virtual_time_executor.hpp

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#pragma once
 
// VirtualTimeExecutor — deterministic time-based scheduler for tests.
//
// Production code uses real wall-clock executors (ThreadPoolExecutor /
// SimpleDispatcher).  Async tests that involve `debounce(300ms)` or
// `retry_with_backoff(...)` would otherwise have to actually sleep, making the
// test suite slow and flaky.
//
// VirtualTimeExecutor decouples "logical time" from wall-clock time.  Tasks
// scheduled with a delay sit in a sorted queue keyed by virtual deadline;
// `advance_by(n)` jumps the clock forward and synchronously fires every task
// whose deadline has passed.  No real sleeping, no threads.
//
// Usage:
//
//   VirtualTimeExecutor vt;
//   bool fired = false;
//   vt.post_after(500ms, [&]{ fired = true; });
//   vt.advance_by(499ms);  CHECK(!fired);
//   vt.advance_by(1ms);    CHECK(fired);
//
// Combined with `schedule_on` / `schedule_after` it produces fully
// deterministic coroutine tests:
//
//   Task<int> body(VirtualTimeExecutor& vt) {
//       co_await schedule_after(vt, 300ms);
//       co_return 42;
//   }
//   auto t = body(vt);
//   vt.advance_by(300ms);
//   CHECK(t.get() == 42);
 
#include "aria/async/executor.hpp"
#include "aria/property_ops.hpp"
#include "aria/callback_boundary.hpp"
 
#include <chrono>
#include <coroutine>
#include <cstdint>
#include <functional>
#include <mutex>
#include <queue>
#include <vector>
 
namespace aria::async {
 
class VirtualTimeExecutor : public IExecutor, public IDelayedScheduler {
public:
    using clock = std::chrono::steady_clock;
    using duration = std::chrono::milliseconds;
 
    VirtualTimeExecutor() = default;

    [[nodiscard]] aria::SchedulerCaps caps() const noexcept override {
        return aria::SchedulerCaps::Post
             | aria::SchedulerCaps::Delay
             | aria::SchedulerCaps::GraphSafe
             | aria::SchedulerCaps::WorkerSafe
             | aria::SchedulerCaps::Pumpable;
    }
    void schedule(std::function<void()> fn) override { post(std::move(fn)); }
    void schedule_after(std::chrono::milliseconds delay,
                        std::function<void()> fn) override {
        post_after(delay, std::move(fn));
    }

    void post(std::function<void()> fn) override {
        post_after(duration{0}, std::move(fn));
    }

    void post_after(duration delay, std::function<void()> fn) override {
        std::lock_guard lk(m_);
        queue_.push(Entry{now_ + delay, ++seq_, std::move(fn)});
    }

    [[nodiscard]] duration now() const noexcept {
        std::lock_guard lk(m_);
        return now_;
    }

    [[nodiscard]] std::size_t pending() const noexcept {
        std::lock_guard lk(m_);
        return queue_.size();
    }

    std::size_t advance_by(duration delta) {
        return advance_to(now() + delta);
    }

    std::size_t advance_to(duration target) {
        std::size_t fired = 0;
        while (true) {
            std::function<void()> fn;
            {
                std::lock_guard lk(m_);
                if (queue_.empty() || queue_.top().deadline > target) {
                    now_ = target;  // catch up the clock
                    break;
                }
                auto e = queue_.top();
                queue_.pop();
                now_ = e.deadline;
                fn = std::move(e.fn);
            }
            // Run outside lock — task may schedule new tasks.
            try {
                fn();
            } catch (...) {
                aria::report_callback_failure(
                    std::string_view{"executor.virtual_time.advance"},
                    std::current_exception());
            }
            ++fired;
        }
        return fired;
    }

    std::size_t run_until_idle() {
        std::size_t fired = 0;
        while (true) {
            std::function<void()> fn;
            {
                std::lock_guard lk(m_);
                if (queue_.empty()) break;
                auto e = queue_.top();
                queue_.pop();
                if (e.deadline > now_) now_ = e.deadline;
                fn = std::move(e.fn);
            }
            try {
                fn();
            } catch (...) {
                aria::report_callback_failure(
                    std::string_view{"executor.virtual_time.run_until_idle"},
                    std::current_exception());
            }
            ++fired;
        }
        return fired;
    }

    void clear() noexcept {
        std::priority_queue<Entry, std::vector<Entry>, Cmp> retired;
        {
            std::lock_guard lk(m_);
            std::swap(queue_, retired);
        }
        // Capture destructors can safely schedule new work after unlocking.
    }
 
private:
    struct Entry {
        duration       deadline;
        std::uint64_t  seq;   // tie-breaker so insertion order is preserved
        std::function<void()> fn;
    };
    struct Cmp {
        bool operator()(const Entry& a, const Entry& b) const noexcept {
            if (a.deadline != b.deadline) return a.deadline > b.deadline;
            return a.seq > b.seq;
        }
    };
 
    mutable std::mutex m_;
    duration           now_{0};
    std::uint64_t      seq_{0};
    std::priority_queue<Entry, std::vector<Entry>, Cmp> queue_;
};

inline auto schedule_after(VirtualTimeExecutor& vt,
                           VirtualTimeExecutor::duration delay) {
    struct Awaiter {
        VirtualTimeExecutor& vt;
        VirtualTimeExecutor::duration delay;
        bool await_ready() const noexcept { return false; }
        void await_suspend(std::coroutine_handle<> h) const {
            vt.post_after(delay, [h]() mutable { h.resume(); });
        }
        void await_resume() const noexcept {}
    };
    return Awaiter{vt, delay};
}
 
}  // namespace aria::async