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+/*
+ * QQQ - Low-code Application Framework for Engineers.
+ * Copyright (C) 2021-2022.  Kingsrook, LLC
+ * 651 N Broad St Ste 205 # 6917 | Middletown DE 19709 | United States
+ * contact@kingsrook.com
+ * https://github.com/Kingsrook/
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.processes.implementations.etl.basic;
+
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.UpdateAction;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.exceptions.QException;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.interfaces.BackendStep;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.processes.RunBackendStepRequest;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.processes.RunBackendStepResult;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.update.UpdateRequest;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.update.UpdateResult;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.data.QRecord;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.utils.CollectionUtils;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ ** Function body for performing the Load step of a basic ETL process using update.
+ *******************************************************************************/
+public class BasicETLLoadAsUpdateFunction implements BackendStep
+{
+   private static final Logger LOG = LogManager.getLogger(BasicETLLoadAsUpdateFunction.class);
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Override
+   public void run(RunBackendStepRequest runBackendStepRequest, RunBackendStepResult runBackendStepResult) throws QException
+   {
+      //////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+      // exit early with no-op if no records made it here //
+      //////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+      List<QRecord> inputRecords = runBackendStepRequest.getRecords();
+      LOG.info("Received [" + inputRecords.size() + "] records to load using update");
+      if(CollectionUtils.nullSafeIsEmpty(inputRecords))
+      {
+         runBackendStepResult.addValue(BasicETLProcess.FIELD_RECORD_COUNT, 0);
+         return;
+      }
+
+      /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+      // put the destination table name in all records being updated //
+      /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+      String table = runBackendStepRequest.getValueString(BasicETLProcess.FIELD_DESTINATION_TABLE);
+      for(QRecord record : inputRecords)
+      {
+         record.setTableName(table);
+      }
+
+      //////////////////////////////////////////
+      // run an update request on the records //
+      //////////////////////////////////////////
+      int recordsUpdated = 0;
+      List<QRecord> outputRecords = new ArrayList<>();
+      int pageSize = 1000; // todo - make this a field?
+
+      for(List<QRecord> page : CollectionUtils.getPages(inputRecords, pageSize))
+      {
+         LOG.info("Updating a page of [" + page.size() + "] records. Progress:  " + recordsUpdated + " loaded out of " + inputRecords.size() + " total");
+         UpdateRequest updateRequest = new UpdateRequest(runBackendStepRequest.getInstance());
+         updateRequest.setSession(runBackendStepRequest.getSession());
+         updateRequest.setTableName(table);
+         updateRequest.setRecords(page);
+
+         UpdateAction updateAction = new UpdateAction();
+         UpdateResult updateResult = updateAction.execute(updateRequest);
+         outputRecords.addAll(updateResult.getRecords());
+
+         recordsUpdated += updateResult.getRecords().size();
+      }
+      runBackendStepResult.setRecords(outputRecords);
+      runBackendStepResult.addValue(BasicETLProcess.FIELD_RECORD_COUNT, recordsUpdated);
+   }
+
+}