auth-yes/forum/poc-g2/protobuf_poc.ts

import { assertEquals } from "https://deno.land/std@0.224.0/testing/asserts.ts";
import {
  dirname,
  fromFileUrl,
  join,
} from "https://deno.land/std@0.224.0/path/mod.ts";
import { requireTool } from "./sys_exec.ts";

/**
 * Proof of Concept: Protocol Buffers (Gen 2)
 *
 * Demonstrates serializing and deserializing agent state using actual
 * protoc CLI instead of a JS library mock, showing high-performance
 * I/O for vector math and state passing using native host tooling.
 */

const protoDefinition = `
syntax = "proto3";

message AgentState {
  string agentId = 1;
  string status = 2;
  int32 memoryUsage = 3;
}
`;

async function run() {
  const hasProtoc = await requireTool(
    "protoc",
    "sudo apt-get install protobuf-compiler",
  );
  if (!hasProtoc) {
    console.warn(
      "⚠️ Protocol Buffers PoC skipped due to missing host dependency.",
    );
    return;
  }

  const currentDir = dirname(fromFileUrl(import.meta.url));
  const TEMP_PROTO = join(currentDir, "dummy_agent.proto");
  const TEMP_DATA = join(currentDir, "dummy_data.txt");
  const TEMP_BIN = join(currentDir, "dummy_encoded.bin");

  try {
    await Deno.writeTextFile(TEMP_PROTO, protoDefinition);

    const payload = {
      agentId: "adversary-01",
      status: "active",
      memoryUsage: 1024,
    };

    // Write text format for protoc to consume
    const textData = `agentId: "${payload.agentId}"
status: "${payload.status}"
memoryUsage: ${payload.memoryUsage}
`;
    await Deno.writeTextFile(TEMP_DATA, textData);

    // Encode
    const encodeCommand = new Deno.Command("protoc", {
      args: [
        "--encode=AgentState",
        `--proto_path=${currentDir}`,
        "dummy_agent.proto",
      ],
      stdin: "piped",
      stdout: "piped",
      stderr: "piped",
    });
    const encodeProcess = encodeCommand.spawn();
    const encodeWriter = encodeProcess.stdin.getWriter();
    await encodeWriter.write(new TextEncoder().encode(textData));
    await encodeWriter.close();
    const encodeOutput = await encodeProcess.output();

    if (encodeOutput.code !== 0) {
      throw new Error(
        `protoc encode failed: ${
          new TextDecoder().decode(encodeOutput.stderr)
        }`,
      );
    }

    const buffer = encodeOutput.stdout;
    await Deno.writeFile(TEMP_BIN, buffer);

    console.log(`Original Data:`, payload);
    console.log(`Serialized Size: ${buffer.length} bytes (binary)`);

    // Decode
    const decodeCommand = new Deno.Command("protoc", {
      args: [
        "--decode=AgentState",
        `--proto_path=${currentDir}`,
        "dummy_agent.proto",
      ],
      stdin: "piped",
      stdout: "piped",
      stderr: "piped",
    });
    const decodeProcess = decodeCommand.spawn();
    const decodeWriter = decodeProcess.stdin.getWriter();
    await decodeWriter.write(buffer);
    await decodeWriter.close();
    const decodeOutput = await decodeProcess.output();

    if (decodeOutput.code !== 0) {
      throw new Error(
        `protoc decode failed: ${
          new TextDecoder().decode(decodeOutput.stderr)
        }`,
      );
    }

    const decodedString = new TextDecoder().decode(decodeOutput.stdout);

    // Parse text format back to object for assertion
    // deno-lint-ignore no-explicit-any
    const deserialized: any = {};
    decodedString.trim().split("\n").forEach((line) => {
      const [key, val] = line.split(":").map((s) => s.trim());
      if (key && val) {
        if (val.startsWith('"') && val.endsWith('"')) {
          deserialized[key] = val.slice(1, -1);
        } else {
          deserialized[key] = parseInt(val, 10);
        }
      }
    });

    console.log("Deserialized Data:", deserialized);

    assertEquals(deserialized.agentId, payload.agentId);
    assertEquals(deserialized.status, payload.status);
    assertEquals(deserialized.memoryUsage, payload.memoryUsage);

    console.log(
      "✅ Protocol Buffers PoC (Gen 2) successful: Real protoc CLI serialization/deserialization worked.",
    );
  } catch (err) {
    console.error("❌ Protocol Buffers PoC (Gen 2) failed:", err);
    Deno.exit(1);
  } finally {
    try {
      await Deno.remove(TEMP_PROTO);
      await Deno.remove(TEMP_DATA);
      await Deno.remove(TEMP_BIN);
    } catch {
      // ignore
    }
  }
}

if (import.meta.main) {
  console.log("Running Protocol Buffers PoC (Gen 2) tests...");
  run();
}