FIDL examples

This is a catalog of FIDL examples intended to demonstrate FIDL concepts through simplified implementations of real software workflows.

Example index

The following examples sequentially demonstrate useful FIDL concepts.

Calculator

The calculator example shows fundamental building blocks for creating your first FIDL protocol.

Key-value store

The key-value store example demonstrates how to build a simple key-value store using FIDL in order to learn about the various data types available in the language.

Canvas

The canvas example demonstrates how to build a simple 2D line-rendering canvas using FIDL in order to learn about commonly used data flow patterns.

Concept index

Each "concept" in the FIDL language is exemplified in at least one of the examples listed in the preceding section. A quick reference of each such concept, as well as its example implementations, is listed in the following section.

Acknowledgement pattern

FIDL recipe: Acknowledgement pattern

The acknowledgement pattern is a simple method of flow-control for methods that would otherwise be one way calls. Rather than leaving the method as a one way call, it is instead turned into the a two way call with an absent response, colloquially known as an ack. The ack's only reason for existence is to inform the sended that the message has been received, which the sender can use to make decisions about how to proceed.

The cost of this acknowledgement is added chatter over the channel. This pattern can also result in degraded performance if the client waits for the acknowledgement before proceeding with the next call.

Sending unmetered one way calls back and forth produces a simple design, but there are potential pitfalls: what if the server is much slower at processing updates than the client sends them? For example, the client may load a drawing consisting of many thousands of lines from some text file, and try to send them all sequentially. How can we apply back pressure to the client to prevent the server from being overwhelmed by this wave of updates?

By using the acknowledgement pattern and making the one way call AddLine(...); into a two way AddLine(...) -> ();, we can provide feedback to the client. This will allow the client to throttle its output as appropriate. In this example, we'll simply have the client wait for the ack before sending the next message it has waiting, though more complex designs could send messages optimistically, and only throttle when they receive async acks less frequently than expected.

First, we need to define our interface definitions and test harness. The FIDL, CML, and realm interface definitions set up a scaffold that arbitrary implementations can use:

FIDL

// Copyright 2022 The Fuchsia Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.
library examples.canvas.addlinemetered;

/// A point in 2D space.
type Point = struct {
    x int64;
    y int64;
};

/// A line in 2D space.
alias Line = array<Point, 2>;

/// A bounding box in 2D space. This is the result of "drawing" operations on our canvas, and what
/// the server reports back to the client. These bounds are sufficient to contain all of the
/// lines (inclusive) on a canvas at a given time.
type BoundingBox = struct {
    top_left Point;
    bottom_right Point;
};

/// Manages a single instance of a canvas. Each session of this protocol is responsible for a new
/// canvas.
@discoverable
open protocol Instance {
    /// Add a line to the canvas.
    ///
    /// This method can be considered an improvement over the one-way case from a flow control
    /// perspective, as it is now much more difficult for a well-behaved client to "get ahead" of
    /// the server and overwhelm. This is because the client now waits for each request to be acked
    /// by the server before proceeding. This change represents a trade-off: we get much greater
    /// synchronization of message flow between the client and the server, at the cost of worse
    /// performance at the limit due to the extra wait imposed by each ack.
    flexible AddLine(struct {
        line Line;
    }) -> ();

    /// Update the client with the latest drawing state. The server makes no guarantees about how
    /// often this event occurs - it could occur multiple times per board state, for example.
    flexible -> OnDrawn(BoundingBox);
};

CML

Client

// Copyright 2022 The Fuchsia Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.
{
    include: [ "syslog/client.shard.cml" ],
    program: {
        runner: "elf",
        binary: "bin/client_bin",
    },
    use: [
        { protocol: "examples.canvas.addlinemetered.Instance" },
    ],
    config: {
        // A script for the client to follow. Entries in the script may take one of two forms: a
        // pair of signed-integer coordinates like "-2,15:4,5", or the string "WAIT". The former
        // calls `AddLine(...)`, while the latter pauses execution until the next `->OnDrawn(...)`
        // event is received.
        //
        // TODO(https://fxbug.dev/42178362): It would absolve individual language implementations of a great
        //   deal of string parsing if we were able to use a vector of `union { Point; WaitEnum}`
        //   here.
        script: {
            type: "vector",
            max_count: 100,
            element: {
                type: "string",
                max_size: 64,
            },
        },
    },
}

Server

// Copyright 2022 The Fuchsia Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.
{
    include: [ "syslog/client.shard.cml" ],
    program: {
        runner: "elf",
        binary: "bin/server_bin",
    },
    capabilities: [
        { protocol: "examples.canvas.addlinemetered.Instance" },
    ],
    expose: [
        {
            protocol: "examples.canvas.addlinemetered.Instance",
            from: "self",
        },
    ],
}

Realm

// Copyright 2022 The Fuchsia Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.
{
    children: [
        {
            name: "client",
            url: "#meta/client.cm",
        },
        {
            name: "server",
            url: "#meta/server.cm",
        },
    ],
    offer: [
        // Route the protocol under test from the server to the client.
        {
            protocol: "examples.canvas.addlinemetered.Instance",
            from: "#server",
            to: "#client",
        },

        // Route diagnostics support to all children.
        {
            protocol: [
                "fuchsia.inspect.InspectSink",
                "fuchsia.logger.LogSink",
            ],
            from: "parent",
            to: [
                "#client",
                "#server",
            ],
        },
    ],
}

Client and server implementations can then be written in any supported language:

Rust

Client

// Copyright 2022 The Fuchsia Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.

use anyhow::{format_err, Context as _, Error};
use config::Config;
use fidl_examples_canvas_addlinemetered::{InstanceEvent, InstanceMarker, Point};
use fuchsia_component::client::connect_to_protocol;
use futures::TryStreamExt;
use std::{thread, time};

#[fuchsia::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
    println!("Started");

    // Load the structured config values passed to this component at startup.
    let config = Config::take_from_startup_handle();

    // Use the Component Framework runtime to connect to the newly spun up server component. We wrap
    // our retained client end in a proxy object that lets us asynchronously send Instance requests
    // across the channel.
    let instance = connect_to_protocol::<InstanceMarker>()?;
    println!("Outgoing connection enabled");

    for action in config.script.into_iter() {
        // If the next action in the script is to "WAIT", block until an OnDrawn event is received
        // from the server.
        if action == "WAIT" {
            let mut event_stream = instance.take_event_stream();
            loop {
                match event_stream
                    .try_next()
                    .await
                    .context("Error getting event response from proxy")?
                    .ok_or_else(|| format_err!("Proxy sent no events"))?
                {
                    InstanceEvent::OnDrawn { top_left, bottom_right } => {
                        println!(
                            "OnDrawn event received: top_left: {:?}, bottom_right: {:?}",
                            top_left, bottom_right
                        );
                        break;
                    }
                    InstanceEvent::_UnknownEvent { ordinal, .. } => {
                        println!("Received an unknown event with ordinal {ordinal}");
                    }
                }
            }
            continue;
        }

        // If the action is not a "WAIT", we need to draw a line instead. Parse the string input,
        // making two points out of it.
        let mut points = action
            .split(":")
            .map(|point| {
                let integers = point
                    .split(",")
                    .map(|integer| integer.parse::<i64>().unwrap())
                    .collect::<Vec<i64>>();
                Point { x: integers[0], y: integers[1] }
            })
            .collect::<Vec<Point>>();

        // Assemble a line from the two points.
        let from = points.pop().ok_or(format_err!("line requires 2 points, but has 0"))?;
        let to = points.pop().ok_or(format_err!("line requires 2 points, but has 1"))?;
        let line = [from, to];

        // Draw a line to the canvas by calling the server, using the two points we just parsed
        // above as arguments.
        println!("AddLine request sent: {:?}", line);

        // By awaiting on the reply, we prevent the client from sending another request before the
        // server is ready to handle, thereby syncing the flow rate between the two parties over
        // this method.
        instance.add_line(&line).await.context("Error sending request")?;
        println!("AddLine response received");
    }

    // TODO(https://fxbug.dev/42156498): We need to sleep here to make sure all logs get drained. Once the
    // referenced bug has been resolved, we can remove the sleep.
    thread::sleep(time::Duration::from_secs(2));
    Ok(())
}

Server

// Copyright 2022 The Fuchsia Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.

use anyhow::{Context as _, Error};
use fidl::endpoints::RequestStream as _;
use fidl_examples_canvas_addlinemetered::{
    BoundingBox, InstanceRequest, InstanceRequestStream, Point,
};
use fuchsia_async::{MonotonicInstant, Timer};
use fuchsia_component::server::ServiceFs;

use futures::future::join;
use futures::prelude::*;
use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};

// A struct that stores the two things we care about for this example: the bounding box the lines
// that have been added thus far, and bit to track whether or not there have been changes since the
// last `OnDrawn` event.
#[derive(Debug)]
struct CanvasState {
    // Tracks whether there has been a change since the last send, to prevent redundant updates.
    changed: bool,
    bounding_box: BoundingBox,
}

impl CanvasState {
    /// Handler for the `AddLine` method.
    fn add_line(&mut self, line: [Point; 2]) {
        // Update the bounding box to account for the new lines we've just "added" to the canvas.
        let bounds = &mut self.bounding_box;
        for point in line {
            if point.x < bounds.top_left.x {
                bounds.top_left.x = point.x;
            }
            if point.y > bounds.top_left.y {
                bounds.top_left.y = point.y;
            }
            if point.x > bounds.bottom_right.x {
                bounds.bottom_right.x = point.x;
            }
            if point.y < bounds.bottom_right.y {
                bounds.bottom_right.y = point.y;
            }
        }

        // Mark the state as "dirty", so that an update is sent back to the client on the next tick.
        self.changed = true
    }
}

/// Creates a new instance of the server, paired to a single client across a zircon channel.
async fn run_server(stream: InstanceRequestStream) -> Result<(), Error> {
    // Create a new in-memory state store for the state of the canvas. The store will live for the
    // lifetime of the connection between the server and this particular client.
    let state = Arc::new(Mutex::new(CanvasState {
        changed: true,
        bounding_box: BoundingBox {
            top_left: Point { x: 0, y: 0 },
            bottom_right: Point { x: 0, y: 0 },
        },
    }));

    // Take ownership of the control_handle from the stream, which will allow us to push events from
    // a different async task.
    let control_handle = stream.control_handle();

    // A separate watcher task periodically "draws" the canvas, and notifies the client of the new
    // state. We'll need a cloned reference to the canvas state to be accessible from the new
    // task.
    let state_ref = state.clone();
    let update_sender = || async move {
        loop {
            // Our server sends one update per second.
            Timer::new(MonotonicInstant::after(zx::Duration::from_seconds(1))).await;
            let mut state = state_ref.lock().unwrap();
            if !state.changed {
                continue;
            }

            // After acquiring the lock, this is where we would draw the actual lines. Since this is
            // just an example, we'll avoid doing the actual rendering, and simply send the bounding
            // box to the client instead.
            let bounds = state.bounding_box;
            match control_handle.send_on_drawn(&bounds.top_left, &bounds.bottom_right) {
                Ok(_) => println!(
                    "OnDrawn event sent: top_left: {:?}, bottom_right: {:?}",
                    bounds.top_left, bounds.bottom_right
                ),
                Err(_) => return,
            }

            // Reset the change tracker.
            state.changed = false
        }
    };

    // Handle requests on the protocol sequentially - a new request is not handled until its
    // predecessor has been processed.
    let state_ref = &state;
    let request_handler =
        stream.map(|result| result.context("failed request")).try_for_each(|request| async move {
            // Match based on the method being invoked.
            match request {
                InstanceRequest::AddLine { line, responder } => {
                    println!("AddLine request received: {:?}", line);
                    state_ref.lock().unwrap().add_line(line);

                    // Because this is now a two-way method, we must use the generated `responder`
                    // to send an in this case empty reply back to the client. This is the mechanic
                    // which syncs the flow rate between the client and server on this method,
                    // thereby preventing the client from "flooding" the server with unacknowledged
                    // work.
                    responder.send().context("Error responding")?;
                    println!("AddLine response sent");
                } //
                InstanceRequest::_UnknownMethod { ordinal, .. } => {
                    println!("Received an unknown method with ordinal {ordinal}");
                }
            }
            Ok(())
        });

    // This await does not complete, and thus the function does not return, unless the server errors
    // out. The stream will await indefinitely, thereby creating a long-lived server. Here, we first
    // wait for the updater task to realize the connection has died, then bubble up the error.
    join(request_handler, update_sender()).await.0
}

// A helper enum that allows us to treat a `Instance` service instance as a value.
enum IncomingService {
    Instance(InstanceRequestStream),
}

#[fuchsia::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
    println!("Started");

    // Add a discoverable instance of our `Instance` protocol - this will allow the client to see
    // the server and connect to it.
    let mut fs = ServiceFs::new_local();
    fs.dir("svc").add_fidl_service(IncomingService::Instance);
    fs.take_and_serve_directory_handle()?;
    println!("Listening for incoming connections");

    // The maximum number of concurrent clients that may be served by this process.
    const MAX_CONCURRENT: usize = 10;

    // Serve each connection simultaneously, up to the `MAX_CONCURRENT` limit.
    fs.for_each_concurrent(MAX_CONCURRENT, |IncomingService::Instance(stream)| {
        run_server(stream).unwrap_or_else(|e| println!("{:?}", e))
    })
    .await;

    Ok(())
}

C++ (Natural)

Client

// Copyright 2022 The Fuchsia Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.

#include <fidl/examples.canvas.addlinemetered/cpp/fidl.h>
#include <lib/async-loop/cpp/loop.h>
#include <lib/component/incoming/cpp/protocol.h>
#include <lib/syslog/cpp/macros.h>
#include <unistd.h>

#include <charconv>

#include <examples/fidl/new/canvas/add_line_metered/cpp_natural/client/config.h>

// The |EventHandler| is a derived class that we pass into the |fidl::WireClient| to handle incoming
// events asynchronously.
class EventHandler : public fidl::AsyncEventHandler<examples_canvas_addlinemetered::Instance> {
 public:
  // Handler for |OnDrawn| events sent from the server.
  void OnDrawn(fidl::Event<examples_canvas_addlinemetered::Instance::OnDrawn>& event) override {
    auto top_left = event.top_left();
    auto bottom_right = event.bottom_right();
    FX_LOGS(INFO) << "OnDrawn event received: top_left: Point { x: " << top_left.x()
                  << ", y: " << top_left.y() << " }, bottom_right: Point { x: " << bottom_right.x()
                  << ", y: " << bottom_right.y() << " }";
    loop_.Quit();
  }

  void on_fidl_error(fidl::UnbindInfo error) override { FX_LOGS(ERROR) << error; }

  void handle_unknown_event(
      fidl::UnknownEventMetadata<examples_canvas_addlinemetered::Instance> metadata) override {
    FX_LOGS(WARNING) << "Received an unknown event with ordinal " << metadata.event_ordinal;
  }

  explicit EventHandler(async::Loop& loop) : loop_(loop) {}

 private:
  async::Loop& loop_;
};

// A helper function that takes a coordinate in string form, like "123,-456", and parses it into a
// a struct of the form |{ in64 x; int64 y; }|.
::examples_canvas_addlinemetered::Point ParsePoint(std::string_view input) {
  int64_t x = 0;
  int64_t y = 0;
  size_t index = input.find(',');
  if (index != std::string::npos) {
    std::from_chars(input.data(), input.data() + index, x);
    std::from_chars(input.data() + index + 1, input.data() + input.length(), y);
  }
  return ::examples_canvas_addlinemetered::Point(x, y);
}

// A helper function that takes a coordinate pair in string form, like "1,2:-3,-4", and parses it
// into an array of 2 |Point| structs.
::std::array<::examples_canvas_addlinemetered::Point, 2> ParseLine(const std::string& action) {
  auto input = std::string_view(action);
  size_t index = input.find(':');
  if (index != std::string::npos) {
    return {ParsePoint(input.substr(0, index)), ParsePoint(input.substr(index + 1))};
  }
  return {};
}

int main(int argc, const char** argv) {
  FX_LOGS(INFO) << "Started";

  // Retrieve component configuration.
  auto conf = config::Config::TakeFromStartupHandle();

  // Start up an async loop and dispatcher.
  async::Loop loop(&kAsyncLoopConfigNeverAttachToThread);
  async_dispatcher_t* dispatcher = loop.dispatcher();

  // Connect to the protocol inside the component's namespace. This can fail so it's wrapped in a
  // |zx::result| and it must be checked for errors.
  zx::result client_end = component::Connect<examples_canvas_addlinemetered::Instance>();
  if (!client_end.is_ok()) {
    FX_LOGS(ERROR) << "Synchronous error when connecting to the |Instance| protocol: "
                   << client_end.status_string();
    return -1;
  }

  // Create an instance of the event handler.
  EventHandler event_handler(loop);

  // Create an asynchronous client using the newly-established connection.
  fidl::Client client(std::move(*client_end), dispatcher, &event_handler);
  FX_LOGS(INFO) << "Outgoing connection enabled";

  for (const auto& action : conf.script()) {
    // If the next action in the script is to "WAIT", block until an |OnDrawn| event is received
    // from the server.
    if (action == "WAIT") {
      loop.Run();
      loop.ResetQuit();
      continue;
    }

    // Draw a line to the canvas by calling the server, using the two points we just parsed
    // above as arguments.
    auto line = ParseLine(action);
    FX_LOGS(INFO) << "AddLine request sent: [Point { x: " << line[1].x() << ", y: " << line[1].y()
                  << " }, Point { x: " << line[0].x() << ", y: " << line[0].y() << " }]";

    client->AddLine(line).ThenExactlyOnce(
        [&](fidl::Result<examples_canvas_addlinemetered::Instance::AddLine>& result) {
          // Check if the FIDL call succeeded or not.
          if (!result.is_ok()) {
            // Check that our two-way call succeeded, and handle the error appropriately. In the
            // case of this example, there is nothing we can do to recover here, except to log an
            // error and exit the program.
            FX_LOGS(ERROR) << "Could not send AddLine request: "
                           << result.error_value().FormatDescription();
          }
          FX_LOGS(INFO) << "AddLine response received";

          // Quit the loop, thereby handing control back to the outer loop of actions being iterated
          // over.
          loop.Quit();
        });

    // Run the loop until the callback is resolved, at which point we can continue from here.
    loop.Run();
    loop.ResetQuit();
  }

  // TODO(https://fxbug.dev/42156498): We need to sleep here to make sure all logs get drained. Once the
  // referenced bug has been resolved, we can remove the sleep.
  sleep(2);
  return 0;
}

Server

// Copyright 2022 The Fuchsia Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.

#include <fidl/examples.canvas.addlinemetered/cpp/fidl.h>
#include <lib/async-loop/cpp/loop.h>
#include <lib/async/cpp/task.h>
#include <lib/component/outgoing/cpp/outgoing_directory.h>
#include <lib/fidl/cpp/wire/channel.h>
#include <lib/syslog/cpp/macros.h>
#include <unistd.h>

#include <src/lib/fxl/macros.h>
#include <src/lib/fxl/memory/weak_ptr.h>

// A struct that stores the two things we care about for this example: the set of lines, and the
// bounding box that contains them.
struct CanvasState {
  // Tracks whether there has been a change since the last send, to prevent redundant updates.
  bool changed = true;
  examples_canvas_addlinemetered::BoundingBox bounding_box;
};

// An implementation of the |Instance| protocol.
class InstanceImpl final : public fidl::Server<examples_canvas_addlinemetered::Instance> {
 public:
  // Bind this implementation to a channel.
  InstanceImpl(async_dispatcher_t* dispatcher,
               fidl::ServerEnd<examples_canvas_addlinemetered::Instance> server_end)
      : binding_(fidl::BindServer(
            dispatcher, std::move(server_end), this,
            [this](InstanceImpl* impl, fidl::UnbindInfo info,
                   fidl::ServerEnd<examples_canvas_addlinemetered::Instance> server_end) {
              if (info.reason() != ::fidl::Reason::kPeerClosedWhileReading) {
                FX_LOGS(ERROR) << "Shutdown unexpectedly";
              }
              delete this;
            })),
        weak_factory_(this) {
    // Start the update timer on startup. Our server sends one update per second
    ScheduleOnDrawnEvent(dispatcher, zx::sec(1));
  }

  void AddLine(AddLineRequest& request, AddLineCompleter::Sync& completer) override {
    auto points = request.line();
    FX_LOGS(INFO) << "AddLine request received: [Point { x: " << points[1].x()
                  << ", y: " << points[1].y() << " }, Point { x: " << points[0].x()
                  << ", y: " << points[0].y() << " }]";

    // Update the bounding box to account for the new line we've just "added" to the canvas.
    auto& bounds = state_.bounding_box;
    for (const auto& point : request.line()) {
      if (point.x() < bounds.top_left().x()) {
        bounds.top_left().x() = point.x();
      }
      if (point.y() > bounds.top_left().y()) {
        bounds.top_left().y() = point.y();
      }
      if (point.x() > bounds.bottom_right().x()) {
        bounds.bottom_right().x() = point.x();
      }
      if (point.y() < bounds.bottom_right().y()) {
        bounds.bottom_right().y() = point.y();
      }
    }

    // Mark the state as "dirty", so that an update is sent back to the client on the next |OnDrawn|
    // event.
    state_.changed = true;

    // Because this is now a two-way method, we must use the generated |completer| to send an in
    // this case empty reply back to the client. This is the mechanic which syncs the flow rate
    // between the client and server on this method, thereby preventing the client from "flooding"
    // the server with unacknowledged work.
    completer.Reply();
    FX_LOGS(INFO) << "AddLine response sent";
  }

  void handle_unknown_method(
      fidl::UnknownMethodMetadata<examples_canvas_addlinemetered::Instance> metadata,
      fidl::UnknownMethodCompleter::Sync& completer) override {
    FX_LOGS(WARNING) << "Received an unknown method with ordinal " << metadata.method_ordinal;
  }

 private:
  // Each scheduled update waits for the allotted amount of time, sends an update if something has
  // changed, and schedules the next update.
  void ScheduleOnDrawnEvent(async_dispatcher_t* dispatcher, zx::duration after) {
    async::PostDelayedTask(
        dispatcher,
        [&, dispatcher, after, weak = weak_factory_.GetWeakPtr()] {
          // Halt execution if the binding has been deallocated already.
          if (!weak) {
            return;
          }

          // Schedule the next update if the binding still exists.
          weak->ScheduleOnDrawnEvent(dispatcher, after);

          // No need to send an update if nothing has changed since the last one.
          if (!weak->state_.changed) {
            return;
          }

          // This is where we would draw the actual lines. Since this is just an example, we'll
          // avoid doing the actual rendering, and simply send the bounding box to the client
          // instead.
          auto result = fidl::SendEvent(binding_)->OnDrawn(state_.bounding_box);
          if (!result.is_ok()) {
            return;
          }

          auto top_left = state_.bounding_box.top_left();
          auto bottom_right = state_.bounding_box.bottom_right();
          FX_LOGS(INFO) << "OnDrawn event sent: top_left: Point { x: " << top_left.x()
                        << ", y: " << top_left.y()
                        << " }, bottom_right: Point { x: " << bottom_right.x()
                        << ", y: " << bottom_right.y() << " }";

          // Reset the change tracker.
          state_.changed = false;
        },
        after);
  }

  fidl::ServerBindingRef<examples_canvas_addlinemetered::Instance> binding_;
  CanvasState state_ = CanvasState{};

  // Generates weak references to this object, which are appropriate to pass into asynchronous
  // callbacks that need to access this object. The references are automatically invalidated
  // if this object is destroyed.
  fxl::WeakPtrFactory<InstanceImpl> weak_factory_;
};

int main(int argc, char** argv) {
  FX_LOGS(INFO) << "Started";

  // The event loop is used to asynchronously listen for incoming connections and requests from the
  // client. The following initializes the loop, and obtains the dispatcher, which will be used when
  // binding the server implementation to a channel.
  async::Loop loop(&kAsyncLoopConfigNeverAttachToThread);
  async_dispatcher_t* dispatcher = loop.dispatcher();

  // Create an |OutgoingDirectory| instance.
  //
  // The |component::OutgoingDirectory| class serves the outgoing directory for our component. This
  // directory is where the outgoing FIDL protocols are installed so that they can be provided to
  // other components.
  component::OutgoingDirectory outgoing = component::OutgoingDirectory(dispatcher);

  // The `ServeFromStartupInfo()` function sets up the outgoing directory with the startup handle.
  // The startup handle is a handle provided to every component by the system, so that they can
  // serve capabilities (e.g. FIDL protocols) to other components.
  zx::result result = outgoing.ServeFromStartupInfo();
  if (result.is_error()) {
    FX_LOGS(ERROR) << "Failed to serve outgoing directory: " << result.status_string();
    return -1;
  }

  // Register a handler for components trying to connect to
  // |examples.canvas.addlinemetered.Instance|.
  result = outgoing.AddUnmanagedProtocol<examples_canvas_addlinemetered::Instance>(
      [dispatcher](fidl::ServerEnd<examples_canvas_addlinemetered::Instance> server_end) {
        // Create an instance of our InstanceImpl that destroys itself when the connection closes.
        new InstanceImpl(dispatcher, std::move(server_end));
      });
  if (result.is_error()) {
    FX_LOGS(ERROR) << "Failed to add Instance protocol: " << result.status_string();
    return -1;
  }

  // Everything is wired up. Sit back and run the loop until an incoming connection wakes us up.
  FX_LOGS(INFO) << "Listening for incoming connections";
  loop.Run();
  return 0;
}

C++ (Wire)

Client

// Copyright 2022 The Fuchsia Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.

#include <fidl/examples.canvas.addlinemetered/cpp/wire.h>
#include <lib/async-loop/cpp/loop.h>
#include <lib/component/incoming/cpp/protocol.h>
#include <lib/syslog/cpp/macros.h>
#include <unistd.h>

#include <charconv>

#include <examples/fidl/new/canvas/add_line_metered/cpp_wire/client/config.h>

// The |EventHandler| is a derived class that we pass into the |fidl::WireClient| to handle incoming
// events asynchronously.
class EventHandler : public fidl::WireAsyncEventHandler<examples_canvas_addlinemetered::Instance> {
 public:
  // Handler for |OnDrawn| events sent from the server.
  void OnDrawn(fidl::WireEvent<examples_canvas_addlinemetered::Instance::OnDrawn>* event) override {
    auto top_left = event->top_left;
    auto bottom_right = event->bottom_right;
    FX_LOGS(INFO) << "OnDrawn event received: top_left: Point { x: " << top_left.x
                  << ", y: " << top_left.y << " }, bottom_right: Point { x: " << bottom_right.x
                  << ", y: " << bottom_right.y << " }";
    loop_.Quit();
  }

  void on_fidl_error(fidl::UnbindInfo error) override { FX_LOGS(ERROR) << error; }

  void handle_unknown_event(
      fidl::UnknownEventMetadata<examples_canvas_addlinemetered::Instance> metadata) override {
    FX_LOGS(WARNING) << "Received an unknown event with ordinal " << metadata.event_ordinal;
  }

  explicit EventHandler(async::Loop& loop) : loop_(loop) {}

 private:
  async::Loop& loop_;
};

// A helper function that takes a coordinate in string form, like "123,-456", and parses it into a
// a struct of the form |{ in64 x; int64 y; }|.
::examples_canvas_addlinemetered::wire::Point ParsePoint(std::string_view input) {
  int64_t x = 0;
  int64_t y = 0;
  size_t index = input.find(',');
  if (index != std::string::npos) {
    std::from_chars(input.data(), input.data() + index, x);
    std::from_chars(input.data() + index + 1, input.data() + input.length(), y);
  }
  return ::examples_canvas_addlinemetered::wire::Point{.x = x, .y = y};
}

// A helper function that takes a coordinate pair in string form, like "1,2:-3,-4", and parses it
// into an array of 2 |Point| structs.
::fidl::Array<::examples_canvas_addlinemetered::wire::Point, 2> ParseLine(
    const std::string& action) {
  auto input = std::string_view(action);
  size_t index = input.find(':');
  if (index != std::string::npos) {
    return {ParsePoint(input.substr(0, index)), ParsePoint(input.substr(index + 1))};
  }
  return {};
}

int main(int argc, const char** argv) {
  FX_LOGS(INFO) << "Started";

  // Retrieve component configuration.
  auto conf = config::Config::TakeFromStartupHandle();

  // Start up an async loop and dispatcher.
  async::Loop loop(&kAsyncLoopConfigNeverAttachToThread);
  async_dispatcher_t* dispatcher = loop.dispatcher();

  // Connect to the protocol inside the component's namespace. This can fail so it's wrapped in a
  // |zx::result| and it must be checked for errors.
  zx::result client_end = component::Connect<examples_canvas_addlinemetered::Instance>();
  if (!client_end.is_ok()) {
    FX_LOGS(ERROR) << "Synchronous error when connecting to the |Instance| protocol: "
                   << client_end.status_string();
    return -1;
  }

  // Create an instance of the event handler.
  EventHandler event_handler(loop);

  // Create an asynchronous client using the newly-established connection.
  fidl::WireClient client(std::move(*client_end), dispatcher, &event_handler);
  FX_LOGS(INFO) << "Outgoing connection enabled";

  for (const auto& action : conf.script()) {
    // If the next action in the script is to "WAIT", block until an |OnDrawn| event is received
    // from the server.
    if (action == "WAIT") {
      loop.Run();
      loop.ResetQuit();
      continue;
    }

    // Draw a line to the canvas by calling the server, using the two points we just parsed
    // above as arguments.
    auto line = ParseLine(action);
    FX_LOGS(INFO) << "AddLine request sent: [Point { x: " << line[1].x << ", y: " << line[1].y
                  << " }, Point { x: " << line[0].x << ", y: " << line[0].y << " }]";

    client->AddLine(line).ThenExactlyOnce(
        [&](fidl::WireUnownedResult<examples_canvas_addlinemetered::Instance::AddLine>& result) {
          // Check if the FIDL call succeeded or not.
          if (!result.ok()) {
            // Check that our two-way call succeeded, and handle the error appropriately. In the
            // case of this example, there is nothing we can do to recover here, except to log an
            // error and exit the program.
            FX_LOGS(ERROR) << "Could not send AddLine request: " << result.status_string();
          }
          FX_LOGS(INFO) << "AddLine response received";

          // Quit the loop, thereby handing control back to the outer loop of actions being iterated
          // over.
          loop.Quit();
        });

    // Run the loop until the callback is resolved, at which point we can continue from here.
    loop.Run();
    loop.ResetQuit();
  }

  // TODO(https://fxbug.dev/42156498): We need to sleep here to make sure all logs get drained. Once the
  // referenced bug has been resolved, we can remove the sleep.
  sleep(2);
  return 0;
}

Server

// Copyright 2022 The Fuchsia Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.

#include <fidl/examples.canvas.addlinemetered/cpp/wire.h>
#include <lib/async-loop/cpp/loop.h>
#include <lib/async/cpp/task.h>
#include <lib/component/outgoing/cpp/outgoing_directory.h>
#include <lib/fidl/cpp/wire/channel.h>
#include <lib/syslog/cpp/macros.h>
#include <unistd.h>

#include <src/lib/fxl/macros.h>
#include <src/lib/fxl/memory/weak_ptr.h>

// A struct that stores the two things we care about for this example: the set of lines, and the
// bounding box that contains them.
struct CanvasState {
  // Tracks whether there has been a change since the last send, to prevent redundant updates.
  bool changed = true;
  examples_canvas_addlinemetered::wire::BoundingBox bounding_box;
};

// An implementation of the |Instance| protocol.
class InstanceImpl final : public fidl::WireServer<examples_canvas_addlinemetered::Instance> {
 public:
  // Bind this implementation to a channel.
  InstanceImpl(async_dispatcher_t* dispatcher,
               fidl::ServerEnd<examples_canvas_addlinemetered::Instance> server_end)
      : binding_(fidl::BindServer(
            dispatcher, std::move(server_end), this,
            [this](InstanceImpl* impl, fidl::UnbindInfo info,
                   fidl::ServerEnd<examples_canvas_addlinemetered::Instance> server_end) {
              if (info.reason() != ::fidl::Reason::kPeerClosedWhileReading) {
                FX_LOGS(ERROR) << "Shutdown unexpectedly";
              }
              delete this;
            })),
        weak_factory_(this) {
    // Start the update timer on startup. Our server sends one update per second
    ScheduleOnDrawnEvent(dispatcher, zx::sec(1));
  }

  void AddLine(AddLineRequestView request, AddLineCompleter::Sync& completer) override {
    auto points = request->line;
    FX_LOGS(INFO) << "AddLine request received: [Point { x: " << points[1].x
                  << ", y: " << points[1].y << " }, Point { x: " << points[0].x
                  << ", y: " << points[0].y << " }]";

    // Update the bounding box to account for the new line we've just "added" to the canvas.
    auto& bounds = state_.bounding_box;
    for (const auto& point : request->line) {
      if (point.x < bounds.top_left.x) {
        bounds.top_left.x = point.x;
      }
      if (point.y > bounds.top_left.y) {
        bounds.top_left.y = point.y;
      }
      if (point.x > bounds.bottom_right.x) {
        bounds.bottom_right.x = point.x;
      }
      if (point.y < bounds.bottom_right.y) {
        bounds.bottom_right.y = point.y;
      }
    }

    // Mark the state as "dirty", so that an update is sent back to the client on the next |OnDrawn|
    // event.
    state_.changed = true;

    // Because this is now a two-way method, we must use the generated |completer| to send an in
    // this case empty reply back to the client. This is the mechanic which syncs the flow rate
    // between the client and server on this method, thereby preventing the client from "flooding"
    // the server with unacknowledged work.
    completer.Reply();
    FX_LOGS(INFO) << "AddLine response sent";
  }

  void handle_unknown_method(
      fidl::UnknownMethodMetadata<examples_canvas_addlinemetered::Instance> metadata,
      fidl::UnknownMethodCompleter::Sync& completer) override {
    FX_LOGS(WARNING) << "Received an unknown method with ordinal " << metadata.method_ordinal;
  }

 private:
  // Each scheduled update waits for the allotted amount of time, sends an update if something has
  // changed, and schedules the next update.
  void ScheduleOnDrawnEvent(async_dispatcher_t* dispatcher, zx::duration after) {
    async::PostDelayedTask(
        dispatcher,
        [&, dispatcher, after, weak = weak_factory_.GetWeakPtr()] {
          // Halt execution if the binding has been deallocated already.
          if (!weak) {
            return;
          }

          // Schedule the next update if the binding still exists.
          weak->ScheduleOnDrawnEvent(dispatcher, after);

          // No need to send an update if nothing has changed since the last one.
          if (!weak->state_.changed) {
            return;
          }

          // This is where we would draw the actual lines. Since this is just an example, we'll
          // avoid doing the actual rendering, and simply send the bounding box to the client
          // instead.
          auto top_left = weak->state_.bounding_box.top_left;
          auto bottom_right = weak->state_.bounding_box.bottom_right;
          fidl::Status status =
              fidl::WireSendEvent(weak->binding_)->OnDrawn(top_left, bottom_right);
          if (!status.ok()) {
            return;
          }
          FX_LOGS(INFO) << "OnDrawn event sent: top_left: Point { x: " << top_left.x
                        << ", y: " << top_left.y
                        << " }, bottom_right: Point { x: " << bottom_right.x
                        << ", y: " << bottom_right.y << " }";

          // Reset the change tracker.
          weak->state_.changed = false;
        },
        after);
  }

  fidl::ServerBindingRef<examples_canvas_addlinemetered::Instance> binding_;
  CanvasState state_ = CanvasState{};

  // Generates weak references to this object, which are appropriate to pass into asynchronous
  // callbacks that need to access this object. The references are automatically invalidated
  // if this object is destroyed.
  fxl::WeakPtrFactory<InstanceImpl> weak_factory_;
};

int main(int argc, char** argv) {
  FX_LOGS(INFO) << "Started";

  // The event loop is used to asynchronously listen for incoming connections and requests from the
  // client. The following initializes the loop, and obtains the dispatcher, which will be used when
  // binding the server implementation to a channel.
  async::Loop loop(&kAsyncLoopConfigNeverAttachToThread);
  async_dispatcher_t* dispatcher = loop.dispatcher();

  // Create an |OutgoingDirectory| instance.
  //
  // The |component::OutgoingDirectory| class serves the outgoing directory for our component. This
  // directory is where the outgoing FIDL protocols are installed so that they can be provided to
  // other components.
  component::OutgoingDirectory outgoing = component::OutgoingDirectory(dispatcher);

  // The `ServeFromStartupInfo()` function sets up the outgoing directory with the startup handle.
  // The startup handle is a handle provided to every component by the system, so that they can
  // serve capabilities (e.g. FIDL protocols) to other components.
  zx::result result = outgoing.ServeFromStartupInfo();
  if (result.is_error()) {
    FX_LOGS(ERROR) << "Failed to serve outgoing directory: " << result.status_string();
    return -1;
  }

  // Register a handler for components trying to connect to
  // |examples.canvas.addlinemetered.Instance|.
  result = outgoing.AddUnmanagedProtocol<examples_canvas_addlinemetered::Instance>(
      [dispatcher](fidl::ServerEnd<examples_canvas_addlinemetered::Instance> server_end) {
        // Create an instance of our InstanceImpl that destroys itself when the connection closes.
        new InstanceImpl(dispatcher, std::move(server_end));
      });
  if (result.is_error()) {
    FX_LOGS(ERROR) << "Failed to add Instance protocol: " << result.status_string();
    return -1;
  }

  // Everything is wired up. Sit back and run the loop until an incoming connection wakes us up.
  FX_LOGS(INFO) << "Listening for incoming connections";
  loop.Run();
  return 0;
}

HLCPP

Client

// Copyright 2022 The Fuchsia Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.

#include <lib/async-loop/cpp/loop.h>
#include <lib/sys/cpp/component_context.h>
#include <lib/syslog/cpp/macros.h>
#include <unistd.h>

#include <charconv>

#include <examples/canvas/addlinemetered/cpp/fidl.h>
#include <examples/fidl/new/canvas/add_line_metered/hlcpp/client/config.h>

#include "lib/fpromise/result.h"

// A helper function that takes a coordinate in string form, like "123,-456", and parses it into a
// a struct of the form |{ in64 x; int64 y; }|.
::examples::canvas::addlinemetered::Point ParsePoint(std::string_view input) {
  int64_t x = 0;
  int64_t y = 0;
  size_t index = input.find(',');
  if (index != std::string::npos) {
    std::from_chars(input.data(), input.data() + index, x);
    std::from_chars(input.data() + index + 1, input.data() + input.length(), y);
  }
  return ::examples::canvas::addlinemetered::Point{.x = x, .y = y};
}

// A helper function that takes a coordinate pair in string form, like "1,2:-3,-4", and parses it
// into an array of 2 |Point| structs.
::std::array<::examples::canvas::addlinemetered::Point, 2> ParseLine(const std::string& action) {
  auto input = std::string_view(action);
  size_t index = input.find(':');
  if (index != std::string::npos) {
    return {ParsePoint(input.substr(0, index)), ParsePoint(input.substr(index + 1))};
  }
  return {};
}

int main(int argc, const char** argv) {
  FX_LOGS(INFO) << "Started";

  // Retrieve component configuration.
  auto conf = config::Config::TakeFromStartupHandle();

  // Start up an async loop.
  async::Loop loop(&kAsyncLoopConfigNeverAttachToThread);
  async_dispatcher_t* dispatcher = loop.dispatcher();

  // Connect to the protocol inside the component's namespace, then create an asynchronous client
  // using the newly-established connection.
  examples::canvas::addlinemetered::InstancePtr instance_proxy;
  auto context = sys::ComponentContext::Create();
  context->svc()->Connect(instance_proxy.NewRequest(dispatcher));
  FX_LOGS(INFO) << "Outgoing connection enabled";

  instance_proxy.set_error_handler([&loop](zx_status_t status) {
    FX_LOGS(ERROR) << "Shutdown unexpectedly";
    loop.Quit();
  });

  // Provide a lambda to handle incoming |OnDrawn| events asynchronously.
  instance_proxy.events().OnDrawn = [&loop](
                                        ::examples::canvas::addlinemetered::Point top_left,
                                        ::examples::canvas::addlinemetered::Point bottom_right) {
    FX_LOGS(INFO) << "OnDrawn event received: top_left: Point { x: " << top_left.x
                  << ", y: " << top_left.y << " }, bottom_right: Point { x: " << bottom_right.x
                  << ", y: " << bottom_right.y << " }";
    loop.Quit();
  };

  instance_proxy.events().handle_unknown_event = [](uint64_t ordinal) {
    FX_LOGS(WARNING) << "Received an unknown event with ordinal " << ordinal;
  };

  for (const auto& action : conf.script()) {
    // If the next action in the script is to "WAIT", block until an |OnDrawn| event is received
    // from the server.
    if (action == "WAIT") {
      loop.Run();
      loop.ResetQuit();
      continue;
    }

    // Draw a line to the canvas by calling the server, using the two points we just parsed
    // above as arguments.
    auto line = ParseLine(action);
    FX_LOGS(INFO) << "AddLine request sent: [Point { x: " << line[1].x << ", y: " << line[1].y
                  << " }, Point { x: " << line[0].x << ", y: " << line[0].y << " }]";

    instance_proxy->AddLine(line, [&](fpromise::result<void, fidl::FrameworkErr> result) {
      if (result.is_error()) {
        // Check that our flexible two-way call was known to the server and handle the case of an
        // unknown method appropriately. In the case of this example, there is nothing we can do to
        // recover here, except to log an error and exit the program.
        FX_LOGS(ERROR) << "Server does not implement AddLine";
      }
      FX_LOGS(INFO) << "AddLine response received";

      // Quit the loop, thereby handing control back to the outer loop of actions being iterated
      // over.
      loop.Quit();
    });

    // Run the loop until the callback is resolved, at which point we can continue from here.
    loop.Run();
    loop.ResetQuit();
  }

  // TODO(https://fxbug.dev/42156498): We need to sleep here to make sure all logs get drained. Once the
  // referenced bug has been resolved, we can remove the sleep.
  sleep(2);
  return 0;
}

Server

// Copyright 2022 The Fuchsia Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.

#include <lib/async-loop/cpp/loop.h>
#include <lib/async-loop/default.h>
#include <lib/async/cpp/task.h>
#include <lib/fidl/cpp/binding.h>
#include <lib/sys/cpp/component_context.h>
#include <lib/syslog/cpp/macros.h>
#include <unistd.h>

#include <examples/canvas/addlinemetered/cpp/fidl.h>
#include <src/lib/fxl/macros.h>
#include <src/lib/fxl/memory/weak_ptr.h>

// A struct that stores the two things we care about for this example: the set of lines, and the
// bounding box that contains them.
struct CanvasState {
  // Tracks whether there has been a change since the last send, to prevent redundant updates.
  bool changed = true;
  examples::canvas::addlinemetered::BoundingBox bounding_box;
};

// An implementation of the |Instance| protocol.
class InstanceImpl final : public examples::canvas::addlinemetered::Instance {
 public:
  // Bind this implementation to an |InterfaceRequest|.
  InstanceImpl(async_dispatcher_t* dispatcher,
               fidl::InterfaceRequest<examples::canvas::addlinemetered::Instance> request)
      : binding_(fidl::Binding<examples::canvas::addlinemetered::Instance>(this)),
        weak_factory_(this) {
    binding_.Bind(std::move(request), dispatcher);

    // Gracefully handle abrupt shutdowns.
    binding_.set_error_handler([this](zx_status_t status) mutable {
      if (status != ZX_ERR_PEER_CLOSED) {
        FX_LOGS(ERROR) << "Shutdown unexpectedly";
      }
      delete this;
    });

    // Start the update timer on startup. Our server sends one update per second.
    ScheduleOnDrawnEvent(dispatcher, zx::sec(1));
  }

  void AddLine(::std::array<::examples::canvas::addlinemetered::Point, 2> line,
               AddLineCallback callback) override {
    FX_LOGS(INFO) << "AddLine request received: [Point { x: " << line[1].x << ", y: " << line[1].y
                  << " }, Point { x: " << line[0].x << ", y: " << line[0].y << " }]";

    // Update the bounding box to account for the new line we've just "added" to the canvas.
    auto& bounds = state_.bounding_box;
    for (const auto& point : line) {
      if (point.x < bounds.top_left.x) {
        bounds.top_left.x = point.x;
      }
      if (point.y > bounds.top_left.y) {
        bounds.top_left.y = point.y;
      }
      if (point.x > bounds.bottom_right.x) {
        bounds.bottom_right.x = point.x;
      }
      if (point.y < bounds.bottom_right.y) {
        bounds.bottom_right.y = point.y;
      }
    }

    // Mark the state as "dirty", so that an update is sent back to the client on the next |OnDrawn|
    // event.
    state_.changed = true;

    // Because this is now a two-way method, we must use the generated |callback| to send an in
    // this case empty reply back to the client. This is the mechanic which syncs the flow rate
    // between the client and server on this method, thereby preventing the client from "flooding"
    // the server with unacknowledged work.
    callback(fpromise::ok());
    FX_LOGS(INFO) << "AddLine response sent";
  }

  void handle_unknown_method(uint64_t ordinal, bool method_has_response) override {
    FX_LOGS(WARNING) << "Received an unknown method with ordinal " << ordinal;
  }

 private:
  // Each scheduled update waits for the allotted amount of time, sends an update if something has
  // changed, and schedules the next update.
  void ScheduleOnDrawnEvent(async_dispatcher_t* dispatcher, zx::duration after) {
    async::PostDelayedTask(
        dispatcher,
        [&, dispatcher, after, weak = weak_factory_.GetWeakPtr()] {
          // Halt execution if the binding has been deallocated already.
          if (!weak) {
            return;
          }

          // Schedule the next update if the binding still exists.
          weak->ScheduleOnDrawnEvent(dispatcher, after);

          // No need to send an update if nothing has changed since the last one.
          if (!weak->state_.changed) {
            return;
          }

          // This is where we would draw the actual lines. Since this is just an example, we'll
          // avoid doing the actual rendering, and simply send the bounding box to the client
          // instead.
          auto top_left = state_.bounding_box.top_left;
          auto bottom_right = state_.bounding_box.bottom_right;
          binding_.events().OnDrawn(top_left, bottom_right);
          FX_LOGS(INFO) << "OnDrawn event sent: top_left: Point { x: " << top_left.x
                        << ", y: " << top_left.y
                        << " }, bottom_right: Point { x: " << bottom_right.x
                        << ", y: " << bottom_right.y << " }";

          // Reset the change tracker.
          state_.changed = false;
        },
        after);
  }

  fidl::Binding<examples::canvas::addlinemetered::Instance> binding_;
  CanvasState state_ = CanvasState{};

  // Generates weak references to this object, which are appropriate to pass into asynchronous
  // callbacks that need to access this object. The references are automatically invalidated
  // if this object is destroyed.
  fxl::WeakPtrFactory<InstanceImpl> weak_factory_;
};

int main(int argc, char** argv) {
  FX_LOGS(INFO) << "Started";

  // The event loop is used to asynchronously listen for incoming connections and requests from the
  // client. The following initializes the loop, and obtains the dispatcher, which will be used when
  // binding the server implementation to a channel.
  //
  // Note that unlike the new C++ bindings, HLCPP bindings rely on the async loop being attached to
  // the current thread via the |kAsyncLoopConfigAttachToCurrentThread| configuration.
  async::Loop loop(&kAsyncLoopConfigAttachToCurrentThread);
  async_dispatcher_t* dispatcher = loop.dispatcher();

  // Create an |OutgoingDirectory| instance.
  //
  // The |component::OutgoingDirectory| class serves the outgoing directory for our component.
  // This directory is where the outgoing FIDL protocols are installed so that they can be
  // provided to other components.
  auto context = sys::ComponentContext::CreateAndServeOutgoingDirectory();

  // Register a handler for components trying to connect to
  // |examples.canvas.addlinemetered.Instance|.
  context->outgoing()->AddPublicService(
      fidl::InterfaceRequestHandler<examples::canvas::addlinemetered::Instance>(
          [dispatcher](fidl::InterfaceRequest<examples::canvas::addlinemetered::Instance> request) {
            // Create an instance of our |InstanceImpl| that destroys itself when the connection
            // closes.
            new InstanceImpl(dispatcher, std::move(request));
          }));

  // Everything is wired up. Sit back and run the loop until an incoming connection wakes us up.
  FX_LOGS(INFO) << "Listening for incoming connections";
  loop.Run();
  return 0;
}

Alias

FIDL recipe: Alias

An alias is a FIDL declaration that assigns a new name to an existing type. This has several benefits:

  • Using alias ensures that there is a single source of truth for the concept the aliased type represents.
  • It provides a way to name things, especially constrained types.
  • Disparate uses of the now-aliased type may be linked as being instances of the same concept.

It is important to note that aliases do not carry through to the generated bindings code at the moment. In other words, the name assigned to an alias declaration will never appear as a declaration name in the generated FIDL code.

In this example, adding an alias for Key allows us to avoid repetition with a bespoke name, while also making clear to the reader that both the key value on the Item type and the key used in the ReadItem request struct are purposefully, and not merely coincidentally, the same thing.

Reasoning

The original write-only key-value store is now extended with the ability to read items back out of the store.

Implementation

The changes applied to the FIDL and CML definitions are as follows:

FIDL

// Copyright 2022 The Fuchsia Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.
library examples.keyvaluestore.addreaditem;

// Aliases for the key and value. Using aliases helps increase the readability of FIDL files and
// reduces likelihood of errors due to differing constraints.
alias Key = string:128;
alias Value = vector<byte>:64000;

/// An item in the store. The key must match the regex `^[A-z][A-z0-9_\.\/]{2,62}[A-z0-9]$`. That
/// is, it must start with a letter, end with a letter or number, contain only letters, numbers,
/// periods, and slashes, and be between 4 and 64 characters long.
type Item = struct {
    key Key;
    value Value;
};

/// An enumeration of things that may go wrong when trying to write a value to our store.
type WriteError = flexible enum {
    UNKNOWN = 0;
    INVALID_KEY = 1;
    INVALID_VALUE = 2;
    ALREADY_EXISTS = 3;
};

/// An enumeration of things that may go wrong when trying to read a value out of our store.
type ReadError = flexible enum {
    UNKNOWN = 0;
    NOT_FOUND = 1;
};

/// A very basic key-value store - so basic, in fact, that one may only write to it, never read!
@discoverable
open protocol Store {
    /// Writes an item to the store.
    flexible WriteItem(struct {
        attempt Item;
    }) -> () error WriteError;

    /// Reads an item from the store.
    flexible ReadItem(struct {
        key Key;
    }) -> (Item) error ReadError;
};

CML

Client

// Copyright 2022 The Fuchsia Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.
{
    include: [ "syslog/client.shard.cml" ],
    program: {
        runner: "elf",
        binary: "bin/client_bin",
    },
    use: [
        { protocol: "examples.keyvaluestore.addreaditem.Store" },
    ],
    config: {
        write_items: {
            type: "vector",
            max_count: 16,
            element: {
                type: "string",
                max_size: 64,
            },
        },

        read_items: {
            type: "vector",
            max_count: 16,
            element: {
                type: "string",
                max_size: 64,
            },
        },

    },
}

Server

// Copyright 2022 The Fuchsia Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.
{
    include: [ "syslog/client.shard.cml" ],
    program: {
        runner: "elf",
        binary: "bin/server_bin",
    },
    capabilities: [
        { protocol: "examples.keyvaluestore.addreaditem.Store" },
    ],
    expose: [
        {
            protocol: "examples.keyvaluestore.addreaditem.Store",
            from: "self",
        },
    ],
}

Realm

// Copyright 2022 The Fuchsia Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.
{
    children: [
        {
            name: "client",
            url: "#meta/client.cm",
        },
        {
            name: "server",
            url: "#meta/server.cm",
        },
    ],
    offer: [
        // Route the protocol under test from the server to the client.
        {
            protocol: "examples.keyvaluestore.addreaditem.Store",
            from: "#server",
            to: "#client",
        },

        // Route diagnostics support to all children.
        {
            protocol: [
                "fuchsia.inspect.InspectSink",
                "fuchsia.logger.LogSink",
            ],
            from: "parent",
            to: [
                "#client",
                "#server",
            ],
        },
    ],
}

Client and server implementations for all languages change as well:

Rust

Client

// Copyright 2022 The Fuchsia Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.

use anyhow::{Context as _, Error};
use config::Config;
use fidl_examples_keyvaluestore_addreaditem::{Item, StoreMarker};
use fuchsia_component::client::connect_to_protocol;
use std::{str, thread, time};

#[fuchsia::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
    println!("Started");

    // Load the structured config values passed to this component at startup.
    let config = Config::take_from_startup_handle();

    // Use the Component Framework runtime to connect to the newly spun up server component. We wrap
    // our retained client end in a proxy object that lets us asynchronously send `Store` requests
    // across the channel.
    let store = connect_to_protocol::<StoreMarker>()?;
    println!("Outgoing connection enabled");

    // This client's structured config has one parameter, a vector of strings. Each string is the
    // path to a resource file whose filename is a key and whose contents are a value. We iterate
    // over them and try to write each key-value pair to the remote store.
    for key in config.write_items.into_iter() {
        let path = format!("/pkg/data/{}.txt", key);
        let value = std::fs::read_to_string(path.clone())
            .with_context(|| format!("Failed to load {path}"))?;
        match store.write_item(&Item { key: key, value: value.into_bytes() }).await? {
            Ok(_) => println!("WriteItem Success"),
            Err(err) => println!("WriteItem Error: {}", err.into_primitive()),
        }
    }

    // The structured config for this client contains `read_items`, a vector of strings, each of
    // which is meant to be read from the key-value store. We iterate over these keys, attempting to
    // read them in turn.
    for key in config.read_items.into_iter() {
        let res = store.read_item(key.as_str()).await;
        match res.unwrap() {
            Ok(val) => {
                println!("ReadItem Success: key: {}, value: {}", key, str::from_utf8(&val.1)?)
            }
            Err(err) => println!("ReadItem Error: {}", err.into_primitive()),
        }
    }

    // TODO(https://fxbug.dev/42156498): We need to sleep here to make sure all logs get drained. Once the
    // referenced bug has been resolved, we can remove the sleep.
    thread::sleep(time::Duration::from_secs(2));
    Ok(())
}

Server

// Copyright 2022 The Fuchsia Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.

use {
    anyhow::{Context as _, Error},
    fidl_examples_keyvaluestore_addreaditem::{
        Item, ReadError, StoreRequest, StoreRequestStream, WriteError,
    },
    fuchsia_component::server::ServiceFs,
    futures::prelude::*,
    lazy_static::lazy_static,
    regex::Regex,
    std::cell::RefCell,
    std::collections::hash_map::Entry,
    std::collections::HashMap,
};

lazy_static! {
    static ref KEY_VALIDATION_REGEX: Regex =
        Regex::new(r"^[A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9_\./]{2,62}[A-Za-z0-9]$")
            .expect("Key validation regex failed to compile");
}

/// Handler for the `WriteItem` method.
fn write_item(store: &mut HashMap<String, Vec<u8>>, attempt: Item) -> Result<(), WriteError> {
    // Validate the key.
    if !KEY_VALIDATION_REGEX.is_match(attempt.key.as_str()) {
        println!("Write error: INVALID_KEY, For key: {}", attempt.key);
        return Err(WriteError::InvalidKey);
    }

    // Validate the value.
    if attempt.value.is_empty() {
        println!("Write error: INVALID_VALUE, For key: {}", attempt.key);
        return Err(WriteError::InvalidValue);
    }

    // Write to the store, validating that the key did not already exist.
    match store.entry(attempt.key) {
        Entry::Occupied(entry) => {
            println!("Write error: ALREADY_EXISTS, For key: {}", entry.key());
            Err(WriteError::AlreadyExists)
        }
        Entry::Vacant(entry) => {
            println!("Wrote value at key: {}", entry.key());
            entry.insert(attempt.value);
            Ok(())
        }
    }
}

/// Creates a new instance of the server. Each server has its own bespoke, per-connection instance
/// of the key-value store.
async fn run_server(stream: StoreRequestStream) -> Result<(), Error> {
    // Create a new in-memory key-value store. The store will live for the lifetime of the
    // connection between the server and this particular client.
    let store = RefCell::new(HashMap::<String, Vec<u8>>::new());

    // Serve all requests on the protocol sequentially - a new request is not handled until its
    // predecessor has been processed.
    stream
        .map(|result| result.context("failed request"))
        .try_for_each(|request| async {
            // Match based on the method being invoked.
            match request {
                StoreRequest::WriteItem { attempt, responder } => {
                    println!("WriteItem request received");

                    // The `responder` parameter is a special struct that manages the outgoing reply
                    // to this method call. Calling `send` on the responder exactly once will send
                    // the reply.
                    responder
                        .send(write_item(&mut store.borrow_mut(), attempt))
                        .context("error sending reply")?;
                    println!("WriteItem response sent");
                }
                StoreRequest::ReadItem { key, responder } => {
                    println!("ReadItem request received");

                    // Read the item from the store, returning the appropriate error if it could not be found.
                    responder
                        .send(match store.borrow().get(&key) {
                            Some(found) => {
                                println!("Read value at key: {}", key);
                                Ok((&key, found))
                            }
                            None => {
                                println!("Read error: NOT_FOUND, For key: {}", key);
                                Err(ReadError::NotFound)
                            }
                        })
                        .context("error sending reply")?;
                    println!("ReadItem response sent");
                } //
                StoreRequest::_UnknownMethod { ordinal, .. } => {
                    println!("Received an unknown method with ordinal {ordinal}");
                }
            }
            Ok(())
        })
        .await
}

// A helper enum that allows us to treat a `Store` service instance as a value.
enum IncomingService {
    Store(StoreRequestStream),
}

#[fuchsia::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
    println!("Started");

    // Add a discoverable instance of our `Store` protocol - this will allow the client to see the
    // server and connect to it.
    let mut fs = ServiceFs::new_local();
    fs.dir("svc").add_fidl_service(IncomingService::Store);
    fs.take_and_serve_directory_handle()?;
    println!("Listening for incoming connections");

    // The maximum number of concurrent clients that may be served by this process.
    const MAX_CONCURRENT: usize = 10;

    // Serve each connection simultaneously, up to the `MAX_CONCURRENT` limit.
    fs.for_each_concurrent(MAX_CONCURRENT, |IncomingService::Store(stream)| {
        run_server(stream).unwrap_or_else(|e| println!("{:?}", e))
    })
    .await;

    Ok(())
}

C++ (Natural)

Client

// TODO(https://fxbug.dev/42060656): C++ (Natural) implementation.

Server

// TODO(https://fxbug.dev/42060656): C++ (Natural) implementation.

C++ (Wire)

Client

// TODO(https://fxbug.dev/42060656): C++ (Wire) implementation.

Server

// TODO(https://fxbug.dev/42060656): C++ (Wire) implementation.

HLCPP

Client

// TODO(https://fxbug.dev/42060656): HLCPP implementation.

Server

// TODO(https://fxbug.dev/42060656): HLCPP implementation.

Anonymous type

FIDL recipe: Anonymous type

An anonymous type is a type whose definition is located inline with its use, rather than in a standalone, named type declaration. There are two benefits to using anonymous types. First, they prevent excessive namespace pollution, absolving FIDL authors of the need to name types that are only used once. Second, they prevent the type from being imported into another FIDL library via the using declaration, as the type cannot be identified by name.

In this variant, we allow our key-value store to take other key-value stores as members. In short, we turn it into a tree. We do this by replacing the original definition of value with one that utilizes a two-member union: one variant stores leaf nodes using the same vector<byte> type as before, while the other stores branch nodes in the form of other nested stores.

Reasoning

Here, we see several uses of optionality, whereby we can declare a type that may or may not exist. There are three flavors of optionality in FIDL:

  • Types that have are always stored out-of-line on the wire, and thus have a builtin way to describe "absentness" via the null envelope. Enabling optionality for these types doesn't affect the wire shape of messages they are included in - it simply changes which values are valid for that particular type. The union, vector<T>, client_end, server_end, and zx.Handle types can all be made optional via the addition of the :optional constraint. By making our value union optional, we are able to introduce a canonical "null" entry, in the form of an absent value. This means that empty bytes and absent/empty store properties are invalid values.
  • Unlike the aforementioned types, the struct layout has no extra space where a null header can be stored. Because of this, it needs to be wrapped in an envelope, changing the on-the-wire shape of the message it is being included in. To ensure that this wire-modifying effect easily legible, the Item struct type must be wrapped in a box<T> type template.
  • Finally, table layouts are always optional. An absent table is simply one with none of its members set.

Trees are a naturally self-referential data structure: any node in the tree may contain a leaf with pure data (in this case, a string), or a sub-tree with more nodes. This requires recursion: the definition of Item is now transitively dependent on itself! Representing recursive types in FIDL can be a bit tricky, especially because support is currently somewhat limited. We can support such types as long as there is at least one optional type in the cycle created by the self-reference. For instance, here we define the items struct member to be a box<Item>, thereby breaking the includes cycle.

These changes also make heavy use of anonymous types, or types whose declarations are inlined at their sole point of use, rather than being named, top-level type declarations of their own. By default, the names of anonymous types in the generated language bindings are taken from their local context. For instance, the newly introduced flexible union takes on its owning member's name Value, the newly introduced struct would become Store, and so on. Because this heuristic can sometimes cause collisions, FIDL provides an escape hatch by allowing the author to manually override an anonymous type's generated name. This is done via the @generated_name attribute, which allows one to change the name generated by backends. We can use one here, where the would-be Store type is renamed to NestedStore to prevent a name collision with the protocol declaration that uses that same name.

Implementation

The FIDL, CML, and realm interface definitions are modified as follows:

FIDL

// Copyright 2022 The Fuchsia Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.
library examples.keyvaluestore.supporttrees;

/// An item in the store. The key must match the regex `^[A-z][A-z0-9_\.\/]{2,62}[A-z0-9]$`. That
/// is, it must start with a letter, end with a letter or number, contain only letters, numbers,
/// periods, and slashes, and be between 4 and 64 characters long.
type Item = struct {
    key string:128;
    value strict union {
        // Keep the original `bytes` as one of the options in the new union. All leaf nodes in the
        // tree must be `bytes`, or absent unions (representing empty). Empty byte arrays are
        // disallowed.
        1: bytes vector<byte>:64000;

        // Allows a store within a store, thereby turning our flat key-value store into a tree
        // thereof. Note the use of `@generated_name` to prevent a type-name collision with the
        // `Store` protocol below, and the use of `box<T>` to ensure that there is a break in the
        // chain of recursion, thereby allowing `Item` to include itself in its own definition.
        //
        // This is a table so that added fields, like for example a `hash`, can be easily added in
        // the future.
        2: store @generated_name("nested_store") table {
            1: items vector<box<Item>>;
        };
    }:optional;
};

/// An enumeration of things that may go wrong when trying to write a value to our store.
type WriteError = flexible enum {
    UNKNOWN = 0;
    INVALID_KEY = 1;
    INVALID_VALUE = 2;
    ALREADY_EXISTS = 3;
};

/// A very basic key-value store.
@discoverable
open protocol Store {
    /// Writes an item to the store.
    flexible WriteItem(struct {
        attempt Item;
    }) -> () error WriteError;
};

CML

Client

// Copyright 2022 The Fuchsia Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.
{
    include: [ "syslog/client.shard.cml" ],
    program: {
        runner: "elf",
        binary: "bin/client_bin",
    },
    use: [
        { protocol: "examples.keyvaluestore.supporttrees.Store" },
    ],
    config: {
        write_items: {
            type: "vector",
            max_count: 16,
            element: {
                type: "string",
                max_size: 64,
            },
        },

        // A newline separated list nested entries. The first line should be the key
        // for the nested store, and each subsequent entry should be a pointer to a text file
        // containing the string value. The name of that text file (without the `.txt` suffix) will
        // serve as the entries key.
        write_nested: {
            type: "vector",
            max_count: 16,
            element: {
                type: "string",
                max_size: 64,
            },
        },

        // A list of keys, all of which will be populated as null entries.
        write_null: {
            type: "vector",
            max_count: 16,
            element: {
                type: "string",
                max_size: 64,
            },
        },

    },
}

Server

// Copyright 2022 The Fuchsia Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.
{
    include: [ "syslog/client.shard.cml" ],
    program: {
        runner: "elf",
        binary: "bin/server_bin",
    },
    capabilities: [
        { protocol: "examples.keyvaluestore.supporttrees.Store" },
    ],
    expose: [
        {
            protocol: "examples.keyvaluestore.supporttrees.Store",
            from: "self",
        },
    ],
}

Realm

// Copyright 2022 The Fuchsia Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.
{
    children: [
        {
            name: "client",
            url: "#meta/client.cm",
        },
        {
            name: "server",
            url: "#meta/server.cm",
        },
    ],
    offer: [
        // Route the protocol under test from the server to the client.
        {
            protocol: "examples.keyvaluestore.supporttrees.Store",
            from: "#server",
            to: "#client",
        },

        // Route diagnostics support to all children.
        {
            protocol: [
                "fuchsia.inspect.InspectSink",
                "fuchsia.logger.LogSink",
            ],
            from: "parent",
            to: [
                "#client",
                "#server",
            ],
        },
    ],
}

Client and server implementations can then be written in any supported language:

Rust

Client

// Copyright 2022 The Fuchsia Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.

use {
    anyhow::{Context as _, Error},
    config::Config,
    fidl_examples_keyvaluestore_supporttrees::{Item, NestedStore, StoreMarker, Value},
    fuchsia_component::client::connect_to_protocol,
    std::{thread, time},
};

#[fuchsia::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
    println!("Started");

    // Load the structured config values passed to this component at startup.
    let config = Config::take_from_startup_handle();

    // Use the Component Framework runtime to connect to the newly spun up server component. We wrap
    // our retained client end in a proxy object that lets us asynchronously send `Store` requests
    // across the channel.
    let store = connect_to_protocol::<StoreMarker>()?;
    println!("Outgoing connection enabled");

    // This client's structured config has one parameter, a vector of strings. Each string is the
    // path to a resource file whose filename is a key and whose contents are a value. We iterate
    // over them and try to write each key-value pair to the remote store.
    for key in config.write_items.into_iter() {
        let path = format!("/pkg/data/{}.txt", key);
        let value = std::fs::read_to_string(path.clone())
            .with_context(|| format!("Failed to load {path}"))?;
        let res = store
            .write_item(&Item {
                key: key.clone(),
                value: Some(Box::new(Value::Bytes(value.into_bytes()))),
            })
            .await;
        match res? {
            Ok(_) => println!("WriteItem Success at key: {}", key),
            Err(err) => println!("WriteItem Error: {}", err.into_primitive()),
        }
    }

    // Add nested entries to the key-value store as well. The entries are strings, where the first
    // line is the key of the entry, and each subsequent entry should be a pointer to a text file
    // containing the string value. The name of that text file (without the `.txt` suffix) will
    // serve as the entries key.
    for spec in config.write_nested.into_iter() {
        let mut items = vec![];
        let mut nested_store = NestedStore::default();
        let mut lines = spec.split("\n");
        let key = lines.next().unwrap();

        // For each entry, make a new entry in the `NestedStore` being built.
        for entry in lines {
            let path = format!("/pkg/data/{}.txt", entry);
            let contents = std::fs::read_to_string(path.clone())
                .with_context(|| format!("Failed to load {path}"))?;
            items.push(Some(Box::new(Item {
                key: entry.to_string(),
                value: Some(Box::new(Value::Bytes(contents.into()))),
            })));
        }
        nested_store.items = Some(items);

        // Send the `NestedStore`, represented as a vector of values.
        let res = store
            .write_item(&Item {
                key: key.to_string(),
                value: Some(Box::new(Value::Store(nested_store))),
            })
            .await;
        match res? {
            Ok(_) => println!("WriteItem Success at key: {}", key),
            Err(err) => println!("WriteItem Error: {}", err.into_primitive()),
        }
    }

    // Each entry in this list is a null value in the store.
    for key in config.write_null.into_iter() {
        match store.write_item(&Item { key: key.to_string(), value: None }).await? {
            Ok(_) => println!("WriteItem Success at key: {}", key),
            Err(err) => println!("WriteItem Error: {}", err.into_primitive()),
        }
    }

    // TODO(https://fxbug.dev/42156498): We need to sleep here to make sure all logs get drained. Once the
    // referenced bug has been resolved, we can remove the sleep.
    thread::sleep(time::Duration::from_secs(2));
    Ok(())
}

Server

// Copyright 2022 The Fuchsia Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.

// Note: For the clarity of this example, allow code to be unused.
#![allow(dead_code)]

use {
    anyhow::{Context as _, Error},
    fidl_examples_keyvaluestore_supporttrees::{
        Item, StoreRequest, StoreRequestStream, Value, WriteError,
    },
    fuchsia_component::server::ServiceFs,
    futures::prelude::*,
    lazy_static::lazy_static,
    regex::Regex,
    std::cell::RefCell,
    std::collections::hash_map::Entry,
    std::collections::HashMap,
    std::str::from_utf8,
};

lazy_static! {
    static ref KEY_VALIDATION_REGEX: Regex =
        Regex::new(r"^[A-Za-z]\w+[A-Za-z0-9]$").expect("Key validation regex failed to compile");
}

// A representation of a key-value store that can contain an arbitrarily deep nesting of other
// key-value stores.
enum StoreNode {
    Leaf(Option<Vec<u8>>),
    Branch(Box<HashMap<String, StoreNode>>),
}

/// Recursive item writer, which takes a `StoreNode` that may not necessarily be the root node, and
/// writes an entry to it.
fn write_item(
    store: &mut HashMap<String, StoreNode>,
    attempt: Item,
    path: &str,
) -> Result<(), WriteError> {
    // Validate the key.
    if !KEY_VALIDATION_REGEX.is_match(attempt.key.as_str()) {
        println!("Write error: INVALID_KEY, For key: {}", attempt.key);
        return Err(WriteError::InvalidKey);
    }

    // Write to the store, validating that the key did not already exist.
    match store.entry(attempt.key) {
        Entry::Occupied(entry) => {
            println!("Write error: ALREADY_EXISTS, For key: {}", entry.key());
            Err(WriteError::AlreadyExists)
        }
        Entry::Vacant(entry) => {
            let key = format!("{}{}", &path, entry.key());
            match attempt.value {
                // Null entries are allowed.
                None => {
                    println!("Wrote value: NONE at key: {}", key);
                    entry.insert(StoreNode::Leaf(None));
                }
                Some(value) => match *value {
                    // If this is a nested store, recursively make a new store to insert at this
                    // position.
                    Value::Store(entry_list) => {
                        // Validate the value - absent stores, items lists with no children, or any
                        // of the elements within that list being empty boxes, are all not allowed.
                        if entry_list.items.is_some() {
                            let items = entry_list.items.unwrap();
                            if !items.is_empty() && items.iter().all(|i| i.is_some()) {
                                let nested_path = format!("{}/", key);
                                let mut nested_store = HashMap::<String, StoreNode>::new();
                                for item in items.into_iter() {
                                    write_item(&mut nested_store, *item.unwrap(), &nested_path)?;
                                }

                                println!("Created branch at key: {}", key);
                                entry.insert(StoreNode::Branch(Box::new(nested_store)));
                                return Ok(());
                            }
                        }

                        println!("Write error: INVALID_VALUE, For key: {}", key);
                        return Err(WriteError::InvalidValue);
                    }

                    // This is a simple leaf node on this branch.
                    Value::Bytes(value) => {
                        // Validate the value.
                        if value.is_empty() {
                            println!("Write error: INVALID_VALUE, For key: {}", key);
                            return Err(WriteError::InvalidValue);
                        }

                        println!("Wrote key: {}, value: {:?}", key, from_utf8(&value).unwrap());
                        entry.insert(StoreNode::Leaf(Some(value)));
                    }
                },
            }
            Ok(())
        }
    }
}

/// Creates a new instance of the server. Each server has its own bespoke, per-connection instance
/// of the key-value store.
async fn run_server(stream: StoreRequestStream) -> Result<(), Error> {
    // Create a new in-memory key-value store. The store will live for the lifetime of the
    // connection between the server and this particular client.
    let store = RefCell::new(HashMap::<String, StoreNode>::new());

    // Serve all requests on the protocol sequentially - a new request is not handled until its
    // predecessor has been processed.
    stream
        .map(|result| result.context("failed request"))
        .try_for_each(|request| async {
            // Match based on the method being invoked.
            match request {
                StoreRequest::WriteItem { attempt, responder } => {
                    println!("WriteItem request received");

                    // The `responder` parameter is a special struct that manages the outgoing reply
                    // to this method call. Calling `send` on the responder exactly once will send
                    // the reply.
                    responder
                        .send(write_item(&mut store.borrow_mut(), attempt, ""))
                        .context("error sending reply")?;
                    println!("WriteItem response sent");
                }
                StoreRequest::_UnknownMethod { ordinal, .. } => {
                    println!("Received an unknown method with ordinal {ordinal}");
                }
            }
            Ok(())
        })
        .await
}

// A helper enum that allows us to treat a `Store` service instance as a value.
enum IncomingService {
    Store(StoreRequestStream),
}

#[fuchsia::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
    println!("Started");

    // Add a discoverable instance of our `Store` protocol - this will allow the client to see the
    // server and connect to it.
    let mut fs = ServiceFs::new_local();
    fs.dir("svc").add_fidl_service(IncomingService::Store);
    fs.take_and_serve_directory_handle()?;
    println!("Listening for incoming connections");

    // The maximum number of concurrent clients that may be served by this process.
    const MAX_CONCURRENT: usize = 10;

    // Serve each connection simultaneously, up to the `MAX_CONCURRENT` limit.
    fs.for_each_concurrent(MAX_CONCURRENT, |IncomingService::Store(stream)| {
        run_server(stream).unwrap_or_else(|e| println!("{:?}", e))
    })
    .await;

    Ok(())
}

C++ (Natural)

Client

// TODO(https://fxbug.dev/42060656): C++ (Natural) implementation.

Server

// TODO(https://fxbug.dev/42060656): C++ (Natural) implementation.

C++ (Wire)

Client

// TODO(https://fxbug.dev/42060656): C++ (Wire) implementation.

Server

// TODO(https://fxbug.dev/42060656): C++ (Wire) implementation.

HLCPP

Client

// TODO(https://fxbug.dev/42060656): HLCPP implementation.

Server

// TODO(https://fxbug.dev/42060656): HLCPP implementation.

Bits

FIDL recipe: Bits

The bits type is FIDL's way of representing the bit array. It is used in cases where a set of boolean flags is desired. The bits array is generally used "over" an underlying subtype, which controls its bitwidth on the wire.

Reasoning

The key-value store baseline example's implementation was a good starting point, but one major drawback is that data is stored as raw bytes. FIDL is a richly typed language. Forcing data that is for instance a UTF-8 string to be stored as an untyped byte array erases this valuable type information for readers of the *.fidl file, as well as for programmers using bindings generated from it.

Implementation

The main goal of this change is to replace the baseline case's vector<byte> typed value member with a union that stores many possible types. In fact, as of this change a good survey of FIDL's value types is on offer:

  • All of FIDL's builtin scalar types are used as variants in the Value union: bool, uint8, uint16, uint32, uint64, int8, int16, int32, int64, float32, and float64 (also known as FIDL's primitive types), as well as string.
  • This union also features uses of FIDL's builtin array<T, N> and vector<T> type templates.
  • All of FIDL's type layouts, namely bits, enum, table, union, and struct, are utilized in this example at least once.

The request and response payloads used for WriteItem have also been changed from structs to a named table and an inlined flexible union, respectively. In fact, any of these three layouts may be used a request/response payload. The latter two, known as table payloads and *union payloads, respectively, are preferred in all but the most message size sensitive cases. This is because they are much easier to extend in the future in a binary compatible way.

FIDL

// Copyright 2022 The Fuchsia Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.
library examples.keyvaluestore.usegenericvalues;

/// An item in the store. The key must match the regex `^[A-z][A-z0-9_\.\/]{2,62}[A-z0-9]$`. That
/// is, it must start with a letter, end with a letter or number, contain only letters, numbers,
/// periods, and slashes, and be between 4 and 64 characters long.
type Item = struct {
    key string:128;
    value Value;
};

// Because the `Value` must be used both in the request and the response, we give it its own named
// type. The type is a `union` of all possible data types that we take as values, and is marked
// `flexible` to allow for the easy addition of new data types in the future.
type Value = flexible union {
    // Keep the original `bytes` as one of the options in the new union.
    1: bytes vector<byte>:64000;

    // A `string` is very similar to `vector<byte>` on the wire, with the extra constraint that
    // it enforces that it enforces that the byte vector in question is valid UTF-8.
    2: string string:64000;

    // All of FIDL's primitive types.
    3: bool bool;
    4: uint8 uint8;
    5: int8 int8;
    6: uint16 uint16;
    7: int16 int16;
    8: uint32 uint32;
    9: int32 int32;
    10: float32 float32;
    11: uint64 uint64;
    12: int64 int64;
    13: float64 float64;

    // FIDL does not natively support 128-bit integer types, so we have to define our own
    // representations.
    14: uint128 array<uint64, 2>;
};

// Because we now supoprt a richer range of types as values in our store, it is helpful to use a
// `flexible`, and therefore evolvable, `bits` type to store write options.
type WriteOptions = flexible bits : uint8 {
    // This flag allows us to overwrite existing data when there is a collision, rather than failing
    // with an `WriteError.ALREADY_EXISTS`.
    OVERWRITE = 0b1;
    // This flag allows us to concatenate to existing data when there is a collision, rather than
    // failing with an `WriteError.ALREADY_EXISTS`. "Concatenation" means addition for the numeric
    // variants and appending to the `bytes`/`string` variants. If no existing data can be found, we
    // "concatenate" to default values of zero and an empty vector, respectively. Attempting to
    // concatenate to an existing variant of a different type will return a
    // `WriteError.INVALID_VALUE` error.
    CONCAT = 0b10;
};

/// An enumeration of things that may go wrong when trying to write a value to our store.
type WriteError = flexible enum {
    UNKNOWN = 0;
    INVALID_KEY = 1;
    INVALID_VALUE = 2;
    ALREADY_EXISTS = 3;
};

/// A very basic key-value store.
@discoverable
open protocol Store {
    /// Writes an item to the store.
    ///
    /// Since the value stored in the key-value store can now be different from the input (if the
    /// `WriteOptions.CONCAT` flag is set), we need to return the resulting `Value` to the
    /// requester.
    ///
    /// We use an (anonymous) `table` and a (named) `flexible union` as the request and response
    /// payload, respectively, to allow for easier future evolution. Both of these types are
    /// `flexible`, meaning that adding or removing members is binary-compatible. This makes them
    /// much easier to evolve that the `struct` types that were previously used, which cannot be
    /// changed after release without breaking ABI.
    flexible WriteItem(table {
        1: attempt Item;
        2: options WriteOptions;
    }) -> (Value) error WriteError;
};

CML

Client

// Copyright 2022 The Fuchsia Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.
{
    include: [ "syslog/client.shard.cml" ],
    program: {
        runner: "elf",
        binary: "bin/client_bin",
    },
    use: [
        { protocol: "examples.keyvaluestore.usegenericvalues.Store" },
    ],
    config: {
        // A vector of values for every easily representible type in our key-value store. For
        // brevity's sake, the 8, 16, and 32 bit integer types and booleans are omitted.
        //
        // TODO(https://fxbug.dev/42178362): It would absolve individual language implementations of a great
        //   deal of string parsing if we were able to use all FIDL constructs directly here. In
        //   particular, floats and nested types are very difficult to represent, and have been
        //   excluded from this example for the time being.
        set_concat_option: { type: "bool" },
        set_overwrite_option: { type: "bool" },
        write_bytes: {
            type: "vector",
            max_count: 16,
            element: {
                type: "string",
                max_size: 64,
            },
        },
        write_strings: {
            type: "vector",
            max_count: 16,
            element: {
                type: "string",
                max_size: 64,
            },
        },
        write_uint64s: {
            type: "vector",
            max_count: 16,
            element: { type: "uint64" },
        },
        write_int64s: {
            type: "vector",
            max_count: 16,
            element: { type: "int64" },
        },

        // Note: due to the limitation of structured config not allowing vectors nested in vectors,
        // we only set the lower half of the uint128 for simplicity's sake.
        write_uint128s: {
            type: "vector",
            max_count: 16,
            element: { type: "uint64" },
        },

    },
}

Server

// Copyright 2022 The Fuchsia Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.
{
    include: [ "syslog/client.shard.cml" ],
    program: {
        runner: "elf",
        binary: "bin/server_bin",
    },
    capabilities: [
        { protocol: "examples.keyvaluestore.usegenericvalues.Store" },
    ],
    expose: [
        {
            protocol: "examples.keyvaluestore.usegenericvalues.Store",
            from: "self",
        },
    ],
}

Realm

// Copyright 2022 The Fuchsia Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.
{
    children: [
        {
            name: "client",
            url: "#meta/client.cm",
        },
        {
            name: "server",
            url: "#meta/server.cm",
        },
    ],
    offer: [
        // Route the protocol under test from the server to the client.
        {
            protocol: "examples.keyvaluestore.usegenericvalues.Store",
            from: "#server",
            to: "#client",
        },

        // Route diagnostics support to all children.
        {
            protocol: [
                "fuchsia.inspect.InspectSink",
                "fuchsia.logger.LogSink",
            ],
            from: "parent",
            to: [
                "#client",
                "#server",
            ],
        },
    ],
}

Client and server implementations can then be written in any supported language:

Rust

Client

// Copyright 2022 The Fuchsia Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.

use {
    anyhow::{Context as _, Error},
    config::Config,
    fidl_examples_keyvaluestore_usegenericvalues::{
        Item, StoreMarker, StoreProxy, StoreWriteItemRequest, Value, WriteOptions,
    },
    fuchsia_component::client::connect_to_protocol,
    std::{thread, time},
};

// A helper function to sequentially write a single item to the key-value store and print a log when
// successful.
async fn write_next_item(
    store: &StoreProxy,
    key: &str,
    value: Value,
    options: WriteOptions,
) -> Result<(), Error> {
    // Create an empty request payload using `::default()`.
    let mut req = StoreWriteItemRequest::default();
    req.options = Some(options);

    // Fill in the `Item` we will be attempting to write.
    println!("WriteItem request sent: key: {}, value: {:?}", &key, &value);
    req.attempt = Some(Item { key: key.to_string(), value: value });

    // Send and async `WriteItem` request to the server.
    match store.write_item(&req).await.context("Error sending request")? {
        Ok(value) => println!("WriteItem response received: {:?}", &value),
        Err(err) => println!("WriteItem Error: {}", err.into_primitive()),
    }
    Ok(())
}

#[fuchsia::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
    println!("Started");

    // Load the structured config values passed to this component at startup.
    let config = Config::take_from_startup_handle();

    // Use the Component Framework runtime to connect to the newly spun up server component. We wrap
    // our retained client end in a proxy object that lets us asynchronously send `Store` requests
    // across the channel.
    let store = connect_to_protocol::<StoreMarker>()?;
    println!("Outgoing connection enabled");

    // All of our requests will have the same bitflags set. Pull these settings from the config.
    let mut options = WriteOptions::empty();
    options.set(WriteOptions::OVERWRITE, config.set_overwrite_option);
    options.set(WriteOptions::CONCAT, config.set_concat_option);

    // The structured config provides one input for most data types that can be stored in the data
    // store. Iterate through those inputs in the order we see them in the FIDL file.
    //
    // Note that FIDL unions are rendered as enums in Rust; for example, the `Value` union has now
    // become a `Value` Rust enum, with each member taking exactly one argument.
    for value in config.write_bytes.into_iter() {
        write_next_item(&store, "bytes", Value::Bytes(value.into()), options).await?;
    }
    for value in config.write_strings.into_iter() {
        write_next_item(&store, "string", Value::String(value), options).await?;
    }
    for value in config.write_uint64s.into_iter() {
        write_next_item(&store, "uint64", Value::Uint64(value), options).await?;
    }
    for value in config.write_int64s.into_iter() {
        write_next_item(&store, "int64", Value::Int64(value), options).await?;
    }
    for value in config.write_uint128s.into_iter() {
        write_next_item(&store, "uint128", Value::Uint128([0, value]), options).await?;
    }

    // TODO(https://fxbug.dev/42156498): We need to sleep here to make sure all logs get drained. Once the
    // referenced bug has been resolved, we can remove the sleep.
    thread::sleep(time::Duration::from_secs(2));
    Ok(())
}

Server

// Copyright 2022 The Fuchsia Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.

use anyhow::{Context as _, Error};
use fuchsia_component::server::ServiceFs;
use futures::prelude::*;
use lazy_static::lazy_static;
use regex::Regex;
use std::cell::RefCell;
use std::collections::hash_map::Entry;
use std::collections::HashMap;

use fidl_examples_keyvaluestore_usegenericvalues::{
    Item, StoreRequest, StoreRequestStream, Value, WriteError, WriteOptions,
};
use std::collections::hash_map::OccupiedEntry;
use std::ops::Add;

lazy_static! {
    static ref KEY_VALIDATION_REGEX: Regex =
        Regex::new(r"^[A-Za-z]\w+[A-Za-z0-9]$").expect("Key validation regex failed to compile");
}

/// Sums any numeric type.
fn sum<T: Add + Add<Output = T> + Copy>(operands: [T; 2]) -> T {
    operands[0] + operands[1]
}

/// Clones and inserts an entry, so that the original (now concatenated) copy may be returned in the
/// response.
fn write(inserting: Value, mut entry: OccupiedEntry<'_, String, Value>) -> Value {
    entry.insert(inserting.clone());
    println!("Wrote key: {}, value: {:?}", entry.key(), &inserting);
    inserting
}

/// Handler for the `WriteItem` method.
fn write_item(
    store: &mut HashMap<String, Value>,
    attempt: Item,
    options: &WriteOptions,
) -> Result<Value, WriteError> {
    // Validate the key.
    if !KEY_VALIDATION_REGEX.is_match(attempt.key