inputs.py

# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright contributors to the vLLM project

from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
from collections import UserDict, defaultdict
from collections.abc import Mapping, Sequence
from dataclasses import dataclass
from functools import partial
from itertools import accumulate
from typing import (TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Literal, Optional, TypedDict, Union,
                    cast, final)

import numpy as np
from typing_extensions import NotRequired, TypeAlias, TypeVar, deprecated

from vllm.utils import LazyLoader, full_groupby, is_list_of
from vllm.utils.jsontree import JSONTree, json_map_leaves

if TYPE_CHECKING:
    import torch
    import torch.types
    from PIL.Image import Image
    from transformers.feature_extraction_utils import BatchFeature

    from .hasher import MultiModalHashDict
else:
    torch = LazyLoader("torch", globals(), "torch")

_T = TypeVar("_T")

HfImageItem: TypeAlias = Union["Image", np.ndarray, "torch.Tensor"]
"""
A `transformers.image_utils.ImageInput` representing a single image
item, which can be passed to a HuggingFace `ImageProcessor`.
"""

HfVideoItem: TypeAlias = Union[list["Image"], np.ndarray, "torch.Tensor",
                               list[np.ndarray], list["torch.Tensor"]]
"""
A `transformers.image_utils.VideoInput` representing a single video
item, which can be passed to a HuggingFace `VideoProcessor`.
"""

HfAudioItem: TypeAlias = Union[list[float], np.ndarray, "torch.Tensor"]
"""
Represents a single audio
item, which can be passed to a HuggingFace `AudioProcessor`.
"""

ImageItem: TypeAlias = Union[HfImageItem, "torch.Tensor"]
"""
A `transformers.image_utils.ImageInput` representing a single image
item, which can be passed to a HuggingFace `ImageProcessor`.

Alternatively, a 3-D tensor or batch of 2-D tensors,
which are treated as image embeddings;
these are directly passed to the model without HF processing.
"""

VideoItem: TypeAlias = Union[HfVideoItem, "torch.Tensor",
                             tuple[HfVideoItem, dict[str, Any]]]
"""
A `transformers.video_utils.VideoInput` representing a single video item. 
This can be passed to a HuggingFace `VideoProcessor` 
with `transformers.video_utils.VideoMetadata`.

Alternatively, a 3-D tensor or batch of 2-D tensors,
which are treated as video embeddings;
these are directly passed to the model without HF processing.
"""

AudioItem: TypeAlias = Union[HfAudioItem, tuple[np.ndarray, float],
                             "torch.Tensor"]
"""
Represents a single audio
item, which can be passed to a HuggingFace `AudioProcessor`.

Alternatively, a tuple `(audio, sampling_rate)`, where the sampling rate
is different from that expected by the model;
these are resampled to the model's sampling rate before being processed by HF.

Alternatively, a 3-D tensor or batch of 2-D tensors,
which are treated as audio embeddings;
these are directly passed to the model without HF processing.
"""

ModalityData: TypeAlias = Union[_T, list[_T]]
"""
Either a single data item, or a list of data items.

The number of data items allowed per modality is restricted by
`--limit-mm-per-prompt`.
"""


@final
class MultiModalDataBuiltins(TypedDict, total=False):
    """Type annotations for modality types predefined by vLLM."""

    image: ModalityData[ImageItem]
    """The input image(s)."""

    video: ModalityData[VideoItem]
    """The input video(s)."""

    audio: ModalityData[AudioItem]
    """The input audio(s)."""


MultiModalDataDict: TypeAlias = Mapping[str, ModalityData[Any]]
"""
A dictionary containing an entry for each modality type to input.

The built-in modalities are defined by
[`MultiModalDataBuiltins`][vllm.multimodal.inputs.MultiModalDataBuiltins].
"""


@dataclass(frozen=True)
class PlaceholderRange:
    """
    Placeholder location information for multi-modal data.

    Example:

    Prompt: `AAAA BBBB What is in these images?`

    Images A and B will have:

    ```
    A: PlaceholderRange(offset=0, length=4)
    B: PlaceholderRange(offset=5, length=4)
    ```
    """

    offset: int
    """The start index of the placeholder in the prompt."""

    length: int
    """The length of the placeholder."""

    is_embed: Optional["torch.Tensor"] = None
    """
    A boolean mask of shape `(length,)` indicating which positions
    between `offset` and `offset + length` to assign embeddings to.
    """

    def get_num_embeds(self) -> int:
        if self.is_embed is None:
            return self.length

        return int(self.is_embed.sum().item())

    def __eq__(self, other: object) -> bool:
        if not isinstance(other, self.__class__):
            return False
        if not (self.offset, self.length) == (other.offset, other.length):
            return False

        if self.is_embed is None:
            return other.is_embed is None
        if other.is_embed is None:
            return self.is_embed is None

        return nested_tensors_equal(self.is_embed, other.is_embed)


NestedTensors: TypeAlias = Union[list["NestedTensors"], list["torch.Tensor"],
                                 "torch.Tensor", tuple["torch.Tensor", ...]]
"""
Uses a list instead of a tensor if the dimensions of each element do not match.
"""


def nested_tensors_equal(a: NestedTensors, b: NestedTensors) -> bool:
    """Equality check between
    [`NestedTensors`][vllm.multimodal.inputs.NestedTensors] objects."""
    if isinstance(a, torch.Tensor):
        return isinstance(b, torch.Tensor) and torch.equal(a, b)
    elif isinstance(b, torch.Tensor):
        return isinstance(a, torch.Tensor) and torch.equal(b, a)

    if isinstance(a, list):
        return (isinstance(b, list)
                and all(nested_tensors_equal(a_, b_) for a_, b_ in zip(a, b)))
    if isinstance(b, list):
        return (isinstance(a, list)
                and all(nested_tensors_equal(b_, a_) for b_, a_ in zip(b, a)))

    # Both a and b are scalars
    return a == b


BatchedTensorInputs: TypeAlias = Mapping[str, NestedTensors]
"""
A dictionary containing nested tensors which have been batched via
[`MultiModalKwargs.batch`][vllm.multimodal.inputs.MultiModalKwargs.batch].
"""


@dataclass
class MultiModalFeatureSpec:
    """
    Represents a single multimodal input with its processed data and metadata.
    
    Used by the V1 engine to track multimodal data through processing and
    caching. A request containing multiple multimodal items will have one
    MultiModalFeatureSpec per item.
    """

    data: Optional["MultiModalKwargsItem"]
    """Multimodal data for this feature"""

    modality: str
    """Based on the input, e.g., "image", "audio", "video"."""

    identifier: str
    """mm_hash or uuid for caching encoder outputs."""

    mm_position: PlaceholderRange
    """e.g., PlaceholderRange(offset=2, length=336)"""


@dataclass
class MultiModalFieldElem:
    """
    Represents a keyword argument corresponding to a multi-modal item
    in [`MultiModalKwargs`][vllm.multimodal.inputs.MultiModalKwargs].
    """

    modality: str
    """
    The modality of the corresponding multi-modal item.
    Each multi-modal item can consist of multiple keyword arguments.
    """

    key: str
    """
    The key of this field in
    [`MultiModalKwargs`][vllm.multimodal.inputs.MultiModalKwargs],
    i.e. the name of the keyword argument to be passed to the model.
    """

    data: NestedTensors
    """
    The tensor data of this field in
    [`MultiModalKwargs`][vllm.multimodal.inputs.MultiModalKwargs],
    i.e. the value of the keyword argument to be passed to the model.

    It may be set to `None` if it is determined that the item is cached
    in `EngineCore`.
    """

    field: "BaseMultiModalField"
    """
    Defines how to combine the tensor data of this field with others
    in order to batch multi-modal items together for model inference.
    """

    def __eq__(self, other: object) -> bool:
        if not isinstance(other, self.__class__):
            return False

        if self.data is None:
            data_equal = other.data is None
        elif other.data is None:
            data_equal = self.data is None
        else:
            data_equal = nested_tensors_equal(self.data, other.data)

        return ((self.modality, self.key) == (other.modality, other.key)
                and data_equal
                and type(self.field) == type(other.field))  # noqa: E721


@dataclass(frozen=True)
class BaseMultiModalField(ABC):
    """
    Defines how to interpret tensor data belonging to a keyword argument in
    [`MultiModalKwargs`][vllm.multimodal.inputs.MultiModalKwargs] for multiple
    multi-modal items, and vice versa.
    """

    def _field_factory(self, *, modality: str, key: str):
        f = partial(
            MultiModalFieldElem,
            modality=modality,
            key=key,
            field=self,
        )

        # Allow passing data as positional argument
        def factory(data: NestedTensors) -> MultiModalFieldElem:
            return f(data=data)

        return factory

    @abstractmethod
    def build_elems(
        self,
        modality: str,
        key: str,
        data: NestedTensors,
    ) -> Sequence[MultiModalFieldElem]:
        """
        Construct
        [`MultiModalFieldElem`][vllm.multimodal.inputs.MultiModalFieldElem]
        instances to represent the provided data.

        This is the inverse of
        [`reduce_data`][vllm.multimodal.inputs.BaseMultiModalField.reduce_data].
        """
        raise NotImplementedError

    @abstractmethod
    def _reduce_data(
        self,
        batch: list[NestedTensors],
        *,
        pin_memory: bool,
    ) -> NestedTensors:
        raise NotImplementedError

    def reduce_data(
        self,
        elems: list[MultiModalFieldElem],
        *,
        pin_memory: bool = False,
    ) -> NestedTensors:
        """
        Merge the data from multiple instances of
        [`MultiModalFieldElem`][vllm.multimodal.inputs.MultiModalFieldElem].

        This is the inverse of
        [`build_elems`][vllm.multimodal.inputs.BaseMultiModalField.build_elems].
        """
        field_types = [type(item.field) for item in elems]
        if len(set(field_types)) > 1:
            raise ValueError(f"Cannot merge different {field_types=}")

        batch = [elem.data for elem in elems]
        return self._reduce_data(batch, pin_memory=pin_memory)


@dataclass(frozen=True)
class MultiModalBatchedField(BaseMultiModalField):
    """
    Info:
        [`MultiModalFieldConfig.batched`][vllm.multimodal.inputs.MultiModalFieldConfig.batched]
    """

    def build_elems(
        self,
        modality: str,
        key: str,
        data: NestedTensors,
    ) -> Sequence[MultiModalFieldElem]:
        field_factory = self._field_factory(modality=modality, key=key)
        return [field_factory(item) for item in data]

    def _reduce_data(
        self,
        batch: list[NestedTensors],
        *,
        pin_memory: bool,
    ) -> NestedTensors:
        if len(batch) > 0 and is_list_of(batch, torch.Tensor, check="all"):
            if len(batch) == 1:
                # An optimization when `batch` contains only one tensor:
                # - produce exactly same result as `torch.stack(batch)`
                # - will achieve zero-copy if the tensor is contiguous
                return batch[0].unsqueeze(0).contiguous()
            first_shape = batch[0].shape
            if all(elem.shape == first_shape for elem in batch):
                out = torch.empty((len(batch), *batch[0].shape),
                                  dtype=batch[0].dtype,
                                  device=batch[0].device,
                                  pin_memory=pin_memory)
                return torch.stack(batch, out=out)

        return batch


@dataclass(frozen=True)
class MultiModalFlatField(BaseMultiModalField):
    """
    Info:
        [`MultiModalFieldConfig.flat`][vllm.multimodal.inputs.MultiModalFieldConfig.flat]
        [`MultiModalFieldConfig.flat_from_sizes`][vllm.multimodal.inputs.MultiModalFieldConfig.flat_from_sizes]
    """
    slices: Union[Sequence[slice], Sequence[Sequence[slice]]]
    dim: int = 0

    def build_elems(
        self,
        modality: str,
        key: str,
        data: NestedTensors,
    ) -> Sequence[MultiModalFieldElem]:
        field_factory = self._field_factory(modality=modality, key=key)
        if not is_list_of(self.slices, slice, check="all"):
            assert isinstance(data, torch.Tensor), \
                "torch.Tensor is required for multiple slices"
        return [field_factory(data[cast(slice, s)]) for s in self.slices]

    def _reduce_data(
        self,
        batch: list[NestedTensors],
        *,
        pin_memory: bool,
    ) -> NestedTensors:
        if len(batch) > 0 and is_list_of(batch, torch.Tensor, check="all"):
            if len(batch) == 1:
                # An optimization when `batch` contains only one tensor:
                # - produce exactly same result as `torch.concat(batch)`
                # - will achieve zero-copy if the tensor is contiguous
                return batch[0].contiguous()

            dim = self.dim + (self.dim < 0) * len(batch[0].shape)

            def _shape_before_after(tensor: torch.Tensor):
                return tensor.shape[:dim], tensor.shape[dim + 1:]

            first_shape = _shape_before_after(batch[0])

            if all(_shape_before_after(elem) == first_shape for elem in batch):
                shape_before, shape_after = first_shape
                shape_concat = sum(item.shape[dim] for item in batch)
                out = torch.empty((*shape_before, shape_concat, *shape_after),
                                  dtype=batch[0].dtype,
                                  device=batch[0].device,
                                  pin_memory=pin_memory)
                return torch.concat(batch, dim=self.dim, out=out)

        assert self.dim == 0, "dim == 0 is required for nested list"
        return [e for elem in batch for e in elem]


@dataclass(frozen=True)
class MultiModalSharedField(BaseMultiModalField):
    """
    Info:
        [`MultiModalFieldConfig.shared`][vllm.multimodal.inputs.MultiModalFieldConfig.shared]
    """
    batch_size: int

    def build_elems(
        self,
        modality: str,
        key: str,
        data: NestedTensors,
    ) -> Sequence[MultiModalFieldElem]:
        field_factory = self._field_factory(modality=modality, key=key)
        return [field_factory(data)] * self.batch_size

    def _reduce_data(
        self,
        batch: list[NestedTensors],
        *,
        pin_memory: bool,
    ) -> NestedTensors:
        return batch[0]


class MultiModalFieldConfig:

    @staticmethod
    def batched(modality: str):
        """
        Defines a field where an element in the batch is obtained by
        indexing into the first dimension of the underlying data.

        Args:
            modality: The modality of the multi-modal item that uses this
                keyword argument.

        Example:

        ```
        Input:
            Data: [[AAAA]
                [BBBB]
                [CCCC]]

        Output:
            Element 1: [AAAA]
            Element 2: [BBBB]
            Element 3: [CCCC]
        ```
        """
        return MultiModalFieldConfig(
            field=MultiModalBatchedField(),
            modality=modality,
        )

    @staticmethod
    def flat(modality: str,
             slices: Union[Sequence[slice], Sequence[Sequence[slice]]],
             dim: int = 0):
        """
        Defines a field where an element in the batch is obtained by
        slicing along the first dimension of the underlying data.

        Args:
            modality: The modality of the multi-modal item that uses this
                keyword argument.
            slices: For each multi-modal item, a slice (dim=0) or a tuple of
                slices (dim>0) that is used to extract the data corresponding
                to it.
            dim: The dimension to extract data, default to 0.

        Example:

        ```
        Given:
            slices: [slice(0, 3), slice(3, 7), slice(7, 9)]

        Input:
            Data: [AAABBBBCC]

        Output:
            Element 1: [AAA]
            Element 2: [BBBB]
            Element 3: [CC]
        ```

        ```
        Given:
            slices: [
                (slice(None), slice(0, 3)),
                (slice(None), slice(3, 7)),
                (slice(None), slice(7, 9))]
            dim: 1

        Input:
            Data: [[A],[A],[A],[B],[B],[B],[B],[C],[C]]

        Output:
            Element 1: [[A],[A],[A]]
            Element 2: [[B],[B],[B],[B]]
            Element 3: [[C],[C]]
        ```
        """
        return MultiModalFieldConfig(
            field=MultiModalFlatField(slices=slices, dim=dim),
            modality=modality,
        )

    @staticmethod
    def flat_from_sizes(modality: str,
                        size_per_item: "torch.Tensor",
                        dim: int = 0):
        """
        Defines a field where an element in the batch is obtained by
        slicing along the first dimension of the underlying data.

        Args:
            modality: The modality of the multi-modal item that uses this
                keyword argument.
            slices: For each multi-modal item, the size of the slice that
                is used to extract the data corresponding to it.
            dim: The dimension to slice, default to 0.

        Example:

        ```
        Given:
            size_per_item: [3, 4, 2]

        Input:
            Data: [AAABBBBCC]

        Output:
            Element 1: [AAA]
            Element 2: [BBBB]
            Element 3: [CC]
        ```

        ```
        Given:
            slices: [3, 4, 2]
            dim: 1

        Input:
            Data: [[A],[A],[A],[B],[B],[B],[B],[C],[C]]

        Output:
            Element 1: [[A],[A],[A]]
            Element 2: [[B],[B],[B],[B]]
            Element 3: [[C],[C]]
        ```

        Info:
            [`MultiModalFieldConfig.flat`][vllm.multimodal.inputs.MultiModalFieldConfig.flat]
        """

        if size_per_item.ndim != 1:
            raise ValueError("size_per_item should be a 1-D tensor, "
                             f"but found shape: {size_per_item.shape}")

        slice_idxs = [0, *accumulate(size_per_item)]
        slices = [(slice(None, None, None), ) * dim +
                  (slice(slice_idxs[i], slice_idxs[i + 1]), )
                  for i in range(len(size_per_item))]

        return MultiModalFieldConfig.flat(modality, slices, dim=dim)

    @staticmethod
    def shared(modality: str, batch_size: int):
        """
        Defines a field where an element in the batch is obtained by
        taking the entirety of the underlying data.

        This means that the data is the same for each element in the batch.

        Args:
            modality: The modality of the multi-modal item that uses this
                keyword argument.
            batch_size: The number of multi-modal items which share this data.

        Example:

        ```
        Given:
            batch_size: 4

        Input:
            Data: [XYZ]

        Output:
            Element 1: [XYZ]
            Element 2: [XYZ]
            Element 3: [XYZ]
            Element 4: [XYZ]
        ```
        """
        return MultiModalFieldConfig(
            field=MultiModalSharedField(batch_size),
            modality=modality,
        )

    def __init__(self, field: BaseMultiModalField, modality: str) -> None:
        super().__init__()

        self.field = field
        self.modality = modality

    def build_elems(
        self,
        key: str,
        batch: NestedTensors,
    ) -> Sequence[MultiModalFieldElem]:
        return self.field.build_elems(self.modality, key, batch)


class MultiModalKwargsItem(UserDict[str, MultiModalFieldElem]):
    """
    A collection of
    [`MultiModalFieldElem`][vllm.multimodal.inputs.MultiModalFieldElem]
    corresponding to a data item in
    [`MultiModalDataItems`][vllm.multimodal.parse.MultiModalDataItems].
    """

    @staticmethod
    def dummy(modality: str):
        """Convenience class for testing."""
        mm_elem = MultiModalFieldElem(
            modality=modality,
            key="dummy",
            data=torch.empty(1),
            field=MultiModalSharedField(1),
        )
        return MultiModalKwargsItem.from_elems([mm_elem])

    @staticmethod
    def from_elems(elems: Sequence[MultiModalFieldElem]):
        return MultiModalKwargsItem({elem.key: elem for elem in elems})

    def __init__(self, data: Mapping[str, MultiModalFieldElem] = {}) -> None:
        super().__init__(data)

        modalities = {elem.modality for elem in self.values()}
        assert len(modalities) == 1, f"Found different modalities={modalities}"
        self._modality = next(iter(modalities))

    @property
    def modality(self) -> str:
        return self._modality

    def get_data(self) -> dict[str, NestedTensors]:
        return {key: elem.data for key, elem in self.items()}


_I = TypeVar(
    "_I",
    MultiModalKwargsItem,
    Optional[MultiModalKwargsItem],
    default=MultiModalKwargsItem,
)


class MultiModalKwargsItems(UserDict[str, Sequence[_I]]):
    """
    A dictionary of
    [`MultiModalKwargsItem`][vllm.multimodal.inputs.MultiModalKwargsItem]s
    by modality.
    """

    @staticmethod
    def from_hf_inputs(
        hf_inputs: "BatchFeature",
        config_by_key: Mapping[str, MultiModalFieldConfig],
    ):
        # NOTE: This skips fields in `hf_inputs` that are not in `config_by_key`
        # We assume that those fields are not used in vLLM
        elems_by_key = dict[str, Sequence[MultiModalFieldElem]]()
        keys_by_modality = defaultdict[str, set[str]](set)
        for key, config in config_by_key.items():
            batch = hf_inputs.get(key)
            if batch is not None:
                elems = config.build_elems(key, batch)
                if len(elems) > 0:
                    elems_by_key[key] = elems
                    keys_by_modality[config.modality].add(key)

        items = list[MultiModalKwargsItem]()
        for modality, keys in keys_by_modality.items():
            elems_in_modality = {k: elems_by_key[k] for k in keys}
            batch_sizes = {k: len(v) for k, v in elems_in_modality.items()}

            if len(set(batch_sizes.values())) > 1:
                raise ValueError(
                    f"Cannot merge different batch sizes for {modality=}! "
                    f"Found: {batch_sizes=}")

            batch_size = next(iter(batch_sizes.values()))
            for item_idx in range(batch_size):
                elems = [v[item_idx] for v in elems_in_modality.values()]
                items.append(MultiModalKwargsItem.from_elems(elems))

        return MultiModalKwargsItems.from_seq(items)

    @staticmethod
    def from_seq(items: Sequence[MultiModalKwargsItem]):
        items_by_modality = full_groupby(items, key=lambda x: x.modality)
        return MultiModalKwargsItems(items_by_modality)

    def __getitem__(self, modality: str) -> Sequence[_I]:
        if modality not in self:
            raise KeyError(f"Modality {modality!r} not found. "
                           f"Available modalities: {set(self.keys())}")

        return super().__getitem__(modality)  # type: ignore[return-value]

    def get_data(self, *, pin_memory: bool = False) -> "MultiModalKwargs":
        elems_by_key = defaultdict[str, list[MultiModalFieldElem]](list)
        for modality, items in self.items():
            for i, item in enumerate(items):
                if item is None:
                    raise RuntimeError("Cannot build data from empty "
                                       f"mm_items[{modality}][{i}]")

                for key, elem in item.items():
                    elems_by_key[key].append(elem)

        return MultiModalKwargs({
            key:
            elems[0].field.reduce_data(elems, pin_memory=pin_memory)
            for key, elems in elems_by_key.items()
        })


MultiModalKwargsOptionalItems: TypeAlias = Union[
    MultiModalKwargsItems[MultiModalKwargsItem],
    MultiModalKwargsItems[Optional[MultiModalKwargsItem]],
]


class MultiModalKwargs(UserDict[str, NestedTensors]):
    """
    A dictionary that represents the keyword arguments to
    [`torch.nn.Module.forward`][].
    """

    @staticmethod
    @deprecated("`MultiModalKwargs.from_hf_inputs` is deprecated and "
                "will be removed in v0.13. "
                "Please use `MultiModalKwargsItems.from_hf_inputs` and "
                "access the tensor data using `.get_data()`.")
    def from_hf_inputs(
        hf_inputs: "BatchFeature",
        config_by_key: Mapping[str, MultiModalFieldConfig],
    ):
        return MultiModalKwargsItems.from_hf_inputs(hf_inputs, config_by_key) \
            .get_data()

    @staticmethod
    @deprecated("`MultiModalKwargs.from_items` is deprecated and "
                "will be removed in v0.13. "
                "Please use `MultiModalKwargsItems.from_seq` and "
                "access the tensor data using `.get_data()`.")
    def from_items(
        items: Sequence[MultiModalKwargsItem],
        *,
        pin_memory: bool = False,
    ):
        return MultiModalKwargsItems.from_seq(items) \
            .get_data(pin_memory=pin_memory)

    @staticmethod
    def _try_stack(nested_tensors: NestedTensors,
                   pin_memory: bool = False) -> NestedTensors:
        """
        Stack the inner dimensions that have the same shape in
        a nested list of tensors.

        Thus, a dimension represented by a list means that the inner
        dimensions are different for each element along that dimension.
        """
        if isinstance(nested_tensors, torch.Tensor):
            return nested_tensors

        # TODO: Remove these once all models have been migrated
        if isinstance(nested_tensors, np.ndarray):
            return torch.from_numpy(nested_tensors)
        if isinstance(nested_tensors, (int, float)):
            return torch.tensor(nested_tensors)

        stacked = [
            MultiModalKwargs._try_stack(t, pin_memory) for t in nested_tensors
        ]
        if not is_list_of(stacked, torch.Tensor, check="all"):
            # Only tensors (not lists) can be stacked.
            return stacked

        tensors_ = cast(list[torch.Tensor], stacked)
        if len(tensors_) == 1:
            # An optimization when `tensors_` contains only one tensor:
            # - produce exactly same result as `torch.stack(tensors_)`
            # - will achieve zero-copy if the tensor is contiguous
            return tensors_[0].unsqueeze(0).contiguous()

        if any(t.shape != tensors_[0].shape for t in tensors_):
            # The tensors have incompatible shapes and can't be stacked.
            return tensors_

        outputs = torch.empty(len(tensors_),
                              *tensors_[0].shape,
                              dtype=tensors_[0].dtype,
                              device=tensors_[0].device,
                              pin_memory=pin_memory)
        return torch.stack(tensors_, out=outputs)

    @staticmethod
    def batch(inputs_list: list["MultiModalKwargs"],
              pin_memory: bool = False) -> BatchedTensorInputs:
        """
        Batch multiple inputs together into a dictionary.

        The resulting dictionary has the same keys as the inputs.
        If the corresponding value from each input is a tensor and they all
        share the same shape, the output value is a single batched tensor;
        otherwise, the output value is a list containing the original value
        from each input.
        """
        if len(inputs_list) == 0:
            return {}

        # We need to consider the case where each item in the batch
        # contains different modalities (i.e. different keys).
        item_lists = defaultdict[str, list[NestedTensors]](list)

        for inputs in inputs_list:
            for k, v in inputs.items():
                item_lists[k].append(v)

        return {
            k: MultiModalKwargs._try_stack(item_list, pin_memory)
            for k, item_list in item_lists.items()
        }

    @staticmethod
    def as_kwargs(
        batched_inputs: BatchedTensorInputs,
        *,
        device: torch.types.Device,
    ) -> BatchedTensorInputs:
        json_inputs = cast(JSONTree[torch.Tensor], batched_inputs)

        json_mapped = json_map_leaves(
            lambda x: x.to(device=device, non_blocking=True),
            json_inputs,
        )

        return cast(BatchedTensorInputs, json_mapped)

    def __getitem__(self, key: str):
        if key not in self:
            raise KeyError(f"Keyword argument {key!r} not found. "
                           f"Available keys: {set(self.keys())}")

        return super().__getitem__(key)

    def __eq__(self, other: object) -> bool:
        if not isinstance(other, self.__class__):
            return False

        for k in self:
            if k not in other:
                return False
            if not nested_tensors_equal(self[k], other[k]):
                return False

        return True


MultiModalPlaceholderDict: TypeAlias = Mapping[str, Sequence[PlaceholderRange]]
"""
A dictionary containing placeholder ranges for each modality.
"""


class MultiModalInputs(TypedDict):
    """
    Represents the outputs of
    [`BaseMultiModalProcessor`][vllm.multimodal.processing.BaseMultiModalProcessor],
    ready to be passed to vLLM internals.
    """

    type: Literal["multimodal"]
    """The type of inputs."""

    prompt: str
    """The processed prompt text."""

    prompt_token_ids: list[int]
    """The processed token IDs which includes placeholder tokens."""

    mm_kwargs: MultiModalKwargsOptionalItems
    """Keyword arguments to be directly passed to the model after batching."""

    mm_hashes: "MultiModalHashDict"
    """The hashes of the multi-modal data."""

    mm_placeholders: "MultiModalPlaceholderDict"
    """
    For each modality, information about the placeholder tokens in
    `prompt_token_ids`.
    """

    cache_salt: NotRequired[str]
    """
    Optional cache salt to be used for prefix caching.
    """


class MultiModalEncDecInputs(MultiModalInputs):
    """
    Represents the outputs of
    [`EncDecMultiModalProcessor`][vllm.multimodal.processing.EncDecMultiModalProcessor]
    ready to be passed to vLLM internals.
    """

    encoder_prompt: str
    """The processed encoder prompt text."""

    encoder_prompt_token_ids: list[int]
    """The processed token IDs of the encoder prompt."""