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Joseph Doherty 0c772d273d [M3] mxaccess-nmx: NmxClient — 9 raw INmxService2 opnums (stream B)
Lands M3 stream B raw opnum surface: an async NmxClient over the
mxaccess-rpc transport that dispatches all 9 INmxService2 procedures
(GetPartnerVersion, RegisterEngine2 + WithoutCallback, UnregisterEngine,
Connect, AddSubscriberEngine, RemoveSubscriberEngine,
SetHeartbeatSendInterval, TransferData) plus a NonZeroHresult error
variant that mirrors ThrowIfFailed (cs:563-574).

New
- crates/mxaccess-nmx/src/client.rs (~580 LoC, 8 tests including 5
  real-socket tokio tests against a hand-rolled DCE/RPC server) — port
  of the raw opnum surface from ManagedNmxService2Client.cs.
- NmxClient::connect builds the NTLM-packet-integrity bind path; for
  tests, NmxClient::from_bound_transport accepts a transport bound any
  way the caller likes (the test server doesn't validate signatures).
- fresh_orpc_this generates a per-call Cid via rand::random(), mirroring
  the .NET reference's Guid.NewGuid() at every call site.
- NmxClientError::NonZeroHresult unifies the .NET reference's
  Marshal.ThrowExceptionForHR + InvalidOperationException branches so
  callers see one typed surface for "transport-OK + LMX rejected".

Cargo.toml: added tokio, tracing, thiserror, rand to mxaccess-nmx.

Two layers of the .NET reference are deliberately out of scope this
iteration; both logged as new followups in design/followups.md:

- F12 (P1): the auto-resolving Create() factory, which needs windows-rs
  COM activation (gated by F6) + ComObjRefProvider port.
- F13 (P1): the high-level Write*/Advise*/UnAdvise/RegisterReference
  helpers, which depend on GalaxyTagMetadata from M3 stream A (the
  Galaxy SQL resolver crate, not yet started).

Test count delta: 389 -> 397 (+8). All four DoD gates green.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-05 08:06:15 -04:00
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design/ — Rust port architectural plan

This folder is the design contract for the Rust replacement of AVEVA/Wonderware MXAccess. It is the gap between the .NET reference in src/ and the Rust crates that will be written under a sibling rust/ workspace (per CLAUDE.md).

The folder is structured as a small set of focused documents. Read in order; each builds on the previous.

File Purpose
00-overview.md Mission, two-layer goal, architectural principles, non-goals
10-raw-layer.md Byte-accurate raw MXAccess layer (codec + transport + session)
20-async-layer.md Idiomatic Tokio async layer on top of the raw layer
30-crate-topology.md Cargo workspace, crates, dependencies, build/test commands
40-protocol-invariants.md Bill of materials: IIDs, opnums, envelope/handle bytes
50-error-model.md MxStatus, error types, panic/cancellation policy
60-roadmap.md Milestones M0..M6, validation strategy
70-risks-and-open-questions.md Parity gaps, unproven flows, cross-platform constraints
dependencies.md Cross- and within-milestone parallelism map; agent budget per phase
review.md Adversarial review log (BLOCKER/MAJOR/MINOR/NIT findings, all resolved)
prompt.md /loop driver prompt for autonomous M2M6 execution
followups.md Open / resolved deferred work items; auto-triaged by prompt.md Step 0 (created on first /loop run if missing)

The design is grounded in the .NET reference at src/ and the protocol artifacts in docs/, analysis/, and captures/. Do not introduce protocol behavior in these documents that is not already proven in the reference. When adding a new claim about wire format, cite either:

  • a .cs file path in src/MxNativeCodec/, src/MxNativeClient/, or src/MxAsbClient/, or
  • a docs/*.md spec file, or
  • a captures/0NN-frida-* directory or analysis/frida/*.tsv row.

This folder is documentation, not code. When the Rust workspace is created, the design here is the contract it must satisfy. When evidence in captures/ invalidates a design decision here, update the design first, then the code.

Reading order

  • New contributor: 00 → 30 → 10 → 40 → 20 → 50 → 60 → 70.
  • Protocol question: 40 first, then the relevant section of 10.
  • API question: 20 first, then 50.
  • Planning a milestone: 60 first, cross-reference 70 for blockers.
  • Scheduling concurrent work: dependencies.md for the per-phase parallelism map.
  • Driving M2M6 autonomously via /loop: prompt.md (and the followups.md triage log it maintains).