dataforge-distributed/build.gradle.kts

@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ kotlin {
         jvmMain {
             dependencies {
                 // TODO include fat jar of lambdarpc
-                api(files("lambdarpc-core-0.0.1.jar"))
+                val path = "../../../lambdarpc/LambdaRPC.kt/lambdarpc-core/build/libs"
+                api(files("$path/lambdarpc-core-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar"))
                 runtimeOnly("io.grpc:grpc-netty-shaded:1.44.0")
                 api("org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-core:1.6.0")
                 api("io.grpc:grpc-protobuf:1.44.0")

dataforge-distributed/src/jvmMain/kotlin/space/kscience/dataforge/distributed/ClientWorkspacePlugin.kt

@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-package space.kscience.dataforge.distributed
-
-import io.lambdarpc.utils.Endpoint
-import space.kscience.dataforge.context.AbstractPlugin
-import space.kscience.dataforge.context.PluginTag
-import space.kscience.dataforge.names.Name
-import space.kscience.dataforge.workspace.Task
-import kotlin.reflect.KType
-
-/**
- * Plugin that purpose is to communicate with remote plugins.
- * @param endpoint Endpoint of the remote plugin.
- */
-public abstract class ClientWorkspacePlugin(endpoint: Endpoint) : AbstractPlugin() {
-
-    /**
-     * Tag og the [ClientWorkspacePlugin] should be equal to the tag of the corresponding remote plugin.
-     */
-    abstract override val tag: PluginTag
-
-    /**
-     * Enumeration of names of remote tasks and their result types.
-     */
-    public abstract val tasks: Map<Name, KType>
-
-    private val _tasks: Map<Name, Task<*>> by lazy {
-        tasks.mapValues { (_, type) ->
-            RemoteTask<Any>(endpoint, type)
-        }
-    }
-
-    override fun content(target: String): Map<Name, Any> =
-        when (target) {
-            Task.TYPE -> _tasks
-            else -> emptyMap()
-        }
-}

dataforge-distributed/src/jvmMain/kotlin/space/kscience/dataforge/distributed/RemotePlugin.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package space.kscience.dataforge.distributed
+
+import io.lambdarpc.utils.Endpoint
+import space.kscience.dataforge.context.AbstractPlugin
+import space.kscience.dataforge.context.Plugin
+import space.kscience.dataforge.context.PluginFactory
+import space.kscience.dataforge.context.PluginTag
+import space.kscience.dataforge.names.Name
+import space.kscience.dataforge.workspace.SerializableResultTask
+import space.kscience.dataforge.workspace.Task
+
+/**
+ * Plugin that purpose is to communicate with remote plugins.
+ * @param plugin A remote plugin to be used.
+ * @param endpoint Endpoint of the remote plugin.
+ */
+public class RemotePlugin<P : Plugin>(private val plugin: P, private val endpoint: String) : AbstractPlugin() {
+
+    public constructor(factory: PluginFactory<P>, endpoint: String) : this(factory(), endpoint)
+
+    override val tag: PluginTag
+        get() = plugin.tag
+
+    private val tasks = plugin.content(Task.TYPE)
+        .filterValues { it is SerializableResultTask<*> }
+        .mapValues { (_, task) ->
+            require(task is SerializableResultTask<*>)
+            RemoteTask(Endpoint(endpoint), task.resultType, task.resultSerializer)
+        }
+
+    override fun content(target: String): Map<Name, Any> =
+        when (target) {
+            Task.TYPE -> tasks
+            else -> emptyMap()
+        }
+}

dataforge-distributed/src/jvmMain/kotlin/space/kscience/dataforge/distributed/RemoteTask.kt

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 package space.kscience.dataforge.distributed
 
-import io.lambdarpc.dsl.ServiceDispatcher
+import io.lambdarpc.context.ServiceDispatcher
 import io.lambdarpc.utils.Endpoint
 import kotlinx.coroutines.withContext
-import space.kscience.dataforge.data.DataSet
+import kotlinx.serialization.KSerializer
 import space.kscience.dataforge.meta.Meta
 import space.kscience.dataforge.meta.descriptors.MetaDescriptor
 import space.kscience.dataforge.names.Name
-import space.kscience.dataforge.workspace.Task
+import space.kscience.dataforge.workspace.SerializableResultTask
 import space.kscience.dataforge.workspace.TaskResult
 import space.kscience.dataforge.workspace.Workspace
 import space.kscience.dataforge.workspace.wrapResult
@@ -17,20 +17,20 @@ import kotlin.reflect.KType
  * Proxy task that communicates with the corresponding remote task.
  */
 internal class RemoteTask<T : Any>(
-    endpoint: Endpoint,
+    internal val endpoint: Endpoint,
     override val resultType: KType,
+    override val resultSerializer: KSerializer<T>,
     override val descriptor: MetaDescriptor? = null,
-) : Task<T> {
+    private val taskRegistry: TaskRegistry? = null,
+) : SerializableResultTask<T> {
     private val dispatcher = ServiceDispatcher(ServiceWorkspace.serviceId to endpoint)
 
-    @Suppress("UNCHECKED_CAST")
-    override suspend fun execute(
-        workspace: Workspace,
-        taskName: Name,
-        taskMeta: Meta,
-    ): TaskResult<T> = withContext(dispatcher) {
-        val dataset = ServiceWorkspace.execute(taskName)
-        dataset.finishDecoding(resultType)
-        workspace.wrapResult(dataset as DataSet<T>, taskName, taskMeta)
+    override suspend fun execute(workspace: Workspace, taskName: Name, taskMeta: Meta): TaskResult<T> {
+        val registry = taskRegistry ?: TaskRegistry(workspace.tasks)
+        val result = withContext(dispatcher) {
+            ServiceWorkspace.execute(taskName, taskMeta, registry)
+        }
+        val dataSet = result.toDataSet(resultType, resultSerializer)
+        return workspace.wrapResult(dataSet, taskName, taskMeta)
     }
 }

dataforge-distributed/src/jvmMain/kotlin/space/kscience/dataforge/distributed/ServiceWorkspace.kt

@@ -3,21 +3,23 @@ package space.kscience.dataforge.distributed
 import io.ktor.utils.io.core.*
 import io.lambdarpc.dsl.LibService
 import io.lambdarpc.dsl.def
-import io.lambdarpc.utils.Address
-import io.lambdarpc.utils.Port
-import io.lambdarpc.utils.toSid
+import io.lambdarpc.dsl.j
+import io.lambdarpc.utils.ServiceId
 import kotlinx.coroutines.runBlocking
+import kotlinx.serialization.KSerializer
 import space.kscience.dataforge.context.Context
 import space.kscience.dataforge.context.Global
 import space.kscience.dataforge.context.gather
 import space.kscience.dataforge.data.DataSet
 import space.kscience.dataforge.data.DataTree
-import space.kscience.dataforge.distributed.serialization.DataSetCoder
+import space.kscience.dataforge.distributed.serialization.DataSetPrototype
+import space.kscience.dataforge.distributed.serialization.MetaCoder
 import space.kscience.dataforge.distributed.serialization.NameCoder
-import space.kscience.dataforge.distributed.serialization.SerializableDataSetAdapter
+import space.kscience.dataforge.distributed.serialization.TaskRegistryCoder
 import space.kscience.dataforge.meta.Meta
 import space.kscience.dataforge.names.Name
 import space.kscience.dataforge.names.asName
+import space.kscience.dataforge.workspace.SerializableResultTask
 import space.kscience.dataforge.workspace.Task
 import space.kscience.dataforge.workspace.TaskResult
 import space.kscience.dataforge.workspace.Workspace
@@ -25,37 +27,73 @@ import space.kscience.dataforge.workspace.wrapResult
 
 /**
  * Workspace that exposes its tasks for remote clients.
+ * @param port Port to start service on. Will be random if null.
  */
 public class ServiceWorkspace(
-    address: String = "localhost",
     port: Int? = null,
     override val context: Context = Global.buildContext("workspace".asName()),
+    private val dataSerializer: KSerializer<Any>? = null,
     data: DataSet<*> = runBlocking { DataTree<Any> {} },
     override val targets: Map<String, Meta> = mapOf(),
 ) : Workspace, Closeable {
+    private val _port: Int? = port
 
     override val data: TaskResult<*> = wrapResult(data, Name.EMPTY, Meta.EMPTY)
 
     override val tasks: Map<Name, Task<*>>
         get() = context.gather(Task.TYPE)
 
-    private val service = LibService(serviceId, address, port) {
-        execute of { name ->
-            val res = produce(name, Meta.EMPTY)
-            SerializableDataSetAdapter(res)
+    private val service = LibService(serviceId, port) {
+        execute of { name, meta, taskRegistry ->
+            if (name == Name.EMPTY) {
+                requireNotNull(dataSerializer) { "Data serializer is not provided on $port" }
+                DataSetPrototype.of(data, dataSerializer)
+            } else {
+                val task = tasks[name] ?: error("Task $name does not exist locally")
+                require(task is SerializableResultTask) { "Result of $name cannot be serialized" }
+                val workspace = ProxyWorkspace(taskRegistry)
+
+                // Local function to capture generic parameter
+                suspend fun <T : Any> execute(task: SerializableResultTask<T>): DataSetPrototype {
+                    val result = task.execute(workspace, name, meta)
+                    return DataSetPrototype.of(result, task.resultSerializer)
+                }
+                execute(task)
+            }
         }
     }
 
     /**
-     * Address this workspace is available on.
+     * Proxies task calls to right endpoints according to the [TaskRegistry].
      */
-    public val address: Address = Address(address)
+    private inner class ProxyWorkspace(private val taskRegistry: TaskRegistry) : Workspace by this {
+        override val tasks: Map<Name, Task<*>>
+            get() = object : AbstractMap<Name, Task<*>>() {
+                override val entries: Set<Map.Entry<Name, Task<*>>>
+                    get() = this@ServiceWorkspace.tasks.entries
+
+                override fun get(key: Name): Task<*>? = remoteTask(key) ?: this@ServiceWorkspace.tasks[key]
+            }
+
+        /**
+         * Call default implementation to use [tasks] virtually instead of it in [ServiceWorkspace].
+         */
+        override suspend fun produce(taskName: Name, taskMeta: Meta): TaskResult<*> =
+            super.produce(taskName, taskMeta)
+
+        private fun remoteTask(name: Name): RemoteTask<*>? {
+            val endpoint = taskRegistry.tasks[name] ?: return null
+            val local = this@ServiceWorkspace.tasks[name] ?: error("No task with name $name locally on $port")
+            require(local is SerializableResultTask) { "Task $name result is not serializable" }
+            return RemoteTask(endpoint, local.resultType, local.resultSerializer, local.descriptor, taskRegistry)
+        }
+    }
 
     /**
      * Port this workspace is available on.
      */
-    public val port: Port
-        get() = service.port
+    public val port: Int
+        get() = _port ?: service.port.p
 
     /**
      * Start [ServiceWorkspace] as a service.
@@ -75,7 +113,7 @@ public class ServiceWorkspace(
     override fun close(): Unit = service.shutdown()
 
     public companion object {
-        internal val serviceId = "d41b95b1-828b-4444-8ff0-6f9c92a79246".toSid()
-        internal val execute by serviceId.def(NameCoder, DataSetCoder)
+        internal val serviceId = ServiceId("d41b95b1-828b-4444-8ff0-6f9c92a79246")
+        internal val execute by serviceId.def(NameCoder, MetaCoder, TaskRegistryCoder, j<DataSetPrototype>())
     }
 }

dataforge-distributed/src/jvmMain/kotlin/space/kscience/dataforge/distributed/TaskRegistry.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package space.kscience.dataforge.distributed
+
+import io.lambdarpc.utils.Endpoint
+import kotlinx.serialization.Serializable
+import space.kscience.dataforge.names.Name
+import space.kscience.dataforge.workspace.Task
+
+@Serializable
+internal class TaskRegistry(val tasks: Map<Name, Endpoint>)
+
+internal fun TaskRegistry(tasks: Map<Name, Task<*>>): TaskRegistry {
+    val remotes = tasks.filterValues { it is RemoteTask<*> }
+    val endpoints = remotes.mapValues { (_, task) ->
+        require(task is RemoteTask)
+        task.endpoint
+    }
+    return TaskRegistry(endpoints)
+}

dataforge-distributed/src/jvmMain/kotlin/space/kscience/dataforge/distributed/serialization/DataSetCoder.kt

@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-package space.kscience.dataforge.distributed.serialization
-
-import io.lambdarpc.coding.Coder
-import io.lambdarpc.coding.CodingContext
-import io.lambdarpc.transport.grpc.Entity
-import io.lambdarpc.transport.serialization.Entity
-import io.lambdarpc.transport.serialization.RawData
-import kotlinx.coroutines.runBlocking
-import java.nio.charset.Charset
-
-internal object DataSetCoder : Coder<SerializableDataSet<Any>> {
-    override fun decode(entity: Entity, context: CodingContext): SerializableDataSet<Any> {
-        val string = entity.data.toString(Charset.defaultCharset())
-        val prototype = DataSetPrototype.fromJson(string)
-        return prototype.toDataSet()
-    }
-
-    override fun encode(value: SerializableDataSet<Any>, context: CodingContext): Entity {
-        val prototype = runBlocking { DataSetPrototype.of(value) } // TODO update LambdaRPC and remove blocking
-        val string = prototype.toJson()
-        return Entity(RawData.copyFrom(string, Charset.defaultCharset()))
-    }
-}

dataforge-distributed/src/jvmMain/kotlin/space/kscience/dataforge/distributed/serialization/MetaCoder.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package space.kscience.dataforge.distributed.serialization
+
+import io.lambdarpc.coding.Coder
+import io.lambdarpc.coding.CodingContext
+import io.lambdarpc.transport.grpc.Entity
+import io.lambdarpc.transport.serialization.Entity
+import io.lambdarpc.transport.serialization.RawData
+import kotlinx.serialization.json.Json
+import space.kscience.dataforge.meta.Meta
+import space.kscience.dataforge.meta.MetaSerializer
+import java.nio.charset.Charset
+
+internal object MetaCoder : Coder<Meta> {
+    override suspend fun decode(entity: Entity, context: CodingContext): Meta {
+        val string = entity.data.toString(Charset.defaultCharset())
+        return Json.decodeFromString(MetaSerializer, string)
+    }
+
+    override suspend fun encode(value: Meta, context: CodingContext): Entity {
+        val string = Json.encodeToString(MetaSerializer, value)
+        return Entity(RawData.copyFrom(string, Charset.defaultCharset()))
+    }
+}

dataforge-distributed/src/jvmMain/kotlin/space/kscience/dataforge/distributed/serialization/NameCoder.kt

@@ -5,16 +5,18 @@ import io.lambdarpc.coding.CodingContext
 import io.lambdarpc.transport.grpc.Entity
 import io.lambdarpc.transport.serialization.Entity
 import io.lambdarpc.transport.serialization.RawData
+import kotlinx.serialization.json.Json
 import space.kscience.dataforge.names.Name
 import java.nio.charset.Charset
 
 internal object NameCoder : Coder<Name> {
-    override fun decode(entity: Entity, context: CodingContext): Name {
-        require(entity.hasData()) { "Entity should contain data" }
+    override suspend fun decode(entity: Entity, context: CodingContext): Name {
         val string = entity.data.toString(Charset.defaultCharset())
-        return Name.parse(string)
+        return Json.decodeFromString(Name.serializer(), string)
     }
 
-    override fun encode(value: Name, context: CodingContext): Entity =
-        Entity(RawData.copyFrom(value.toString(), Charset.defaultCharset()))
+    override suspend fun encode(value: Name, context: CodingContext): Entity {
+        val string = Json.encodeToString(Name.serializer(), value)
+        return Entity(RawData.copyFrom(string, Charset.defaultCharset()))
+    }
 }

dataforge-distributed/src/jvmMain/kotlin/space/kscience/dataforge/distributed/serialization/SerializableDataSet.kt

@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-package space.kscience.dataforge.distributed.serialization
-
-import space.kscience.dataforge.data.DataSet
-import kotlin.reflect.KType
-
-/**
- * Represents [DataSet] that should be initialized before usage.
- */
-internal interface SerializableDataSet<T : Any> : DataSet<T> {
-    fun finishDecoding(type: KType)
-}
-
-internal class SerializableDataSetAdapter<T : Any>(dataSet: DataSet<T>) :
-    SerializableDataSet<T>, DataSet<T> by dataSet {
-    override fun finishDecoding(type: KType) = Unit
-}

dataforge-distributed/src/jvmMain/kotlin/space/kscience/dataforge/distributed/serialization/TaskRegistryCoder.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package space.kscience.dataforge.distributed.serialization
+
+import io.lambdarpc.coding.Coder
+import io.lambdarpc.coding.CodingContext
+import io.lambdarpc.transport.grpc.Entity
+import io.lambdarpc.transport.serialization.Entity
+import io.lambdarpc.transport.serialization.RawData
+import kotlinx.serialization.json.Json
+import space.kscience.dataforge.distributed.TaskRegistry
+import java.nio.charset.Charset
+
+internal object TaskRegistryCoder : Coder<TaskRegistry> {
+    override suspend fun decode(entity: Entity, context: CodingContext): TaskRegistry {
+        val string = entity.data.toString(Charset.defaultCharset())
+        return Json.decodeFromString(TaskRegistry.serializer(), string)
+    }
+
+    override suspend fun encode(value: TaskRegistry, context: CodingContext): Entity {
+        val string = Json.encodeToString(TaskRegistry.serializer(), value)
+        return Entity(RawData.copyFrom(string, Charset.defaultCharset()))
+    }
+}

dataforge-distributed/src/jvmMain/kotlin/space/kscience/dataforge/distributed/serialization/dataSerialization.kt

@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ internal data class DataPrototype(
     val meta: String,
     val data: String,
 ) {
-    fun toData(type: KType): Data<Any> =
+    fun <T : Any> toData(type: KType, serializer: KSerializer<T>): Data<T> =
         SimpleData(
             type = type,
             meta = Json.decodeFromString(MetaSerializer, meta),
-            data = Json.decodeFromString(kotlinx.serialization.serializer(type), data)!!
+            data = Json.decodeFromString(serializer, data)
         )
 
     companion object {

dataforge-distributed/src/jvmMain/kotlin/space/kscience/dataforge/distributed/serialization/dataSetSerialization.kt

@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@ import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.Flow
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.asFlow
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.map
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.toList
+import kotlinx.serialization.KSerializer
 import kotlinx.serialization.Serializable
-import kotlinx.serialization.json.Json
-import kotlinx.serialization.serializer
 import space.kscience.dataforge.data.Data
 import space.kscience.dataforge.data.DataSet
 import space.kscience.dataforge.data.NamedData
@@ -23,51 +22,40 @@ import kotlin.reflect.KType
  */
 @Serializable
 internal data class DataSetPrototype(val data: Map<String, DataPrototype>) {
-    fun toDataSet(): SerializableDataSet<Any> =
-        SerializableDataSetImpl(this)
-
-    fun toJson(): String = Json.encodeToString(serializer(), this)
+    fun <T : Any> toDataSet(type: KType, serializer: KSerializer<T>): DataSet<T> {
+        val data = data
+            .mapKeys { (name, _) -> Name.of(name) }
+            .mapValues { (_, dataPrototype) -> dataPrototype.toData(type, serializer) }
+        return SerializableDataSetImpl(type, data)
+    }
 
     companion object {
-        suspend fun <T : Any> of(dataSet: DataSet<T>): DataSetPrototype = coroutineScope {
-            val serializer = serializer(dataSet.dataType)
+        suspend fun <T : Any> of(dataSet: DataSet<T>, serializer: KSerializer<T>): DataSetPrototype = coroutineScope {
             val flow = mutableListOf<Pair<String, Deferred<DataPrototype>>>()
             dataSet.flowData().map { (name, data) ->
                 name.toString() to async { DataPrototype.of(data, serializer) }
             }.toList(flow)
             DataSetPrototype(flow.associate { (name, deferred) -> name to deferred.await() })
         }
-
-        fun fromJson(string: String): DataSetPrototype = Json.decodeFromString(serializer(), string)
     }
 }
 
 /**
- * Trivial [SerializableDataSet] implementation.
+ * Trivial [DataSet] implementation.
  */
-private class SerializableDataSetImpl(private val prototype: DataSetPrototype) : SerializableDataSet<Any> {
+private class SerializableDataSetImpl<T : Any>(
+    override val dataType: KType,
+    private val data: Map<Name, Data<T>>,
+) : DataSet<T> {
 
-    private lateinit var type: KType
-    private lateinit var data: Map<Name, Data<Any>>
-
-    override fun finishDecoding(type: KType) {
-        this.type = type
-        this.data = prototype.data
-            .mapKeys { (name, _) -> Name.of(name) }
-            .mapValues { (_, dataPrototype) -> dataPrototype.toData(type) }
-    }
-
-    override val dataType: KType
-        get() = type
-
-    override fun flowData(): Flow<NamedData<Any>> =
+    override fun flowData(): Flow<NamedData<T>> =
         data.map { (name, data) -> SimpleNamedData(name, data) }.asFlow()
 
-    override suspend fun getData(name: Name): Data<Any>? = data[name]
+    override suspend fun getData(name: Name): Data<T>? = data[name]
 
     /**
      * Trivial named data implementation.
      */
-    private class SimpleNamedData(override val name: Name, override val data: Data<Any>) :
-        NamedData<Any>, Data<Any> by data
+    private class SimpleNamedData<T : Any>(override val name: Name, override val data: Data<T>) :
+        NamedData<T>, Data<T> by data
 }

dataforge-distributed/src/jvmTest/kotlin/space/kscience/dataforge/distributed/Plugins.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+package space.kscience.dataforge.distributed
+
+import kotlinx.serialization.serializer
+import space.kscience.dataforge.context.Context
+import space.kscience.dataforge.context.PluginFactory
+import space.kscience.dataforge.context.PluginTag
+import space.kscience.dataforge.context.info
+import space.kscience.dataforge.context.logger
+import space.kscience.dataforge.data.map
+import space.kscience.dataforge.data.select
+import space.kscience.dataforge.meta.Meta
+import space.kscience.dataforge.names.Name
+import space.kscience.dataforge.names.asName
+import space.kscience.dataforge.workspace.WorkspacePlugin
+import space.kscience.dataforge.workspace.fromTask
+import space.kscience.dataforge.workspace.task
+import kotlin.reflect.KClass
+
+internal class MyPlugin1 : WorkspacePlugin() {
+    override val tag: PluginTag
+        get() = Factory.tag
+
+    val task by task<Int>(serializer()) {
+        workspace.logger.info { "In ${tag.name}.task" }
+        val myInt = workspace.data.select<Int>()
+        val res = myInt.getData("int".asName())!!
+        emit("result".asName(), res.map { it + 1 })
+    }
+
+    companion object Factory : PluginFactory<MyPlugin1> {
+        override fun invoke(meta: Meta, context: Context): MyPlugin1 = MyPlugin1()
+
+        override val tag: PluginTag
+            get() = PluginTag("Plg1")
+
+        override val type: KClass<out MyPlugin1>
+            get() = MyPlugin1::class
+    }
+}
+
+internal class MyPlugin2 : WorkspacePlugin() {
+    override val tag: PluginTag
+        get() = Factory.tag
+
+    val task by task<Int>(serializer()) {
+        workspace.logger.info { "In ${tag.name}.task" }
+        val dataSet = fromTask<Int>(Name.of(MyPlugin1.tag.name, "task"))
+        val data = dataSet.getData("result".asName())!!
+        emit("result".asName(), data.map { it + 1 })
+    }
+
+    companion object Factory : PluginFactory<MyPlugin2> {
+        override fun invoke(meta: Meta, context: Context): MyPlugin2 = MyPlugin2()
+
+        override val tag: PluginTag
+            get() = PluginTag("Plg2")
+
+        override val type: KClass<out MyPlugin2>
+            get() = MyPlugin2::class
+    }
+}

dataforge-distributed/src/jvmTest/kotlin/space/kscience/dataforge/distributed/RemoteCallTest.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+package space.kscience.dataforge.distributed
+
+import kotlinx.coroutines.runBlocking
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterAll
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.TestInstance
+import space.kscience.dataforge.context.Global
+import space.kscience.dataforge.data.DataTree
+import space.kscience.dataforge.data.await
+import space.kscience.dataforge.data.getData
+import space.kscience.dataforge.data.static
+import space.kscience.dataforge.meta.Meta
+import space.kscience.dataforge.names.Name
+import space.kscience.dataforge.names.asName
+import space.kscience.dataforge.workspace.Workspace
+import kotlin.test.assertEquals
+
+@TestInstance(TestInstance.Lifecycle.PER_CLASS)
+internal class RemoteCallTest {
+
+    private lateinit var worker1: ServiceWorkspace
+    private lateinit var worker2: ServiceWorkspace
+    private lateinit var workspace: Workspace
+
+    @BeforeAll
+    fun before() {
+        worker1 = ServiceWorkspace(
+            context = Global.buildContext("worker1".asName()) {
+                plugin(MyPlugin1)
+            },
+            data = runBlocking {
+                DataTree<Any> {
+                    static("int", 42)
+                }
+            },
+        )
+        worker1.start()
+
+        worker2 = ServiceWorkspace(
+            context = Global.buildContext("worker2".asName()) {
+                plugin(MyPlugin1)
+                plugin(MyPlugin2)
+            },
+        )
+        worker2.start()
+
+        workspace = Workspace {
+            context {
+                plugin(RemotePlugin(MyPlugin1, "localhost:${worker1.port}"))
+                plugin(RemotePlugin(MyPlugin2, "localhost:${worker2.port}"))
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @AfterAll
+    fun after() {
+        worker1.shutdown()
+        worker2.shutdown()
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `local execution`() = runBlocking {
+        assertEquals(42, worker1.data.getData("int")!!.await())
+        val res = worker1
+            .produce(Name.of(MyPlugin1.tag.name, "task"), Meta.EMPTY)
+            .getData("result".asName())!!
+            .await()
+        assertEquals(43, res)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `remote execution`() = runBlocking {
+        val remoteRes = workspace
+            .produce(Name.of(MyPlugin1.tag.name, "task"), Meta.EMPTY)
+            .getData("result".asName())!!
+            .await()
+        assertEquals(43, remoteRes)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `transitive execution`() = runBlocking {
+        val remoteRes = workspace
+            .produce(Name.of(MyPlugin2.tag.name, "task"), Meta.EMPTY)
+            .getData("result".asName())!!
+            .await()
+        assertEquals(44, remoteRes)
+    }
+}

dataforge-distributed/src/jvmTest/kotlin/space/kscience/dataforge/distributed/ServiceWorkspaceTest.kt

@@ -1,112 +0,0 @@
-package space.kscience.dataforge.distributed
-
-import io.lambdarpc.utils.Endpoint
-import kotlinx.coroutines.runBlocking
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterAll
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.TestInstance
-import space.kscience.dataforge.context.Context
-import space.kscience.dataforge.context.Global
-import space.kscience.dataforge.context.PluginFactory
-import space.kscience.dataforge.context.PluginTag
-import space.kscience.dataforge.data.DataTree
-import space.kscience.dataforge.data.await
-import space.kscience.dataforge.data.getData
-import space.kscience.dataforge.data.map
-import space.kscience.dataforge.data.select
-import space.kscience.dataforge.data.static
-import space.kscience.dataforge.meta.Meta
-import space.kscience.dataforge.names.Name
-import space.kscience.dataforge.names.asName
-import space.kscience.dataforge.workspace.Workspace
-import space.kscience.dataforge.workspace.WorkspacePlugin
-import space.kscience.dataforge.workspace.task
-import kotlin.reflect.KClass
-import kotlin.reflect.KType
-import kotlin.reflect.typeOf
-import kotlin.test.assertEquals
-
-private class MyPlugin : WorkspacePlugin() {
-    override val tag: PluginTag
-        get() = Factory.tag
-
-    val task by task<Int> {
-        val myInt = workspace.data.select<Int>()
-        val res = myInt.getData("int".asName())!!
-        emit("result".asName(), res.map { it + 1 })
-    }
-
-    companion object Factory : PluginFactory<MyPlugin> {
-        override fun invoke(meta: Meta, context: Context): MyPlugin = MyPlugin()
-
-        override val tag: PluginTag
-            get() = PluginTag("Plg")
-
-        override val type: KClass<out MyPlugin>
-            get() = MyPlugin::class
-    }
-}
-
-private class RemoteMyPlugin(endpoint: Endpoint) : ClientWorkspacePlugin(endpoint) {
-    override val tag: PluginTag
-        get() = MyPlugin.tag
-
-    override val tasks: Map<Name, KType>
-        get() = mapOf(
-            "task".asName() to typeOf<Int>()
-        )
-}
-
-@TestInstance(TestInstance.Lifecycle.PER_CLASS)
-class ServiceWorkspaceTest {
-
-    private lateinit var worker1: ServiceWorkspace
-    private lateinit var workspace: Workspace
-
-    @BeforeAll
-    fun before() {
-        worker1 = ServiceWorkspace(
-            context = Global.buildContext("worker1".asName()) {
-                plugin(MyPlugin)
-            },
-            data = runBlocking {
-                DataTree<Any> {
-                    static("int", 0)
-                }
-            },
-        )
-        worker1.start()
-
-        workspace = Workspace {
-            context {
-                val endpoint = Endpoint(worker1.address, worker1.port)
-                plugin(RemoteMyPlugin(endpoint))
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    @AfterAll
-    fun after() {
-        worker1.shutdown()
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    fun localExecution() = runBlocking {
-        assertEquals(0, worker1.data.getData("int")!!.await())
-        val res = worker1
-            .produce(Name.of("Plg", "task"), Meta.EMPTY)
-            .getData("result".asName())!!
-            .await()
-        assertEquals(1, res)
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    fun remoteExecution() = runBlocking {
-        val remoteRes = workspace
-            .produce(Name.of("Plg", "task"), Meta.EMPTY)
-            .getData("result".asName())!!
-            .await()
-        assertEquals(1, remoteRes)
-    }
-}

dataforge-workspace/src/commonMain/kotlin/space/kscience/dataforge/workspace/Task.kt

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package space.kscience.dataforge.workspace
 
 import kotlinx.coroutines.withContext
+import kotlinx.serialization.KSerializer
+import kotlinx.serialization.serializer
 import space.kscience.dataforge.data.DataSetBuilder
 import space.kscience.dataforge.data.DataTree
 import space.kscience.dataforge.data.GoalExecutionRestriction
@@ -17,11 +19,6 @@ import kotlin.reflect.typeOf
 @Type(TYPE)
 public interface Task<out T : Any> : Described {
 
-    /**
-     * Type of the task result data.
-     */
-    public val resultType: KType
-
     /**
      * Compute a [TaskResult] using given meta. In general, the result is lazy and represents both computation model
      * and a handler for actual result
@@ -37,6 +34,12 @@ public interface Task<out T : Any> : Described {
     }
 }
 
+@Type(TYPE)
+public interface SerializableResultTask<T : Any> : Task<T> {
+    public val resultType: KType
+    public val resultSerializer: KSerializer<T>
+}
+
 public class TaskResultBuilder<T : Any>(
     public val workspace: Workspace,
     public val taskName: Name,
@@ -60,9 +63,6 @@ public fun <T : Any> Task(
     builder: suspend TaskResultBuilder<T>.() -> Unit,
 ): Task<T> = object : Task<T> {
 
-    override val resultType: KType
-        get() = resultType
-
     override val descriptor: MetaDescriptor? = descriptor
 
     override suspend fun execute(
@@ -78,9 +78,28 @@ public fun <T : Any> Task(
     }
 }
 
+/**
+ * [Task] that has [resultSerializer] to be able to cache or send its results
+ */
+@DFInternal
+public class SerializableResultTaskImpl<T : Any>(
+    override val resultType: KType,
+    override val resultSerializer: KSerializer<T>,
+    descriptor: MetaDescriptor? = null,
+    builder: suspend TaskResultBuilder<T>.() -> Unit,
+) : SerializableResultTask<T>, Task<T> by Task(resultType, descriptor, builder)
+
 @OptIn(DFInternal::class)
 @Suppress("FunctionName")
 public inline fun <reified T : Any> Task(
     descriptor: MetaDescriptor? = null,
     noinline builder: suspend TaskResultBuilder<T>.() -> Unit,
-): Task<T> = Task(typeOf<T>(), descriptor, builder)
+): Task<T> = Task(typeOf<T>(), descriptor, builder)
+
+@OptIn(DFInternal::class)
+@Suppress("FunctionName")
+public inline fun <reified T : Any> SerializableResultTask(
+    resultSerializer: KSerializer<T> = serializer(),
+    descriptor: MetaDescriptor? = null,
+    noinline builder: suspend TaskResultBuilder<T>.() -> Unit,
+): Task<T> = SerializableResultTaskImpl(typeOf<T>(), resultSerializer, descriptor, builder)

dataforge-workspace/src/commonMain/kotlin/space/kscience/dataforge/workspace/WorkspaceBuilder.kt

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package space.kscience.dataforge.workspace
 
+import kotlinx.serialization.KSerializer
 import space.kscience.dataforge.context.Context
 import space.kscience.dataforge.context.ContextBuilder
 import space.kscience.dataforge.context.Global
@@ -37,25 +38,34 @@ public interface TaskContainer {
 
 public inline fun <reified T : Any> TaskContainer.registerTask(
     name: String,
+    resultSerializer: KSerializer<T>? = null,
     noinline descriptorBuilder: MetaDescriptorBuilder.() -> Unit = {},
     noinline builder: suspend TaskResultBuilder<T>.() -> Unit,
-): Unit = registerTask(Name.parse(name), Task(MetaDescriptor(descriptorBuilder), builder))
+) {
+    val descriptor = MetaDescriptor(descriptorBuilder)
+    val task = if (resultSerializer == null) Task(descriptor, builder) else
+        SerializableResultTask(resultSerializer, descriptor, builder)
+    registerTask(Name.parse(name), task)
+}
 
 public inline fun <reified T : Any> TaskContainer.task(
     descriptor: MetaDescriptor,
+    resultSerializer: KSerializer<T>? = null,
     noinline builder: suspend TaskResultBuilder<T>.() -> Unit,
 ): PropertyDelegateProvider<Any?, ReadOnlyProperty<Any?, TaskReference<T>>> = PropertyDelegateProvider { _, property ->
     val taskName = Name.parse(property.name)
-    val task = Task(descriptor, builder)
+    val task = if (resultSerializer == null) Task(descriptor, builder) else
+        SerializableResultTask(resultSerializer, descriptor, builder)
     registerTask(taskName, task)
     ReadOnlyProperty { _, _ -> TaskReference(taskName, task) }
 }
 
 public inline fun <reified T : Any> TaskContainer.task(
+    resultSerializer: KSerializer<T>? = null,
     noinline descriptorBuilder: MetaDescriptorBuilder.() -> Unit = {},
     noinline builder: suspend TaskResultBuilder<T>.() -> Unit,
 ): PropertyDelegateProvider<Any?, ReadOnlyProperty<Any?, TaskReference<T>>> =
-    task(MetaDescriptor(descriptorBuilder), builder)
+    task(MetaDescriptor(descriptorBuilder), resultSerializer, builder)
 
 public class WorkspaceBuilder(private val parentContext: Context = Global) : TaskContainer {
     private var context: Context? = null