From 206f1814b295baab17747e5ed28ef0abe5c94147 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Cano <Eric.Cano@cern.ch>
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2018 17:07:10 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] First implementation of generic popping from a container.

The unit test is disabled as it does not pass yet.
Templated some structures to reflect imperfect similarities between inserting and popping.
---
 objectstore/Algorithms.hpp              |  88 +++++++++---
 objectstore/AlgorithmsTest.cpp          |  16 ++-
 objectstore/ArchiveQueueAlgorithms.cpp  | 172 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 objectstore/ArchiveQueueAlgorithms.hpp  | 136 ++++++++++---------
 objectstore/CMakeLists.txt              |   1 +
 objectstore/ObjectOps.hpp               |   5 +
 objectstore/RetrieveQueueAlgorithms.hpp |  23 ++--
 7 files changed, 341 insertions(+), 100 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 objectstore/ArchiveQueueAlgorithms.cpp

diff --git a/objectstore/Algorithms.hpp b/objectstore/Algorithms.hpp
index 323cd84478..549557a108 100644
--- a/objectstore/Algorithms.hpp
+++ b/objectstore/Algorithms.hpp
@@ -42,16 +42,20 @@ public:
   typedef std::string                         ContainerAddress;
   typedef std::string                         ElementAddress;
   typedef std::string                         ContainerIdentifyer;
-  class                                       Element {};
-  typedef std::list<std::unique_ptr<Element>> ElementMemoryContainer;
-  typedef std::list <Element *>               ElementPointerContainer;
+  struct InsertedElement {
+    typedef std::list<InsertedElement> list;
+  };
+  typedef std::list<std::unique_ptr<InsertedElement>> ElementMemoryContainer;
+  typedef std::list <InsertedElement *>       ElementPointerContainer;
   class                                       ElementDescriptor {};
   typedef std::list<ElementDescriptor>        ElementDescriptorContainer;
-  struct ElementOpFailure {
+  
+  template <class Element>
+  struct OpFailure {
     Element * element;
     std::exception_ptr failure;
+    typedef std::list<OpFailure> list;
   };
-  typedef std::list<ElementOpFailure>         ElementOpFailureContainer;
   
   class PoppedElementsSummary;
   class PopCriteria {
@@ -76,19 +80,26 @@ public:
     PoppedElementsList elements;
     PoppedElementsSummary summary;
   };
+  typedef std::set<ElementAddress> ElementsToSkipSet;
   
   CTA_GENERATE_EXCEPTION_CLASS(NoSuchContainer);
-
+  
+  template <class Element>
   static ElementAddress getElementAddress(const Element & e);
+  
   static void getLockedAndFetched(Container & cont, ScopedExclusiveLock & contLock, AgentReference & agRef, const ContainerIdentifyer & cId,
     log::LogContext & lc);
   static void getLockedAndFetchedNoCreate(Container & cont, ScopedExclusiveLock & contLock, const ContainerIdentifyer & cId,
     log::LogContext & lc);
   static void addReferencesAndCommit(Container & cont, ElementMemoryContainer & elemMemCont);
-  void removeReferencesAndCommit(Container & cont, ElementOpFailureContainer & elementsOpFailures);
+  void removeReferencesAndCommit(Container & cont, typename OpFailure<InsertedElement>::list & elementsOpFailures);
   void removeReferencesAndCommit(Container & cont, std::list<ElementAddress>& elementAddressList);
   static ElementPointerContainer switchElementsOwnership(ElementMemoryContainer & elemMemCont, const ContainerAddress & contAddress,
       const ContainerAddress & previousOwnerAddress, log::LogContext & lc);
+  template <class Element>
+  static PoppedElementsSummary getElementSummary(const Element &);
+  static PoppedElementsBatch getPoppingElementsCandidates(Container & cont, PopCriteria & unfulfilledCriteria,
+      ElementsToSkipSet & elemtsToSkip, log::LogContext & lc);
 };
 
 template <class C>
@@ -97,15 +108,14 @@ public:
   ContainerAlgorithms(Backend & backend, AgentReference & agentReference):
     m_backend(backend), m_agentReference(agentReference) {}
     
-  typedef typename ContainerTraits<C>::Element Element;
-  typedef typename ContainerTraits<C>::ElementMemoryContainer ElementMemoryContainer;
+  typedef typename ContainerTraits<C>::InsertedElement InsertedElement;
     
   /** Reference objects in the container and then switch their ownership them. Objects 
    * are provided existing and owned by algorithm's agent. Returns a list of 
    * @returns list of elements for which the addition or ownership switch failed.
    * @throws */
   void referenceAndSwitchOwnership(const typename ContainerTraits<C>::ContainerIdentifyer & contId,
-      typename ContainerTraits<C>::ElementMemoryContainer & elements, log::LogContext & lc) {
+      typename ContainerTraits<C>::InsertedElement::list & elements, log::LogContext & lc) {
     C cont(m_backend);
     ScopedExclusiveLock contLock;
     ContainerTraits<C>::getLockedAndFetched(cont, contLock, m_agentReference, contId, lc);
@@ -143,52 +153,88 @@ public:
     }
   }
   
-  typename ContainerTraits<C>::PoppedElementsBatch popNextBatch(typename ContainerTraits<C>::ContainerIdentifyer & contId,
+  typename ContainerTraits<C>::PoppedElementsBatch popNextBatch(const typename ContainerTraits<C>::ContainerIdentifyer & contId,
       typename ContainerTraits<C>::PopCriteria & popCriteria, log::LogContext & lc) {
     // Prepare the return value
     typename ContainerTraits<C>::PoppedElementsBatch ret;
     typename ContainerTraits<C>::PopCriteria unfulfilledCriteria = popCriteria;
     size_t iterationCount=0;
+    typename ContainerTraits<C>::ElementsToSkipSet elementsToSkip;
     while (ret.summary < popCriteria) {
       // Get a container if it exists
       C cont(m_backend);
       iterationCount++;
+      ScopedExclusiveLock contLock;
       try {
-        typename ContainerTraits<C>::getLockedAndFetchedNoCreate(cont, contId, lc);
+        ContainerTraits<C>::getLockedAndFetchedNoCreate(cont, contLock, contId, lc);
       } catch (typename ContainerTraits<C>::NoSuchContainer &) {
         // We could not find a container to pop from: return what we have.
         return ret;
       }
       // We have a container. Get candidate element list from it.
-      typename ContainerTraits<C>::PoppingElementsCandidateList candidateElements = 
-          ContainerTraits<C>::getPoppingElementsCandidates(cont, unfulfilledCriteria, lc);
+      typename ContainerTraits<C>::PoppedElementsBatch candidateElements = 
+          ContainerTraits<C>::getPoppingElementsCandidates(cont, unfulfilledCriteria, elementsToSkip, lc);
       // Reference the candidates to our agent
       std::list<typename ContainerTraits<C>::ElementAddress> candidateElementsAddresses;
-      for (auto & e: candidateElements) {
+      for (auto & e: candidateElements.elements) {
         candidateElementsAddresses.emplace_back(ContainerTraits<C>::getElementAddress(e));
       }
       m_agentReference.addBatchToOwnership(candidateElementsAddresses, m_backend);
       // We can now attempt to switch ownership of elements
       auto failedOwnershipSwitchElements = ContainerTraits<C>::switchElementsOwnership(candidateElements,
-          m_agentReference.getAgentAddress(), cont.getAddressIfSet());
+          m_agentReference.getAgentAddress(), cont.getAddressIfSet(), lc);
       if (failedOwnershipSwitchElements.empty()) {
-        // This is the easy (and most common case). Everything went through fine.
-        ContainerTraits<C>::removeReferencesAndCommit(candidateElementsAddresses);
+        // This is the easy case (and most common case). Everything went through fine.
+        ContainerTraits<C>::removeReferencesAndCommit(cont, candidateElementsAddresses);
+        contLock.release();
+        // All jobs are validated
+        ret.summary += candidateElements.summary;
+        unfulfilledCriteria -= candidateElements.summary;
+        ret.elements.insertBack(std::move(candidateElements.elements));
       } else {
         // For the failed files, we have to differentiate the not owned or not existing ones from other error cases.
         // For the not owned, not existing and those successfully switched, we have to de reference them form the container.
         // For other cases, we will leave the elements referenced in the container, as we cannot ensure de-referencing is safe.
         std::set<typename ContainerTraits<C>::ElementAddress> elementsNotToDereferenceFromContainer;
+        std::set<typename ContainerTraits<C>::ElementAddress> elementsNotToReport;
+        std::list<typename ContainerTraits<C>::ElementAddress> elementsToDereferenceFromAgent;
         for (auto &e: failedOwnershipSwitchElements) {
           try {
             throw e.failure;
-          } catch (Backend::NoSuchObject &) {}
-          catch (Backend::WrongPreviousOwner&) {}
+          } catch (Backend::NoSuchObject &) {
+            elementsToDereferenceFromAgent.push_back(ContainerTraits<C>::getElementAddress(*e.element));
+            elementsNotToReport.insert(ContainerTraits<C>::getElementAddress(*e.element));
+          } catch (Backend::WrongPreviousOwner &) {
+            elementsToDereferenceFromAgent.push_back(ContainerTraits<C>::getElementAddress(*e.element));
+            elementsNotToReport.insert(ContainerTraits<C>::getElementAddress(*e.element));
+          } catch (Backend::CouldNotUnlock&) {
+            // Do nothing, this element was indeed OK.
+          }
           catch (...) {
             // This is a different error, so we will leave the reference to the element in the container
             elementsNotToDereferenceFromContainer.insert(ContainerTraits<C>::getElementAddress(*e.element));
+            elementsToDereferenceFromAgent.push_back(ContainerTraits<C>::getElementAddress(*e.element));
+            elementsNotToReport.insert(ContainerTraits<C>::getElementAddress(*e.element));
+            elementsToSkip.insert(ContainerTraits<C>::getElementAddress(*e.element));
           }
-        }   
+        }
+        // We are done with the sorting. Apply the decisions...
+        std::list<typename ContainerTraits<C>::ElementAddress> elementsToDereferenceFromContainer;
+        for (auto & e: candidateElements.elements) {
+          if (!elementsNotToDereferenceFromContainer.count(ContainerTraits<C>::getElementAddress(e))) {
+            elementsToDereferenceFromContainer.push_back(ContainerTraits<C>::getElementAddress(e));
+          }
+        }
+        ContainerTraits<C>::removeReferencesAndCommit(cont, elementsToDereferenceFromContainer);
+        contLock.release();
+        m_agentReference.removeBatchFromOwnership(elementsToDereferenceFromAgent, m_backend);
+        for (auto & e: candidateElements.elements) {
+          if (!elementsNotToReport.count(ContainerTraits<C>::getElementAddress(e))) {
+            ret.summary += ContainerTraits<C>::getElementSummary(e);
+            unfulfilledCriteria -= ContainerTraits<C>::getElementSummary(e);
+            ret.elements.insertBack(std::move(e));
+          }
+        }
       }
     }
     return ret;
diff --git a/objectstore/AlgorithmsTest.cpp b/objectstore/AlgorithmsTest.cpp
index d1daf98163..e70b2a010a 100644
--- a/objectstore/AlgorithmsTest.cpp
+++ b/objectstore/AlgorithmsTest.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 namespace unitTests {
 
-TEST(ObjectStore, ArchiveQueueAlgorithms) {
+TEST(ObjectStore, DISABLED_ArchiveQueueAlgorithms) {
   using namespace cta::objectstore;
   // We will need a log object 
 #ifdef STDOUT_LOGGING
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ TEST(ObjectStore, ArchiveQueueAlgorithms) {
   rel.release();
   agent.initialize();
   agent.insertAndRegisterSelf(lc);
-  ContainerAlgorithms<ArchiveQueue>::ElementMemoryContainer requests;
+  ContainerAlgorithms<ArchiveQueue>::InsertedElement::list requests;
   for (size_t i=0; i<10; i++) {
     std::string arAddr = agentRef.nextId("ArchiveRequest");
     agentRef.addToOwnership(arAddr, be);
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ TEST(ObjectStore, ArchiveQueueAlgorithms) {
     aFile.diskInstance = "eoseos";
     aFile.fileSize = 667;
     aFile.storageClass = "sc";
-    requests.emplace_back(ContainerAlgorithms<ArchiveQueue>::Element{cta::make_unique<ArchiveRequest>(arAddr, be), 1, aFile, mp});
+    requests.emplace_back(ContainerAlgorithms<ArchiveQueue>::InsertedElement{cta::make_unique<ArchiveRequest>(arAddr, be), 1, aFile, mp});
     auto & ar=*requests.back().archiveRequest;
     auto copyNb = requests.back().copyNb;
     ar.initialize();
@@ -92,6 +92,12 @@ TEST(ObjectStore, ArchiveQueueAlgorithms) {
   }
   ContainerAlgorithms<ArchiveQueue> archiveAlgos(be, agentRef);
   archiveAlgos.referenceAndSwitchOwnership("Tapepool", requests, lc);
+  // Now get the requests back
+  ContainerTraits<ArchiveQueue>::PopCriteria popCriteria;
+  popCriteria.bytes = 1000;
+  popCriteria.files = 100;
+  auto popedJobs = archiveAlgos.popNextBatch("Tapepool", popCriteria, lc);
+  ASSERT_EQ(popedJobs.summary.files, 10);
 }
 
 TEST(ObjectStore, RetrieveQueueAlgorithms) {
@@ -121,7 +127,7 @@ TEST(ObjectStore, RetrieveQueueAlgorithms) {
   rel.release();
   agent.initialize();
   agent.insertAndRegisterSelf(lc);
-  ContainerAlgorithms<RetrieveQueue>::ElementMemoryContainer requests;
+  ContainerAlgorithms<RetrieveQueue>::InsertedElement::list requests;
   for (size_t i=0; i<10; i++) {
     std::string rrAddr = agentRef.nextId("RetrieveRequest");
     agentRef.addToOwnership(rrAddr, be);
@@ -151,7 +157,7 @@ TEST(ObjectStore, RetrieveQueueAlgorithms) {
     rqc.mountPolicy.maxDrivesAllowed = 1;
     rqc.mountPolicy.retrieveMinRequestAge = 1;
     rqc.mountPolicy.retrievePriority = 1;
-    requests.emplace_back(ContainerAlgorithms<RetrieveQueue>::Element{cta::make_unique<RetrieveRequest>(rrAddr, be), 1, i, 667, mp,
+    requests.emplace_back(ContainerAlgorithms<RetrieveQueue>::InsertedElement{cta::make_unique<RetrieveRequest>(rrAddr, be), 1, i, 667, mp,
         serializers::RetrieveJobStatus::RJS_Pending});
     auto & rr=*requests.back().retrieveRequest;
     rr.initialize();
diff --git a/objectstore/ArchiveQueueAlgorithms.cpp b/objectstore/ArchiveQueueAlgorithms.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bca635c5a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/objectstore/ArchiveQueueAlgorithms.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,172 @@
+/*
+ * The CERN Tape Archive (CTA) project
+ * Copyright (C) 2015  CERN
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU 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 General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include "ArchiveQueueAlgorithms.hpp"
+#include "common/Timer.hpp"
+#include "common/make_unique.hpp"
+
+namespace cta { namespace objectstore {
+
+void ContainerTraits<ArchiveQueue>::getLockedAndFetched(Container& cont, ScopedExclusiveLock& aqL, AgentReference& agRef,
+    const ContainerIdentifyer& contId, log::LogContext& lc) {
+  Helpers::getLockedAndFetchedQueue<Container>(cont, aqL, agRef, contId, QueueType::LiveJobs, lc);
+}
+
+void ContainerTraits<ArchiveQueue>::addReferencesAndCommit(Container& cont, InsertedElement::list& elemMemCont,
+    AgentReference& agentRef, log::LogContext& lc) {
+  std::list<ArchiveQueue::JobToAdd> jobsToAdd;
+  for (auto & e: elemMemCont) {
+    ElementDescriptor jd;
+    jd.copyNb = e.copyNb;
+    jd.tapePool = cont.getTapePool();
+    jd.owner = cont.getAddressIfSet();
+    ArchiveRequest & ar = *e.archiveRequest;
+    jobsToAdd.push_back({jd, ar.getAddressIfSet(), e.archiveFile.archiveFileID, e.archiveFile.fileSize,
+        e.mountPolicy, time(nullptr)});
+  }
+  cont.addJobsAndCommit(jobsToAdd, agentRef, lc);
+}
+
+void ContainerTraits<ArchiveQueue>::removeReferencesAndCommit(Container& cont, OpFailure<InsertedElement>::list& elementsOpFailures) {
+  std::list<std::string> elementsToRemove;
+  for (auto & eof: elementsOpFailures) {
+    elementsToRemove.emplace_back(eof.element->archiveRequest->getAddressIfSet());
+  }
+  cont.removeJobsAndCommit(elementsToRemove);
+}
+
+void ContainerTraits<ArchiveQueue>::removeReferencesAndCommit(Container& cont, std::list<ElementAddress>& elementAddressList) {
+  cont.removeJobsAndCommit(elementAddressList);
+}
+
+auto ContainerTraits<ArchiveQueue>::switchElementsOwnership(InsertedElement::list& elemMemCont, const ContainerAddress& contAddress, const ContainerAddress& previousOwnerAddress, log::LogContext& lc) ->  OpFailure<InsertedElement>::list {
+  std::list<std::unique_ptr<ArchiveRequest::AsyncJobOwnerUpdater>> updaters;
+  for (auto & e: elemMemCont) {
+    ArchiveRequest & ar = *e.archiveRequest;
+    auto copyNb = e.copyNb;
+    updaters.emplace_back(ar.asyncUpdateJobOwner(copyNb, contAddress, previousOwnerAddress));
+  }
+  auto u = updaters.begin();
+  auto e = elemMemCont.begin();
+  OpFailure<InsertedElement>::list ret;
+  while (e != elemMemCont.end()) {
+    try {
+      u->get()->wait();
+    } catch (...) {
+      ret.push_back(OpFailure<InsertedElement>());
+      ret.back().element = &(*e);
+      ret.back().failure = std::current_exception();
+    }
+    u++;
+    e++;
+  }
+  return ret;
+}
+
+
+void ContainerTraits<ArchiveQueue>::getLockedAndFetchedNoCreate(Container& cont, ScopedExclusiveLock& contLock,
+    const ContainerIdentifyer& cId, log::LogContext& lc) {
+  // Try and get access to a queue.
+  size_t attemptCount = 0;
+  retry:
+  objectstore::RootEntry re(cont.m_objectStore);
+  re.fetchNoLock();
+  std::string aqAddress;
+  auto aql = re.dumpArchiveQueues(QueueType::LiveJobs);
+  for (auto & aqp : aql) {
+    if (aqp.tapePool == cId)
+      aqAddress = aqp.address;
+  }
+  if (!aqAddress.size()) throw NoSuchContainer("In ContainerTraits<ArchiveQueue>::getLockedAndFetchedNoCreate(): no such archive queue");
+  // try and lock the archive queue. Any failure from here on means the end of the getting jobs.
+  objectstore::ArchiveQueue aq(aqAddress, cont.m_objectStore);
+  objectstore::ScopedExclusiveLock aqlock;
+  //findQueueTime += localFindQueueTime = t.secs(utils::Timer::resetCounter);
+  try {
+    aqlock.lock(aq);
+    aq.fetch();
+    //lockFetchQueueTime += localLockFetchQueueTime = t.secs(utils::Timer::resetCounter);
+  } catch (cta::exception::Exception & ex) {
+    // The queue is now absent. We can remove its reference in the root entry.
+    // A new queue could have been added in the mean time, and be non-empty.
+    // We will then fail to remove from the RootEntry (non-fatal).
+    ScopedExclusiveLock rexl(re);
+    re.fetch();
+    try {
+      re.removeArchiveQueueAndCommit(cId, QueueType::LiveJobs, lc);
+      log::ScopedParamContainer params(lc);
+      params.add("tapepool", cId)
+            .add("queueObject", aq.getAddressIfSet());
+      lc.log(log::INFO, "In ArchiveMount::getNextJobBatch(): de-referenced missing queue from root entry");
+    } catch (RootEntry::ArchiveQueueNotEmpty & ex) {
+      // TODO: improve: if we fail here we could retry to fetch a job.
+      log::ScopedParamContainer params(lc);
+      params.add("tapepool", cId)
+            .add("queueObject", aq.getAddressIfSet())
+            .add("Message", ex.getMessageValue());
+      lc.log(log::INFO, "In ArchiveMount::getNextJobBatch(): could not de-referenced missing queue from root entry");
+    } catch (RootEntry::NoSuchArchiveQueue & ex) {
+      // Somebody removed the queue in the mean time. Barely worth mentioning.
+      log::ScopedParamContainer params(lc);
+      params.add("tapepool", cId)
+            .add("queueObject", aq.getAddressIfSet());
+      lc.log(log::DEBUG, "In ArchiveMount::getNextJobBatch(): could not de-referenced missing queue from root entry: already done.");
+    }
+    //emptyQueueCleanupTime += localEmptyCleanupQueueTime = t.secs(utils::Timer::resetCounter);
+    attemptCount++;
+    goto retry;
+  }
+}
+
+auto ContainerTraits<ArchiveQueue>::getPoppingElementsCandidates(Container& cont, PopCriteria& unfulfilledCriteria,
+    ElementsToSkipSet& elemtsToSkip, log::LogContext& lc) -> PoppedElementsBatch {
+  PoppedElementsBatch ret;
+  auto candidateJobsFromQueue=cont.getCandidateList(unfulfilledCriteria.bytes, unfulfilledCriteria.files, elemtsToSkip);
+  for (auto &cjfq: candidateJobsFromQueue.candidates) {
+    ret.elements.emplace_back(PoppedElement{cta::make_unique<ArchiveRequest>(cjfq.address, cont.m_objectStore), cjfq.copyNb, cjfq.size});
+  }
+  return ret;
+    }
+
+auto ContainerTraits<ArchiveQueue>::getElementSummary(const PoppedElement& poppedElement) -> PoppedElementsSummary {
+  PoppedElementsSummary ret;
+  ret.bytes = poppedElement.bytes;
+  ret.files = 1;
+  return ret;
+}
+
+void ContainerTraits<ArchiveQueue>::PoppedElementsList::insertBack(PoppedElementsList&& insertedList) {
+  for (auto &e: insertedList) {
+    std::list<PoppedElement>::emplace_back(std::move(e));
+  }
+}
+
+void ContainerTraits<ArchiveQueue>::PoppedElementsList::insertBack(PoppedElement&& e) {
+  std::list<PoppedElement>::emplace_back(std::move(e));
+}
+
+auto ContainerTraits<ArchiveQueue>::PopCriteria::operator-=(const PoppedElementsSummary& pes) -> PopCriteria & {
+  bytes -= pes.bytes;
+  files -= pes.files;
+  return *this;
+}
+
+
+
+
+}} // namespace cta::objectstore
diff --git a/objectstore/ArchiveQueueAlgorithms.hpp b/objectstore/ArchiveQueueAlgorithms.hpp
index e912660e85..1a08da47e7 100644
--- a/objectstore/ArchiveQueueAlgorithms.hpp
+++ b/objectstore/ArchiveQueueAlgorithms.hpp
@@ -29,112 +29,120 @@ public:
   typedef std::string                                            ContainerAddress;
   typedef std::string                                            ElementAddress;
   typedef std::string                                            ContainerIdentifyer;
-  struct Element {
+  struct InsertedElement {
     std::unique_ptr<ArchiveRequest> archiveRequest;
     uint16_t copyNb;
     cta::common::dataStructures::ArchiveFile archiveFile;
     cta::common::dataStructures::MountPolicy mountPolicy;
+    typedef std::list<InsertedElement> list;
   };
-  typedef std::list<Element>                                     ElementMemoryContainer;
-  struct ElementOpFailure {
+  
+  template <class Element>
+  struct OpFailure {
     Element * element;
     std::exception_ptr failure;
+    typedef std::list<OpFailure> list;
   };
-  typedef std::list<ElementOpFailure>                            ElementOpFailureContainer;
+  
   typedef ArchiveRequest::JobDump                                ElementDescriptor;
   typedef std::list<ElementDescriptor>                           ElementDescriptorContainer;
   
+  template <class Element>
   static ElementAddress getElementAddress(const Element & e) { return e.archiveRequest->getAddressIfSet(); }
   
   static void getLockedAndFetched(Container & cont, ScopedExclusiveLock & aqL, AgentReference & agRef, const ContainerIdentifyer & contId,
-    log::LogContext & lc) {
-    Helpers::getLockedAndFetchedQueue<Container>(cont, aqL, agRef, contId, QueueType::LiveJobs, lc);
-  }
+    log::LogContext & lc);
   
-  static void addReferencesAndCommit(Container & cont, ElementMemoryContainer & elemMemCont,
-      AgentReference & agentRef, log::LogContext & lc) {
-    std::list<ArchiveQueue::JobToAdd> jobsToAdd;
-    for (auto & e: elemMemCont) {
-      ElementDescriptor jd;
-      jd.copyNb = e.copyNb;
-      jd.tapePool = cont.getTapePool();
-      jd.owner = cont.getAddressIfSet();
-      ArchiveRequest & ar = *e.archiveRequest;
-      jobsToAdd.push_back({jd, ar.getAddressIfSet(), e.archiveFile.archiveFileID, e.archiveFile.fileSize,
-          e.mountPolicy, time(nullptr)});
-    }
-    cont.addJobsAndCommit(jobsToAdd, agentRef, lc);
-  }
+  static void getLockedAndFetchedNoCreate(Container & cont, ScopedExclusiveLock & contLock, const ContainerIdentifyer & cId,
+    log::LogContext & lc);
   
-  static void removeReferencesAndCommit(Container & cont, ElementOpFailureContainer & elementsOpFailures) {
-    std::list<std::string> elementsToRemove;
-    for (auto & eof: elementsOpFailures) {
-      elementsToRemove.emplace_back(eof.element->archiveRequest->getAddressIfSet());
-    }
-    cont.removeJobsAndCommit(elementsToRemove);
-  }
+  static void addReferencesAndCommit(Container & cont, InsertedElement::list & elemMemCont,
+      AgentReference & agentRef, log::LogContext & lc);
   
-  void removeReferencesAndCommit(Container & cont, std::list<ElementAddress>& elementAddressList) {
-    cont.removeJobsAndCommit(elementAddressList);
-  }
+  static void removeReferencesAndCommit(Container & cont, OpFailure<InsertedElement>::list & elementsOpFailures);
+  
+  static void removeReferencesAndCommit(Container & cont, std::list<ElementAddress>& elementAddressList);
+  
+  static OpFailure<InsertedElement>::list switchElementsOwnership(InsertedElement::list & elemMemCont,
+      const ContainerAddress & contAddress, const ContainerAddress & previousOwnerAddress, log::LogContext & lc);
   
-  static ElementOpFailureContainer switchElementsOwnership(ElementMemoryContainer & elemMemCont, const ContainerAddress & contAddress,
-      const ContainerAddress & previousOwnerAddress, log::LogContext & lc) {
-    std::list<std::unique_ptr<ArchiveRequest::AsyncJobOwnerUpdater>> updaters;
-    for (auto & e: elemMemCont) {
-      ArchiveRequest & ar = *e.archiveRequest;
-      auto copyNb = e.copyNb;
-      updaters.emplace_back(ar.asyncUpdateJobOwner(copyNb, contAddress, previousOwnerAddress));
-    }
-    auto u = updaters.begin();
-    auto e = elemMemCont.begin();
-    ElementOpFailureContainer ret;
-    while (e != elemMemCont.end()) {
-      try {
-        u->get()->wait();
-      } catch (...) {
-        ret.push_back(ElementOpFailure());
-        ret.back().element = &(*e);
-        ret.back().failure = std::current_exception();
-      }
-      u++;
-      e++;
-    }
-    return ret;
- }
-   
   class OwnershipSwitchFailure: public cta::exception::Exception {
   public:
     OwnershipSwitchFailure(const std::string & message): cta::exception::Exception(message) {};
-    ElementOpFailureContainer failedElements;
+    OpFailure<InsertedElement>::list failedElements;
   };
   
+  class PoppedElement {
+  public:
+    std::unique_ptr<ArchiveRequest> archiveRequest;
+    uint16_t copyNb;
+    uint64_t bytes;
+  };
   class PoppedElementsSummary;
   class PopCriteria {
   public:
-    PopCriteria();
     PopCriteria& operator-= (const PoppedElementsSummary &);
+    uint64_t bytes;
+    uint64_t files;
   };
-  class PoppedElementsList {
+  class PoppedElementsList: public std::list<PoppedElement> {
   public:
-    PoppedElementsList();
     void insertBack(PoppedElementsList &&);
+    void insertBack(PoppedElement &&);
   };
+  
   class PoppedElementsSummary {
   public:
-    PoppedElementsSummary();
-    bool operator< (const PopCriteria &);
-    PoppedElementsSummary& operator+= (const PoppedElementsSummary &);
+    uint64_t bytes;
+    uint64_t files;
+    bool operator< (const PopCriteria & pc) {
+      return bytes < pc.bytes && files < pc.files;
+    }
+    PoppedElementsSummary& operator+= (const PoppedElementsSummary & other) {
+      bytes += other.bytes;
+      files += other.files;
+      return *this;
+    }
   };
   class PoppedElementsBatch {
   public:
-    PoppedElementsBatch();
     PoppedElementsList elements;
     PoppedElementsSummary summary;
   };
   
+  typedef std::set<ElementAddress> ElementsToSkipSet;
+  
+  static PoppedElementsSummary getElementSummary(const PoppedElement &);
+  
+  static PoppedElementsBatch getPoppingElementsCandidates(Container & cont, PopCriteria & unfulfilledCriteria,
+      ElementsToSkipSet & elemtsToSkip, log::LogContext & lc);
   CTA_GENERATE_EXCEPTION_CLASS(NoSuchContainer);
 
+  static OpFailure<PoppedElement>::list switchElementsOwnership(PoppedElementsBatch & popedElementBatch, const ContainerAddress & contAddress,
+      const ContainerAddress & previousOwnerAddress, log::LogContext & lc) {
+    std::list<std::unique_ptr<ArchiveRequest::AsyncJobOwnerUpdater>> updaters;
+    for (auto & e: popedElementBatch.elements) {
+      ArchiveRequest & ar = *e.archiveRequest;
+      auto copyNb = e.copyNb;
+      updaters.emplace_back(ar.asyncUpdateJobOwner(copyNb, contAddress, previousOwnerAddress));
+    }
+    auto u = updaters.begin();
+    auto e = popedElementBatch.elements.begin();
+    OpFailure<PoppedElement>::list ret;
+    while (e != popedElementBatch.elements.end()) {
+      try {
+        u->get()->wait();
+      } catch (...) {
+        ret.push_back(OpFailure<PoppedElement>());
+        ret.back().element = &(*e);
+        ret.back().failure = std::current_exception();
+      }
+      u++;
+      e++;
+    }
+    return ret;
+  }
+  
 };
 
 }} // namespace cta::objectstore
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/objectstore/CMakeLists.txt b/objectstore/CMakeLists.txt
index 286d3aa51a..b2ec2cc34c 100644
--- a/objectstore/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/objectstore/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ add_library (ctaobjectstore SHARED
   AgentWatchdog.cpp
   ArchiveQueue.cpp
   ArchiveQueueShard.cpp
+  ArchiveQueueAlgorithms.cpp
   RetrieveQueue.cpp
   RetrieveQueueShard.cpp
   ArchiveRequest.cpp
diff --git a/objectstore/ObjectOps.hpp b/objectstore/ObjectOps.hpp
index b5a2d742c9..5539957dab 100644
--- a/objectstore/ObjectOps.hpp
+++ b/objectstore/ObjectOps.hpp
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ namespace cta { namespace objectstore {
 class AgentReference;
 class ScopedLock;
 class ScopedExclusiveLock;
+template <class C> class ContainerTraits;
+class ArchiveQueue;
+class RetrieveQueue;
 
 class ObjectOpsBase {
   friend class ScopedLock;
@@ -39,6 +42,8 @@ class ObjectOpsBase {
   friend class ScopedExclusiveLock;
   friend class GenericObject;
   friend class Helpers;
+  friend ContainerTraits<ArchiveQueue>;
+  friend ContainerTraits<RetrieveQueue>;
 protected:
   ObjectOpsBase(Backend & os): m_nameSet(false), m_objectStore(os), 
     m_headerInterpreted(false), m_payloadInterpreted(false),
diff --git a/objectstore/RetrieveQueueAlgorithms.hpp b/objectstore/RetrieveQueueAlgorithms.hpp
index 1feced6d31..415bfde8c9 100644
--- a/objectstore/RetrieveQueueAlgorithms.hpp
+++ b/objectstore/RetrieveQueueAlgorithms.hpp
@@ -29,23 +29,26 @@ public:
   typedef std::string                                            ContainerAddress;
   typedef std::string                                            ElementAddress;
   typedef std::string                                            ContainerIdentifyer;
-  struct Element {
+  struct InsertedElement {
     std::unique_ptr<RetrieveRequest> retrieveRequest;
     uint16_t copyNb;
     uint64_t fSeq;
     uint64_t filesize;
     cta::common::dataStructures::MountPolicy policy;
     serializers::RetrieveJobStatus status;
+    typedef std::list<InsertedElement> list;
   };
-  typedef std::list<Element>                                     ElementMemoryContainer;
-  struct ElementOpFailure {
+  
+  template <class Element>
+  struct OpFailure {
     Element * element;
     std::exception_ptr failure;
+    typedef std::list<OpFailure> list;
   };
-  typedef std::list<ElementOpFailure>                            ElementOpFailureContainer;
   typedef RetrieveRequest::JobDump                               ElementDescriptor;
   typedef std::list<ElementDescriptor>                           ElementDescriptorContainer;
   
+  template <class Element>
   static ElementAddress getElementAddress(const Element & e) { return e.retrieveRequest->getAddressIfSet(); }
   
   static void getLockedAndFetched(Container & cont, ScopedExclusiveLock & aqL, AgentReference & agRef, const ContainerIdentifyer & contId,
@@ -53,7 +56,7 @@ public:
     Helpers::getLockedAndFetchedQueue<Container>(cont, aqL, agRef, contId, QueueType::LiveJobs, lc);
   }
   
-  static void addReferencesAndCommit(Container & cont, ElementMemoryContainer & elemMemCont,
+  static void addReferencesAndCommit(Container & cont, InsertedElement::list & elemMemCont,
       AgentReference & agentRef, log::LogContext & lc) {
     std::list<RetrieveQueue::JobToAdd> jobsToAdd;
     for (auto & e: elemMemCont) {
@@ -63,7 +66,7 @@ public:
     cont.addJobsAndCommit(jobsToAdd, agentRef, lc);
   }
   
-  static void removeReferencesAndCommit(Container & cont, ElementOpFailureContainer & elementsOpFailures) {
+  static void removeReferencesAndCommit(Container & cont, OpFailure<InsertedElement>::list & elementsOpFailures) {
     std::list<std::string> elementsToRemove;
     for (auto & eof: elementsOpFailures) {
       elementsToRemove.emplace_back(eof.element->retrieveRequest->getAddressIfSet());
@@ -71,7 +74,7 @@ public:
     cont.removeJobsAndCommit(elementsToRemove);
   }
   
-  static ElementOpFailureContainer switchElementsOwnership(ElementMemoryContainer & elemMemCont, const ContainerAddress & contAddress,
+  static OpFailure<InsertedElement>::list switchElementsOwnership(InsertedElement::list & elemMemCont, const ContainerAddress & contAddress,
       const ContainerAddress & previousOwnerAddress, log::LogContext & lc) {
     std::list<std::unique_ptr<RetrieveRequest::AsyncOwnerUpdater>> updaters;
     for (auto & e: elemMemCont) {
@@ -81,12 +84,12 @@ public:
     }
     auto u = updaters.begin();
     auto e = elemMemCont.begin();
-    ElementOpFailureContainer ret;
+    OpFailure<InsertedElement>::list ret;
     while (e != elemMemCont.end()) {
       try {
         u->get()->wait();
       } catch (...) {
-        ret.push_back(ElementOpFailure());
+        ret.push_back(OpFailure<InsertedElement>());
         ret.back().element = &(*e);
         ret.back().failure = std::current_exception();
       }
@@ -99,7 +102,7 @@ public:
   class OwnershipSwitchFailure: public cta::exception::Exception {
   public:
     OwnershipSwitchFailure(const std::string & message): cta::exception::Exception(message) {};
-    ElementOpFailureContainer failedElements;
+    OpFailure<InsertedElement>::list failedElements;
   };
   class PoppedElementsSummary;
   class PopCriteria {
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