Modular Source Providers Plan
This rough draft outlines a modular approach to adding support for file, API, and syscall sources for Facts, Rules, and FactValues in the SymbolicReasoningEngine
. Each source provider should be independently implemented and easily swapped.
1. Define Source Provider Traits:
Create traits for different source providers, such as FileSourceProvider
, ApiSourceProvider
, and SyscallSourceProvider
. Each trait should define methods for retrieving Facts, Rules, and FactValues from their respective sources.
trait FileSourceProvider {
fn load_facts_from_file(&self, file_path: &str) -> Vec<Fact>;
fn load_rules_from_file(&self, file_path: &str) -> Vec<Rule>;
// ... other methods for FileSourceProvider
}
trait ApiSourceProvider {
fn fetch_facts_from_api(&self, endpoint: &str) -> Vec<Fact>;
fn fetch_rules_from_api(&self, endpoint: &str) -> Vec<Rule>;
// ... other methods for ApiSourceProvider
}
trait SyscallSourceProvider {
fn get_facts_from_syscall(&self) -> Vec<Fact>;
fn get_rules_from_syscall(&self) -> Vec<Rule>;
// ... other methods for SyscallSourceProvider
}
2. Implement Source Provider Modules:
Create modules that implement the defined traits. For example, you might have a FileSourceProviderImpl
, ApiSourceProviderImpl
, and SyscallSourceProviderImpl
implementing the corresponding traits.
struct FileSourceProviderImpl;
impl FileSourceProvider for FileSourceProviderImpl {
// Implement methods for loading facts, rules, and other data from files
}
struct ApiSourceProviderImpl;
impl ApiSourceProvider for ApiSourceProviderImpl {
// Implement methods for fetching facts, rules, and other data from APIs
}
struct SyscallSourceProviderImpl;
impl SyscallSourceProvider for SyscallSourceProviderImpl {
// Implement methods for getting facts, rules, and other data from syscalls
}
3. Update SymbolicReasoningEngine to Use Source Providers:
Modify the SymbolicReasoningEngine
to accept instances of these source providers during initialization.
struct SymbolicReasoningEngine {
file_source_provider: Box<dyn FileSourceProvider>,
api_source_provider: Box<dyn ApiSourceProvider>,
syscall_source_provider: Box<dyn SyscallSourceProvider>,
// ... other fields
}
impl SymbolicReasoningEngine {
pub fn new(
file_source_provider: Box<dyn FileSourceProvider>,
api_source_provider: Box<dyn ApiSourceProvider>,
syscall_source_provider: Box<dyn SyscallSourceProvider>,
) -> Self {
// Initialize the engine with the provided source providers
SymbolicReasoningEngine {
file_source_provider,
api_source_provider,
syscall_source_provider,
// ... initialize other fields
}
}
// ... other methods for the engine
}
4. Add Methods to Load Data from Sources:
Implement methods in SymbolicReasoningEngine
that use the source providers to load Facts, Rules, and other data from different sources.
impl SymbolicReasoningEngine {
pub fn load_facts_from_file(&self, file_path: &str) -> Vec<Fact> {
self.file_source_provider.load_facts_from_file(file_path)
}
pub fn fetch_facts_from_api(&self, endpoint: &str) -> Vec<Fact> {
self.api_source_provider.fetch_facts_from_api(endpoint)
}
pub fn get_facts_from_syscall(&self) -> Vec<Fact> {
self.syscall_source_provider.get_facts_from_syscall()
}
// ... similar methods for rules and other data
}
5. Usage Example:
fn main() {
// Create instances of source providers
let file_source_provider = Box::new(FileSourceProviderImpl);
let api_source_provider = Box::new(ApiSourceProviderImpl);
let syscall_source_provider = Box::new(SyscallSourceProviderImpl);
// Create the SymbolicReasoningEngine with the source providers
let engine = SymbolicReasoningEngine::new(file_source_provider, api_source_provider, syscall_source_provider);
// Use engine methods to load data from different sources
let facts_from_file = engine.load_facts_from_file("/path/to/facts.json");
let facts_from_api = engine.fetch_facts_from_api("http://api.example.com/facts");
let facts_from_syscall = engine.get_facts_from_syscall();
// ... perform other operations with the engine
}