[RGen] Add support to inline protocol factory methods as constructors.

src/rgen/Microsoft.Macios.Generator/DataModel/AttributeCodeChange.cs

@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ public static ImmutableArray<AttributeCodeChange> From (SyntaxList<AttributeList
 		var bucket = ImmutableArray.CreateBuilder<AttributeCodeChange> ();
 		foreach (AttributeListSyntax attributeListSyntax in attributes) {
 			foreach (AttributeSyntax attributeSyntax in attributeListSyntax.Attributes) {
-				var x = semanticModel.GetSymbolInfo (attributeSyntax);
 				if (semanticModel.GetSymbolInfo (attributeSyntax).Symbol is not IMethodSymbol attributeSymbol)
 					continue; // if we can't get the symbol, ignore it
 				var name = attributeSymbol.ContainingType.ToDisplayString ();

src/rgen/Microsoft.Macios.Generator/DataModel/Binding.Generator.cs

@@ -283,12 +283,14 @@ internal Binding (BindingInfo bindingInfo, string name, ImmutableArray<string> @
 		context.SemanticModel.GetSymbolData (
 			declaration: enumDeclaration,
 			bindingType: BindingType.SmartEnum,
+			context: context,
 			name: out name,
 			typeInfo: out typeInfo,
 			baseClass: out baseClass,
 			interfaces: out interfaces,
 			outerClasses: out outerClasses,
 			namespaces: out namespaces,
+			protocolConstructors: out _, // no constructors in enums
 			symbolAvailability: out availability,
 			bindingInfo: out bindingInfo);
 		FullyQualifiedSymbol = enumDeclaration.GetFullyQualifiedIdentifier (context.SemanticModel);
@@ -349,12 +351,14 @@ internal Binding (BindingInfo bindingInfo, string name, ImmutableArray<string> @
 		context.SemanticModel.GetSymbolData (
 			declaration: classDeclaration,
 			bindingType: classDeclaration.GetBindingType (context.SemanticModel),
+			context: context,
 			name: out name,
 			baseClass: out baseClass,
 			typeInfo: out typeInfo,
 			interfaces: out interfaces,
 			outerClasses: out outerClasses,
 			namespaces: out namespaces,
+			protocolConstructors: out protocolConstructors,
 			symbolAvailability: out availability,
 			bindingInfo: out bindingInfo);
 		FullyQualifiedSymbol = classDeclaration.GetFullyQualifiedIdentifier (context.SemanticModel);
@@ -393,12 +397,14 @@ internal Binding (BindingInfo bindingInfo, string name, ImmutableArray<string> @
 		context.SemanticModel.GetSymbolData (
 			declaration: interfaceDeclaration,
 			bindingType: BindingType.Protocol,
+			context: context,
 			name: out name,
 			typeInfo: out typeInfo,
 			baseClass: out baseClass,
 			interfaces: out interfaces,
 			outerClasses: out outerClasses,
 			namespaces: out namespaces,
+			protocolConstructors: out _, // ingored in interfaces
 			symbolAvailability: out availability,
 			bindingInfo: out bindingInfo);
 		FullyQualifiedSymbol = interfaceDeclaration.GetFullyQualifiedIdentifier (context.SemanticModel);
@@ -480,6 +486,8 @@ public override string ToString ()
 		sb.AppendJoin (", ", EnumMembers);
 		sb.Append ("], Constructors: [");
 		sb.AppendJoin (", ", Constructors);
+		sb.Append ("], ProtocolConstructors: [");
+		sb.AppendJoin (", ", ProtocolConstructors);
 		sb.Append ("], Properties: [");
 		sb.AppendJoin (", ", Properties);
 		sb.Append ("], ParentProtocolProperties: [");

src/rgen/Microsoft.Macios.Generator/DataModel/Binding.cs

@@ -244,6 +244,31 @@ public ImmutableArray<Constructor> Constructors {
 	/// </summary>
 	public ImmutableArray<string> ConstructorSelectors => [.. constructorIndex.Keys];
 
+	readonly Dictionary<string, int> protocolConstructorIndex = new ();
+	readonly ImmutableArray<Constructor> protocolConstructors = [];
+
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Gets the constructors inherited from parent protocols.
+	/// </summary>
+	public ImmutableArray<Constructor> ProtocolConstructors {
+		get => protocolConstructors;
+		init {
+			protocolConstructors = value;
+			// populate the constructor index for fast lookup using the symbol name
+			for (var index = 0; index < protocolConstructors.Length; index++) {
+				var constructor = protocolConstructors [index];
+				if (constructor.Selector is null)
+					continue;
+				protocolConstructorIndex [constructor.Selector] = index;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Returns all the selectors for the constructors.
+	/// </summary>
+	public ImmutableArray<string> ProtocolConstructorSelectors => [.. protocolConstructorIndex.Keys];
+
 	readonly Dictionary<string, int> eventsIndex = new ();
 	readonly ImmutableArray<Event> events = [];
 

src/rgen/Microsoft.Macios.Generator/DataModel/Constructor.Generator.cs

@@ -31,10 +31,15 @@ readonly partial struct Constructor {
 	public Location? Location { get; init; }
 
 	/// <summary>
-	/// True if the cosntructor was marked to skip its registration.
+	/// True if the constructor was marked to skip its registration.
 	/// </summary>
 	public bool SkipRegistration => ExportMethodData.Flags.HasFlag (ObjCBindings.Constructor.SkipRegistration);
 
+	/// <summary>
+	/// True if the constructor is thread safe.
+	/// </summary>
+	public bool IsThreadSafe => ExportMethodData.Flags.HasFlag (ObjCBindings.Constructor.IsThreadSafe);
+
 	public Constructor (string type,
 		SymbolAvailability symbolAvailability,
 		ExportData<ObjCBindings.Constructor> exportData,

src/rgen/Microsoft.Macios.Generator/DataModel/Constructor.cs

@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.Macios.Generator.DataModel;
 	/// </summary>
 	public bool IsNullOrDefault => State == StructState.Default;
 
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Gets or sets a value indicating whether the constructor comes from a protocol factory method.
+	/// </summary>
+	public bool IsProtocolConstructor { get; init; }
+
 	/// <summary>
 	/// Type name that owns the constructor.
 	/// </summary>

src/rgen/Microsoft.Macios.Generator/DataModel/Method.Generator.cs

@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ public static bool TryCreate (MethodDeclarationSyntax declaration, RootContext c
 		change = new (
 			type: method.ContainingSymbol.ToDisplayString ().Trim (), // we want the full name
 			name: method.Name,
-			returnType: new TypeInfo (method.ReturnType, context),
+			returnType: new TypeInfo (method.ReturnType, context, includeEvents: false),
 			symbolAvailability: method.GetSupportedPlatforms (),
 			exportMethodData: exportData,
 			attributes: attributes,
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ .. Modifiers.Where (m =>
 	/// A new <see cref="Constructor"/> instance if the method is a factory method;
 	/// otherwise, an uninitialized <see cref="Constructor"/> instance.
 	/// </returns>
-	public Constructor ToConstructor (TypeInfo targetClass)
+	public Constructor ToConstructor (string targetClass)
 	{
 		// if the method is not a factory, we cannot convert it to a constructor so we will return the default value
 		// which is an uninitialized instance
@@ -325,13 +325,17 @@ public Constructor ToConstructor (TypeInfo targetClass)
 		// we need to create a constructor with  the same modifiers, parameters and the availability of the method 
 		// since there is no guarantee that the target class has the same availability as the method
 		return new (
-			type: targetClass.Name,
-			exportData: new (ExportMethodData.Selector),
+			type: targetClass,
+			exportData: IsThreadSafe
+				? new (ExportMethodData.Selector) { Flags = ObjCBindings.Constructor.IsThreadSafe }
+				: new (ExportMethodData.Selector),
 			symbolAvailability: SymbolAvailability,
 			attributes: [], // we do not really care about the attributes on the constructor that is going to be inlined
 			modifiers: modifiers,
 			parameters: Parameters
-		);
+		) {
+			IsProtocolConstructor = true
+		};
 	}
 
 	/// <summary>

src/rgen/Microsoft.Macios.Generator/DataModel/TypeInfo.Generator.cs

@@ -124,10 +124,16 @@ static ImmutableArray<EventInfo> GetInterfaceEvents (string typeNamespace, IType
 		return parentMethodsBucket.ToImmutable ();
 	}
 
-	internal TypeInfo (ITypeSymbol symbol, RootContext context) : this (symbol)
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="TypeInfo"/> struct from a type symbol, with additional generator-specific information.
+	/// </summary>
+	/// <param name="symbol">The type symbol to create the <see cref="TypeInfo"/> from.</param>
+	/// <param name="context">The root context for compilation information.</param>
+	/// <param name="includeEvents">A flag to indicate whether to include event information for protocols.</param>
+	internal TypeInfo (ITypeSymbol symbol, RootContext context, bool includeEvents = true) : this (symbol)
 	{
 		NeedsStret = symbol.NeedsStret (context.Compilation);
-		if (symbol.IsProtocol ()) {
+		if (symbol.IsProtocol () && includeEvents) {
 			Events = GetInterfaceEvents (string.Join ('.', Namespace), symbol, context);
 		}
 	}

src/rgen/Microsoft.Macios.Generator/Emitters/ClassEmitter.cs

@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 // Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
 // Licensed under the MIT License.
+
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Collections.Immutable;
-using System.ComponentModel;
 using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
@@ -18,9 +19,31 @@
 using static Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.SyntaxFactory;
 using Constructor = ObjCBindings.Constructor;
 using Property = Microsoft.Macios.Generator.DataModel.Property;
+using TypeInfo = Microsoft.Macios.Generator.DataModel.TypeInfo;
 
 namespace Microsoft.Macios.Generator.Emitters;
 
+file class ConstructorParameterComparer : IEqualityComparer<ImmutableArray<TypeInfo>> {
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Determines equality by requiring the same method name and identical ordered parameter type sequence.
+	/// </summary>
+	public bool Equals (ImmutableArray<TypeInfo> x, ImmutableArray<TypeInfo> y)
+	{
+		return x.SequenceEqual (y);
+	}
+
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Computes a hash code combining the method name and ordered parameter types.
+	/// </summary>
+	public int GetHashCode (ImmutableArray<TypeInfo> obj)
+	{
+		var hash = new HashCode ();
+		foreach (var t in obj)
+			hash.Add (t);
+		return hash.ToHashCode ();
+	}
+}
+
 /// <summary>
 /// Emitter for Objective-C classes.
 /// </summary>
@@ -54,9 +77,30 @@ public string GetSymbolName (in Binding binding)
 	/// <param name="classBlock">Current class block.</param>
 	void EmitConstructors (in BindingContext context, TabbedWriter<StringWriter> classBlock)
 	{
+		// merge the constructors and the protocol constructors for the current class, use a dict to avoid duplicates
+		var allConstructors = new Dictionary<ImmutableArray<TypeInfo>, DataModel.Constructor> (new ConstructorParameterComparer ());
+		foreach (var constructor in context.Changes.Constructors) {
+			if (constructor.Selector is null)
+				continue;
+			var key = constructor.Parameters.Select (x => x.Type).ToImmutableArray ();
+			allConstructors.TryAdd (key, constructor);
+		}
+
+		foreach (var constructor in context.Changes.ProtocolConstructors) {
+			if (constructor.Selector is null)
+				continue;
+			var key = constructor.Parameters.Select (x => x.Type).ToImmutableArray ();
+			allConstructors.TryAdd (key, constructor);
+		}
+
+		// create the ui thread check to be used in the constructors that come from a protocol factory method
+		var uiThreadCheck = (context.NeedsThreadChecks)
+			? EnsureUiThread (context.RootContext.CurrentPlatform)
+			: null;
+
 		// When dealing with constructors we cannot sort them by name because the name is always the same as the class
 		// instead we will sort them by the selector name so that we will always generate the constructors in the same order
-		foreach (var constructor in context.Changes.Constructors.OrderBy (c => c.ExportMethodData.Selector)) {
+		foreach (var constructor in allConstructors.Values.OrderBy (c => c.ExportMethodData.Selector)) {
 			classBlock.AppendMemberAvailability (constructor.SymbolAvailability);
 			classBlock.AppendGeneratedCodeAttribute (optimizable: true);
 			if (constructor.ExportMethodData.Flags.HasFlag (Constructor.DesignatedInitializer)) {
@@ -68,6 +112,12 @@ void EmitConstructors (in BindingContext context, TabbedWriter<StringWriter> cla
 			}
 
 			using (var constructorBlock = classBlock.CreateBlock (constructor.ToDeclaration (withBaseNSFlag: true).ToString (), block: true)) {
+				if (uiThreadCheck is not null && constructor is { IsProtocolConstructor: true, IsThreadSafe: false }) {
+					// if we are dealing with a protocol constructor, we need to ensure we are on the UI thread, this
+					// happens for example with NSCoding in ui elements.
+					constructorBlock.Write (uiThreadCheck.ToString ());
+					constructorBlock.WriteLine ();
+				}
 				// retrieve the method invocation via the factory, this will generate the necessary arguments
 				// transformations and the invocation
 				var invocations = GetInvocations (constructor);
@@ -122,12 +172,12 @@ void EmitNotifications (in ImmutableArray<Property> properties, TabbedWriter<Str
 					: notification.ExportFieldData.FieldData.Type;
 				// use the raw writer which makes it easier to read in this case
 				notificationClass.WriteRaw (
-@$"public static {NSObject} {name} ({EventHandler}<{eventType}> handler)
+@$"public static {NSObject} {name} ({BindingSyntaxFactory.EventHandler}<{eventType}> handler)
 {{
 	return {notificationCenter}.AddObserver ({notification.Name}, notification => handler (null, new {eventType} (notification)));
 }}
 
-public static NSObject {name} ({NSObject} objectToObserve, {EventHandler}<{eventType}> handler)
+public static NSObject {name} ({NSObject} objectToObserve, {BindingSyntaxFactory.EventHandler}<{eventType}> handler)
 {{
 	return {notificationCenter}.AddObserver ({notification.Name}, notification => handler (null, new {eventType} (notification)), objectToObserve);
 }}
@@ -193,8 +243,8 @@ void EmitEvents (in BindingContext bindingContext, in ImmutableArray<Property> d
 			foreach (var eventInfo in property.ExportPropertyData.StrongDelegateType.Events) {
 				// create the event args type name
 				var eventHandler = eventInfo.EventArgsType is null
-					? EventHandler.ToString ()
-					: $"{EventHandler}<{eventInfo.EventArgsType}>";
+					? BindingSyntaxFactory.EventHandler.ToString ()
+					: $"{BindingSyntaxFactory.EventHandler}<{eventInfo.EventArgsType}>";
 				using (var eventBlock =
 					   classBlock.CreateBlock ($"public event {eventHandler} {eventInfo.Name}", true)) {
 					eventBlock.WriteLine ($"add {{ {ensureMethod} ()!.{eventInfo.Name.Decapitalize ()} += value; }}");

src/rgen/Microsoft.Macios.Generator/Extensions/SemanticModelExtensions.Generator.cs

@@ -5,13 +5,64 @@
 using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis;
 using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Syntax;
 using Microsoft.Macios.Generator.Availability;
+using Microsoft.Macios.Generator.Context;
 using Microsoft.Macios.Generator.DataModel;
 using TypeInfo = Microsoft.Macios.Generator.DataModel.TypeInfo;
 
 namespace Microsoft.Macios.Generator.Extensions;
 
 static partial class SemanticModelExtensions {
 
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Retrieves all the data from a symbol needed for a binding/transformation.
+	/// </summary>
+	/// <param name="symbol">The symbol being queried.</param>
+	/// <param name="name">Symbol name.</param>
+	/// <param name="baseClass">Symbol base class.</param>
+	/// <param name="interfaces">List of the interfaces implemented by the symbol.</param>
+	/// <param name="outerClasses">List of the outer classes of the symbol.</param>
+	/// <param name="namespaces">Collection with the namespaces of the symbol.</param>
+	/// <param name="protocolConstructors">Collection with the protocol constructors to inline.</param>
+	/// <param name="symbolAvailability">The symbols availability.</param>
+	public static void GetSymbolData (ISymbol? symbol,
+		RootContext context,
+		out string name,
+		out string? baseClass,
+		out ImmutableArray<string> interfaces,
+		out ImmutableArray<OuterClass> outerClasses,
+		out ImmutableArray<string> namespaces,
+		out ImmutableArray<Constructor> protocolConstructors,
+		out SymbolAvailability symbolAvailability)
+	{
+		name = symbol?.Name ?? string.Empty;
+		baseClass = null;
+		var interfacesBucket = ImmutableArray.CreateBuilder<string> ();
+		var protocolConstructorsBucket = ImmutableArray.CreateBuilder<Constructor> ();
+		if (symbol is INamedTypeSymbol namedTypeSymbol) {
+			baseClass = namedTypeSymbol.BaseType?.ToDisplayString ().Trim ();
+			foreach (var symbolInterface in namedTypeSymbol.Interfaces) {
+				interfacesBucket.Add (symbolInterface.ToDisplayString ().Trim ());
+				if (symbolInterface.IsProtocol ()) {
+					// get the constructors for the protocol binding info to get its methods and from those
+					// the inline constructors
+					foreach (var member in symbolInterface.GetMembers ()) {
+						if (member is IMethodSymbol methodSymbol &&
+							Method.TryCreate (methodSymbol, context, out var method) &&
+							method.Value.IsFactory) {
+							var constructor = method.Value.ToConstructor (name);
+							if (!constructor.IsNullOrDefault)
+								protocolConstructorsBucket.Add (constructor);
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		symbolAvailability = symbol?.GetSupportedPlatforms () ?? new SymbolAvailability ();
+		interfaces = interfacesBucket.ToImmutable ();
+		protocolConstructors = protocolConstructorsBucket.ToImmutable ();
+		(namespaces, outerClasses) = GetNamespaceArrayAndOuterClasses (symbol);
+	}
+
 	/// <summary>
 	/// Extracts symbol data from a type declaration including binding information, type details, and availability.
 	/// </summary>
@@ -24,23 +75,26 @@ static partial class SemanticModelExtensions {
 	/// <param name="interfaces">When this method returns, contains the implemented interface names.</param>
 	/// <param name="outerClasses">When this method returns, contains the outer class hierarchy.</param>
 	/// <param name="namespaces">When this method returns, contains the namespace hierarchy.</param>
+	/// <param name="protocolConstructors"></param>
 	/// <param name="symbolAvailability">When this method returns, contains the platform availability information.</param>
 	/// <param name="bindingInfo">When this method returns, contains the binding-specific information based on the binding type.</param>
 	public static void GetSymbolData (this SemanticModel self, BaseTypeDeclarationSyntax declaration,
 		BindingType bindingType,
+		RootContext context,
 		out string name,
 		out string? baseClass,
 		out TypeInfo typeInfo,
 		out ImmutableArray<string> interfaces,
 		out ImmutableArray<OuterClass> outerClasses,
 		out ImmutableArray<string> namespaces,
+		out ImmutableArray<Constructor> protocolConstructors,
 		out SymbolAvailability symbolAvailability,
 		out BindingInfo bindingInfo)
 	{
 		var symbol = self.GetDeclaredSymbol (declaration);
 		// only named types have type info
 		typeInfo = (symbol is INamedTypeSymbol namedTypeSymbol) ? new (namedTypeSymbol) : TypeInfo.Default;
-		GetSymbolData (symbol, out name, out baseClass, out interfaces, out outerClasses, out namespaces, out symbolAvailability);
+		GetSymbolData (symbol, context, out name, out baseClass, out interfaces, out outerClasses, out namespaces, out protocolConstructors, out symbolAvailability);
 		if (symbol is null)
 			bindingInfo = default;
 		else {