feat(sdk): DataSource per-topic pause — advertise + pj.topic_subscription.v1

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -3,9 +3,35 @@
 All notable changes to `plotjuggler_sdk` are recorded here. Versioning policy is in
 [`CLAUDE.md`](./CLAUDE.md) → "Release Versioning".
 
-## [Unreleased] — on branch `feature/plot-markers`, not yet publicly tagged
+## [Unreleased] — not yet publicly tagged
 
-### Host service: markers + transforms unified into `pj.data_processors.v1` (UNRELEASED BREAK)
+### DataSource: per-topic pause/resume — advertise-without-subscribe + demand-driven control (ADDITIVE)
+
+Lets a streaming source expose *all* its topics cheaply while only transmitting data
+for topics the host is actually displaying. Strictly additive (tail slot + plugin
+extension, both `struct_size`/`PJ_HAS_TAIL_SLOT`-gated); every existing plugin keeps
+working with no recompile, and a new plugin degrades gracefully on an old host.
+
+- **New capability** `PJ_DATA_SOURCE_CAPABILITY_PER_TOPIC_PAUSE = 1 << 6` (C++ mirror
+  `kCapabilityPerTopicPause`).
+- **Plugin → host advertise**: new runtime-host tail slot
+  `notify_available_topics(topics, count)` carrying `PJ_available_topic_t`
+  (`topic_name`/`parser_encoding`/`type_name`/`schema`, mirroring
+  `PJ_parser_binding_request_t`), so the host can list and a-priori classify topics
+  (via `classify_schema`) before any data flows. C++ helper
+  `DataSourceRuntimeHostView::notifyAvailableTopics(Span<const AvailableTopic>)`.
+- **Host → plugin control**: new `get_plugin_extension("pj.topic_subscription.v1")`
+  extension `PJ_topic_subscription_v1_t::set_active_topics(names, count)` — declarative
+  full active-set; the plugin diffs and subscribes/unsubscribes. Host wrapper
+  `DataSourceHandle::setActiveTopics(...)` (no-op when the extension is absent).
+- Runtime-host vtable size grows 96 → 104 (`notify_available_topics` at offset 96);
+  `PJ_ABI_VERSION` (5), `PJ_DATA_SOURCE_PROTOCOL_VERSION` (4), and
+  `PJ_DATA_SOURCE_MIN_VTABLE_SIZE` (128) unchanged. `abi/baseline.abi` unchanged
+  (additions only).
+
+## [0.14.0]
+
+### Host service: markers + transforms unified into `pj.data_processors.v1`
 
 The two whole-series host-driven services were collapsed into ONE contract — Pablo's
 `pj.data_processors.v1` — with a string `kind` discriminator, so a plugin chooses
@@ -31,7 +57,6 @@ so a host that IMPLEMENTS the service (e.g. `DataProcessorsRuntimeHost`) must up
 vtable fill; callers using `DataProcessorsHostView::createTransform` keep working via the
 shim, while `validateScript` call-sites gain a leading `kind` argument (`"transform"`).
 
-**Versioning note.** This is an ABI/API change to a service that merged to `main`. It
-ships as `0.13.0` because no PUBLIC tag has carried `pj.data_processors.v1` yet, so no
-released plugin is broken. **The first public release that carries the unified
-`pj.data_processors.v1` must be tagged `1.0.0`** per the pre-1.0 break rule in `CLAUDE.md`.
+**Versioning note.** This was an ABI/API break to a service that had merged to `main`.
+It shipped as `0.14.0` rather than `1.0.0` because no public tag had ever carried
+`pj.data_processors.v1`, so no released plugin was broken by the change.

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ endif()
 if(PJ_INSTALL_SDK)
   include(CMakePackageConfigHelpers)
 
-  set(PJ_PACKAGE_VERSION "0.14.0")
+  set(PJ_PACKAGE_VERSION "0.15.0")
   set(PJ_PACKAGE_CMAKE_DIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/cmake/plotjuggler_sdk)
 
   install(EXPORT plotjuggler_sdkTargets

conanfile.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   plugin_sdk   — umbrella for plugin authors (base + dialog SDK + parser SDK)
   plugin_host  — umbrella for host loaders (data_source/parser/toolbox/dialog)
 
-A consuming Conan recipe declares e.g. `plotjuggler_sdk/0.14.0` and then:
+A consuming Conan recipe declares e.g. `plotjuggler_sdk/0.15.0` and then:
 
     find_package(plotjuggler_sdk REQUIRED COMPONENTS plugin_sdk)
     target_link_libraries(my_plugin PRIVATE plotjuggler_sdk::plugin_sdk)
@@ -30,15 +30,17 @@
 
 class PlotjugglerSdkConan(ConanFile):
     name = "plotjuggler_sdk"
-    # UNRELEASED BREAK: 0.13.0 unified markers + transforms into the single host
-    # service `pj.data_processors.v1` via a `kind` discriminator (removed the old
+    # 0.14.0 unified markers + transforms into the single host service
+    # `pj.data_processors.v1` via a `kind` discriminator (removed the old
     # `pj.markers.v1` and the interim `pj.generators.v1`; generalized
-    # `create_data_processor`/`validate_data_processor_script` with kind/language/flags).
-    # 0.14.0 then adds the dialog-protocol additions (radio column + interactive
-    # sub-panel). All pre-1.0 unreleased — no PUBLIC tag ever shipped
-    # `pj.data_processors.v1`, so no released plugin breaks. The FIRST public release
-    # that carries the unified `pj.data_processors.v1` MUST be tagged 1.0.0. See CHANGELOG.md.
-    version = "0.14.0"
+    # `create_data_processor`/`validate_data_processor_script` with
+    # kind/language/flags) and added the dialog-protocol additions (radio
+    # column + interactive sub-panel). Shipped as a MINOR bump rather than
+    # 1.0.0 because no public tag had ever carried `pj.data_processors.v1`,
+    # so no released plugin broke.
+    # 0.15.0 adds DataSource per-topic pause (advertise + demand-driven
+    # subscription) — strictly additive. See CHANGELOG.md.
+    version = "0.15.0"
     # Apache-2.0 covers the whole SDK (pj_base + pj_plugins). See LICENSE.
     license = "Apache-2.0"
     url = "https://github.com/PlotJuggler/plotjuggler_sdk"

pj_base/CLAUDE.md

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ pj_base is the **Level 0** foundation and the **SDK boundary** for plugin author
 - ABI numbering is **frozen**: `BuiltinObjectType` (builtin_object.hpp) and `PJ_builtin_object_type_t` (builtin_object_abi.h) share stable numeric values — never renumber; types 2 and 12 are permanently reserved. Append-only.
 - Every vtable slot is `PJ_NOEXCEPT`; a throw across the ABI boundary calls `std::terminate`. See the header block in `plugin_data_api.h`.
 - `BuiltinObject` is `std::any`, deliberately not `std::variant`, for forward-compat — recover via `std::any_cast<T>` / `sdk::typeOf`. See `builtin/builtin_object.hpp`.
-- ABI/struct-layout or signature changes require a Conan **MINOR** bump and a refreshed `abi/baseline.abi`; tail-appended slots are a PATCH (see submodule CLAUDE.md → Release Versioning).
+- Versioning follows the authoritative submodule CLAUDE.md → Release Versioning: a **tail-appended slot / new capability** (backward-compatible ABI *addition*, `abidiff` shows additions-only) is a **MINOR** and does **not** touch `abi/baseline.abi`; a **struct-layout reorder or signature change** (an ABI *break*) is a **MAJOR** — that is what refreshes `abi/baseline.abi` and bumps `PJ_*_PROTOCOL_VERSION`/`PJ_ABI_VERSION`.
 
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pj_base/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ add_library(pj_base STATIC
   src/builtin/voxel_grid_codec.cpp
   src/number_parse.cpp
   src/type_tree.cpp
+  src/data_source_host_views.cpp
+  src/data_source_patterns.cpp
+  src/data_source_plugin_base.cpp
+  src/data_source_trampolines.cpp
+  src/toolbox_plugin_base.cpp
+  src/toolbox_trampolines.cpp
 )
 target_include_directories(pj_base PUBLIC
   $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include>
@@ -92,6 +98,7 @@ if(PJ_BUILD_TESTS)
     tests/image_annotations_decoder_test.cpp
     tests/media_metadata_test.cpp
     tests/push_message_test.cpp
+    tests/notify_available_topics_test.cpp
     tests/image_codec_test.cpp
     tests/depth_image_codec_test.cpp
     tests/point_cloud_codec_test.cpp

pj_base/include/pj_base/data_source_protocol.h

@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@ enum {
   PJ_DATA_SOURCE_CAPABILITY_DELEGATED_INGEST = 1ull << 3,  /**< Plugin pushes raw bytes for host-side parsing. */
   PJ_DATA_SOURCE_CAPABILITY_SUPPORTS_PAUSE = 1ull << 4,    /**< pause()/resume() are implemented. */
   PJ_DATA_SOURCE_CAPABILITY_HAS_DIALOG = 1ull << 5,        /**< Plugin provides a configuration dialog. */
+  PJ_DATA_SOURCE_CAPABILITY_PER_TOPIC_PAUSE =
+      1ull << 6, /**< Host may pause/resume individual topics via the "pj.topic_subscription.v1" extension. */
 };
 
 /** Opaque handle returned by ensure_parser_binding, used with push_message. */
@@ -200,15 +202,31 @@ typedef struct {
   PJ_string_view_t parser_config_json; /**< Optional JSON config for the parser. */
 } PJ_parser_binding_request_t;
 
+/**
+ * A topic the source knows it can stream but has not (necessarily)
+ * subscribed. Handed to the host via notify_available_topics so the host can
+ * list it and classify it a priori (via the parser's classify_schema) with no
+ * data flowing. Carries the same parser inputs as PJ_parser_binding_request_t
+ * so the host can classify and, later, bind identically.
+ */
+typedef struct {
+  PJ_string_view_t topic_name;      /**< Canonical topic name (the host/engine key). */
+  PJ_string_view_t parser_encoding; /**< Encoding name, e.g. "protobuf", "ros2msg". */
+  PJ_string_view_t type_name;       /**< Message type name (encoding-specific). */
+  PJ_bytes_view_t schema;           /**< Optional schema bytes for a-priori classify_schema. */
+} PJ_available_topic_t;
+
 /**
  * DataSource runtime host vtable — control-plane callbacks provided by the
  * host and delivered to the plugin via the service registry under the name
  * `"pj.runtime.v1"`.
  *
  * The plugin calls these to report progress, send diagnostic messages,
  * notify state changes, and (for delegated ingest) bind parsers and push
- * raw message payloads. All calls are made on the thread that called
- * start().
+ * raw message payloads. The per-slot thread tag governs: the host may drive
+ * start()/stop() on one thread and poll() (with its [stream-thread]
+ * callbacks) on another, so a host must treat [stream-thread] callbacks as
+ * arriving off its UI thread and marshal accordingly.
  *
  * Fallible calls take a `PJ_error_t* out_error` which the callee populates
  * on failure. Callers may pass NULL if they don't need the detail.
@@ -327,6 +345,19 @@ typedef struct PJ_data_source_runtime_host_vtable_t {
   bool (*push_message)(
       void* ctx, PJ_parser_binding_handle_t handle, int64_t host_timestamp_ns,
       PJ_message_data_fetcher_t fetch_message_data, PJ_error_t* out_error) PJ_NOEXCEPT;
+
+  /**
+   * [stream-thread] Advertise the set of topics this source can stream but has
+   * not (necessarily) subscribed. The host lists them (e.g. in the curve tree)
+   * and classifies each a priori via classify_schema, WITHOUT any data
+   * flowing; subscription happens separately (see the "pj.topic_subscription.v1"
+   * plugin extension). Call again to update as topics appear/vanish; each call
+   * is the full current set for this source. The plugin calls this on the
+   * poll/stream thread; the host is responsible for marshaling to its own
+   * thread. Tail slot — readers MUST gate access with PJ_HAS_TAIL_SLOT.
+   */
+  bool (*notify_available_topics)(void* ctx, const PJ_available_topic_t* topics, uint64_t count, PJ_error_t* out_error)
+      PJ_NOEXCEPT;
 } PJ_data_source_runtime_host_vtable_t;
 
 /** Fat pointer pairing a runtime host context with its vtable. */
@@ -454,6 +485,40 @@ typedef struct PJ_data_source_vtable_t {
 /* The vtable above is ABI-APPENDABLE: new slots may be added at the tail;
  * host reads guard with PJ_HAS_TAIL_SLOT. See PJ_DATA_SOURCE_MIN_VTABLE_SIZE. */
 
+/**
+ * Reverse-DNS id of the per-topic subscription control extension, queried via
+ * get_plugin_extension. A source advertising PJ_DATA_SOURCE_CAPABILITY_PER_TOPIC_PAUSE
+ * returns a pointer to a PJ_topic_subscription_v1_t for this id; every other
+ * source returns NULL.
+ */
+#define PJ_TOPIC_SUBSCRIPTION_EXTENSION_V1 "pj.topic_subscription.v1"
+
+/**
+ * Host→plugin per-topic subscription control ("pj.topic_subscription.v1").
+ *
+ * The host passes the desired ACTIVE topic set — declarative and complete —
+ * and the plugin diffs it against its current subscriptions, subscribing to
+ * newly-active topics and unsubscribing (pausing) the rest, so no data flows
+ * for a topic that is not being displayed. This is a strict superset control:
+ * an empty set pauses everything.
+ *
+ * The plugin owns this struct; it must stay valid for the plugin instance
+ * lifetime. IMPORTANT: the `ctx` passed to set_active_topics is the plugin
+ * INSTANCE (the host's DataSourceHandle::context()), NOT the extension pointer
+ * returned by get_plugin_extension.
+ */
+typedef struct {
+  uint32_t struct_size; /**< sizeof(PJ_topic_subscription_v1_t) — for forward-compatible growth. */
+  /**
+   * [main-thread] Set the full active-topic set. Entered on the host thread;
+   * the plugin marshals to its own stream thread. Returns false + populates
+   * out_error on failure. Names the source does not recognize are ignored
+   * (not an error).
+   */
+  bool (*set_active_topics)(void* ctx, const PJ_string_view_t* topic_names, uint64_t count, PJ_error_t* out_error)
+      PJ_NOEXCEPT;
+} PJ_topic_subscription_v1_t;
+
 /** Signature of the exported entry point: `PJ_get_data_source_vtable`. */
 typedef const PJ_data_source_vtable_t* (*PJ_get_data_source_vtable_fn)(void);
 

pj_base/include/pj_base/sdk/data_source_host_views.hpp

@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ constexpr uint64_t kCapabilityDirectIngest = PJ_DATA_SOURCE_CAPABILITY_DIRECT_IN
 constexpr uint64_t kCapabilityDelegatedIngest = PJ_DATA_SOURCE_CAPABILITY_DELEGATED_INGEST;
 constexpr uint64_t kCapabilitySupportsPause = PJ_DATA_SOURCE_CAPABILITY_SUPPORTS_PAUSE;
 constexpr uint64_t kCapabilityHasDialog = PJ_DATA_SOURCE_CAPABILITY_HAS_DIALOG;
+constexpr uint64_t kCapabilityPerTopicPause = PJ_DATA_SOURCE_CAPABILITY_PER_TOPIC_PAUSE;
 
 using ParserBindingHandle = PJ_parser_binding_handle_t;
 
@@ -95,22 +96,21 @@ struct ParserBindingRequest {
   std::string_view parser_config_json;
 };
 
+/// A topic the source can stream but has not (necessarily) subscribed. Handed
+/// to the host via DataSourceRuntimeHostView::notifyAvailableTopics so the host
+/// lists and a-priori classifies it (via classify_schema) with no data flowing.
+/// Mirrors ParserBindingRequest's parser inputs so the host can classify and,
+/// later, bind identically. `schema` may be empty when the encoding needs none.
+struct AvailableTopic {
+  std::string_view topic_name;
+  std::string_view parser_encoding;
+  std::string_view type_name;
+  Span<const uint8_t> schema;
+};
+
 /// Convert a PJ_error_t populated by the ABI into a descriptive std::string.
 /// Safe to call on a zero-initialized error (returns "unspecified error").
-[[nodiscard]] inline std::string errorToString(const PJ_error_t& err) {
-  std::string out;
-  if (err.domain[0] != '\0') {
-    out.append(err.domain);
-    out.append(": ");
-  }
-  if (err.message[0] != '\0') {
-    out.append(err.message);
-  }
-  if (out.empty()) {
-    out = "unspecified error";
-  }
-  return out;
-}
+[[nodiscard]] std::string errorToString(const PJ_error_t& err);
 
 class ParserIngestHostView;
 
@@ -142,16 +142,7 @@ class DataSourceRuntimeHostView {
   }
 
   /// Begin a progress bar. Returns an error if the host refused to start it.
-  [[nodiscard]] Status progressStart(std::string_view label, uint64_t total_steps, bool cancellable) const {
-    if (!valid() || host_.vtable->progress_start == nullptr) {
-      return unexpected("runtime host is not bound");
-    }
-    PJ_error_t err{};
-    if (!host_.vtable->progress_start(host_.ctx, sdk::toAbiString(label), total_steps, cancellable, &err)) {
-      return unexpected(errorToString(err));
-    }
-    return okStatus();
-  }
+  [[nodiscard]] Status progressStart(std::string_view label, uint64_t total_steps, bool cancellable) const;
 
   /// Advance progress. Returns true to continue, false if the user cancelled.
   [[nodiscard]] bool progressUpdate(uint64_t current_step) const {
@@ -192,26 +183,15 @@ class DataSourceRuntimeHostView {
   }
 
   /// Bind (or look up) a parser for delegated ingest.
-  [[nodiscard]] Expected<ParserBindingHandle> ensureParserBinding(const ParserBindingRequest& request) const {
-    if (!valid() || host_.vtable->ensure_parser_binding == nullptr) {
-      return unexpected("runtime host is not bound");
-    }
+  [[nodiscard]] Expected<ParserBindingHandle> ensureParserBinding(const ParserBindingRequest& request) const;
 
-    PJ_parser_binding_request_t raw{
-        .topic_name = sdk::toAbiString(request.topic_name),
-        .parser_encoding = sdk::toAbiString(request.parser_encoding),
-        .type_name = sdk::toAbiString(request.type_name),
-        .schema = sdk::toAbiBytes(request.schema),
-        .parser_config_json = sdk::toAbiString(request.parser_config_json),
-    };
-
-    ParserBindingHandle handle{};
-    PJ_error_t err{};
-    if (!host_.vtable->ensure_parser_binding(host_.ctx, &raw, &handle, &err)) {
-      return unexpected(errorToString(err));
-    }
-    return handle;
-  }
+  /// Advertise the full set of topics this source can stream but has not
+  /// (necessarily) subscribed, so the host can list and a-priori classify them
+  /// with no data flowing. Each call replaces the previously-advertised set for
+  /// this source. Returns an error if the host does not expose the tail slot
+  /// (old host) — callers may treat that as "advertisement unsupported" and
+  /// fall back to legacy behavior. Call on the poll/stream thread.
+  [[nodiscard]] Status notifyAvailableTopics(Span<const AvailableTopic> topics) const;
 
   /// Push a message via a deferred FetchMessageData callable. The DataSource
   /// hands the host a callable that produces the payload bytes when invoked.
@@ -309,21 +289,7 @@ class DataSourceRuntimeHostView {
    * @return The button clicked, or kOk if the host does not support dialogs.
    */
   [[nodiscard]] MessageBoxButton showMessageBox(
-      MessageBoxType type, std::string_view title, std::string_view message, int buttons = 0) const {
-    if (!valid() || host_.vtable->show_message_box == nullptr) {
-      if (buttons & static_cast<int>(MessageBoxButton::kContinue)) {
-        return MessageBoxButton::kContinue;
-      }
-      if (buttons & static_cast<int>(MessageBoxButton::kYes)) {
-        return MessageBoxButton::kYes;
-      }
-      return MessageBoxButton::kOk;
-    }
-    int result = host_.vtable->show_message_box(
-        host_.ctx, static_cast<PJ_message_box_type_t>(type), sdk::toAbiString(title), sdk::toAbiString(message),
-        buttons == 0 ? PJ_MSG_BTN_OK : buttons);
-    return static_cast<MessageBoxButton>(result);
-  }
+      MessageBoxType type, std::string_view title, std::string_view message, int buttons = 0) const;
 
   void showInfo(std::string_view title, std::string_view message) const {
     (void)showMessageBox(MessageBoxType::kInfo, title, message, static_cast<int>(MessageBoxButton::kOk));