Run serialization only once and do not validate non-large attribute k…

…inds

backend/infrahub/core/attribute.py

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 from infrahub.exceptions import ValidationError
 from infrahub.helpers import hash_password
 
-from ..types import ATTRIBUTE_TYPES, Password, Text
+from ..types import ATTRIBUTE_TYPES, LARGE_ATTRIBUTE_TYPES
 from .constants.relationship_label import RELATIONSHIP_TO_NODE_LABEL, RELATIONSHIP_TO_VALUE_LABEL
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -269,7 +269,12 @@ def to_db(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
         if self.value is None:
             data["value"] = NULL_VALUE
         else:
-            data["value"] = self.serialize_value(self.value)
+            serialized_value = self.serialize_value()
+            if isinstance(serialized_value, str) and ATTRIBUTE_TYPES[self.schema.kind] not in LARGE_ATTRIBUTE_TYPES:
+                # Perform validation here to avoid an extra serialization during validation step.
+                # Standard non-str attributes (integer, boolean) do not exceed limit size related to neo4j indexing.
+                validate_string_length(serialized_value)
+            data["value"] = serialized_value
 
         return data
 
@@ -297,13 +302,11 @@ def value_from_db(self, data: AttributeFromDB) -> Any:
             return None
         return self.deserialize_value(data=data)
 
-    @classmethod
-    def serialize_value(cls, value: Any) -> Any:
-        """Serialize the value before storing it in the database.
-        This method is a class method because `validate_content` is a class method and relies on it."""
-        if isinstance(value, Enum):
-            return value.value
-        return value
+    def serialize_value(self) -> Any:
+        """Serialize the value before storing it in the database."""
+        if isinstance(self.value, Enum):
+            return self.value.value
+        return self.value
 
     def deserialize_value(self, data: AttributeFromDB) -> Any:
         """Deserialize the value coming from the database."""
@@ -628,12 +631,6 @@ class String(BaseAttribute):
     type = str
     value: str
 
-    @classmethod
-    def validate_content(cls, value: Any, name: str, schema: AttributeSchema) -> None:
-        super().validate_content(value, name, schema)
-        if ATTRIBUTE_TYPES[schema.kind] in [Text, Password]:
-            validate_string_length(cls.serialize_value(value))
-
 
 class StringOptional(String):
     value: Optional[str]
@@ -643,10 +640,9 @@ class HashedPassword(BaseAttribute):
     type = str
     value: str
 
-    @classmethod
-    def serialize_value(cls, value: str) -> str:
+    def serialize_value(self) -> str:
         """Serialize the value before storing it in the database."""
-        return hash_password(value)
+        return hash_password(self.value)
 
 
 class HashedPasswordOptional(HashedPassword):
@@ -660,9 +656,7 @@ class Integer(BaseAttribute):
 
 
 class IntegerOptional(Integer):
-    type = int
     value: Optional[int]
-    from_pool: Optional[str] = None
 
 
 class Boolean(BaseAttribute):
@@ -753,11 +747,6 @@ def validate_format(cls, value: Any, name: str, schema: AttributeSchema) -> None
         if not is_valid_url(value):
             raise ValidationError({name: f"{value} is not a valid {schema.kind}"})
 
-    @classmethod
-    def validate_content(cls, value: Any, name: str, schema: AttributeSchema) -> None:
-        super().validate_content(value=value, name=name, schema=schema)
-        validate_string_length(cls.serialize_value(value))
-
 
 class URLOptional(URL):
     value: Optional[str]
@@ -870,11 +859,10 @@ def validate_format(cls, value: Any, name: str, schema: AttributeSchema) -> None
         except ValueError as exc:
             raise ValidationError({name: f"{value} is not a valid {schema.kind}"}) from exc
 
-    @classmethod
-    def serialize_value(cls, value: str) -> str:
+    def serialize_value(self) -> str:
         """Serialize the value before storing it in the database."""
 
-        return ipaddress.ip_network(value).with_prefixlen
+        return ipaddress.ip_network(self.value).with_prefixlen
 
     def get_db_node_type(self) -> AttributeDBNodeType:
         if self.value is not None:
@@ -892,11 +880,6 @@ def to_db(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
 
         return data
 
-    @classmethod
-    def validate_content(cls, value: Any, name: str, schema: AttributeSchema) -> None:
-        super().validate_content(value=value, name=name, schema=schema)
-        validate_string_length(cls.serialize_value(value))
-
 
 class IPNetworkOptional(IPNetwork):
     value: Optional[str]
@@ -1002,11 +985,10 @@ def validate_format(cls, value: Any, name: str, schema: AttributeSchema) -> None
         except ValueError as exc:
             raise ValidationError({name: f"{value} is not a valid {schema.kind}"}) from exc
 
-    @classmethod
-    def serialize_value(cls, value: str) -> str:
+    def serialize_value(self) -> str:
         """Serialize the value before storing it in the database."""
 
-        return ipaddress.ip_interface(value).with_prefixlen
+        return ipaddress.ip_interface(self.value).with_prefixlen
 
     def get_db_node_type(self) -> AttributeDBNodeType:
         if self.value is not None:
@@ -1023,11 +1005,6 @@ def to_db(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
 
         return data
 
-    @classmethod
-    def validate_content(cls, value: Any, name: str, schema: AttributeSchema) -> None:
-        super().validate_content(value=value, name=name, schema=schema)
-        validate_string_length(cls.serialize_value(value))
-
 
 class IPHostOptional(IPHost):
     value: Optional[str]
@@ -1130,10 +1107,9 @@ def validate_format(cls, value: Any, name: str, schema: AttributeSchema) -> None
         if not netaddr.valid_mac(addr=str(value)):
             raise ValidationError({name: f"{value} is not a valid {schema.kind}"})
 
-    @classmethod
-    def serialize_value(cls, value: str) -> str:
+    def serialize_value(self) -> str:
         """Serialize the value as standard EUI-48 or EUI-64 before storing it in the database."""
-        return str(netaddr.EUI(addr=value))
+        return str(netaddr.EUI(addr=self.value))
 
 
 class MacAddressOptional(MacAddress):
@@ -1150,10 +1126,9 @@ def deserialize_from_string(cls, value_as_string: str) -> Any:
             return ujson.loads(value_as_string)
         return []
 
-    @classmethod
-    def serialize_value(cls, value: list[Any]) -> str:
+    def serialize_value(self) -> str:
         """Serialize the value before storing it in the database."""
-        return ujson.dumps(value)
+        return ujson.dumps(self.value)
 
     def deserialize_value(self, data: AttributeFromDB) -> Any:
         """Deserialize the value (potentially) coming from the database."""
@@ -1176,10 +1151,9 @@ def deserialize_from_string(cls, value_as_string: str) -> Any:
             return ujson.loads(value_as_string)
         return {}
 
-    @classmethod
-    def serialize_value(cls, value: Union[dict, list]) -> str:
+    def serialize_value(self) -> str:
         """Serialize the value before storing it in the database."""
-        return ujson.dumps(value)
+        return ujson.dumps(self.value)
 
     def deserialize_value(self, data: AttributeFromDB) -> Any:
         """Deserialize the value (potentially) coming from the database."""

backend/infrahub/types.py

@@ -365,6 +365,9 @@ class Any(InfrahubDataType):
 
 ATTRIBUTE_KIND_LABELS = list(ATTRIBUTE_TYPES.keys())
 
+# Data types supporting large values, which can therefore not be indexed in neo4j.
+LARGE_ATTRIBUTE_TYPES = [TextArea, JSON]
+
 
 def get_attribute_type(kind: str = "Default") -> type[InfrahubDataType]:
     """Return an InfrahubDataType object for a given kind

backend/tests/unit/core/test_attribute.py

@@ -691,11 +691,14 @@ async def test_attribute_size(db: InfrahubDatabase, default_branch: Branch, all_
 
     large_string = "a" * 5_000
 
+    await obj.new(db=db, name="obj1", mystring=large_string)
+
     # Text field
     with pytest.raises(
         ValidationError, match=f"Text attribute length should be less than {MAX_STRING_LENGTH} characters."
     ):
-        await obj.new(db=db, name="obj1", mystring=large_string)
+        await obj.save(db=db)
 
     # TextArea field should have no size limitation
-    await obj.new(db=db, name="obj1", mytextarea=large_string)
+    await obj.new(db=db, name="obj2", mytextarea=large_string)
+    await obj.save(db=db)