mcslteam/mcserverlauncher-future/mcsl-future

MCServerLauncher Future

Quick Start

1. Read PROJECT_PLAN.md.
2. Read RULES.md.
3. Declare touched areas.
4. Preserve the invariants below.
5. Run the smallest relevant verification.

Invariants

• Client-daemon communication uses JSON-RPC 2.0 plus versioned binary transfer frames over the sole /api/v2 WebSocket endpoint.
• Shared serialized wire contracts live in src/MCServerLauncher.Common; transport-neutral application/plugin contracts live in src/MCServerLauncher.Daemon.API.
• Daemon behavior has one application implementation; transport, console, event rules, WPF, and plugins delegate to it.
• Protocol and plugin serialization uses explicit source-generated System.Text.Json metadata with no reflection fallback.
• Plugin-enabled publishing is untrimmed JIT single-file plus sidecars. Keep trim analysis, but do not claim Native AOT or trimmed plugin-host support.
• Plugins are trusted and startup-only. Plugin API 2.0 admits features via mcsl-plugin.json (requires.features); first-milestone runtime implements rpc.register, event.publish, and instance.query, with Preview-1 expanding the vocabulary for operations/provisioning/auth/HTTP.
• Instance catalog reads use deep immutable copy-on-write published state.
• Instance creation remains factory-driven through IInstanceFactory and [InstanceFactory].
• WPF user-facing text uses Lang.Tr[...].
• Daemon path handling validates trust boundaries before file access.

Task Recipes

Protocol or serialization. Start with serialized DTOs in Common and typed definitions/application contracts in Daemon API, then update daemon, daemon client, WPF, generated docs, protocol tests, and benchmarks. Do not add V1 fallback or reflection metadata discovery.

Application core. Put behavior behind the four domain application services. Console, event rules, JSON-RPC bindings, and plugins must not duplicate manager/storage rules.

Published state. Keep snapshot values deeply immutable. Current/TryGet reads are lock-free and allocation-free; I/O, callbacks, logging, and await never occur under the writer lock.

Plugins. Validate mcsl-plugin.json, API version, features, references, namespace ownership, and catalog conflicts before commit. A failed plugin must leave no host-owned registration or lifetime residue and must not stop daemon startup.

Instance lifecycle. Public application methods use Task<Result<T, DaemonError>>; legacy manager Result<T, Error> paths stay implementation-only until the V2 deletion gate. Preserve cancellation and daemon-side authority for state changes.

Installer changes. Keep mirror behavior explicit, preserve Forge-family format differences, and validate cached/downloaded libraries when checksums exist.

WPF create-instance flows. Validate form values before submission, but keep daemon-side validation authoritative.

Events. Preserve missing/null/object meta/data semantics, typed canonical filtering, reconnect resubscription, connection-owned ordering, slow-consumer disconnect, and serialization-once fan-out.

Red Flags

• Frontend-only validation becomes the only security or path-safety check.
• Reflection is added to protocol/plugin DTO serialization or runtime catalog discovery.
• Daemon internals, TouchSocket, MessagePipe, Serilog, root DI, mutable collections, or disposable handles leak into Daemon API.
• V1/V2 fallback, dual dispatch, legacy envelope detection, or compatibility wrappers are introduced.
• Plugin hooks, hot unload, factory/store/control/filesystem capabilities, or plugin dependencies are added before an approved plan and real consumer exist.
• A protocol field changes without protocol tests.
• Domain vocabulary changes without updating PROJECT_PLAN.md and RULES.md.

Verification

• Docs: inspect Markdown and run terminology searches.
• Daemon API: dotnet build src/MCServerLauncher.Daemon.API/MCServerLauncher.Daemon.API.csproj /m:1
• WPF: dotnet build src/MCServerLauncher.WPF/MCServerLauncher.WPF.csproj /m:1
• Daemon: dotnet build src/MCServerLauncher.Daemon/MCServerLauncher.Daemon.csproj /m:1
• Protocol: dotnet test tests/MCServerLauncher.ProtocolTests/MCServerLauncher.ProtocolTests.csproj /m:1
• Generated docs: dotnet run --project tools/MCServerLauncher.ProtocolDocs/MCServerLauncher.ProtocolDocs.csproj -- --check
• V1 deletion: pwsh -File tools/VerifyNoV1Runtime.ps1
• Final: git diff --check

Commits

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