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#include "tensorflow/core/util/example_proto_fast_parsing.h"

#include <vector>

#include "absl/base/casts.h"
#include "absl/container/flat_hash_map.h"
#include "tensorflow/core/example/example.pb.h"
#include "tensorflow/core/example/feature.pb_text.h"
#include "tensorflow/core/framework/numeric_op.h"
#include "tensorflow/core/framework/op_kernel.h"
#include "tensorflow/core/framework/register_types.h"
#include "tensorflow/core/lib/core/blocking_counter.h"
#include "tensorflow/core/lib/core/errors.h"
#include "tensorflow/core/lib/core/threadpool.h"
#include "tensorflow/core/lib/gtl/inlined_vector.h"
#include "tensorflow/core/lib/monitoring/counter.h"
#include "tensorflow/core/platform/byte_order.h"
#include "tensorflow/core/platform/logging.h"
#include "tensorflow/core/platform/protobuf.h"
#include "tensorflow/core/util/presized_cuckoo_map.h"
#include "tensorflow/core/util/sparse/sparse_tensor.h"

namespace tensorflow {
namespace example {

namespace {

template <typename T>
using SmallVector = gtl::InlinedVector<T, 4>;

template <typename A>
auto EnableAliasing(A* a) -> decltype(a->EnableAliasing(true), void()) {
  a->EnableAliasing(true);
}

template <typename A>
void EnableAliasing(A&& a) {}

uint8 PeekTag(protobuf::io::CodedInputStream* stream) {
  DCHECK(stream != nullptr);
  const void* ptr;
  int size;
  if (!stream->GetDirectBufferPointer(&ptr, &size)) return 0;
  return *static_cast<const uint8*>(ptr);
}

constexpr uint8 kVarintTag(uint32 tag) { return (tag << 3) | 0; }
constexpr uint8 kDelimitedTag(uint32 tag) { return (tag << 3) | 2; }
constexpr uint8 kFixed32Tag(uint32 tag) { return (tag << 3) | 5; }

namespace parsed {

// ParseDataType has to be called first, then appropriate ParseZzzzList.
class Feature {
 public:
  Feature() {}
  explicit Feature(StringPiece serialized) : serialized_(serialized) {}

  Status ParseDataType(DataType* dtype) {
    DCHECK(dtype != nullptr);
    if (serialized_.empty()) {
      *dtype = DT_INVALID;
      return Status::OK();
    }
    uint8 oneof_tag = static_cast<uint8>(*serialized_.data());
    serialized_.remove_prefix(1);
    switch (oneof_tag) {
      case kDelimitedTag(1):
        *dtype = DT_STRING;
        break;
      case kDelimitedTag(2):
        *dtype = DT_FLOAT;
        break;
      case kDelimitedTag(3):
        *dtype = DT_INT64;
        break;
      default:
        // Initialize variable to avoid compiler warning
        *dtype = DT_INVALID;
        return errors::InvalidArgument("Unsupported datatype.");
    }
    return Status::OK();
  }

  bool GetNumElementsInBytesList(int* num_elements) {
    protobuf::io::CodedInputStream stream(
        reinterpret_cast<const uint8*>(serialized_.data()), serialized_.size());
    EnableAliasing(&stream);
    uint32 length = 0;
    if (!stream.ReadVarint32(&length)) return false;
    auto limit = stream.PushLimit(length);
    *num_elements = 0;
    while (!stream.ExpectAtEnd()) {
      if (!stream.ExpectTag(kDelimitedTag(1))) return false;
      uint32 bytes_length = 0;
      if (!stream.ReadVarint32(&bytes_length)) return false;
      if (!stream.Skip(bytes_length)) return false;
      ++*num_elements;
    }
    stream.PopLimit(limit);
    return true;
  }

  template <typename Result>
  bool ParseBytesList(Result* bytes_list) {
    DCHECK(bytes_list != nullptr);

    protobuf::io::CodedInputStream stream(
        reinterpret_cast<const uint8*>(serialized_.data()), serialized_.size());

    EnableAliasing(&stream);

    uint32 length;
    if (!stream.ReadVarint32(&length)) return false;
    auto limit = stream.PushLimit(length);

    while (!stream.ExpectAtEnd()) {
      if (!stream.ExpectTag(kDelimitedTag(1))) return false;
      // parse string
      uint32 bytes_length;
      if (!stream.ReadVarint32(&bytes_length)) return false;
      string bytes;
      if (!stream.ReadString(&bytes, bytes_length)) return false;
      bytes_list->push_back(std::move(bytes));
    }
    stream.PopLimit(limit);
    return true;
  }

  template <typename Result>
  bool ParseFloatList(Result* float_list) {
    DCHECK(float_list != nullptr);
    protobuf::io::CodedInputStream stream(
        reinterpret_cast<const uint8*>(serialized_.data()), serialized_.size());
    EnableAliasing(&stream);
    uint32 length;
    if (!stream.ReadVarint32(&length)) return false;
    auto limit = stream.PushLimit(length);

    if (!stream.ExpectAtEnd()) {
      uint8 peek_tag = PeekTag(&stream);
      if (peek_tag != kDelimitedTag(1) && peek_tag != kFixed32Tag(1)) {
        return false;
      }

      if (peek_tag == kDelimitedTag(1)) {                       // packed
        if (!stream.ExpectTag(kDelimitedTag(1))) return false;  // packed tag
        uint32 packed_length;
        if (!stream.ReadVarint32(&packed_length)) return false;
        auto packed_limit = stream.PushLimit(packed_length);

        // If the result data type is float and we are on a little endian
        // machine then we can simply memcpy the data from the proto into the
        // result vector.
        constexpr int32 kNumFloatBytes = 4;
        if (port::kLittleEndian &&
            sizeof(typename Result::value_type) == kNumFloatBytes) {
          // Store the initial size to know the offset we have to start writing
          // data from before resizing the output "vector".
          const size_t initial_size = float_list->size();
          float_list->resize(initial_size + packed_length / kNumFloatBytes);
          // Calculate the length of the buffer available what can be less than
          // what we requested in resize in case of a LimitedArraySlice.
          const uint32 bytes_to_copy =
              std::min(static_cast<uint32>((float_list->size() - initial_size) *
                                           kNumFloatBytes),
                       packed_length);
          if (!stream.ReadRaw(float_list->data() + initial_size, bytes_to_copy))
            return false;
        } else {
          while (!stream.ExpectAtEnd()) {
            uint32 buffer32;
            if (!stream.ReadLittleEndian32(&buffer32)) return false;
            float_list->push_back(absl::bit_cast<float>(buffer32));
          }
        }

        stream.PopLimit(packed_limit);
      } else {  // non-packed
        while (!stream.ExpectAtEnd()) {
          if (!stream.ExpectTag(kFixed32Tag(1))) return false;
          uint32 buffer32;
          if (!stream.ReadLittleEndian32(&buffer32)) return false;
          float_list->push_back(absl::bit_cast<float>(buffer32));
        }
      }
    }

    stream.PopLimit(limit);
    return true;
  }

  template <typename Result>
  bool ParseInt64List(Result* int64_list) {
    DCHECK(int64_list != nullptr);
    protobuf::io::CodedInputStream stream(
        reinterpret_cast<const uint8*>(serialized_.data()), serialized_.size());
    EnableAliasing(&stream);
    uint32 length;
    if (!stream.ReadVarint32(&length)) return false;
    auto limit = stream.PushLimit(length);

    if (!stream.ExpectAtEnd()) {
      uint8 peek_tag = PeekTag(&stream);
      if (peek_tag != kDelimitedTag(1) && peek_tag != kVarintTag(1)) {
        return false;
      }
      if (peek_tag == kDelimitedTag(1)) {                       // packed
        if (!stream.ExpectTag(kDelimitedTag(1))) return false;  // packed tag
        uint32 packed_length;
        if (!stream.ReadVarint32(&packed_length)) return false;
        auto packed_limit = stream.PushLimit(packed_length);

        while (!stream.ExpectAtEnd()) {
          protobuf_uint64 n;  // There is no API for int64
          if (!stream.ReadVarint64(&n)) return false;
          int64_list->push_back(static_cast<int64>(n));
        }

        stream.PopLimit(packed_limit);
      } else {  // non-packed
        while (!stream.ExpectAtEnd()) {
          if (!stream.ExpectTag(kVarintTag(1))) return false;
          protobuf_uint64 n;  // There is no API for int64
          if (!stream.ReadVarint64(&n)) return false;
          int64_list->push_back(static_cast<int64>(n));
        }
      }
    }
    stream.PopLimit(limit);
    return true;
  }

  StringPiece GetSerialized() const { return serialized_; }

 private:
  // TODO(lew): Pair of uint8* would be more natural.
  StringPiece serialized_;
};

using FeatureMapEntry = std::pair<StringPiece, Feature>;
using Example = std::vector<FeatureMapEntry>;

}  // namespace parsed

inline bool SkipExtraneousTag(protobuf::io::CodedInputStream* stream) {
  uint32 data;
  protobuf_uint64 dummy;
  switch (stream->ReadTag() & 0x7) {
    case 0:  // varint
      if (!stream->ReadVarint32(&data)) return false;
      return true;
    case 1:  // fixed64
      if (!stream->ReadLittleEndian64(&dummy)) return false;
      return true;
    case 2:  // length delimited
      if (!stream->ReadVarint32(&data)) return false;
      stream->Skip(data);
      return true;
    case 3:          // group begin
      return false;  // groups not supported.
    case 4:          // group end
      return false;  // groups not supported.
    case 5:          // fixed32
      if (!stream->ReadLittleEndian32(&data)) return false;
      return true;
  }
  return false;  // unrecognized tag type
}

bool ParseString(protobuf::io::CodedInputStream* stream, StringPiece* result) {
  DCHECK(stream != nullptr);
  DCHECK(result != nullptr);
  uint32 length;
  if (!stream->ReadVarint32(&length)) return false;
  if (length == 0) {
    *result = StringPiece(nullptr, 0);
    return true;
  }
  const void* stream_alias;
  int stream_size;
  if (!stream->GetDirectBufferPointer(&stream_alias, &stream_size)) {
    return false;
  }
  if (static_cast<uint32>(stream_size) < length) return false;
  *result = StringPiece(static_cast<const char*>(stream_alias), length);
  stream->Skip(length);
  return true;
}

bool ParseFeatureMapEntry(protobuf::io::CodedInputStream* stream,
                          parsed::FeatureMapEntry* feature_map_entry) {
  DCHECK(stream != nullptr);
  DCHECK(feature_map_entry != nullptr);
  uint32 length;
  if (!stream->ReadVarint32(&length)) return false;
  auto limit = stream->PushLimit(length);
  if (!stream->ExpectTag(kDelimitedTag(1))) return false;
  if (!ParseString(stream, &feature_map_entry->first)) return false;
  if (!stream->ExpectTag(kDelimitedTag(2))) return false;
  StringPiece feature_string_piece;
  if (!ParseString(stream, &feature_string_piece)) return false;
  feature_map_entry->second = parsed::Feature(feature_string_piece);
  if (!stream->ExpectAtEnd()) return false;
  stream->PopLimit(limit);
  return true;
}

bool ParseFeatures(protobuf::io::CodedInputStream* stream,
                   parsed::Example* example) {
  DCHECK(stream != nullptr);
  DCHECK(example != nullptr);
  uint32 length;
  if (!stream->ReadVarint32(&length)) return false;
  auto limit = stream->PushLimit(length);
  while (!stream->ExpectAtEnd()) {
    parsed::FeatureMapEntry feature_map_entry;
    if (!stream->ExpectTag(kDelimitedTag(1))) return false;
    if (!ParseFeatureMapEntry(stream, &feature_map_entry)) return false;
    example->push_back(std::move(feature_map_entry));
  }
  stream->PopLimit(limit);
  return true;
}

bool ParseExample(protobuf::io::CodedInputStream* stream,
                  parsed::Example* example) {
  DCHECK(stream != nullptr);
  DCHECK(example != nullptr);
  // Loop over the input stream which may contain multiple serialized Example
  // protos merged together as strings. This behavior is consistent with Proto's
  // ParseFromString when string representations are concatenated.
  while (!stream->ExpectAtEnd()) {
    if (!stream->ExpectTag(kDelimitedTag(1))) {
      if (!SkipExtraneousTag(stream)) return false;
    } else {
      if (!ParseFeatures(stream, example)) return false;
    }
  }
  return true;
}

bool ParseExample(StringPiece serialized, parsed::Example* example) {
  DCHECK(example != nullptr);
  protobuf::io::CodedInputStream stream(
      reinterpret_cast<const uint8*>(serialized.data()), serialized.size());
  EnableAliasing(&stream);
  return ParseExample(&stream, example);
}

}  // namespace

bool TestFastParse(const string& serialized, Example* example) {
  DCHECK(example != nullptr);
  parsed::Example parsed_example;
  if (!ParseExample(serialized, &parsed_example)) return false;
  auto& features = *example->mutable_features();
  size_t parsed_example_size = parsed_example.size();
  for (size_t i = 0; i < parsed_example_size; ++i) {
    // This is a logic that standard protobuf parsing is implementing.
    // I.e. last entry in the map overwrites all the previous ones.
    parsed::FeatureMapEntry& name_and_feature =
        parsed_example[parsed_example_size - i - 1];
    string name(name_and_feature.first);
    if ((*features.mutable_feature()).count(name) > 0) continue;

    auto& value = (*features.mutable_feature())[name];
    DataType dtype;
    if (!name_and_feature.second.ParseDataType(&dtype).ok()) return false;
    switch (dtype) {
      case DT_INVALID:
        break;
      case DT_STRING: {
        SmallVector<string> list;
        if (!name_and_feature.second.ParseBytesList(&list)) return false;
        auto* result_list = value.mutable_bytes_list();
        for (auto& bytes : list) {
          auto* new_value = result_list->add_value();
          new_value->swap(bytes);
        }
        break;
      }
      case DT_FLOAT: {
        SmallVector<float> list;
        if (!name_and_feature.second.ParseFloatList(&list)) return false;
        auto* result_list = value.mutable_float_list();
        for (float f : list) {
          result_list->add_value(f);
        }
        break;
      }
      case DT_INT64: {
        SmallVector<int64> list;
        if (!name_and_feature.second.ParseInt64List(&list)) return false;
        auto* result_list = value.mutable_int64_list();
        for (int64 i : list) {
          result_list->add_value(i);
        }
        break;
      }
      default:
        LOG(FATAL) << "Should not happen.";
    }
  }
  return true;
}

// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

namespace {

using Config = FastParseExampleConfig;

void ParallelFor(const std::function<void(size_t)>& f, size_t n,
                 thread::ThreadPool* thread_pool) {
  if (n == 0) return;
  if (thread_pool == nullptr) {
    for (size_t i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
      f(i);
    }
  } else {
    BlockingCounter counter(n - 1);
    for (size_t i = 1; i < n; ++i) {
      thread_pool->Schedule([i, &f, &counter] {
        f(i);
        counter.DecrementCount();
      });
    }
    f(0);
    counter.Wait();
  }
}

enum class Type { Sparse, Dense };

struct SparseBuffer {
  // Features are in one of the 3 vectors below depending on config's dtype.
  // Other 2 vectors remain empty.
  SmallVector<string> bytes_list;
  SmallVector<float> float_list;
  SmallVector<int64> int64_list;

  // Features of example i are elements with indices
  // from example_end_indices[i-1] to example_end_indices[i]-1 on the
  // appropriate xxxxx_list
  std::vector<size_t> example_end_indices;
};

struct SeededHasher {
  uint64 operator()(StringPiece s) const {
    return Hash64(s.data(), s.size(), seed);
  }
  uint64 seed{0xDECAFCAFFE};
};

template <typename T>
class LimitedArraySlice {
 public:
  using value_type = T;

  LimitedArraySlice(T* begin, size_t num_elements)
      : current_(begin), begin_(begin), end_(begin + num_elements) {}

  // May return negative if there were push_back calls after slice was filled.
  int64 EndDistance() const { return end_ - current_; }

  // Attempts to push value to the back of this. If the slice has
  // already been filled, this method has no effect on the underlying data, but
  // it changes the number returned by EndDistance into negative values.
  void push_back(T&& value) {
    if (EndDistance() > 0) *current_ = std::move(value);
    ++current_;
  }

  // Returns the number of elements in the slice.
  size_t size() const { return std::min(current_ - begin_, end_ - begin_); }

  // Attempts to resize the vector to the given size. It does so by advancing
  // the pointer to the current element, possibly beyond the end of the slice.
  // As a consequence, calling `size()` after `resize(x)` was called might
  // return a value less than `x`.
  void resize(size_t size) { current_ = begin_ + size; }

  // Returns the pointer to the underlying data buffer.
  T* data() { return begin_; }

 private:
  T* current_;
  T* begin_;
  T* end_;
};

void LogDenseFeatureDataLoss(StringPiece feature_name) {
  LOG(WARNING) << "Data loss! Feature '" << feature_name
               << "' is present in multiple concatenated "
                  "tf.Examples. Ignoring all but last one.";
  static auto* duplicated_dense_feature = monitoring::Counter<0>::New(
      "/tensorflow/core/util/example_proto_fast_parsing/"
      "duplicated_dense_feature",
      "Dense feature appears twice in a tf.Example");
  duplicated_dense_feature->GetCell()->IncrementBy(1);
}

void LogSparseFeatureDataLoss(StringPiece feature_name) {
  LOG(WARNING) << "Data loss! Feature '" << feature_name
               << "' is present in multiple concatenated "
                  "tf.Examples. Ignoring all but last one.";
  static auto* duplicated_sparse_feature = monitoring::Counter<0>::New(
      "/tensorflow/core/util/example_proto_fast_parsing/"
      "duplicated_sparse_feature",
      "Sparse feature appears twice in a tf.Example");
  duplicated_sparse_feature->GetCell()->IncrementBy(1);
}

Status FastParseSerializedExample(
    const string& serialized_example, const string& example_name,
    const size_t example_index, const Config& config,
    const PresizedCuckooMap<std::pair<size_t, Type>>& config_index,
    SeededHasher hasher, std::vector<Tensor>* output_dense,
    std::vector<SparseBuffer>* output_varlen_dense,
    std::vector<SparseBuffer>* output_sparse,
    PerExampleFeatureStats* output_stats) {
  DCHECK(output_dense != nullptr);
  DCHECK(output_sparse != nullptr);
  parsed::Example parsed_example;
  if (!ParseExample(serialized_example, &parsed_example)) {
    return errors::InvalidArgument("Could not parse example input, value: '",
                                   serialized_example, "'");
  }
  std::vector<int64> sparse_feature_last_example(config.sparse.size(), -1);
  std::vector<int64> dense_feature_last_example(config.dense.size(), -1);

  // Handle features present in the example.
  const size_t parsed_example_size = parsed_example.size();

  if (output_stats) {
    // TODO(b/111553342): This may over-count the number of features if there
    // are duplicate keys in the feature map. Consider deduplicating the keys
    // before computing the count.
    output_stats->features_count = parsed_example_size;
  }

  for (size_t i = 0; i < parsed_example_size; ++i) {
    // This is a logic that standard protobuf parsing is implementing.
    // I.e. last entry in the map overwrites all the previous ones.
    parsed::FeatureMapEntry& name_and_feature =
        parsed_example[parsed_example_size - i - 1];

    const StringPiece feature_name = name_and_feature.first;
    parsed::Feature& feature = name_and_feature.second;

    std::pair<size_t, Type> d_and_type;
    uint64 h = hasher(feature_name);
    if (!config_index.Find(h, &d_and_type)) continue;

    size_t d = d_and_type.first;
    bool is_dense = d_and_type.second == Type::Dense;

    {
      // Testing for PresizedCuckooMap collision.
      // TODO(lew): Use dense_hash_map and avoid this and hasher creation.
      const string& config_feature_name = is_dense
                                              ? config.dense[d].feature_name
                                              : config.sparse[d].feature_name;
      if (feature_name != config_feature_name) continue;
    }

    auto example_error = [&](StringPiece suffix) {
      return errors::InvalidArgument("Name: ", example_name,
                                     ", Key: ", feature_name,
                                     ", Index: ", example_index, ".  ", suffix);
    };

    auto parse_error = [&] {
      return example_error("Can't parse serialized Example.");
    };

    DataType example_dtype;
    TF_RETURN_IF_ERROR(feature.ParseDataType(&example_dtype));

    if (is_dense) {
      if (example_dtype == DT_INVALID) continue;

      // If feature was already visited, skip.
      // Compare comment at the beginning of the loop.
      if (dense_feature_last_example[d] == example_index) {
        LogDenseFeatureDataLoss(feature_name);
        continue;
      }
      dense_feature_last_example[d] = example_index;

      if (example_dtype != config.dense[d].dtype) {
        return example_error(strings::StrCat(
            "Data types don't match. Data type: ",
            DataTypeString(example_dtype),
            " but expected type: ", DataTypeString(config.dense[d].dtype)));
      }
      if (!config.dense[d].variable_length) {
        Tensor& out = (*output_dense)[d];

        const std::size_t num_elements = config.dense[d].elements_per_stride;
        if (output_stats) {
          // TODO(b/111553342): If desirable, we could add support for counting
          // elements in the features that aren't parsed, but this could add
          // considerable runtime cost.
          output_stats->feature_values_count += num_elements;
        }

        const std::size_t offset = example_index * num_elements;

        auto shape_error = [&](size_t size, StringPiece type_str) {
          return example_error(strings::StrCat(
              "Number of ", type_str,
              " values != expected.  "
              "Values size: ",
              size,
              " but output shape: ", config.dense[d].shape.DebugString()));
        };

        switch (config.dense[d].dtype) {
          case DT_INT64: {
            auto out_p = out.flat<int64>().data() + offset;
            LimitedArraySlice<int64> slice(out_p, num_elements);
            if (!feature.ParseInt64List(&slice)) return parse_error();
            if (slice.EndDistance() != 0) {
              return shape_error(num_elements - slice.EndDistance(), "int64");
            }
            break;
          }
          case DT_FLOAT: {
            auto out_p = out.flat<float>().data() + offset;
            LimitedArraySlice<float> slice(out_p, num_elements);
            if (!feature.ParseFloatList(&slice)) return parse_error();
            if (slice.EndDistance() != 0) {
              return shape_error(num_elements - slice.EndDistance(), "float");
            }
            break;
          }
          case DT_STRING: {
            auto out_p = out.flat<string>().data() + offset;
            LimitedArraySlice<string> slice(out_p, num_elements);
            if (!feature.ParseBytesList(&slice)) return parse_error();
            if (slice.EndDistance() != 0) {
              return shape_error(num_elements - slice.EndDistance(), "bytes");
            }
            break;
          }
          default:
            LOG(FATAL) << "Should not happen.";
        }
      } else {  // if variable length
        SparseBuffer& out = (*output_varlen_dense)[d];

        const std::size_t num_elements = config.dense[d].elements_per_stride;

        if (example_dtype != DT_INVALID &&
            example_dtype != config.dense[d].dtype) {
          return example_error(strings::StrCat(
              "Data types don't match. ",
              "Expected type: ", DataTypeString(config.dense[d].dtype)));
        }

        auto shape_error = [&](size_t size, StringPiece type_str) {
          return example_error(strings::StrCat(
              "Number of ", type_str,
              " values is not a multiple of stride length. Saw ", size,
              " values but output shape is: ",
              config.dense[d].shape.DebugString()));
        };

        switch (config.dense[d].dtype) {
          case DT_INT64: {
            if (example_dtype != DT_INVALID) {
              if (!feature.ParseInt64List(&out.int64_list)) {
                return parse_error();
              }
              if (out.int64_list.size() % num_elements != 0) {
                return shape_error(out.int64_list.size(), "int64");
              }
            }
            out.example_end_indices.push_back(out.int64_list.size());
            break;
          }
          case DT_FLOAT: {
            if (example_dtype != DT_INVALID) {
              if (!feature.ParseFloatList(&out.float_list)) {
                return parse_error();
              }
              if (out.float_list.size() % num_elements != 0) {
                return shape_error(out.float_list.size(), "float");
              }
            }
            out.example_end_indices.push_back(out.float_list.size());
            break;
          }
          case DT_STRING: {
            if (example_dtype != DT_INVALID) {
              if (!feature.ParseBytesList(&out.bytes_list)) {
                return parse_error();
              }
              if (out.bytes_list.size() % num_elements != 0) {
                return shape_error(out.bytes_list.size(), "bytes");
              }
            }
            out.example_end_indices.push_back(out.bytes_list.size());
            break;
          }
          default:
            LOG(FATAL) << "Should not happen.";
        }

        if (output_stats) {
          // Use `out.example_end_indices` to determine the feature-value count
          // for this feature, because the preceding switch statement pushes
          // the length of the appropriate feature list to that vector.
          // TODO(b/111553342): If desirable, we could add support for counting
          // elements in the features that aren't parsed, but this could add
          // considerable runtime cost.
          const size_t out_examples_count = out.example_end_indices.size();
          if (out_examples_count == 1) {
            output_stats->feature_values_count += out.example_end_indices[0];
          } else {
            output_stats->feature_values_count +=
                out.example_end_indices[out_examples_count - 1] -
                out.example_end_indices[out_examples_count - 2];
          }
        }
      }
    } else {
      // If feature was already visited, skip.
      // Compare comment at the beginning of the loop.
      if (sparse_feature_last_example[d] == example_index) {
        LogSparseFeatureDataLoss(feature_name);
        continue;
      }
      sparse_feature_last_example[d] = example_index;

      // Handle sparse features.
      SparseBuffer& out = (*output_sparse)[d];
      if (example_dtype != DT_INVALID &&
          example_dtype != config.sparse[d].dtype) {
        return example_error(strings::StrCat(
            "Data types don't match. ",
            "Expected type: ", DataTypeString(config.sparse[d].dtype),
            ", Actual type: ", DataTypeString(example_dtype)));
      }

      switch (config.sparse[d].dtype) {
        case DT_INT64: {
          if (example_dtype != DT_INVALID) {
            if (!feature.ParseInt64List(&out.int64_list)) {
              return parse_error();
            }
          }
          out.example_end_indices.push_back(out.int64_list.size());
          break;
        }
        case DT_FLOAT: {
          if (example_dtype != DT_INVALID) {
            if (!feature.ParseFloatList(&out.float_list)) {
              return parse_error();
            }
          }
          out.example_end_indices.push_back(out.float_list.size());
          break;
        }
        case DT_STRING: {
          if (example_dtype != DT_INVALID) {
            if (!feature.ParseBytesList(&out.bytes_list)) {
              return parse_error();
            }
          }
          out.example_end_indices.push_back(out.bytes_list.size());
          break;
        }
        default:
          LOG(FATAL) << "Should not happen.";
      }

      if (output_stats) {
        // Use `out.example_end_indices` to determine the feature-value count
        // for this feature, because the preceding switch statement pushes
        // the length of the appropriate feature list to that vector.
        // TODO(b/111553342): If desirable, we could add support for counting
        // elements in the features that aren't parsed, but this could add
        // considerable runtime cost.
        const size_t out_examples_count = out.example_end_indices.size();
        if (out_examples_count == 1) {
          output_stats->feature_values_count += out.example_end_indices[0];
        } else {
          output_stats->feature_values_count +=
              out.example_end_indices[out_examples_count - 1] -
              out.example_end_indices[out_examples_count - 2];
        }
      }
    }
  }

  // Handle missing dense features for fixed strides.
  for (size_t d = 0; d < config.dense.size(); ++d) {
    if (config.dense[d].variable_length) continue;
    if (dense_feature_last_example[d] == example_index) continue;
    if (config.dense[d].default_value.NumElements() == 0) {
      return errors::InvalidArgument(
          "Name: ", example_name, ", Feature: ", config.dense[d].feature_name,
          " (data type: ", DataTypeString(config.dense[d].dtype), ")",
          " is required but could not be found.");
    }
    const Tensor& in = config.dense[d].default_value;
    Tensor& out = (*output_dense)[d];
    const std::size_t num_elements = in.shape().num_elements();
    const std::size_t offset = example_index * num_elements;

    switch (config.dense[d].dtype) {
      case DT_INT64: {
        std::copy_n(in.flat<int64>().data(), num_elements,
                    out.flat<int64>().data() + offset);
        break;
      }
      case DT_FLOAT: {
        std::copy_n(in.flat<float>().data(), num_elements,
                    out.flat<float>().data() + offset);
        break;
      }
      case DT_STRING: {
        std::copy_n(in.flat<string>().data(), num_elements,
                    out.flat<string>().data() + offset);
        break;
      }
      default:
        LOG(FATAL) << "Should not happen.";
    }
  }

  // Handle missing varlen dense features.
  for (size_t d = 0; d < config.dense.size(); ++d) {
    if (!config.dense[d].variable_length) continue;
    if (dense_feature_last_example[d] == example_index) continue;
    SparseBuffer& out = (*output_varlen_dense)[d];
    size_t prev_example_end_index =
        out.example_end_indices.empty() ? 0 : out.example_end_indices.back();
    out.example_end_indices.push_back(prev_example_end_index);
  }

  // Handle missing sparse features.
  for (size_t d = 0; d < config.sparse.size(); ++d) {
    if (sparse_feature_last_example[d] == example_index) continue;
    SparseBuffer& out = (*output_sparse)[d];
    size_t prev_example_end_index =
        out.example_end_indices.empty() ? 0 : out.example_end_indices.back();
    out.example_end_indices.push_back(prev_example_end_index);
  }

  return Status::OK();
}

Status CheckConfigDataType(DataType dtype) {
  switch (dtype) {
    case DT_INT64:
    case DT_FLOAT:
    case DT_STRING:
      return Status::OK();
    default:
      return errors::InvalidArgument("Invalid config dtype: ",
                                     DataTypeString(dtype));
  }
}

template <typename T>
const SmallVector<T>& GetListFromBuffer(const SparseBuffer& buffer);

template <>
const SmallVector<int64>& GetListFromBuffer<int64>(const SparseBuffer& buffer) {
  return buffer.int64_list;
}
template <>
const SmallVector<float>& GetListFromBuffer<float>(const SparseBuffer& buffer) {
  return buffer.float_list;
}
template <>
const SmallVector<string>& GetListFromBuffer<string>(
    const SparseBuffer& buffer) {
  return buffer.bytes_list;
}

template <typename T>
void CopyOrMoveBlock(const T* b, const T* e, T* t) {
  std::copy(b, e, t);
}
template <>
void CopyOrMoveBlock(const string* b, const string* e, string* t) {
  std::move(b, e, t);
}

template <typename T>
void FillAndCopyVarLen(
    const int d, const size_t num_elements,
    const size_t num_elements_per_minibatch, const Config& config,
    const std::vector<std::vector<SparseBuffer>>& varlen_dense_buffers,
    Tensor* values) {
  const Tensor& default_value = config.dense[d].default_value;

  // Copy-fill the tensors (creating the zero/fill-padding)
  std::fill(values->flat<T>().data(), values->flat<T>().data() + num_elements,
            default_value.flat<T>()(0));

  // Data is [batch_size, max_num_elements, data_stride_size]
  //   and num_elements_per_minibatch = max_num_elements * data_stride_size
  auto data = values->flat<T>().data();

  // Iterate over minibatch elements
  for (size_t i = 0; i < varlen_dense_buffers.size(); ++i) {
    const SparseBuffer& buffer = varlen_dense_buffers[i][d];
    // Number of examples being stored in this buffer
    const auto& end_indices = buffer.example_end_indices;
    const size_t examples_in_buffer = end_indices.size();
    // const size_t stride_size = config.dense[d].elements_per_stride;

    const auto& list = GetListFromBuffer<T>(buffer);
    auto list_ptr = list.begin();

    size_t elements_tally = 0;
    // Iterate through all the examples stored in this buffer.
    for (size_t j = 0; j < examples_in_buffer; ++j) {
      // Number of elements stored for this example.
      const size_t num_elems = end_indices[j] - elements_tally;
      CopyOrMoveBlock(list_ptr, list_ptr + num_elems, data);
      // Move forward this many elements in the varlen buffer.
      list_ptr += num_elems;
      // Move forward to the next minibatch entry in the values output.
      data += num_elements_per_minibatch;
      elements_tally = end_indices[j];
    }
    DCHECK(elements_tally == list.size());
  }
}

}  // namespace

Status FastParseExample(const Config& config,
                        gtl::ArraySlice<string> serialized,
                        gtl::ArraySlice<string> example_names,
                        thread::ThreadPool* thread_pool, Result* result) {
  DCHECK(result != nullptr);
  // Check config so we can safely CHECK(false) in switches on config.*.dtype
  for (auto& c : config.sparse) {
    TF_RETURN_IF_ERROR(CheckConfigDataType(c.dtype));
  }
  for (auto& c : config.dense) {
    TF_RETURN_IF_ERROR(CheckConfigDataType(c.dtype));
  }

  if (config.collect_feature_stats) {
    result->feature_stats.resize(serialized.size());
  }

  size_t config_size = config.dense.size() + config.sparse.size();
  SeededHasher hasher;
  // Build config index.
  PresizedCuckooMap<std::pair<size_t, Type>> config_index(config_size);
  bool ok = true;
  for (size_t i = 0; i < 1000; ++i) {
    for (size_t d = 0; d < config.dense.size(); ++d) {
      ok &= config_index.InsertUnique(hasher(config.dense[d].feature_name),
                                      {d, Type::Dense});
    }
    for (size_t d = 0; d < config.sparse.size(); ++d) {
      ok &= config_index.InsertUnique(hasher(config.sparse[d].feature_name),
                                      {d, Type::Sparse});
    }
    if (ok) break;
    LOG(WARNING) << "Collision found. This should happen only if you have "
                    "around 2^32 entries in your config.";
    hasher.seed++;
    config_index.Clear(config_size);
  }
  if (!ok) {
    return errors::Internal(
        "Could not avoid collision. This should not happen.");
  }

  // Allocate dense output for fixed length dense values
  // (variable-length dense and sparse have to be buffered).
  std::vector<Tensor> fixed_dense_values(config.dense.size());
  for (size_t d = 0; d < config.dense.size(); ++d) {
    if (config.dense[d].variable_length) continue;
    TensorShape out_shape;
    out_shape.AddDim(serialized.size());
    for (const int64 dim : config.dense[d].shape.dim_sizes()) {
      out_shape.AddDim(dim);
    }
    fixed_dense_values[d] = Tensor(config.dense[d].dtype, out_shape);
  }

  // This parameter affects performance in a big and data-dependent way.
  const size_t kMiniBatchSizeBytes = 50000;

  // Calculate number of minibatches.
  // In main regime make each minibatch around kMiniBatchSizeBytes bytes.
  // Apply 'special logic' below for small and big regimes.
  const size_t num_minibatches = [&] {
    size_t result = 0;
    size_t minibatch_bytes = 0;
    for (size_t i = 0; i < serialized.size(); i++) {
      if (minibatch_bytes == 0) {  // start minibatch
        result++;
      }
      minibatch_bytes += serialized[i].size() + 1;
      if (minibatch_bytes > kMiniBatchSizeBytes) {
        minibatch_bytes = 0;
      }
    }
    // 'special logic'
    const size_t min_minibatches = std::min<size_t>(8, serialized.size());
    const size_t max_minibatches = 64;
    return std::max<size_t>(min_minibatches,
                            std::min<size_t>(max_minibatches, result));
  }();

  auto first_example_of_minibatch = [&](size_t minibatch) -> size_t {
    return (serialized.size() * minibatch) / num_minibatches;
  };

  // TODO(lew): A big performance low-hanging fruit here is to improve
  //   num_minibatches calculation to take into account actual amount of work
  //   needed, as the size in bytes is not perfect. Linear combination of
  //   size in bytes and average number of features per example is promising.
  //   Even better: measure time instead of estimating, but this is too costly
  //   in small batches.
  //   Maybe accept outside parameter #num_minibatches?

  // Do minibatches in parallel.
  std::vector<std::vector<SparseBuffer>> sparse_buffers(num_minibatches);
  std::vector<std::vector<SparseBuffer>> varlen_dense_buffers(num_minibatches);
  std::vector<Status> status_of_minibatch(num_minibatches);
  auto ProcessMiniBatch = [&](size_t minibatch) {
    sparse_buffers[minibatch].resize(config.sparse.size());
    varlen_dense_buffers[minibatch].resize(config.dense.size());
    size_t start = first_example_of_minibatch(minibatch);
    size_t end = first_example_of_minibatch(minibatch + 1);
    for (size_t e = start; e < end; ++e) {
      PerExampleFeatureStats* stats = nullptr;
      if (config.collect_feature_stats) {
        stats = &result->feature_stats[e];
      }
      status_of_minibatch[minibatch] = FastParseSerializedExample(
          serialized[e],
          (!example_names.empty() ? example_names[e] : "<unknown>"), e, config,
          config_index, hasher, &fixed_dense_values,
          &varlen_dense_buffers[minibatch], &sparse_buffers[minibatch], stats);
      if (!status_of_minibatch[minibatch].ok()) break;
    }
  };

  ParallelFor(ProcessMiniBatch, num_minibatches, thread_pool);

  for (Status& status : status_of_minibatch) {
    TF_RETURN_IF_ERROR(status);
  }

  for (size_t d = 0; d < config.dense.size(); ++d) {
    result->dense_values.push_back(std::move(fixed_dense_values[d]));
  }

  // Merge SparseBuffers from all minibatches for every config.sparse.
  auto MergeSparseMinibatches = [&](size_t d) {
    // Loop over minibatches
    size_t total_num_features = 0;
    size_t max_num_features = 0;
    for (auto& sparse_values_tmp : sparse_buffers) {
      const std::vector<size_t>& end_indices =
          sparse_values_tmp[d].example_end_indices;
      total_num_features += end_indices.back();
      max_num_features = std::max(max_num_features, end_indices[0]);
      for (size_t i = 1; i < end_indices.size(); ++i) {
        size_t example_size = end_indices[i] - end_indices[i - 1];
        max_num_features = std::max(max_num_features, example_size);
      }
    }

    TensorShape indices_shape;
    indices_shape.AddDim(total_num_features);
    indices_shape.AddDim(2);
    result->sparse_indices.emplace_back(DT_INT64, indices_shape);
    Tensor* indices = &result->sparse_indices.back();

    TensorShape values_shape;
    values_shape.AddDim(total_num_features);
    result->sparse_values.emplace_back(config.sparse[d].dtype, values_shape);
    Tensor* values = &result->sparse_values.back();

    result->sparse_shapes.emplace_back(DT_INT64, TensorShape({2}));
    auto shapes_shape_t = result->sparse_shapes.back().vec<int64>();
    shapes_shape_t(0) = serialized.size();
    shapes_shape_t(1) = max_num_features;

    size_t offset = 0;
    for (size_t i = 0; i < sparse_buffers.size(); ++i) {
      const SparseBuffer& buffer = sparse_buffers[i][d];

      // Update indices.
      int64* ix_p = &indices->matrix<int64>()(offset, 0);
      size_t delta = 0;
      size_t example_index = first_example_of_minibatch(i);
      for (size_t example_end_index : buffer.example_end_indices) {
        size_t feature_index = 0;
        for (; delta < example_end_index; ++delta) {
          // Column 0: example index
          *ix_p = example_index;
          // Column 1: the feature index buffer example
          *(ix_p + 1) = feature_index;
          ix_p += 2;
          ++feature_index;
        }
        ++example_index;
      }

      // Copy values over.
      switch (config.sparse[d].dtype) {
        case DT_INT64: {
          std::copy(buffer.int64_list.begin(), buffer.int64_list.end(),
                    values->flat<int64>().data() + offset);
          break;
        }
        case DT_FLOAT: {
          std::copy(buffer.float_list.begin(), buffer.float_list.end(),
                    values->flat<float>().data() + offset);
          break;
        }
        case DT_STRING: {
          std::move(buffer.bytes_list.begin(), buffer.bytes_list.end(),
                    values->flat<string>().data() + offset);
          break;
        }
        default:
          LOG(FATAL) << "Should not happen.";
      }

      offset += delta;
    }
  };

  // Merge SparseBuffers from all minibatches for every config.dense having
  // variable_length.
  auto MergeDenseVarLenMinibatches = [&](size_t d) {
    if (!config.dense[d].variable_length) return;

    // Loop over minibatches
    size_t max_num_features = 0;
    for (auto& dense_values_tmp : varlen_dense_buffers) {
      std::vector<size_t>& end_indices =
          dense_values_tmp[d].example_end_indices;
      max_num_features = std::max(max_num_features, end_indices[0]);
      for (size_t i = 1; i < end_indices.size(); ++i) {
        size_t example_size = end_indices[i] - end_indices[i - 1];
        max_num_features = std::max(max_num_features, example_size);
      }
    }

    const size_t stride_size = config.dense[d].elements_per_stride;
    const size_t max_num_elements = max_num_features / stride_size;
    TensorShape values_shape;
    DCHECK_EQ(max_num_features % config.dense[d].elements_per_stride, 0);
    const size_t batch_size = serialized.size();
    values_shape.AddDim(batch_size);
    values_shape.AddDim(max_num_elements);
    for (int i = 1; i < config.dense[d].shape.dims(); ++i) {
      values_shape.AddDim(config.dense[d].shape.dim_size(i));
    }
    Tensor values(config.dense[d].dtype, values_shape);
    result->dense_values[d] = values;
    const size_t num_elements = values.NumElements();

    // Nothing to write, exit early.
    if (num_elements == 0) return;

    const size_t num_elements_per_minibatch = num_elements / batch_size;

    switch (config.dense[d].dtype) {
      case DT_INT64: {
        FillAndCopyVarLen<int64>(d, num_elements, num_elements_per_minibatch,
                                 config, varlen_dense_buffers, &values);
        break;
      }
      case DT_FLOAT: {
        FillAndCopyVarLen<float>(d, num_elements, num_elements_per_minibatch,
                                 config, varlen_dense_buffers, &values);
        break;
      }
      case DT_STRING: {
        FillAndCopyVarLen<string>(d, num_elements, num_elements_per_minibatch,
                                  config, varlen_dense_buffers, &values);
        break;
      }
      default:
        LOG(FATAL) << "Should not happen.";
    }
  };

  for (size_t d = 0; d < config.dense.size(); ++d) {
    MergeDenseVarLenMinibatches(d);
  }

  for (size_t d = 0; d < config.sparse.size(); ++d) {
    MergeSparseMinibatches(d);
  }

  return Status::OK();
}

Status FastParseSingleExample(const Config& config, const string& serialized,
                              Result* result) {
  DCHECK(result != nullptr);
  // Check config so we can safely CHECK(false) in switches on config.*.dtype
  for (auto& c : config.sparse) {
    TF_RETURN_IF_ERROR(CheckConfigDataType(c.dtype));
  }
  for (auto& c : config.dense) {
    TF_RETURN_IF_ERROR(CheckConfigDataType(c.dtype));
  }

  PerExampleFeatureStats* stats = nullptr;
  if (config.collect_feature_stats) {
    result->feature_stats.emplace_back();
    stats = &result->feature_stats.back();
  }

  // TODO(mrry): Cache the construction of this map at Op construction time.
  size_t config_size = config.dense.size() + config.sparse.size();
  SeededHasher hasher;
  // Build config index.
  PresizedCuckooMap<std::pair<size_t, Type>> config_index(config_size);
  bool ok = true;
  for (size_t i = 0; i < 1000; ++i) {
    for (size_t d = 0; d < config.dense.size(); ++d) {
      ok &= config_index.InsertUnique(hasher(config.dense[d].feature_name),
                                      {d, Type::Dense});
    }
    for (size_t d = 0; d < config.sparse.size(); ++d) {
      ok &= config_index.InsertUnique(hasher(config.sparse[d].feature_name),
                                      {d, Type::Sparse});
    }
    if (ok) break;
    LOG(WARNING) << "Collision found. This should happen only if you have "
                    "around 2^32 entries in your config.";
    hasher.seed++;
    config_index.Clear(config_size);
  }
  if (!ok) {
    return errors::Internal(
        "Could not avoid collision. This should not happen.");
  }

  // Allocate dense output tensors.
  for (size_t d = 0; d < config.dense.size(); ++d) {
    if (!config.dense[d].variable_length) {
      TensorShape values_shape;
      if (!config.dense[d].shape.AsTensorShape(&values_shape)) {
        return errors::Internal(
            "Fixed-length shape was not a statically defined shape.");
      }
      result->dense_values.emplace_back(config.dense[d].dtype, values_shape);
    } else {
      // Variable-length tensor will be allocated later.
      result->dense_values.emplace_back();
    }
  }

  // Allocate sparse output tensors.
  for (size_t d = 0; d < config.sparse.size(); ++d) {
    // The dense_shape is always a vector of length 1.
    result->sparse_shapes.emplace_back(DT_INT64, TensorShape({1}));
    // Variable-length tensors will be allocated later.
    result->sparse_indices.emplace_back();
    result->sparse_values.emplace_back();
  }

  parsed::Example parsed_example;
  if (!ParseExample(serialized, &parsed_example)) {
    return errors::InvalidArgument("Could not parse example input, value: '",
                                   serialized, "'");
  }
  std::vector<bool> sparse_feature_already_seen(config.sparse.size(), false);
  std::vector<bool> dense_feature_already_seen(config.dense.size(), false);

  if (stats) {
    // TODO(b/111553342): This may over-count the number of features if there
    // are duplicate keys in the feature map. Consider deduplicating the keys
    // before computing the count.
    stats->features_count = parsed_example.size();
  }

  // Handle features present in the example.
  const size_t parsed_example_size = parsed_example.size();
  for (size_t i = 0; i < parsed_example_size; ++i) {
    // This is a logic that standard protobuf parsing is implementing.
    // I.e. last entry in the map overwrites all the previous ones.
    parsed::FeatureMapEntry& name_and_feature =
        parsed_example[parsed_example_size - i - 1];

    const StringPiece feature_name = name_and_feature.first;
    parsed::Feature& feature = name_and_feature.second;

    std::pair<size_t, Type> d_and_type;
    uint64 h = hasher(feature_name);
    if (!config_index.Find(h, &d_and_type)) continue;

    size_t d = d_and_type.first;
    bool is_dense = d_and_type.second == Type::Dense;

    {
      // Testing for PresizedCuckooMap collision.
      // TODO(lew): Use dense_hash_map and avoid this and hasher creation.
      const string& config_feature_name = is_dense
                                              ? config.dense[d].feature_name
                                              : config.sparse[d].feature_name;
      if (feature_name != config_feature_name) continue;
    }

    auto example_error = [feature_name](StringPiece suffix) {
      return errors::InvalidArgument("Key: ", feature_name, ".  ", suffix);
    };

    auto parse_error = [feature_name] {
      return errors::InvalidArgument("Key: ", feature_name,
                                     ".  Can't parse serialized Example.");
    };

    DataType example_dtype;
    TF_RETURN_IF_ERROR(feature.ParseDataType(&example_dtype));
    if (example_dtype == DT_INVALID) continue;

    if (is_dense && !config.dense[d].variable_length) {
      // If feature was already visited, skip.
      // Compare comment at the beginning of the loop.
      if (dense_feature_already_seen[d]) {
        LogDenseFeatureDataLoss(feature_name);
        continue;
      }
      dense_feature_already_seen[d] = true;

      if (example_dtype != config.dense[d].dtype) {
        return example_error(strings::StrCat(
            "Data types don't match. Data type: ",
            DataTypeString(example_dtype),
            " but expected type: ", DataTypeString(config.dense[d].dtype)));
      }

      Tensor* out = &result->dense_values[d];
      const std::size_t num_elements = config.dense[d].elements_per_stride;
      if (stats) {
        // TODO(b/111553342): If desirable, we could add support for counting
        // elements in the features that aren't parsed, but this could add
        // considerable runtime cost.
        stats->feature_values_count += num_elements;
      }
      switch (example_dtype) {
        case DT_INT64: {
          auto out_p = out->flat<int64>().data();
          LimitedArraySlice<int64> slice(out_p, num_elements);
          if (!feature.ParseInt64List(&slice)) return parse_error();
          if (slice.EndDistance() != 0) {
            return parse_error();
          }
          break;
        }
        case DT_FLOAT: {
          auto out_p = out->flat<float>().data();
          LimitedArraySlice<float> slice(out_p, num_elements);
          if (!feature.ParseFloatList(&slice)) return parse_error();
          if (slice.EndDistance() != 0) {
            return parse_error();
          }
          break;
        }
        case DT_STRING: {
          auto out_p = out->flat<string>().data();
          LimitedArraySlice<string> slice(out_p, num_elements);
          if (!feature.ParseBytesList(&slice)) return parse_error();
          if (slice.EndDistance() != 0) {
            return parse_error();
          }
          break;
        }
        default:
          LOG(FATAL) << "Should not happen.";
      }

    } else {  // if variable length
      SparseBuffer out_temp;
      const size_t num_elements_divisor =
          is_dense ? config.dense[d].elements_per_stride : 1;
      size_t num_elements;

      if (is_dense) {
        // If feature was already visited, skip.
        // Compare comment at the beginning of the loop.
        if (dense_feature_already_seen[d]) {
          LogDenseFeatureDataLoss(feature_name);
          continue;
        }
        dense_feature_already_seen[d] = true;
        if (example_dtype != config.dense[d].dtype) {
          return example_error(strings::StrCat(
              "Data types don't match. Data type: ",
              DataTypeString(example_dtype),
              " but expected type: ", DataTypeString(config.dense[d].dtype)));
        }
      } else {
        // If feature was already visited, skip.
        // Compare comment at the beginning of the loop.
        if (sparse_feature_already_seen[d]) {
          LogSparseFeatureDataLoss(feature_name);
          continue;
        }
        sparse_feature_already_seen[d] = true;

        // Handle sparse features.
        if (example_dtype != DT_INVALID &&
            example_dtype != config.sparse[d].dtype) {
          return example_error(strings::StrCat(
              "Data types don't match. ",
              "Expected type: ", DataTypeString(config.sparse[d].dtype),
              ", Actual type: ", DataTypeString(example_dtype)));
        }
      }

      switch (example_dtype) {
        case DT_INT64: {
          // TODO(mrry): Use the fact that the `int64_list` is packed to read
          // out the length and pre-allocate the output tensor.
          if (!feature.ParseInt64List(&out_temp.int64_list))
            return parse_error();
          num_elements = out_temp.int64_list.size();
          break;
        }
        case DT_FLOAT: {
          // TODO(mrry): Use the fact that the `float_list` is packed to read
          // out the length and pre-allocate the output tensor.
          if (!feature.ParseFloatList(&out_temp.float_list))
            return parse_error();
          num_elements = out_temp.float_list.size();
          break;
        }
        case DT_STRING: {
          int actual_num_elements = 0;
          if (!feature.GetNumElementsInBytesList(&actual_num_elements)) {
            return parse_error();
          }
          out_temp.bytes_list.reserve(actual_num_elements);
          if (!feature.ParseBytesList(&out_temp.bytes_list))
            return parse_error();
          num_elements = out_temp.bytes_list.size();
          break;
        }
        default:
          LOG(FATAL) << "Should not happen. " << DataTypeString(example_dtype);
      }

      if (num_elements % num_elements_divisor != 0) {
        return parse_error();
      }

      if (stats) {
        stats->feature_values_count += num_elements;
      }

      Tensor* out;
      if (is_dense) {
        TensorShape values_shape;
        values_shape.AddDim(num_elements / num_elements_divisor);
        for (int i = 1; i < config.dense[d].shape.dims(); ++i) {
          values_shape.AddDim(config.dense[d].shape.dim_size(i));
        }

        out = &result->dense_values[d];
        *out = Tensor(config.dense[d].dtype, values_shape);

      } else {
        Tensor* out_indices = &result->sparse_indices[d];
        Tensor* out_dense_shape = &result->sparse_shapes[d];
        out = &result->sparse_values[d];

        // TODO(mrry): Investigate the possibility of not materializing
        // the indices (and perhaps dense_shape) until they are needed.
        *out_indices = Tensor(
            DT_INT64, TensorShape({static_cast<int64>(num_elements), 1}));
        auto indices_flat = out_indices->flat<int64>();
        for (size_t i = 0; i < num_elements; ++i) {
          indices_flat(i) = static_cast<int64>(i);
        }

        *out_dense_shape = Tensor(DT_INT64, TensorShape({1}));
        auto shapes_shape_t = out_dense_shape->vec<int64>();
        shapes_shape_t(0) = num_elements;

        *out = Tensor(config.sparse[d].dtype,
                      TensorShape({static_cast<int64>(num_elements)}));
      }

      switch (example_dtype) {
        case DT_INT64: {
          CopyOrMoveBlock(out_temp.int64_list.begin(),
                          out_temp.int64_list.end(), out->flat<int64>().data());
          break;
        }
        case DT_FLOAT: {
          CopyOrMoveBlock(out_temp.float_list.begin(),
                          out_temp.float_list.end(), out->flat<float>().data());
          break;
        }
        case DT_STRING: {
          CopyOrMoveBlock(out_temp.bytes_list.begin(),
                          out_temp.bytes_list.end(),
                          out->flat<string>().data());
          break;
        }
        default:
          LOG(FATAL) << "Should not happen.";
      }
    }
  }

  // Handle missing dense features.
  for (size_t d = 0; d < config.dense.size(); ++d) {
    if (!dense_feature_already_seen[d]) {
      if (!config.dense[d].variable_length) {
        // Handle missing fixed-length dense feature.
        if (config.dense[d].default_value.NumElements() == 0) {
          return errors::InvalidArgument(
              "Feature: ", config.dense[d].feature_name,
              " (data type: ", DataTypeString(config.dense[d].dtype), ")",
              " is required but could not be found.");
        }
        result->dense_values[d] = config.dense[d].default_value;
      } else {
        // Handle missing varlen dense feature.
        TensorShape empty_shape;
        empty_shape.AddDim(0);
        for (int i = 1; i < config.dense[d].shape.dims(); ++i) {
          empty_shape.AddDim(config.dense[d].shape.dim_size(i));
        }
        result->dense_values[d] = Tensor(config.dense[d].dtype, empty_shape);
      }
    }
  }

  // Handle missing sparse features.
  for (size_t d = 0; d < config.sparse.size(); ++d) {
    if (!sparse_feature_already_seen[d]) {
      result->sparse_indices[d] = Tensor(DT_INT64, TensorShape({0, 1}));
      result->sparse_values[d] =
          Tensor(config.sparse[d].dtype, TensorShape({0}));
      result->sparse_shapes[d].vec<int64>()(0) = 0;
    }
  }

  return Status::OK();
}

// Return the number of bytes elements parsed, or -1 on error. If out is null,
// this method simply counts the number of elements without any copying.
inline int ParseBytesFeature(protobuf::io::CodedInputStream* stream,
                             string* out) {
  int num_elements = 0;
  uint32 length;
  if (!stream->ExpectTag(kDelimitedTag(1)) || !stream->ReadVarint32(&length)) {
    return -1;
  }
  if (length > 0) {
    auto limit = stream->PushLimit(length);
    while (!stream->ExpectAtEnd()) {
      uint32 bytes_length;
      if (!stream->ExpectTag(kDelimitedTag(1)) ||
          !stream->ReadVarint32(&bytes_length) ||
          (out != nullptr && !stream->ReadString(out++, bytes_length))) {
        return -1;
      }
      if (out == nullptr) {
        stream->Skip(bytes_length);
      }
      num_elements++;
    }
    stream->PopLimit(limit);
  }
  return num_elements;
}

inline void PadFloatFeature(int num_to_pad, float* out) {
  for (int i = 0; i < num_to_pad; i++) {
    *out++ = 0.0;
  }
}

inline void PadInt64Feature(int num_to_pad, int64* out) {
  for (int i = 0; i < num_to_pad; i++) {
    *out++ = 0;
  }
}

// Return the number of float elements parsed, or -1 on error. If out is null,
// this method simply counts the number of elements without any copying.
inline int ParseFloatFeature(protobuf::io::CodedInputStream* stream,
                             float* out) {
  int num_elements = 0;
  uint32 length;
  if (!stream->ExpectTag(kDelimitedTag(2)) || !stream->ReadVarint32(&length)) {
    return -1;
  }
  if (length > 0) {
    auto limit = stream->PushLimit(length);
    uint8 peek_tag = PeekTag(stream);
    if (peek_tag == kDelimitedTag(1)) {  // packed
      uint32 packed_length;
      if (!stream->ExpectTag(kDelimitedTag(1)) ||
          !stream->ReadVarint32(&packed_length)) {
        return -1;
      }
      auto packed_limit = stream->PushLimit(packed_length);
      while (!stream->ExpectAtEnd()) {
        uint32 buffer32;
        if (!stream->ReadLittleEndian32(&buffer32)) {
          return -1;
        }
        if (out != nullptr) {
          *out++ = absl::bit_cast<float>(buffer32);
        }
        num_elements++;
      }
      stream->PopLimit(packed_limit);
    } else if (peek_tag == kFixed32Tag(1)) {
      while (!stream->ExpectAtEnd()) {
        uint32 buffer32;
        if (!stream->ExpectTag(kFixed32Tag(1)) ||
            !stream->ReadLittleEndian32(&buffer32)) {
          return -1;
        }
        if (out != nullptr) {
          *out++ = absl::bit_cast<float>(buffer32);
        }
        num_elements++;
      }
    } else {
      // Unknown tag.
      return -1;
    }
    stream->PopLimit(limit);
  }
  return num_elements;
}

// Return the number of int64 elements parsed, or -1 on error. If out is null,
// this method simply counts the number of elements without any copying.
inline int ParseInt64Feature(protobuf::io::CodedInputStream* stream,
                             int64* out) {
  int num_elements = 0;
  uint32 length;
  if (!stream->ExpectTag(kDelimitedTag(3)) || !stream->ReadVarint32(&length)) {
    return -1;
  }
  if (length > 0) {
    auto limit = stream->PushLimit(length);
    uint8 peek_tag = PeekTag(stream);
    if (peek_tag == kDelimitedTag(1)) {  // packed
      uint32 packed_length;
      if (!stream->ExpectTag(kDelimitedTag(1)) ||
          !stream->ReadVarint32(&packed_length)) {
        return -1;
      }
      auto packed_limit = stream->PushLimit(packed_length);
      while (!stream->ExpectAtEnd()) {
        protobuf_uint64 n;  // There is no API for int64
        if (!stream->ReadVarint64(&n)) {
          return -1;
        }
        if (out != nullptr) {
          *out++ = n;
        }
        num_elements++;
      }
      stream->PopLimit(packed_limit);
    } else if (peek_tag == kVarintTag(1)) {
      while (!stream->ExpectAtEnd()) {
        protobuf_uint64 n;  // There is no API for int64
        if (!stream->ExpectTag(kVarintTag(1)) || !stream->ReadVarint64(&n)) {
          return -1;
        }
        if (out != nullptr) {
          *out++ = n;
        }
        num_elements++;
      }
    } else {
      // Unknown tag.
      return -1;
    }
    stream->PopLimit(limit);
  }
  return num_elements;
}

inline DataType ParseDataType(protobuf::io::CodedInputStream* stream) {
  uint8 peek_tag = PeekTag(stream);
  switch (peek_tag) {
    case kDelimitedTag(1):
      return DT_STRING;
    case kDelimitedTag(2):
      return DT_FLOAT;
    case kDelimitedTag(3):
      return DT_INT64;
    default:
      return DT_INVALID;
  }
}

inline bool SkipEmptyFeature(protobuf::io::CodedInputStream* stream,
                             DataType dtype) {
  switch (dtype) {
    case DT_STRING:
      if (!stream->ExpectTag(kDelimitedTag(1))) {
        return false;
      }
      break;
    case DT_FLOAT:
      if (!stream->ExpectTag(kDelimitedTag(2))) {
        return false;
      }
      break;
    case DT_INT64:
      if (!stream->ExpectTag(kDelimitedTag(3))) {
        return false;
      }
      break;
    default:
      return false;
  }
  uint32 length;
  return stream->ReadVarint32(&length) && length == 0;
}

// TODO(sundberg): Use the threadpool to parallelize example parsing.
// TODO(b/111553342): Support extracting feature statistics from the examples.
Status FastParseSequenceExample(
    const FastParseExampleConfig& context_config,
    const FastParseExampleConfig& feature_list_config,
    gtl::ArraySlice<string> serialized, gtl::ArraySlice<string> example_names,
    thread::ThreadPool* thread_pool, Result* context_result,
    Result* feature_list_result, std::vector<Tensor>* dense_feature_lengths) {
  int num_examples = serialized.size();
  DCHECK(context_result != nullptr);
  DCHECK(feature_list_result != nullptr);
  DCHECK(dense_feature_lengths != nullptr);
  size_t num_context_features =
      context_config.sparse.size() + context_config.dense.size();
  absl::flat_hash_map<StringPiece, bool> context_is_sparse;
  context_is_sparse.reserve(num_context_features);
  absl::flat_hash_map<StringPiece, std::pair<DataType, size_t>>
      context_feature_type_and_lengths;
  context_feature_type_and_lengths.reserve(num_context_features);
  if (!example_names.empty() && example_names.size() != num_examples) {
    return errors::InvalidArgument(
        "example_names must be empty or have the correct number of elements");
  }
  for (auto& c : context_config.sparse) {
    TF_RETURN_IF_ERROR(CheckConfigDataType(c.dtype));
    context_feature_type_and_lengths[c.feature_name] =
        std::make_pair(c.dtype, 0);
    context_is_sparse[c.feature_name] = true;
  }
  for (auto& c : context_config.dense) {
    if (context_is_sparse[c.feature_name]) {
      return errors::InvalidArgument("Context feature " + c.feature_name +
                                     " cannot be both dense and sparse");
    }
    TF_RETURN_IF_ERROR(CheckConfigDataType(c.dtype));
    context_feature_type_and_lengths[c.feature_name] =
        std::make_pair(c.dtype, c.default_value.NumElements());
    if (c.default_value.NumElements() > 0) {
      if (!c.shape.IsCompatibleWith(c.default_value.shape())) {
        return errors::InvalidArgument("Default value for context feature ",
                                       c.feature_name,
                                       " has an incorrect shape: saw ",
                                       c.default_value.shape().DebugString(),
                                       " but expected ", c.shape.DebugString());
      }
    }
  }
  size_t num_sequence_features =
      feature_list_config.sparse.size() + feature_list_config.dense.size();
  absl::flat_hash_map<StringPiece, bool> sequence_is_sparse;
  sequence_is_sparse.reserve(num_sequence_features);
  absl::flat_hash_map<StringPiece, std::pair<DataType, size_t>>
      sequence_feature_type_and_lengths;
  sequence_feature_type_and_lengths.reserve(num_sequence_features);
  for (auto& c : feature_list_config.sparse) {
    TF_RETURN_IF_ERROR(CheckConfigDataType(c.dtype));
    sequence_feature_type_and_lengths[c.feature_name] =
        std::make_pair(c.dtype, 0);
    sequence_is_sparse[c.feature_name] = true;
  }
  for (auto& c : feature_list_config.dense) {
    if (sequence_is_sparse[c.feature_name]) {
      return errors::InvalidArgument("Sequence feature " + c.feature_name +
                                     " cannot be both dense and sparse");
    }
    TF_RETURN_IF_ERROR(CheckConfigDataType(c.dtype));
    sequence_feature_type_and_lengths[c.feature_name] =
        std::make_pair(c.dtype, 0);
  }

  std::vector<absl::flat_hash_map<StringPiece, StringPiece>>
      all_context_features(num_examples);
  std::vector<absl::flat_hash_map<StringPiece, StringPiece>>
      all_sequence_features(num_examples);
  const string kUnknown = "<unknown>";
  for (int d = 0; d < num_examples; d++) {
    const string& example = serialized[d];
    const string& example_name =
        example_names.empty() ? kUnknown : example_names[d];
    auto* context_features = &all_context_features[d];
    auto* sequence_features = &all_sequence_features[d];

    protobuf::io::CodedInputStream stream(
        reinterpret_cast<const uint8*>(example.data()), example.size());
    // Not clear what this does. Why not stream.EnableAliasing()?
    EnableAliasing(&stream);

    // Extract pointers to all features within this serialized example.
    while (!stream.ExpectAtEnd()) {
      absl::flat_hash_map<StringPiece, StringPiece>* features = nullptr;
      const absl::flat_hash_map<StringPiece, std::pair<DataType, size_t>>*
          config = nullptr;
      if (stream.ExpectTag(kDelimitedTag(1))) {
        // Context
        features = context_features;
        config = &context_feature_type_and_lengths;
      } else if (stream.ExpectTag(kDelimitedTag(2))) {
        // Sequence
        features = sequence_features;
        config = &sequence_feature_type_and_lengths;
      } else if (!SkipExtraneousTag(&stream)) {
        return errors::InvalidArgument(
            "Invalid protocol message input, example id: ", example_name);
      }
      if (features != nullptr) {
        uint32 length;
        if (!stream.ReadVarint32(&length)) {
          return errors::InvalidArgument(
              "Invalid protocol message input, example id: ", example_name);
        }
        auto limit = stream.PushLimit(length);
        while (!stream.ExpectAtEnd()) {
          StringPiece key, value;
          uint32 length;
          if (!stream.ExpectTag(kDelimitedTag(1)) ||
              !stream.ReadVarint32(&length)) {
            return errors::InvalidArgument(
                "Invalid protocol message input, example id: ", example_name);
          }
          auto limit = stream.PushLimit(length);
          if (!stream.ExpectTag(kDelimitedTag(1)) ||
              !ParseString(&stream, &key) ||
              !stream.ExpectTag(kDelimitedTag(2)) ||
              !ParseString(&stream, &value) || !stream.ExpectAtEnd()) {
            return errors::InvalidArgument(
                "Invalid protocol message input, example id: ", example_name);
          }
          stream.PopLimit(limit);
          // Only save if this feature was requested.
          if (config->count(key) > 0) {
            (*features)[key] = value;
          }
        }
        stream.PopLimit(limit);
      }
    }

    for (const auto& c : *context_features) {
      size_t num_elements = 0;
      if (!c.second.empty()) {
        protobuf::io::CodedInputStream stream(
            reinterpret_cast<const uint8*>(c.second.data()), c.second.size());
        EnableAliasing(&stream);
        DataType dtype = context_feature_type_and_lengths[c.first].first;
        int64 num;
        switch (dtype) {
          case DT_STRING:
            num = ParseBytesFeature(&stream, nullptr);
            break;
          case DT_FLOAT:
            num = ParseFloatFeature(&stream, nullptr);
            break;
          case DT_INT64:
            num = ParseInt64Feature(&stream, nullptr);
            break;
          default:
            num = -1;
            break;
        }
        if (num == -1) {
          return errors::InvalidArgument("Error in context feature ", c.first,
                                         " in example ", example_name);
        }
        num_elements += num;
      }
      if (context_is_sparse[c.first]) {
        context_feature_type_and_lengths[c.first].second += num_elements;
      } else {
        size_t current_max = context_feature_type_and_lengths[c.first].second;
        context_feature_type_and_lengths[c.first].second =
            std::max(current_max, num_elements);
      }
    }
    for (const auto& c : *sequence_features) {
      size_t num_elements = 0;
      if (!c.second.empty()) {
        protobuf::io::CodedInputStream stream(
            reinterpret_cast<const uint8*>(c.second.data()), c.second.size());
        EnableAliasing(&stream);
        DataType dtype = sequence_feature_type_and_lengths[c.first].first;
        while (!stream.ExpectAtEnd()) {
          uint32 feature_length;
          if (!stream.ExpectTag(kDelimitedTag(1)) ||
              !stream.ReadVarint32(&feature_length)) {
            return errors::InvalidArgument("Error in sequence feature ",
                                           c.first, " in example ",
                                           example_name);
          }
          if (feature_length > 2) {
            auto limit = stream.PushLimit(feature_length);
            int64 num;
            switch (dtype) {
              case DT_STRING:
                num = ParseBytesFeature(&stream, nullptr);
                break;
              case DT_FLOAT:
                num = ParseFloatFeature(&stream, nullptr);
                break;
              case DT_INT64:
                num = ParseInt64Feature(&stream, nullptr);
                break;
              default:
                num = -1;
                break;
            }
            if (num == -1) {
              return errors::InvalidArgument("Error in sequence feature ",
                                             c.first, " in example ",
                                             example_name);
            }
            num_elements += num;
            stream.PopLimit(limit);
          } else if (feature_length == 2) {
            if (!SkipEmptyFeature(&stream, dtype)) {
              return errors::InvalidArgument("Error in sequence feature ",
                                             c.first, " in example ",
                                             example_name);
            }
          } else if (feature_length != 0) {
            return errors::InvalidArgument("Error in sequence feature ",
                                           c.first, " in example ",
                                           example_name);
          }
        }
      }
      if (sequence_is_sparse[c.first]) {
        sequence_feature_type_and_lengths[c.first].second += num_elements;
      } else {
        size_t current_max = sequence_feature_type_and_lengths[c.first].second;
        sequence_feature_type_and_lengths[c.first].second =
            std::max(current_max, num_elements);
      }
    }
  }

  // Allocate memory.
  context_result->sparse_values.resize(context_config.sparse.size());
  context_result->sparse_indices.resize(context_config.sparse.size());
  context_result->sparse_shapes.resize(context_config.sparse.size());
  context_result->dense_values.resize(context_config.dense.size());
  feature_list_result->sparse_values.resize(feature_list_config.sparse.size());
  feature_list_result->sparse_indices.resize(feature_list_config.sparse.size());
  feature_list_result->sparse_shapes.resize(feature_list_config.sparse.size());
  feature_list_result->dense_values.resize(feature_list_config.dense.size());
  dense_feature_lengths->resize(feature_list_config.dense.size());

  int t = 0;
  for (const auto& c : context_config.dense) {
    TensorShape dense_shape, example_shape;
    DataType dtype = c.dtype;
    const size_t expected_max_elements =
        context_feature_type_and_lengths[c.feature_name].second;
    if (!c.shape.AsTensorShape(&example_shape) ||
        expected_max_elements != example_shape.num_elements()) {
      return errors::InvalidArgument(
          "Inconsistent number of elements for feature ", c.feature_name, ": ",
          expected_max_elements, " vs ", dense_shape.num_elements());
    }
    dense_shape.AddDim(num_examples);
    for (const int dim : c.shape.dim_sizes()) {
      dense_shape.AddDim(dim);
    }
    context_result->dense_values[t] = Tensor(dtype, dense_shape);

    // TODO(sundberg): Refactor to reduce code duplication, and add bounds
    // checking for the outputs.
    string* out_bytes = nullptr;
    float* out_float = nullptr;
    int64* out_int64 = nullptr;
    switch (dtype) {
      case DT_STRING:
        out_bytes = context_result->dense_values[t].flat<string>().data();
        break;
      case DT_FLOAT:
        out_float = context_result->dense_values[t].flat<float>().data();
        break;
      case DT_INT64:
        out_int64 = context_result->dense_values[t].flat<int64>().data();
        break;
      default:
        return errors::InvalidArgument("Unexpected dtype ", dtype,
                                       " in feature ", c.feature_name);
    }
    t++;

    // Fill in the values.
    for (int e = 0; e < num_examples; e++) {
      size_t num_elements = 0;
      const auto feature_iter = all_context_features[e].find(c.feature_name);
      const string& example_name =
          example_names.empty() ? kUnknown : example_names[e];
      if (feature_iter == all_context_features[e].end()) {
        // Copy the default value, if present. If not, return an error.
        if (c.default_value.NumElements() == 0) {
          return errors::InvalidArgument(
              "Feature: ", c.feature_name,
              " (data type: ", DataTypeString(c.dtype), ")",
              " is required but could not be found.");
        }
        const string* in_bytes = nullptr;
        const float* in_float = nullptr;
        const int64* in_int64 = nullptr;
        size_t num = 0;
        switch (dtype) {
          case DT_STRING:
            in_bytes = c.default_value.flat<string>().data();
            num = c.default_value.NumElements();
            for (int p = 0; p < num; p++) {
              *out_bytes++ = *in_bytes++;
            }
            break;
          case DT_FLOAT:
            in_float = c.default_value.flat<float>().data();
            num = c.default_value.NumElements();
            for (int p = 0; p < num; p++) {
              *out_float++ = *in_float++;
            }
            break;
          case DT_INT64:
            in_int64 = c.default_value.flat<int64>().data();
            num = c.default_value.NumElements();
            for (int p = 0; p < num; p++) {
              *out_int64++ = *in_int64++;
            }
            break;
          default:
            return errors::InvalidArgument("Unexpected dtype ", dtype,
                                           " in example ", example_name);
        }
        num_elements += num;
      } else if (!feature_iter->second.empty()) {
        const auto& feature = feature_iter->second;
        protobuf::io::CodedInputStream stream(
            reinterpret_cast<const uint8*>(feature.data()), feature.size());
        EnableAliasing(&stream);
        size_t num_added;
        switch (dtype) {
          case DT_STRING:
            num_added = ParseBytesFeature(&stream, out_bytes);
            out_bytes += num_added;
            break;
          case DT_FLOAT:
            num_added = ParseFloatFeature(&stream, out_float);
            out_float += num_added;
            break;
          case DT_INT64:
            num_added = ParseInt64Feature(&stream, out_int64);
            out_int64 += num_added;
            break;
          default:
            return errors::InvalidArgument("Unexpected dtype ", dtype,
                                           " in example ", example_name);
        }
        num_elements += num_added;
      }
      if (num_elements != expected_max_elements) {
        return errors::InvalidArgument(
            "Unexpected number of elements in example ", example_name);
      }
    }
  }
  t = 0;
  for (const auto& c : context_config.sparse) {
    TensorShape indices_shape, values_shape;
    DataType dtype = c.dtype;
    size_t expected_num_elements =
        context_feature_type_and_lengths[c.feature_name].second;
    indices_shape.AddDim(expected_num_elements);
    indices_shape.AddDim(2);
    values_shape.AddDim(expected_num_elements);
    context_result->sparse_indices[t] = Tensor(DT_INT64, indices_shape);
    context_result->sparse_values[t] = Tensor(dtype, values_shape);
    context_result->sparse_shapes[t] = Tensor(DT_INT64, TensorShape({2}));
    // TODO(sundberg): Refactor to reduce code duplication, and add bounds
    // checking for the outputs.
    string* out_bytes = nullptr;
    float* out_float = nullptr;
    int64* out_int64 = nullptr;
    switch (dtype) {
      case DT_STRING:
        out_bytes = context_result->sparse_values[t].flat<string>().data();
        break;
      case DT_FLOAT:
        out_float = context_result->sparse_values[t].flat<float>().data();
        break;
      case DT_INT64:
        out_int64 = context_result->sparse_values[t].flat<int64>().data();
        break;
      default:
        return errors::InvalidArgument("Unexpected dtype ", dtype,
                                       " in feature ", c.feature_name);
    }
    int64* out_indices = context_result->sparse_indices[t].flat<int64>().data();
    auto out_shape = context_result->sparse_shapes[t].vec<int64>();
    t++;

    // Fill in the values.
    size_t num_elements = 0;
    size_t max_num_cols = 0;
    for (int e = 0; e < num_examples; e++) {
      const auto& feature = all_context_features[e][c.feature_name];
      const string& example_name =
          example_names.empty() ? kUnknown : example_names[e];
      if (!feature.empty()) {
        protobuf::io::CodedInputStream stream(
            reinterpret_cast<const uint8*>(feature.data()), feature.size());
        EnableAliasing(&stream);
        size_t num_added;
        switch (dtype) {
          case DT_STRING:
            num_added = ParseBytesFeature(&stream, out_bytes);
            out_bytes += num_added;
            break;
          case DT_FLOAT:
            num_added = ParseFloatFeature(&stream, out_float);
            out_float += num_added;
            break;
          case DT_INT64:
            num_added = ParseInt64Feature(&stream, out_int64);
            out_int64 += num_added;
            break;
          default:
            return errors::InvalidArgument("Unexpected dtype ", dtype,
                                           " in example ", example_name);
        }
        num_elements += num_added;
        max_num_cols = std::max(max_num_cols, num_added);
        for (int i = 0; i < num_added; i++) {
          *out_indices++ = e;
          *out_indices++ = i;
        }
      }
    }
    if (num_elements != expected_num_elements) {
      return errors::InvalidArgument(
          "Unexpected total number of elements in feature ", c.feature_name);
    }
    out_shape(0) = num_examples;
    out_shape(1) = max_num_cols;
  }
  t = 0;
  TensorShape dense_length_shape({num_examples});
  for (const auto& c : feature_list_config.dense) {
    TensorShape dense_shape, row_shape;
    DataType dtype = c.dtype;
    const size_t expected_max_elements =
        sequence_feature_type_and_lengths[c.feature_name].second;
    if (!c.shape.AsTensorShape(&row_shape) ||
        expected_max_elements !=
            (expected_max_elements / row_shape.num_elements()) *
                row_shape.num_elements()) {
      return errors::InvalidArgument("Unexpected shape error in feature ",
                                     c.feature_name);
    }
    int64 expected_max_rows = expected_max_elements / row_shape.num_elements();
    dense_shape.AddDim(num_examples);
    dense_shape.AddDim(expected_max_rows);
    for (const int dim : feature_list_config.dense[t].shape.dim_sizes()) {
      dense_shape.AddDim(dim);
    }
    feature_list_result->dense_values[t] = Tensor(dtype, dense_shape);
    (*dense_feature_lengths)[t] = Tensor(DT_INT64, dense_length_shape);
    int64* out_lengths = (*dense_feature_lengths)[t].flat<int64>().data();

    string* out_bytes = nullptr;
    float* out_float = nullptr;
    int64* out_int64 = nullptr;
    switch (dtype) {
      case DT_STRING:
        out_bytes = feature_list_result->dense_values[t].flat<string>().data();
        break;
      case DT_FLOAT:
        out_float = feature_list_result->dense_values[t].flat<float>().data();
        break;
      case DT_INT64:
        out_int64 = feature_list_result->dense_values[t].flat<int64>().data();
        break;
      default:
        return errors::InvalidArgument("Unexpected dtype ", dtype,
                                       " in feature ", c.feature_name);
    }
    t++;

    // Fill in the values.
    for (int e = 0; e < num_examples; e++) {
      size_t num_elements = 0, num_rows = 0;
      const auto feature_iter = all_sequence_features[e].find(c.feature_name);
      const string& example_name =
          example_names.empty() ? kUnknown : example_names[e];
      if (feature_iter == all_sequence_features[e].end()) {
        // Return an error if this feature was not allowed to be missing.
        // Otherwise, we'll pad as needed below.
        if (!c.variable_length) {
          return errors::InvalidArgument("Missing feature ", c.feature_name,
                                         " in example ", example_name);
        }
      } else if (!feature_iter->second.empty()) {
        const auto& feature = feature_iter->second;
        protobuf::io::CodedInputStream stream(
            reinterpret_cast<const uint8*>(feature.data()), feature.size());
        EnableAliasing(&stream);
        while (!stream.ExpectAtEnd()) {
          uint32 feature_length;
          if (!stream.ExpectTag(kDelimitedTag(1)) ||
              !stream.ReadVarint32(&feature_length)) {
            return errors::InvalidArgument("Error in sequence feature ",
                                           c.feature_name, " in example ",
                                           example_name);
          }
          auto limit = stream.PushLimit(feature_length);
          size_t num_added;
          switch (dtype) {
            case DT_STRING:
              num_added = ParseBytesFeature(&stream, out_bytes);
              out_bytes += num_added;
              break;
            case DT_FLOAT:
              num_added = ParseFloatFeature(&stream, out_float);
              out_float += num_added;
              break;
            case DT_INT64:
              num_added = ParseInt64Feature(&stream, out_int64);
              out_int64 += num_added;
              break;
            default:
              return errors::InvalidArgument("Unexpected dtype ", dtype,
                                             " in example ", example_name);
          }
          num_elements += num_added;
          num_rows++;
          if (num_added != row_shape.num_elements()) {
            return errors::InvalidArgument(
                "Unexpected number of elements in feature ", c.feature_name,
                ", example ", example_name);
          }
          stream.PopLimit(limit);
        }
      }
      *out_lengths++ = num_rows;
      // Pad as necessary.
      int num_to_pad = expected_max_elements - num_elements;
      switch (dtype) {
        case DT_STRING:
          out_bytes += num_to_pad;
          break;
        case DT_FLOAT:
          PadFloatFeature(num_to_pad, out_float);
          out_float += num_to_pad;
          break;
        case DT_INT64:
          PadInt64Feature(num_to_pad, out_int64);
          out_int64 += num_to_pad;
          break;
        default:
          return errors::InvalidArgument("Unexpected dtype ", dtype,
                                         " in example ", example_name);
      }
    }
  }
  t = 0;
  for (const auto& c : feature_list_config.sparse) {
    TensorShape indices_shape, values_shape;
    DataType dtype = c.dtype;
    size_t expected_num_elements =
        sequence_feature_type_and_lengths[c.feature_name].second;
    indices_shape.AddDim(expected_num_elements);
    indices_shape.AddDim(3);
    values_shape.AddDim(expected_num_elements);
    feature_list_result->sparse_indices[t] = Tensor(DT_INT64, indices_shape);
    feature_list_result->sparse_values[t] = Tensor(dtype, values_shape);
    feature_list_result->sparse_shapes[t] = Tensor(DT_INT64, TensorShape({3}));

    string* out_bytes = nullptr;
    float* out_float = nullptr;
    int64* out_int64 = nullptr;
    switch (dtype) {
      case DT_STRING:
        out_bytes = feature_list_result->sparse_values[t].flat<string>().data();
        break;
      case DT_FLOAT:
        out_float = feature_list_result->sparse_values[t].flat<float>().data();
        break;
      case DT_INT64:
        out_int64 = feature_list_result->sparse_values[t].flat<int64>().data();
        break;
      default:
        return errors::InvalidArgument("Unexpected dtype ", dtype,
                                       " in feature ", c.feature_name);
    }
    int64* out_indices =
        feature_list_result->sparse_indices[t].flat<int64>().data();
    auto out_shape = feature_list_result->sparse_shapes[t].vec<int64>();
    t++;

    // Fill in the values.
    size_t num_elements = 0;
    size_t max_num_rows = 0;
    size_t max_num_cols = 0;
    for (int e = 0; e < num_examples; e++) {
      const auto& feature = all_sequence_features[e][c.feature_name];
      const string& example_name =
          example_names.empty() ? kUnknown : example_names[e];
      if (!feature.empty()) {
        protobuf::io::CodedInputStream stream(
            reinterpret_cast<const uint8*>(feature.data()), feature.size());
        EnableAliasing(&stream);
        size_t num_rows = 0;
        while (!stream.ExpectAtEnd()) {
          uint32 feature_length;
          if (!stream.ExpectTag(kDelimitedTag(1)) ||
              !stream.ReadVarint32(&feature_length)) {
            return errors::InvalidArgument("Error in sequence feature ",
                                           c.feature_name, " in example ",
                                           example_name);
          }
          if (feature_length > 2) {
            auto limit = stream.PushLimit(feature_length);
            size_t num_added;
            switch (dtype) {
              case DT_STRING:
                num_added = ParseBytesFeature(&stream, out_bytes);
                out_bytes += num_added;
                break;
              case DT_FLOAT:
                num_added = ParseFloatFeature(&stream, out_float);
                out_float += num_added;
                break;
              case DT_INT64:
                num_added = ParseInt64Feature(&stream, out_int64);
                out_int64 += num_added;
                break;
              default:
                return errors::InvalidArgument("Unexpected dtype ", dtype,
                                               " in example ", example_name);
            }
            num_elements += num_added;
            max_num_cols = std::max(max_num_cols, num_added);
            for (int i = 0; i < num_added; i++) {
              *out_indices++ = e;
              *out_indices++ = num_rows;
              *out_indices++ = i;
            }
            stream.PopLimit(limit);
          } else if (feature_length == 2) {
            if (!SkipEmptyFeature(&stream, dtype)) {
              return errors::InvalidArgument("Error in sequence feature ",
                                             c.feature_name, " in example ",
                                             example_name);
            }
          } else if (feature_length != 0) {
            return errors::InvalidArgument("Error in sequence feature ",
                                           c.feature_name, " in example ",
                                           example_name);
          }
          num_rows++;
        }
        max_num_rows = std::max(max_num_rows, num_rows);
      }
    }
    if (num_elements != expected_num_elements) {
      return errors::InvalidArgument(
          "Unexpected number of elements in feature ", c.feature_name);
    }
    out_shape(0) = num_examples;
    out_shape(1) = max_num_rows;
    out_shape(2) = max_num_cols;
  }

  return Status::OK();
}

}  // namespace example
}  // namespace tensorflow