a2a_protocol_server/
executor.rs

1// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
2// Copyright 2026 Tom F. <tomf@tomtomtech.net> (https://github.com/tomtom215)
3//
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5
6//! Agent executor trait.
7//!
8//! [`AgentExecutor`] is the primary extension point for implementing A2A agent
9//! logic. The server framework calls [`execute`](AgentExecutor::execute) for
10//! every incoming `message/send` or `message/stream` request and
11//! [`cancel`](AgentExecutor::cancel) for `tasks/cancel`.
12
13use std::future::Future;
14use std::pin::Pin;
15
16use a2a_protocol_types::error::A2aResult;
17
18use crate::request_context::RequestContext;
19use crate::streaming::EventQueueWriter;
20
21/// Trait for implementing A2A agent execution logic.
22///
23/// Implementors process incoming messages by writing events (status updates,
24/// artifacts) to the provided [`EventQueueWriter`]. The executor runs in a
25/// spawned task and should signal completion by writing a terminal status
26/// update and returning `Ok(())`.
27///
28/// # Object safety
29///
30/// This trait is object-safe: methods return `Pin<Box<dyn Future>>` so that
31/// executors can be used as `Arc<dyn AgentExecutor>`. This eliminates the
32/// need for generic parameters on [`RequestHandler`](crate::RequestHandler),
33/// [`RestDispatcher`](crate::RestDispatcher), and
34/// [`JsonRpcDispatcher`](crate::JsonRpcDispatcher), simplifying the entire
35/// server API surface.
36///
37/// # Example
38///
39/// ```rust,no_run
40/// use std::pin::Pin;
41/// use std::future::Future;
42/// use a2a_protocol_server::executor::AgentExecutor;
43/// use a2a_protocol_server::request_context::RequestContext;
44/// use a2a_protocol_server::streaming::EventQueueWriter;
45/// use a2a_protocol_types::error::A2aResult;
46///
47/// struct MyAgent;
48///
49/// impl AgentExecutor for MyAgent {
50///     fn execute<'a>(
51///         &'a self,
52///         ctx: &'a RequestContext,
53///         queue: &'a dyn EventQueueWriter,
54///     ) -> Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = A2aResult<()>> + Send + 'a>> {
55///         Box::pin(async move {
56///             // Write status updates and artifacts to `queue`.
57///             Ok(())
58///         })
59///     }
60/// }
61/// ```
62///
63/// # Ergonomic helpers
64///
65/// Use [`boxed_future`](crate::executor_helpers::boxed_future) to reduce
66/// boilerplate, or the [`agent_executor!`](crate::agent_executor) macro
67/// for a fully declarative approach:
68///
69/// ```rust
70/// use a2a_protocol_server::agent_executor;
71///
72/// struct EchoAgent;
73///
74/// agent_executor!(EchoAgent, |_ctx, _queue| async {
75///     Ok(())
76/// });
77/// ```
78pub trait AgentExecutor: Send + Sync + 'static {
79    /// Executes agent logic for the given request.
80    ///
81    /// Write [`StreamResponse`](a2a_protocol_types::events::StreamResponse) events to
82    /// `queue` as the agent progresses. The method should return `Ok(())`
83    /// after writing the final event, or `Err(...)` on failure.
84    ///
85    /// # Errors
86    ///
87    /// Returns an [`A2aError`](a2a_protocol_types::error::A2aError) if execution fails.
88    fn execute<'a>(
89        &'a self,
90        ctx: &'a RequestContext,
91        queue: &'a dyn EventQueueWriter,
92    ) -> Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = A2aResult<()>> + Send + 'a>>;
93
94    /// Cancels an in-progress task.
95    ///
96    /// **The default implementation cancels.** It emits the terminal
97    /// `Canceled` status so subscribers see it, best-effort: a task with no
98    /// live subscribers has no queue receivers, and that must not fail the
99    /// cancel, because the handler persists the state either way. Cancellation
100    /// in A2A is *cooperative* — by the time this runs the handler has already
101    /// triggered [`RequestContext::cancellation_token`], which a running
102    /// `execute` is expected to observe.
103    ///
104    /// Override this when the task holds something that must be released —
105    /// a reserved slot, a parked message, an open handle. Overriding is about
106    /// releasing state, not about opting in to cancellation.
107    ///
108    /// Before 0.7 the default refused with `TaskNotCancelable`, which left
109    /// `Working` tasks uncancelable out of the box and reported it as the
110    /// task's fault. Every reference SDK requires agents to support cancel.
111    ///
112    /// # Errors
113    ///
114    /// Returns an [`A2aError`](a2a_protocol_types::error::A2aError) if an
115    /// override fails to release what the task holds. The default
116    /// implementation does not return an error.
117    ///
118    /// [`RequestContext::cancellation_token`]: crate::request_context::RequestContext::cancellation_token
119    fn cancel<'a>(
120        &'a self,
121        ctx: &'a RequestContext,
122        queue: &'a dyn EventQueueWriter,
123    ) -> Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = A2aResult<()>> + Send + 'a>> {
124        Box::pin(async move {
125            // Cooperative default: the handler has already triggered the
126            // task's cancellation token (which a running `execute` should
127            // observe); emit the terminal Canceled status so subscribers see
128            // it. Every reference SDK requires agents to support cancel —
129            // the pre-0.7 default of refusing with TaskNotCancelable made
130            // WORKING tasks uncancelable out of the box and mislabeled the
131            // failure as the task's fault.
132            let event = a2a_protocol_types::events::TaskStatusUpdateEvent {
133                task_id: ctx.task_id.clone(),
134                context_id: a2a_protocol_types::task::ContextId::new(ctx.context_id.clone()),
135                status: a2a_protocol_types::task::TaskStatus::with_timestamp(
136                    a2a_protocol_types::task::TaskState::Canceled,
137                ),
138                metadata: None,
139            };
140            // Best-effort delivery: a task with no live subscribers has no
141            // queue receivers, and that must not fail the cancel — the
142            // handler persists the Canceled state either way.
143            let _ = queue
144                .write(a2a_protocol_types::events::StreamResponse::StatusUpdate(
145                    event,
146                ))
147                .await;
148            Ok(())
149        })
150    }
151
152    /// Called during handler shutdown to allow cleanup of external resources
153    /// (database connections, file handles, etc.).
154    ///
155    /// The default implementation is a no-op.
156    fn on_shutdown<'a>(&'a self) -> Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = ()> + Send + 'a>> {
157        Box::pin(async {})
158    }
159}
a2a_protocol_server/executor.rs

a2a_protocol_server/
executor.rs
