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+# Revision history for minizinc-process
+
+## 0.1.0.0 -- YYYY-mm-dd
+
+* Initial version.
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+minizinc-process
+================
+
+MiniZinc is a language and a toolchain to solve discrete optimization problems.
+This package offers wrappers around the `minizinc` executable to pass inputs and outputs.
+
+Assume that a primitive MiniZinc model is available at the path `models/example001.mzn`.
+
+```minizinc
+0..100: x;
+var int: y;
+constraint x < y;
+```
+
+This model expects `x` as an Int and decides `y` as an Int if a solution is
+found. Ideally we would like to use minizinc and this model like a function of
+type `Int -> IO (Maybe Int)` function in Haskell.
+This package provides building blocks to create such a mapping.
+
+# Implementation
+
+This package relies on JSON support for MiniZinc by using JSON as an
+intermediary representation. On the Haskell side we picked the popular `aeson`
+package for serializing values.
+
+MiniZinc input binds names to variables, hence the `Int -> IO (Maybe Int)`
+example above is insufficient: inputs and outputs need to translate to JSON
+`Object` constructor of [Aeson's Value type](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/aeson-1.1.1.0/docs/Data-Aeson.html#t:Value).
+
+# Example Use
+
+The `runLastMinizincJSON` function requires some configuration object to
+provide parameters like the solver backing MiniZinc, the timeout, where to
+store MiniZinc data files. The `simpleMiniZinc` function provides a smart
+constructor for building such an environment.
+
+```haskell
+{-# LANGUAGE DeriveGeneric #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeApplications #-}
+
+module Main where
+
+import Data.Aeson
+import Data.Hashable
+import GHC.Generics
+import Process.Minizinc
+import Process.Minizinc.Inspect
+
+data Input = Input {x :: Int}
+  deriving (Generic)
+
+instance ToJSON Input -- required for `runLastMinizincJSON`
+
+instance Hashable Input -- required for `runLastMinizincJSON`
+
+data Output = Output {y :: Int}
+  deriving (Show, Generic)
+
+instance FromJSON Output -- required for `runLastMinizincJSON`
+
+main :: IO ()
+main = do
+  inspect "models/example001.mzn" >>= print
+  let mzn = simpleMiniZinc @Input @Output "models/example001.mzn" 1000 Gecode
+  let problem = Input 10
+  runLastMinizincJSON mzn problem >>= print
+```
+
+The `@Input` and `@Output` syntax allow to pass type parameters to
+`simpleMiniZinc`, this style is optional but helps the GHC compiler inference
+(in our example, this type application is the only indication needed to tell
+the compiler to deserialize `Output` objects).
+
+# Misc.
+
+The author of this package is not affiliated with MiniZinc.
+See also: [https://www.minizinc.org/](https://www.minizinc.org/).
diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
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+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/minizinc-process.cabal b/minizinc-process.cabal
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+cabal-version:       >=1.10
+-- Initial package description 'minizinc-process.cabal' generated by 'cabal
+--  init'.  For further documentation, see
+-- http://haskell.org/cabal/users-guide/
+
+name:                minizinc-process
+version:             0.1.0.0
+synopsis:            A set of helpers to call minizinc models.
+description:         MiniZinc is a language and a toolchain to solve discrete optimization problems. This package provides simple wrappers around the MiniZinc executable to pass inputs and read outputs.
+homepage:       https://github.com/lucasdicioccio/minizinc-process#readme
+bug-reports:    https://github.com/lucasdicioccio/minizinc-process/issues
+license:             Apache-2.0
+license-file:        LICENSE
+author:              Lucas DiCioccio
+maintainer:          lucas@dicioccio.fr
+copyright:           Lucas DiCioccio (2020)
+category:            Optimization
+build-type:          Simple
+extra-source-files:
+  CHANGELOG.md
+  README.md
+
+source-repository head
+  type: git
+  location: https://github.com/lucasdicioccio/minizinc-process
+
+library
+  exposed-modules:
+    Process.Minizinc
+    Process.Minizinc.Inspect
+  hs-source-dirs:
+    src
+  build-depends:       base >=4.13 && <4.14
+                     , aeson
+                     , bytestring
+                     , containers
+                     , directory
+                     , hashable
+                     , process-extras
+                     , stringsearch
+                     , text
+  default-language:    Haskell2010
+
+--executable minizinc-process-exe
+--  main-is:             Main.hs
+--  -- other-modules:
+--  -- other-extensions:
+--  build-depends:       base >=4.13 && <4.14
+--                     , minizinc-process-lib
+--                     , aeson
+--                     , hashable
+--                     , text
+--  -- hs-source-dirs:
diff --git a/src/Process/Minizinc.hs b/src/Process/Minizinc.hs
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+{-# LANGUAGE LambdaCase #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+
+-- | A set of types and functions to help calling Minizinc as an external binary.
+--
+-- Current strategy is to use JSON encode/decoding for passing in inputs and
+-- reading outputs.
+-- At this time, only a primitive output parser is supported.
+module Process.Minizinc
+  ( MiniZinc (..),
+    simpleMiniZinc,
+    Solver (..),
+    SolverName,
+    MilliSeconds,
+    runLastMinizincJSON,
+  )
+where
+
+import Control.Monad ((>=>))
+import Data.Aeson (FromJSON, ToJSON, decode, encode)
+import Data.ByteString (ByteString)
+import qualified Data.ByteString as ByteString
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as LByteString
+import Data.ByteString.Lazy (fromStrict)
+import Data.ByteString.Search.DFA (split)
+import Data.Hashable (Hashable, hash)
+import qualified Data.List as List
+import System.Process.ByteString (readProcessWithExitCode)
+
+-- | Type alias asking for milliseconds.
+type MilliSeconds a = Int
+
+-- | Name of a solver to be passed to the minizinc binary.
+type SolverName = String
+
+-- | Supported solvers or 'Other'.
+data Solver = Chuffed | COIN_BC | CPLEX | Gecode | Gurobi | SCIP | Xpress | Other SolverName
+
+-- | An object helping to run MiniZinc.
+data MiniZinc input answer
+  = MiniZinc
+      { -- | a file path to a model
+        model :: FilePath,
+        -- | a file path to hold, must be writable and readable
+        mkTmpDataPath :: input -> FilePath,
+        -- | a timelimit in seconds (an Int)
+        mkTimeLimit :: input -> MilliSeconds Int,
+        -- | the solver to use (see `minizinc --solvers`)
+        mkSolver :: input -> Solver,
+        -- | other arguments that get appended before the path to the model and data paths
+        mkExtraArgs :: input -> [String]
+      }
+
+-- | A constructor for MiniZinc object for simple situations.
+simpleMiniZinc ::
+  Hashable input =>
+  FilePath ->
+  MilliSeconds Int ->
+  Solver ->
+  MiniZinc input answer
+simpleMiniZinc path timeout solver =
+  MiniZinc
+    path
+    (\obj -> show (hash obj) ++ ".json")
+    (const timeout)
+    (const solver)
+    (const [])
+
+-- | Runs MiniZinc on the input and parses output for the last answer.
+--
+-- The parser for now is primitive and all the parsing occurs after processing
+-- with no guarantee to run on bounded-memory. This matters if your MiniZinc
+-- model returns so many solutions that the output is large.
+runLastMinizincJSON ::
+  (ToJSON input, FromJSON answer) =>
+  MiniZinc input answer ->
+  input ->
+  IO (Maybe answer)
+runLastMinizincJSON minizinc obj = do
+  LByteString.writeFile fullPath $ encode obj
+  (_, out, err) <- readProcessWithExitCode "minizinc" args ""
+  seq (ByteString.length err) $ pure $ locateLastAnswer out
+  where
+    fullPath :: FilePath
+    fullPath = mkTmpDataPath minizinc obj
+    locateLastAnswer :: FromJSON answer => ByteString -> Maybe answer
+    locateLastAnswer = locateLastOutput >=> decode . fromStrict
+    args :: [String]
+    args =
+      [ "--time-limit",
+        show (mkTimeLimit minizinc obj),
+        "--solver",
+        showSolver (mkSolver minizinc obj),
+        "--output-mode",
+        "json"
+      ]
+        ++ (mkExtraArgs minizinc obj)
+        ++ [ model minizinc,
+             fullPath
+           ]
+
+showSolver :: Solver -> String
+showSolver = \case
+  Chuffed -> "Chuffed"
+  COIN_BC -> "COIN-BC"
+  CPLEX -> "CPLEX"
+  Gecode -> "Gecode"
+  Gurobi -> "Gurobi"
+  SCIP -> "SCIP"
+  Xpress -> "Xpress"
+  Other n -> n
+
+locateLastOutput :: ByteString -> Maybe ByteString
+locateLastOutput =
+  safehead
+    . reverse
+    . List.filter (ByteString.isPrefixOf openCurlybrace)
+    . split resultSeparator
+  where
+    safehead [] = Nothing
+    safehead xs = Just $ head xs
+    resultSeparator = "\n----------\n"
+    openCurlybrace = "{"
diff --git a/src/Process/Minizinc/Inspect.hs b/src/Process/Minizinc/Inspect.hs
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+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+
+-- | Provides primitives for inspecting the interface of a model.
+module Process.Minizinc.Inspect
+  ( inspect,
+    TypeInfo (..),
+    TypeDeclarations,
+    Method (..),
+    Interface (..),
+  )
+where
+
+import Data.Aeson
+import qualified Data.ByteString as ByteString
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as LByteString
+import Data.Map (Map)
+import Data.Text (Text)
+import qualified Data.Text as Text
+import System.Process.ByteString (readProcessWithExitCode)
+
+-- | Name of variables.
+type Name = Text
+
+-- | Information regarding one name.
+data TypeInfo
+  = TypeInfo
+      { _type :: Text,
+        _set :: Bool,
+        _dim :: Maybe Int
+      }
+  deriving (Show)
+
+instance FromJSON TypeInfo where
+  parseJSON = withObject "TypeInfo" $ \v ->
+    TypeInfo
+      <$> v .: "type"
+      <*> v .:? "set" .!= False
+      <*> v .:? "dim"
+
+-- | Type declarations of the minizinc model.
+type TypeDeclarations = Map Name TypeInfo
+
+-- | Optimization method.
+data Method = Minimize | Maximize | Satisfy
+  deriving (Show)
+
+instance FromJSON Method where
+  parseJSON = withText "Method" $ \s -> case s of
+    "max" -> pure Maximize
+    "min" -> pure Minimize
+    "sat" -> pure Satisfy
+    v -> fail $ "unsupported method: " ++ Text.unpack v
+
+-- | A description of the model input/output.
+data Interface
+  = Interface
+      { _method :: Method,
+        _has_output_item :: Bool,
+        _input :: TypeDeclarations,
+        _output :: TypeDeclarations
+      }
+  deriving (Show)
+
+instance FromJSON Interface where
+  parseJSON = withObject "Interface" $ \v ->
+    Interface
+      <$> v .: "method"
+      <*> v .: "has_output_item"
+      <*> v .: "input"
+      <*> v .: "output"
+
+-- | Calls the minizinc binary to output the model interface.
+inspect :: FilePath -> IO (Maybe Interface)
+inspect path = do
+  (_, out, err) <- readProcessWithExitCode "minizinc" args ""
+  seq (ByteString.length err) $ pure $ decode $ LByteString.fromStrict out
+  where
+    args = ["-c", "--model-interface-only", path]
