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+# Nemubot is a smart and modulable IM bot.
+# Copyright (C) 2012-2026  Mercier Pierre-Olivier
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+import logging
+import os
+import queue
+
+from nemubot.bot import sync_act
+
+
+class ThreadedServer:
+
+    """A server backed by a library running in its own thread.
+
+    Uses an os.pipe() as a fake file descriptor to integrate with the bot's
+    select.poll() main loop without requiring direct socket access.
+
+    When the library thread has a message ready, it calls _push_message(),
+    which writes a wakeup byte to the pipe's write end. The bot's poll loop
+    sees the read end become readable, calls async_read(), which drains the
+    message queue and yields already-parsed bot-level messages.
+
+    This abstraction lets any IM library (IRC via python-irc, Matrix via
+    matrix-nio, …) plug into nemubot without touching bot.py.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, name):
+        self._name = name
+        self._logger = logging.getLogger("nemubot.server." + name)
+        self._queue = queue.Queue()
+        self._pipe_r, self._pipe_w = os.pipe()
+
+
+    @property
+    def name(self):
+        return self._name
+
+    def fileno(self):
+        return self._pipe_r
+
+
+    # Open/close
+
+    def connect(self):
+        """Start the library and register the pipe read-end with the poll loop."""
+        self._logger.info("Starting connection")
+        self._start()
+        sync_act("sckt", "register", self._pipe_r)
+
+    def _start(self):
+        """Override: start the library's connection (e.g. launch a thread)."""
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def close(self):
+        """Unregister from poll, stop the library, and close the pipe."""
+        self._logger.info("Closing connection")
+        sync_act("sckt", "unregister", self._pipe_r)
+        self._stop()
+        for fd in (self._pipe_w, self._pipe_r):
+            try:
+                os.close(fd)
+            except OSError:
+                pass
+
+    def _stop(self):
+        """Override: stop the library thread gracefully."""
+        pass
+
+
+    # Writes
+
+    def send_response(self, response):
+        """Override: send a response via the underlying library."""
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def async_write(self):
+        """No-op: writes go directly through the library, not via poll."""
+        pass
+
+
+    # Read
+
+    def _push_message(self, msg):
+        """Called from the library thread to enqueue a bot-level message.
+
+        Writes a wakeup byte to the pipe so the main loop wakes up and
+        calls async_read().
+        """
+        self._queue.put(msg)
+        try:
+            os.write(self._pipe_w, b'\x00')
+        except OSError:
+            pass  # pipe closed during shutdown
+
+    def async_read(self):
+        """Called by the bot when the pipe is readable.
+
+        Drains the wakeup bytes and yields all queued bot messages.
+        """
+        try:
+            os.read(self._pipe_r, 256)
+        except OSError:
+            return
+        while not self._queue.empty():
+            try:
+                yield self._queue.get_nowait()
+            except queue.Empty:
+                break
+
+    def parse(self, msg):
+        """Messages pushed via _push_message are already bot-level — pass through."""
+        yield msg
+
+
+    # Exceptions
+
+    def exception(self, flags):
+        """Called by the bot on POLLERR/POLLHUP/POLLNVAL."""
+        self._logger.warning("Exception on server %s: flags=0x%x", self._name, flags)