.expression.TranslationAware;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.core.expression.TypeResolutions;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.core.expression.function.Function;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.core.planner.ExpressionTranslator;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.core.planner.TranslatorHandler;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.core.querydsl.query.Query;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.core.querydsl.query.TranslationAwareExpressionQuery;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.core.tree.Source;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.core.type.DataType;
 
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Objects;
 
 import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.core.expression.TypeResolutions.ParamOrdinal.DEFAULT;
 import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.core.expression.TypeResolutions.isNotNullAndFoldable;
@@ -26,13 +33,15 @@
  * These functions needs to be pushed down to Lucene queries to be executed - there's no Evaluator for them, but depend on
  * {@link org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.optimizer.LocalPhysicalPlanOptimizer} to rewrite them into Lucene queries.
  */
-public abstract class FullTextFunction extends Function {
+public abstract class FullTextFunction extends Function implements TranslationAware {
 
     private final Expression query;
+    private final QueryBuilder queryBuilder;
 
-    protected FullTextFunction(Source source, Expression query, List<Expression> children) {
+    protected FullTextFunction(Source source, Expression query, List<Expression> children, QueryBuilder queryBuilder) {
         super(source, children);
         this.query = query;
+        this.queryBuilder = queryBuilder;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -116,4 +125,37 @@ public Nullability nullable() {
     public String functionType() {
         return "function";
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        return Objects.hash(super.hashCode(), queryBuilder);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+        if (false == super.equals(obj)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return Objects.equals(queryBuilder, ((FullTextFunction) obj).queryBuilder);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Query asQuery(TranslatorHandler translatorHandler) {
+        if (queryBuilder != null) {
+            return new TranslationAwareExpressionQuery(source(), queryBuilder);
+        }
+
+        ExpressionTranslator<? extends FullTextFunction> translator = translator();
+        return translator.translate(this, translatorHandler);
+    }
+
+    public QueryBuilder queryBuilder() {
+        return queryBuilder;
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
+    protected abstract ExpressionTranslator<? extends FullTextFunction> translator();
+
+    public abstract Expression replaceQueryBuilder(QueryBuilder queryBuilder);
 }

x-pack/plugin/esql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/expression/function/fulltext/Kql.java

@@ -7,16 +7,20 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.expression.function.fulltext;
 
+import org.elasticsearch.TransportVersions;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.NamedWriteableRegistry;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
+import org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.core.expression.Expression;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.core.planner.ExpressionTranslator;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.core.tree.NodeInfo;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.core.tree.Source;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.expression.function.Example;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.expression.function.FunctionInfo;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.expression.function.Param;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.io.stream.PlanStreamInput;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.planner.EsqlExpressionTranslators;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.querydsl.query.KqlQuery;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -26,7 +30,7 @@
  * Full text function that performs a {@link KqlQuery} .
  */
 public class Kql extends FullTextFunction {
-    public static final NamedWriteableRegistry.Entry ENTRY = new NamedWriteableRegistry.Entry(Expression.class, "Kql", Kql::new);
+    public static final NamedWriteableRegistry.Entry ENTRY = new NamedWriteableRegistry.Entry(Expression.class, "Kql", Kql::readFrom);
 
     @FunctionInfo(
         returnType = "boolean",
@@ -42,17 +46,30 @@ public Kql(
             description = "Query string in KQL query string format."
         ) Expression queryString
     ) {
-        super(source, queryString, List.of(queryString));
+        super(source, queryString, List.of(queryString), null);
     }
 
-    private Kql(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
-        this(Source.readFrom((PlanStreamInput) in), in.readNamedWriteable(Expression.class));
+    public Kql(Source source, Expression queryString, QueryBuilder queryBuilder) {
+        super(source, queryString, List.of(queryString), queryBuilder);
+    }
+
+    private static Kql readFrom(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+        Source source = Source.readFrom((PlanStreamInput) in);
+        Expression query = in.readNamedWriteable(Expression.class);
+        QueryBuilder queryBuilder = null;
+        if (in.getTransportVersion().onOrAfter(TransportVersions.ESQL_QUERY_BUILDER_IN_SEARCH_FUNCTIONS)) {
+            queryBuilder = in.readOptionalNamedWriteable(QueryBuilder.class);
+        }
+        return new Kql(source, query, queryBuilder);
     }
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
         source().writeTo(out);
         out.writeNamedWriteable(query());
+        if (out.getTransportVersion().onOrAfter(TransportVersions.ESQL_QUERY_BUILDER_IN_SEARCH_FUNCTIONS)) {
+            out.writeOptionalNamedWriteable(queryBuilder());
+        }
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -62,12 +79,21 @@ public String getWriteableName() {
 
     @Override
     public Expression replaceChildren(List<Expression> newChildren) {
-        return new Kql(source(), newChildren.get(0));
+        return new Kql(source(), newChildren.get(0), queryBuilder());
     }
 
     @Override
     protected NodeInfo<? extends Expression> info() {
-        return NodeInfo.create(this, Kql::new, query());
+        return NodeInfo.create(this, Kql::new, query(), queryBuilder());
     }
 
+    @Override
+    protected ExpressionTranslator<Kql> translator() {
+        return new EsqlExpressionTranslators.KqlFunctionTranslator();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Expression replaceQueryBuilder(QueryBuilder queryBuilder) {
+        return new Kql(source(), query(), queryBuilder);
+    }
 }

x-pack/plugin/esql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/expression/function/fulltext/Match.java

@@ -8,15 +8,18 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.expression.function.fulltext;
 
 import org.apache.lucene.util.BytesRef;
+import org.elasticsearch.TransportVersions;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.NamedWriteableRegistry;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
+import org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.capabilities.Validatable;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.common.Failure;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.common.Failures;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.core.expression.Expression;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.core.expression.FieldAttribute;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.core.expression.TypeResolutions;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.core.planner.ExpressionTranslator;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.core.querydsl.query.QueryStringQuery;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.core.tree.NodeInfo;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.core.tree.Source;
@@ -27,6 +30,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.expression.function.Param;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.expression.function.scalar.convert.AbstractConvertFunction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.io.stream.PlanStreamInput;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.planner.EsqlExpressionTranslators;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.type.EsqlDataTypeConverter;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -109,22 +113,33 @@ public Match(
             description = "Value to find in the provided field."
         ) Expression matchQuery
     ) {
-        super(source, matchQuery, List.of(field, matchQuery));
+        this(source, field, matchQuery, null);
+    }
+
+    public Match(Source source, Expression field, Expression matchQuery, QueryBuilder queryBuilder) {
+        super(source, matchQuery, List.of(field, matchQuery), queryBuilder);
         this.field = field;
     }
 
     private static Match readFrom(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
         Source source = Source.readFrom((PlanStreamInput) in);
         Expression field = in.readNamedWriteable(Expression.class);
         Expression query = in.readNamedWriteable(Expression.class);
-        return new Match(source, field, query);
+        QueryBuilder queryBuilder = null;
+        if (in.getTransportVersion().onOrAfter(TransportVersions.ESQL_QUERY_BUILDER_IN_SEARCH_FUNCTIONS)) {
+            queryBuilder = in.readOptionalNamedWriteable(QueryBuilder.class);
+        }
+        return new Match(source, field, query, queryBuilder);
     }
 
     @Override
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
         source().writeTo(out);
         out.writeNamedWriteable(field());
         out.writeNamedWriteable(query());
+        if (out.getTransportVersion().onOrAfter(TransportVersions.ESQL_QUERY_BUILDER_IN_SEARCH_FUNCTIONS)) {
+            out.writeOptionalNamedWriteable(queryBuilder());
+        }
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -224,12 +239,12 @@ public Object queryAsObject() {
 
     @Override
     public Expression replaceChildren(List<Expression> newChildren) {
-        return new Match(source(), newChildren.get(0), newChildren.get(1));
+        return new Match(source(), newChildren.get(0), newChildren.get(1), queryBuilder());
     }
 
     @Override
     protected NodeInfo<? extends Expression> info() {
-        return NodeInfo.create(this, Match::new, field, query());
+        return NodeInfo.create(this, Match::new, field, query(), queryBuilder());
     }
 
     protected TypeResolutions.ParamOrdinal queryParamOrdinal() {
@@ -245,6 +260,16 @@ public String functionType() {
         return isOperator() ? "operator" : super.functionType();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    protected ExpressionTranslator<Match> translator() {
+        return new EsqlExpressionTranslators.MatchFunctionTranslator();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Expression replaceQueryBuilder(QueryBuilder queryBuilder) {
+        return new Match(source(), field, query(), queryBuilder);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public String functionName() {
         return isOperator() ? ":" : super.functionName();