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+/*
+ * FXGL - JavaFX Game Library. The MIT License (MIT).
+ * Copyright (c) AlmasB (almaslvl@gmail.com).
+ * See LICENSE for details.
+ */
+package com.almasb.fxgl.core.reflect;
+
+import com.almasb.fxgl.logging.Logger;
+
+import java.lang.foreign.*;
+import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandle;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.*;
+import java.util.concurrent.ArrayBlockingQueue;
+import java.util.concurrent.BlockingQueue;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+import java.util.function.Consumer;
+
+/**
+ * TODO: WIP
+ *
+ * FFC is a wrapper around a native library, allowing
+ * calls to native functions as if they were Java functions.
+ *
+ * Each FFC has its own single thread that executes all call functions.
+ *
+ * TODO: explore MemoryLayout for non-primitive structs
+ *
+ * @author Almas Baim (https://github.com/AlmasB)
+ */
+public final class ForeignFunctionCaller {
+
+    private static final Logger log = Logger.get(ForeignFunctionCaller.class);
+
+    private static final AtomicInteger threadCount = new AtomicInteger(0);
+
+    private List<Path> libraries;
+    private Arena arena;
+    private Linker linker;
+    private List<SymbolLookup> lookups = new ArrayList<>();
+    private Map<String, MemorySegment> functionsAddresses = new HashMap<>();
+    private Map<String, MethodHandle> functions = new HashMap<>();
+
+    private ForeignFunctionContext context;
+    private BlockingQueue<Consumer<ForeignFunctionContext>> executionQueue = new ArrayBlockingQueue<>(1000);
+    private AtomicBoolean isRunning = new AtomicBoolean(true);
+
+    private FFCThread thread;
+    private boolean isLoaded = false;
+
+    /**
+     * For a given library, only 1 FFC can be created.
+     *
+     * @param libraries the list of files to load as libraries
+     */
+    public ForeignFunctionCaller(List<Path> libraries) {
+        this.libraries = new ArrayList<>(libraries);
+    }
+
+    public void load() {
+        if (isLoaded) {
+            log.warning("Already loaded: " + libraries);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        isLoaded = true;
+
+        thread = new FFCThread(this::threadTask);
+        thread.start();
+
+        // TODO: wait until libs are loaded and loop entered
+        // use CountDownLatch
+    }
+
+    private void threadTask() {
+        log.debug("Starting native setup task");
+
+        try (var a = Arena.ofConfined()) {
+            arena = a;
+            linker = Linker.nativeLinker();
+
+            libraries.forEach(file -> {
+                var lookup = SymbolLookup.libraryLookup(file, arena);
+                lookups.add(lookup);
+            });
+
+            context = new ForeignFunctionContext(arena, linker, lookups);
+
+            log.debug("Native libs loaded and context created");
+
+            while (isRunning.get()) {
+                try {
+                    var functionCall = executionQueue.take();
+                    functionCall.accept(context);
+                } catch (Exception e) {
+                    log.warning("Native call failed", e);
+                }
+            }
+
+        } catch (Throwable e) {
+            log.warning("FFCThread task failed", e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private MethodHandle getFunctionImpl(String name, FunctionDescriptor fd) {
+        String functionID = name + fd.toString();
+
+        if (functions.containsKey(functionID)) {
+            return functions.get(functionID);
+        }
+
+        MemorySegment functionAddress;
+
+        if (functionsAddresses.containsKey(name)) {
+            functionAddress = functionsAddresses.get(name);
+        } else {
+            functionAddress = lookups.stream()
+                    .map(l -> l.find(name))
+                    .filter(Optional::isPresent)
+                    .map(Optional::get)
+                    .findAny()
+                    .orElseThrow(() -> new RuntimeException("Failed to find function in lookup: " + name));
+
+            functionsAddresses.put(name, functionAddress);
+        }
+
+        MethodHandle function = linker.downcallHandle(functionAddress, fd);
+
+        functions.put(functionID, function);
+
+        return function;
+    }
+
+    private Object callImpl(String name, FunctionDescriptor fd, Object... args) {
+        var function = getFunctionImpl(name, fd);
+
+        try {
+            if (args.length == 0) {
+                return function.invoke();
+            } else {
+                return function.invokeWithArguments(Arrays.asList(args));
+            }
+        } catch (Throwable e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void execute(Consumer<ForeignFunctionContext> functionCall) {
+        if (!isLoaded) {
+            log.warning("Libraries are not loaded, call load() first");
+            return;
+        }
+
+        try {
+            executionQueue.put(functionCall);
+        } catch (Throwable e) {
+            log.warning("Failed to schedule a function call", e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void unload() {
+        // TODO: isLoaded = false?
+        // TODO: if not loaded ignore, same for overload below
+        isRunning.set(false);
+
+        // TODO: execute poison pill to shutdown thread
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param libExitFunctionCall the last function to call in the loaded library(-ies)
+     */
+    public void unload(Consumer<ForeignFunctionContext> libExitFunctionCall) {
+        isRunning.set(false);
+
+        execute(libExitFunctionCall);
+    }
+
+    public final class ForeignFunctionContext {
+
+        private Arena arena;
+        private Linker linker;
+        private List<SymbolLookup> lookups;
+
+        public ForeignFunctionContext(Arena arena, Linker linker, List<SymbolLookup> lookups) {
+            this.arena = arena;
+            this.linker = linker;
+            this.lookups = lookups;
+        }
+
+        public Arena getArena() {
+            return arena;
+        }
+
+        public Linker getLinker() {
+            return linker;
+        }
+
+        public List<SymbolLookup> getLookups() {
+            return new ArrayList<>(lookups);
+        }
+
+        public MethodHandle getFunction(String name, FunctionDescriptor fd) {
+            return getFunctionImpl(name, fd);
+        }
+
+        public Object call(String name, FunctionDescriptor fd, Object... args) {
+            return callImpl(name, fd, args);
+        }
+
+        public MemorySegment allocateIntArray(int length) {
+            return arena.allocate(ValueLayout.JAVA_INT, length);
+        }
+
+        public MemorySegment allocateCharArrayFrom(String s) {
+            return arena.allocateFrom(s);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static class FFCThread extends Thread {
+        FFCThread(Runnable task) {
+            super(task, "FFCThread-" + threadCount.getAndIncrement());
+        }
+    }
+}