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powerio/format/powerworld/
pwd.rs

1//! Read substation coordinates from PowerWorld `.pwd` display files
2//! (read only).
3//!
4//! A `.pwd` contains drawing records associated with a case: buses,
5//! branches, substations, and field labels. This reader decodes the one
6//! subset with a differential oracle, the substation symbols, and leaves
7//! every other drawing object undecoded. Files without the substation table
8//! still return display metadata with an empty substation list. The evidence
9//! (seven files across
10//! the 2016 through 2022 writer eras, each matched 1-1 against the
11//! latitude/longitude its same vintage aux carries per substation, except
12//! the v19 resave, which matches 1248/1250 against the published case
13//! across a vintage skew) is in
14//! `powerio/src/format/powerworld/FORMAT.md`.
15//!
16//! Two structures carry the data, both present in every probed save:
17//!
18//! - The substation identity table, behind the only `ff ff ff ff 3d 0f`
19//!   byte sequence in the file (sentinel plus table tag 0x0f3d): records of
20//!   `u32 number, u32 number (exact duplicate), u32 length, name, 0x02`,
21//!   terminated exactly by the next `ff ff ff ff`. The order is display
22//!   order, not case order.
23//! - The DisplaySubstation drawing records: each repeats the file's header
24//!   stamp (the u32 at offset 22) at +18, stores the position as f64 x/y at
25//!   +22/+30 with an f32 echo of both at +2/+6, and links its substation
26//!   number behind a marker byte (0x03 or 0x07 by writer era) in the style
27//!   tail. The record's type tag (the u16 at +0) varies per save, so the
28//!   reader keys on this structure instead: stamp echo, dual encoded
29//!   coordinates, and a link to every identity row in table order. Decoy
30//!   groups exist (field label records with the same count and plausible
31//!   coordinates) and fail the link gauntlet; if more than one group ever
32//!   passes, the reader rejects rather than guesses.
33//!
34//! The coordinates are diagram positions (y north positive), not
35//! geography: no probed file stores latitude or longitude directly. The
36//! auto generated TAMU and Hawaii layouts equal a Mercator projection
37//! (`x = k * longitude`, `y = k * merc(latitude)`, k = 535.81608... on the
38//! never edited Hawaii40 file, bit exact), but hand moved symbols and the
39//! June 2016 era deviate, so the values are exposed as stored and any
40//! projection is the consumer's choice. Consumers wanting geography should
41//! read the aux.
42
43use std::collections::{BTreeMap, HashSet};
44use std::path::Path;
45
46use crate::{Error, Result};
47
48const FMT: &str = "PowerWorld .pwd";
49
50/// The identity table tag behind the `ff ff ff ff` sentinel.
51const IDENTITY_TAG: [u8; 6] = [0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x3d, 0x0f];
52
53/// Cap on identity record steps across every anchor in one parse. A step is one
54/// record examined; each consumes at least 13 bytes, so the largest real table
55/// is far below this. Bounds the anchors × records blowup a crafted file could
56/// otherwise force. Matches the probe-budget idiom of the `.pwb` reader.
57const IDENTITY_WALK_BUDGET: u64 = 128_000_000;
58
59/// One substation symbol from a display file: the identity row joined with
60/// its drawing record, in identity table (display) order. `x` and `y` are
61/// diagram coordinates as stored, y north positive (see the module docs).
62#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
63pub struct PwdSubstation {
64    pub number: u32,
65    pub name: String,
66    pub x: f64,
67    pub y: f64,
68}
69
70/// Decoded PowerWorld display file content.
71///
72/// A `.pwd` is not a case file and does not carry a [`BalancedNetwork`](crate::BalancedNetwork).
73/// This structure exposes the display metadata the reader validates plus the
74/// supported drawing object subset.
75#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
76pub struct PwdDisplay {
77    pub canvas_width: u16,
78    pub canvas_height: u16,
79    pub stamp: u32,
80    pub substations: Vec<PwdSubstation>,
81}
82
83/// Read and parse a `.pwd` display file.
84///
85/// # Errors
86/// [`Error::Io`] when the file cannot be read, or [`Error::FormatRead`] when
87/// the display bytes are not a supported PowerWorld `.pwd` shape.
88pub fn parse_pwd_file(path: impl AsRef<Path>) -> Result<PwdDisplay> {
89    let bytes = std::fs::read(path)?;
90    parse_pwd_display(&bytes)
91}
92
93/// Parse a `.pwd` display file, returning metadata and decoded substations.
94///
95/// # Errors
96/// [`Error::FormatRead`] when the header is not the known display shape,
97/// or no unique drawing record group links to the identity rows.
98pub fn parse_pwd_display(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<PwdDisplay> {
99    parse_pwd_inner(bytes)
100}
101
102/// Parse the substation coordinates out of `.pwd` bytes.
103///
104/// # Errors
105/// [`Error::FormatRead`] when the header is not the known display shape,
106/// or no unique drawing record group links to the identity rows.
107pub fn parse_pwd(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<Vec<PwdSubstation>> {
108    parse_pwd_display(bytes).map(|display| display.substations)
109}
110
111fn pwd_err(message: impl Into<String>) -> Error {
112    Error::FormatRead {
113        format: FMT,
114        message: message.into(),
115    }
116}
117
118fn parse_pwd_header(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<(u16, u16, u32)> {
119    let (Some(header), Some(canvas_width), Some(canvas_height)) =
120        (u32_at(bytes, 0), u16_at(bytes, 4), u16_at(bytes, 6))
121    else {
122        let header = u32_at(bytes, 0).unwrap_or(0);
123        return Err(pwd_err(format!(
124            "not a recognized PowerWorld display file (header word {header}; the probed saves all \
125             carry 50)",
126        )));
127    };
128    if bytes.len() < 0x40 || header != 50 {
129        return Err(pwd_err(format!(
130            "not a recognized PowerWorld display file (header word {header}; the probed saves all \
131             carry 50)",
132        )));
133    }
134    if canvas_width == 0 || canvas_height == 0 {
135        return Err(pwd_err("display header canvas dimensions are zero"));
136    }
137    let stamp = u32_at(bytes, 22).unwrap_or(0);
138    if stamp == 0 {
139        return Err(pwd_err(
140            "display header stamp is zero; every validated save carries a nonzero stamp the \
141             drawing records repeat",
142        ));
143    }
144    Ok((canvas_width, canvas_height, stamp))
145}
146
147fn parse_pwd_inner(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<PwdDisplay> {
148    let (canvas_width, canvas_height, stamp) = parse_pwd_header(bytes)?;
149
150    let identity = find_identity_table(bytes)?;
151    if identity.is_empty() {
152        return Ok(PwdDisplay {
153            canvas_width,
154            canvas_height,
155            stamp,
156            substations: Vec::new(),
157        });
158    }
159
160    // Every drawing object record repeats the header stamp at +18 and dual
161    // encodes its position (f64 at +22/+30, f32 echo at +2/+6); the scan
162    // collects every offset with that shape and groups by the u16 type tag.
163    // Keyed by type tag so grouping is O(log tags) per record: a crafted file
164    // can spread gate-passing records across up to 65536 distinct tags, and a
165    // linear scan per record would be quadratic in the file size.
166    let mut groups: BTreeMap<u16, Vec<DrawRecord>> = BTreeMap::new();
167    for i in 0..bytes.len().saturating_sub(38) {
168        if u32_at(bytes, i + 18) != Some(stamp) {
169            continue;
170        }
171        let (Some(x), Some(y)) = (f64_at(bytes, i + 22), f64_at(bytes, i + 30)) else {
172            continue;
173        };
174        if !x.is_finite() || !y.is_finite() {
175            continue;
176        }
177        #[allow(clippy::cast_possible_truncation)] // the echo is the f32 rounding by design
178        let (rx, ry) = (x as f32, y as f32);
179        // Bit equality: the magnitude gate below excludes zero, so the only
180        // value the echo can hold is the rounded f64 itself.
181        if f32_at(bytes, i + 2).map(f32::to_bits) != Some(rx.to_bits())
182            || f32_at(bytes, i + 6).map(f32::to_bits) != Some(ry.to_bits())
183        {
184            continue;
185        }
186        let magnitude = x.abs().max(y.abs());
187        if !(1.0..1.0e7).contains(&magnitude) {
188            continue;
189        }
190        let Some(tag) = u16_at(bytes, i) else {
191            continue;
192        };
193        let rec = DrawRecord { at: i, x, y };
194        groups.entry(tag).or_default().push(rec);
195    }
196
197    // The substation group is the one whose records, in stream order, link
198    // every identity row in table order: a marker byte (0x03 or 0x07 by
199    // era) followed by the row's u32 number, somewhere in the style tail.
200    // Field label decoys carry other markers (0x05 observed) or another
201    // order and fail; ambiguity is a loud error, never a pick.
202    let matches: Vec<(&u16, &Vec<DrawRecord>)> = groups
203        .iter()
204        .filter(|(_, records)| {
205            records.len() == identity.len()
206                && records
207                    .iter()
208                    .zip(&identity)
209                    .all(|(rec, (number, _))| links_number(bytes, rec.at, *number))
210        })
211        .collect();
212    let (_, records) = match matches.as_slice() {
213        [one] => *one,
214        [] => {
215            return Err(pwd_err(format!(
216                "no drawing record group links the {} substation identity rows; the \
217                 DisplaySubstation layout of this save is not the validated one",
218                identity.len()
219            )));
220        }
221        several => {
222            return Err(pwd_err(format!(
223                "{} drawing record groups link the substation identity rows; refusing to guess \
224                 between them",
225                several.len()
226            )));
227        }
228    };
229
230    let substations = records
231        .iter()
232        .zip(identity)
233        .map(|(rec, (number, name))| PwdSubstation {
234            number,
235            name,
236            x: rec.x,
237            y: rec.y,
238        })
239        .collect();
240    Ok(PwdDisplay {
241        canvas_width,
242        canvas_height,
243        stamp,
244        substations,
245    })
246}
247
248/// A drawing record that passed the shape gate: its stream offset (for the
249/// identity link check) and the decoded coordinates, kept so the final mapping
250/// never re-reads the bytes.
251struct DrawRecord {
252    at: usize,
253    x: f64,
254    y: f64,
255}
256
257/// The substation identity table: exactly one valid walk behind a
258/// `ff ff ff ff 3d 0f` anchor. A missing table means there are no decoded
259/// substation symbols. Several tables are a loud error.
260fn find_identity_table(b: &[u8]) -> Result<Vec<(u32, String)>> {
261    // A crafted file can plant many IDENTITY_TAG anchors, each starting a walk
262    // that runs to a sentinel, so the total work is anchors × records. One
263    // shared budget over every record step across every anchor keeps that
264    // bounded; the largest real identity table is orders of magnitude below it.
265    let mut budget = 0u64;
266    let mut tables = Vec::new();
267    for at in memmem(b, &IDENTITY_TAG) {
268        if let Some(rows) = identity_walk(b, at + IDENTITY_TAG.len(), &mut budget) {
269            tables.push(rows);
270        }
271        if budget > IDENTITY_WALK_BUDGET {
272            return Err(Error::FormatRead {
273                format: FMT,
274                message: "substation identity search exceeded its probe budget; the file is \
275                          not a decodable DisplaySubstation layout"
276                    .into(),
277            });
278        }
279    }
280    match tables.len() {
281        1 => Ok(tables.pop().unwrap()),
282        0 => Ok(Vec::new()),
283        n => Err(Error::FormatRead {
284            format: FMT,
285            message: format!(
286                "{n} byte ranges walk as a substation identity table; refusing to guess \
287                 between them"
288            ),
289        }),
290    }
291}
292
293/// Walk identity records (`u32 number, u32 duplicate, u32 length, name,
294/// 0x02`) from `at` until the next `ff ff ff ff` sentinel, which must
295/// arrive exactly at a record boundary. At least one record, numbers
296/// unique and plausible, names printable.
297fn identity_walk(b: &[u8], mut at: usize, budget: &mut u64) -> Option<Vec<(u32, String)>> {
298    let mut rows = Vec::new();
299    let mut seen = HashSet::new();
300    loop {
301        // One record step; abandon the walk once the shared budget is spent so
302        // a file packed with anchors cannot force quadratic work.
303        *budget = budget.saturating_add(1);
304        if *budget > IDENTITY_WALK_BUDGET {
305            return None;
306        }
307        if b.get(at..).and_then(|s| s.get(..4)) == Some([0xff; 4].as_slice()) {
308            return (!rows.is_empty()).then_some(rows);
309        }
310        let number = u32_at(b, at)?;
311        let duplicate_at = at.checked_add(4)?;
312        if number == 0 || number > 99_999_999 || u32_at(b, duplicate_at) != Some(number) {
313            return None;
314        }
315        let len_at = at.checked_add(8)?;
316        let len = u32_at(b, len_at)? as usize;
317        if len == 0 || len >= 64 {
318            return None;
319        }
320        let name_start = at.checked_add(12)?;
321        let name_end = name_start.checked_add(len)?;
322        let name = b.get(name_start..name_end)?;
323        if !name.iter().all(|&c| (0x20..0x7f).contains(&c)) || b.get(name_end) != Some(&0x02) {
324            return None;
325        }
326        if !seen.insert(number) {
327            return None;
328        }
329        rows.push((number, String::from_utf8_lossy(name).into_owned()));
330        at = name_end.checked_add(1)?;
331    }
332}
333
334/// Whether the drawing record at `i` links `number`: a marker byte 0x03 or
335/// 0x07 (the substation symbol markers of the two observed eras) directly
336/// followed by the number, inside the style tail window. The window is
337/// variable because a digit string of 1 to 4 characters precedes the link
338/// in some saves.
339fn links_number(b: &[u8], i: usize, number: u32) -> bool {
340    (40..140).any(|d| {
341        let Some(marker_at) = i.checked_add(d) else {
342            return false;
343        };
344        let Some(number_at) = marker_at.checked_add(1) else {
345            return false;
346        };
347        matches!(b.get(marker_at), Some(0x03 | 0x07)) && u32_at(b, number_at) == Some(number)
348    })
349}
350
351/// Every start of `needle` in `haystack`.
352fn memmem<'a>(haystack: &'a [u8], needle: &'a [u8]) -> impl Iterator<Item = usize> + 'a {
353    haystack
354        .windows(needle.len())
355        .enumerate()
356        .filter_map(move |(i, w)| (w == needle).then_some(i))
357}
358
359// Total little endian reads: `None` past the end of the buffer, no index
360// arithmetic that can panic or wrap. Every offset in this reader derives
361// from untrusted file bytes, so the accessors carry the bounds check.
362
363fn u16_at(b: &[u8], i: usize) -> Option<u16> {
364    Some(u16::from_le_bytes(*b.get(i..)?.first_chunk()?))
365}
366
367fn u32_at(b: &[u8], i: usize) -> Option<u32> {
368    Some(u32::from_le_bytes(*b.get(i..)?.first_chunk()?))
369}
370
371fn f32_at(b: &[u8], i: usize) -> Option<f32> {
372    Some(f32::from_le_bytes(*b.get(i..)?.first_chunk()?))
373}
374
375fn f64_at(b: &[u8], i: usize) -> Option<f64> {
376    Some(f64::from_le_bytes(*b.get(i..)?.first_chunk()?))
377}