import ffi, chronos, options type Maybe[T] = Option[T] # Named `MyTimer` (not `Timer`) so C symbols like `my_timer_create` don't collide with POSIX ``'s `timer_create`. type MyTimer = object name: string # set at creation time, read back in each response # `defaultABIFormat` is the wire format every annotation inherits (override per-annotation with "abi = ..."). declareLibrary("my_timer", MyTimer, defaultABIFormat = "cbor") type TimerConfig {.ffi.} = object name: string type EchoRequest {.ffi.} = object message: string delayMs: int # how long chronos sleeps before replying type EchoResponse {.ffi.} = object echoed: string timerName: string # proves that the timer's own state is accessible type ComplexRequest {.ffi.} = object messages: seq[EchoRequest] tags: seq[string] note: Option[string] retries: Maybe[int] type ComplexResponse {.ffi.} = object summary: string itemCount: int hasNote: bool # {.ffiEvent.}: a typed event any {.ffi.} handler can fire to the foreign callback. type EchoEvent {.ffi.} = object message: string echoCount: int proc onEchoFired*(evt: EchoEvent) {.ffiEvent: "on_echo_fired".} # Constructor: creates the FFIContext + MyTimer; async via chronos. proc myTimerCreate*(config: TimerConfig): Future[Result[MyTimer, string]] {.ffiCtor.} = await sleepAsync(1.milliseconds) # proves chronos is live on the FFI thread return ok(MyTimer(name: config.name)) # Async method: sleeps `delayMs` then echoes the message back. proc myTimerEcho*( timer: MyTimer, req: EchoRequest ): Future[Result[EchoResponse, string]] {.ffi.} = await sleepAsync(req.delayMs.milliseconds) onEchoFired(EchoEvent(message: req.message, echoCount: 1)) return ok(EchoResponse(echoed: req.message, timerName: timer.name)) # Sync method: no await, so the macro fires the callback inline. proc myTimerVersion*(timer: MyTimer): Future[Result[string, string]] {.ffi.} = return ok("nim-timer v0.1.0") proc myTimerComplex*( timer: MyTimer, req: ComplexRequest ): Future[Result[ComplexResponse, string]] {.ffi.} = let note = if req.note.isSome: req.note.get else: "" let retries = if req.retries.isSome: req.retries.get else: 0 let count = req.messages.len let summary = "received " & $count & " messages, note=" & note & ", retries=" & $retries return ok(ComplexResponse(summary: summary, itemCount: count, hasNote: req.note.isSome)) # Multiple object-typed params: each is its own {.ffi.} type, all carried in one per-proc Req envelope. type JobSpec {.ffi.} = object name: string payload: seq[string] priority: int # higher = runs sooner type RetryPolicy {.ffi.} = object maxAttempts: int backoffMs: int retryOn: seq[string] # error keywords that should trigger a retry type ScheduleConfig {.ffi.} = object startAtMs: int intervalMs: int # 0 means "fire once" jitter: Option[int] type ScheduleResult {.ffi.} = object jobId: string willRunCount: int firstRunAtMs: int effectiveBackoffMs: int proc myTimerSchedule*( timer: MyTimer, job: JobSpec, retry: RetryPolicy, schedule: ScheduleConfig ): Future[Result[ScheduleResult, string]] {.ffi.} = ## Three object-typed params (`job`, `retry`, `schedule`) packed into one CBOR envelope. await sleepAsync(1.milliseconds) if job.name.len == 0: return err("job name must not be empty") if retry.maxAttempts <= 0: return err("retry.maxAttempts must be positive") let willRunCount = if schedule.intervalMs > 0: max(1, 60_000 div schedule.intervalMs) # rough "runs per minute" else: 1 let jitter = if schedule.jitter.isSome: schedule.jitter.get else: 0 return ok( ScheduleResult( jobId: timer.name & ":" & job.name, willRunCount: willRunCount, firstRunAtMs: schedule.startAtMs + jitter, effectiveBackoffMs: retry.backoffMs, ) ) proc my_timer_destroy*(timer: MyTimer) {.ffiDtor.} = ## Tears down the FFI context; blocks until FFI + watchdog threads join. discard # Must be the LAST top-level call, after every pragma registered its proc (no-op unless -d:ffiGenBindings). genBindings()