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Typed distributed messaging for Gleam on the BEAM.

Retired package: Deprecated - The project needs to be redesigned around a much smaller and clearer core.

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src/registry_ffi.erl

%% Registry FFI for Gleam distribute library
-module(registry_ffi).
-export([register/2, unregister/1, whereis/1,
is_ok_atom/1, is_already_registered/1, get_error_reason/1,
is_pid/1, dynamic_to_pid/1]).
register(Name, Pid) ->
case erlang:is_pid(Pid) of
true ->
case to_atom_safe(Name) of
{ok, A} ->
case global:register_name(A, Pid) of
yes -> ok;
no -> {error, already_registered}
end;
Error -> Error
end;
false ->
{error, <<"not_a_pid">>}
end.
unregister(Name) ->
case to_atom_safe(Name) of
{ok, A} ->
global:unregister_name(A),
ok;
Error -> Error
end.
whereis(Name) ->
case to_atom_safe(Name) of
{ok, A} ->
case global:whereis_name(A) of
undefined -> not_found;
Pid ->
case erlang:is_pid(Pid) of
true -> Pid;
false -> not_found
end
end;
_Error -> not_found
end.
%% Helpers for Gleam FFI
is_ok_atom(ok) -> true;
is_ok_atom(_) -> false.
is_already_registered({error, already_registered}) -> true;
is_already_registered(_) -> false.
get_error_reason({error, Reason}) when is_binary(Reason) -> Reason;
get_error_reason({error, Reason}) when is_atom(Reason) -> atom_to_binary(Reason, utf8);
get_error_reason({error, Reason}) -> iolist_to_binary(io_lib:format("~p", [Reason]));
get_error_reason(_) -> <<"unknown_error">>.
is_pid(Value) -> erlang:is_pid(Value).
dynamic_to_pid(Pid) -> Pid.
%% Internal helpers
to_atom_safe(Bin) when is_list(Bin) -> to_atom_safe(list_to_binary(Bin));
to_atom_safe(Bin) when is_binary(Bin) ->
Allow = persistent_term:get(distribute_allow_atom_creation, false),
case catch binary_to_existing_atom(Bin, utf8) of
{'EXIT', _} -> case Allow of
true -> {ok, binary_to_atom(Bin, utf8)};
false -> {error, <<"atom_not_existing">>}
end;
Atom -> {ok, Atom}
end;
to_atom_safe(Atom) when is_atom(Atom) -> {ok, Atom};
to_atom_safe(_) -> {error, <<"badarg">>}.