feat: AsyncService for parallel EngineService processing

Co-authored-by: Jean-René Lavoie <>

fxgl-core/src/main/kotlin/com/almasb/fxgl/core/AsyncService.kt

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+/*
+ * FXGL - JavaFX Game Library. The MIT License (MIT).
+ * Copyright (c) AlmasB ([email protected]).
+ * See LICENSE for details.
+ */
+
+package com.almasb.fxgl.core
+
+import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author Jean-Rene Lavoie ([email protected])
+ */
+abstract class AsyncService<T> : EngineService() {
+
+    private var asyncTask: CompletableFuture<T>? = null
+
+    /**
+     * Call the async game update. On next game update, wait for the task to be completed (if not already) and
+     * call onPostGameUpdateAsync to allow JavaFX thread dependent task handling (e.g. updating the Nodes)
+     */
+    override fun onGameUpdate(tpf: Double) {
+        asyncTask?.let { onPostGameUpdateAsync(it.get()) }
+        asyncTask = CompletableFuture.supplyAsync(){ onGameUpdateAsync(tpf) } // Process until next onGameUpdate
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Async game update processing method.
+     * Warning: This will not run on the main JavaFX thread. This means that any changes done on the Nodes will cause
+     * an exception.
+     */
+    abstract fun onGameUpdateAsync(tpf: Double): T
+
+    /**
+     * Async processing Callback. This method is called on next onGameUpdate allowing synchronization between this
+     * Service async processing and the main JavaFX thread.
+     */
+    open fun onPostGameUpdateAsync(result: T) { }
+
+}

fxgl-core/src/test/kotlin/com/almasb/fxgl/core/AsyncServiceTest.kt

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+/*
+ * FXGL - JavaFX Game Library. The MIT License (MIT).
+ * Copyright (c) AlmasB ([email protected]).
+ * See LICENSE for details.
+ */
+@file:Suppress("JAVA_MODULE_DOES_NOT_DEPEND_ON_MODULE")
+package com.almasb.fxgl.core
+
+import org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat
+import org.hamcrest.Matchers
+import org.hamcrest.Matchers.`is`
+import org.hamcrest.Matchers.greaterThan
+import org.hamcrest.Matchers.lessThan
+import org.hamcrest.Matchers.both
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
+import kotlin.system.measureTimeMillis
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author Jean-Rene Lavoie ([email protected])
+ */
+class AsyncServiceTest {
+
+    @Test
+    fun `Async Service with Unit (Kotlin Void)`() {
+        val service = object : AsyncService<Unit>() {
+            override fun onGameUpdateAsync(tpf: Double) {
+                Thread.sleep(100)  // Processing takes more time than a normal tick
+            }
+        }
+
+        // On first call, it'll launch the async process and continue the game loop without affecting the tick
+        // If it takes less than 5 millis, it's running async
+        assertThat(measureTimeMillis { service.onGameUpdate(1.0) }.toDouble(), lessThan(7.0))
+
+        // On the second call, it must wait until the first call is resolved before calling it again (to prevent major desync)
+        // We expect it to take more than 80 millis
+        assertThat(measureTimeMillis { service.onGameUpdate(1.0) }.toDouble(), greaterThan(80.0))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `Async Service with T (String)`() {
+        var postUpdateValue = ""
+        val service = object : AsyncService<String>() {
+            override fun onGameUpdateAsync(tpf: Double): String {
+                return "Done"
+            }
+
+            override fun onPostGameUpdateAsync(result: String) {
+                postUpdateValue = result
+            }
+        }
+
+        // On first call, we don't have the postUpdateValue yet
+        service.onGameUpdate(1.0)
+        assertEquals(postUpdateValue, "")
+
+        // On second update, we updated the postUpdateValue
+        service.onGameUpdate(1.0)
+        assertEquals(postUpdateValue, "Done")
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `Async Service parallel`() {
+        val services = listOf(
+            object : AsyncService<Unit>() {
+                override fun onGameUpdateAsync(tpf: Double) {
+                    Thread.sleep(100)  // Processing takes more time than a normal tick
+                }
+            },
+            object : AsyncService<Unit>() {
+                override fun onGameUpdateAsync(tpf: Double) {
+                    Thread.sleep(100)  // Processing takes more time than a normal tick
+                }
+            },
+            object : AsyncService<Unit>() {
+                override fun onGameUpdateAsync(tpf: Double) {
+                    Thread.sleep(100)  // Processing takes more time than a normal tick
+                }
+            }
+        )
+
+        // 3 services started in parallel without additional latency
+        assertThat(measureTimeMillis {
+            services.forEach { service ->
+                service.onGameUpdate(1.0)
+            }
+        }.toDouble(), lessThan(7.0))
+
+        // 3 services resolved in approximately 1/3 of what it would take if they were sequentially resolved
+        assertThat(measureTimeMillis {
+            services.forEach { service ->
+                service.onGameUpdate(1.0)
+            }
+        }.toDouble(), `is`(both(greaterThan(80.0)).and(lessThan(120.0))))
+    }
+
+}