car-multi 0.6.0

Multi-agent coordination patterns for Common Agent Runtime
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//! Async channel-based mailbox for inter-agent messaging.

use crate::error::MultiError;
use crate::types::Message;
use std::collections::HashMap;
use tokio::sync::{mpsc, RwLock};

/// Mailbox provides named channels for agent-to-agent messaging.
///
/// Each agent registers by name and gets a receiver. Messages are routed
/// by the `to` field on the Message.
pub struct Mailbox {
    senders: RwLock<HashMap<String, mpsc::Sender<Message>>>,
    buffer_size: usize,
}

impl Mailbox {
    pub fn new(buffer_size: usize) -> Self {
        Self {
            senders: RwLock::new(HashMap::new()),
            buffer_size,
        }
    }

    /// Register an agent and return its message receiver.
    pub async fn register(&self, name: &str) -> mpsc::Receiver<Message> {
        let (tx, rx) = mpsc::channel(self.buffer_size);
        self.senders.write().await.insert(name.to_string(), tx);
        rx
    }

    /// Send a message to a named agent.
    pub async fn send(&self, msg: Message) -> Result<(), MultiError> {
        let senders = self.senders.read().await;
        let tx = senders
            .get(&msg.to)
            .ok_or_else(|| MultiError::MailboxSend(format!("no agent '{}'", msg.to)))?;
        tx.send(msg)
            .await
            .map_err(|e| MultiError::MailboxSend(e.to_string()))
    }

    /// Broadcast a message to all registered agents.
    pub async fn broadcast(&self, msg: Message) -> Result<(), MultiError> {
        let senders = self.senders.read().await;
        for (name, tx) in senders.iter() {
            if *name != msg.from {
                let mut m = msg.clone();
                m.to = name.clone();
                let _ = tx.send(m).await;
            }
        }
        Ok(())
    }

    /// Unregister an agent (drops its sender).
    pub async fn unregister(&self, name: &str) {
        self.senders.write().await.remove(name);
    }
}

impl Default for Mailbox {
    fn default() -> Self {
        Self::new(64)
    }
}