Support Reporting Running State and Alive Notifications for applications written in C

examples/c_supervised_app/BUILD

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# *******************************************************************************
+# Copyright (c) 2026 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
+#
+# See the NOTICE file(s) distributed with this work for additional
+# information regarding copyright ownership.
+#
+# This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
+# terms of the Apache License Version 2.0 which is available at
+# https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# *******************************************************************************
+load("@rules_cc//cc:defs.bzl", "cc_binary")
+
+cc_binary(
+    name = "c_supervised_app",
+    srcs = [
+        "main.c",
+    ],
+    linkopts = select({
+        "@platforms//os:qnx": [
+            "-lsocket",
+        ],
+        "@platforms//os:linux": [
+            "-lpthread",
+            "-lrt",
+        ],
+    }),
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+    deps = [
+        "//score/launch_manager:alive_cc",
+        "//score/launch_manager:lifecycle_cc",
+    ],
+)

examples/c_supervised_app/main.c

@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/********************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2026 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
+ *
+ * See the NOTICE file(s) distributed with this work for additional
+ * information regarding copyright ownership.
+ *
+ * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
+ * terms of the Apache License Version 2.0 which is available at
+ * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ ********************************************************************************/
+
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include <score/mw/lifecycle/alive.h>
+#include <score/mw/lifecycle/report_running.h>
+
+static volatile sig_atomic_t exit_requested = 0;
+
+static void signal_handler(int signal)
+{
+    if (signal == SIGINT || signal == SIGTERM)
+    {
+        exit_requested = 1;
+    }
+}
+
+int main(void)
+{
+    signal(SIGINT, signal_handler);
+    signal(SIGTERM, signal_handler);
+
+    void* alive = score_lcm_alive_initialize("/example/instance");
+    if (alive == NULL)
+    {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Failed to initialize alive instance\n");
+        return EXIT_FAILURE;
+    }
+
+    if (score_lcm_ReportRunning() != 0)
+    {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Failed to report running state\n");
+        score_lcm_alive_deinitialize(alive);
+        return EXIT_FAILURE;
+    }
+
+    while (!exit_requested)
+    {
+        score_lcm_alive_report_alive(alive);
+        usleep(50000);
+    }
+
+    score_lcm_alive_deinitialize(alive);
+    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}

examples/demo_verification/BUILD

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ launch_manager_config(
 pkg_files(
     name = "examples_main_files",
     srcs = [
+        "//examples/c_supervised_app",
         "//examples/control_application:control_daemon",
         "//examples/control_application:lmcontrol",
         "//examples/cpp_lifecycle_app",

examples/demo_verification/lifecycle_demo_test.json

@@ -94,6 +94,20 @@
                 }
             }
         },
+        "c_supervised_app": {
+            "component_properties": {
+                "binary_name": "c_supervised_app",
+                "application_profile": {
+                    "application_type": "Reporting_And_Supervised"
+                }
+            },
+            "deployment_config": {
+                "environmental_variables": {
+                    "PROCESSIDENTIFIER": "c_supervised_app",
+                    "IDENTIFIER": "c_supervised_app"
+                }
+            }
+        },
         "lifecycle_app": {
             "component_properties": {
                 "binary_name": "cpp_lifecycle_app"
@@ -121,6 +135,7 @@
                 "control_daemon",
                 "cpp_supervised_app",
                 "rust_supervised_app",
+                "c_supervised_app",
                 "lifecycle_app"
             ],
             "recovery_action": {

examples/demo_verification/test_examples.py

@@ -15,7 +15,12 @@
 from tests.utils.testing_utils.setup_test import setup_test
 from attribute_plugin import add_test_properties
 
-_DEMO_APPS = ("cpp_supervised_app", "rust_supervised_app", "cpp_lifecycle_app")
+_DEMO_APPS = (
+    "cpp_supervised_app",
+    "rust_supervised_app",
+    "cpp_lifecycle_app",
+    "c_supervised_app",
+)
 
 
 def _assert_running(target, *binaries):

score/launch_manager/src/alive/src/alive.cpp

@@ -14,19 +14,16 @@
 #include "score/mw/lifecycle/alive.h"
 #include "score/mw/launch_manager/alive_monitor/details/AliveImpl.h"
 
-#include <utility>
 #include <cassert>
+#include <utility>
 
 // The public API is only sending alive notification. No need to support different checkpoints.
 static constexpr std::uint32_t kDefaultCheckpointId{1U};
 
 namespace score::mw::lifecycle
 {
 
-Alive::Alive(const std::string_view& instance) noexcept(false) :
-    aliveImplPtr(std::make_unique<AliveImpl>(instance))
-{
-}
+Alive::Alive(const std::string_view& instance) noexcept(false) : aliveImplPtr(std::make_unique<AliveImpl>(instance)) {}
 
 Alive::Alive(Alive&& se) noexcept = default;
 
@@ -49,41 +46,47 @@ void Alive::ReportFailure() const noexcept
 
 }  // namespace score::mw::lifecycle
 
-
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-void* score_lcm_alive_initialize(const char* instanceSpecifier) noexcept {
-    if(instanceSpecifier == nullptr) {
+void* score_lcm_alive_initialize(const char* instanceSpecifier)
+{
+    if (instanceSpecifier == nullptr)
+    {
         return nullptr;
     }
 
-    try {
+    try
+    {
         auto* alivePtr = new score::mw::lifecycle::Alive(instanceSpecifier);
         return static_cast<void*>(alivePtr);
-    } catch (...) {
+    }
+    catch (...)
+    {
         return nullptr;
     }
 }
 
-void score_lcm_alive_deinitialize(void* instance) noexcept {
+void score_lcm_alive_deinitialize(void* instance)
+{
     SCORE_LANGUAGE_FUTURECPP_PRECONDITION(instance != nullptr);
     auto* alivePtr = static_cast<score::mw::lifecycle::Alive*>(instance);
     delete alivePtr;
 }
 
-void score_lcm_alive_report_alive(void* instance) noexcept {
+void score_lcm_alive_report_alive(void* instance)
+{
     SCORE_LANGUAGE_FUTURECPP_PRECONDITION(instance != nullptr);
     static_cast<score::mw::lifecycle::Alive*>(instance)->ReportAlive();
 }
 
-void score_lcm_alive_report_failure(void* instance) noexcept {
+void score_lcm_alive_report_failure(void* instance)
+{
     SCORE_LANGUAGE_FUTURECPP_PRECONDITION(instance != nullptr);
     static_cast<score::mw::lifecycle::Alive*>(instance)->ReportFailure();
 }
 
-
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif

score/launch_manager/src/alive/src/alive.h

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #ifndef SCORE_LCM_ALIVE_H_
 #define SCORE_LCM_ALIVE_H_
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <memory>
 #include <string_view>
@@ -26,14 +27,14 @@ class AliveImpl;
 
 /// @brief Alive API for reporting alive notifications to the launch manager.
 /// An alive notification indicates that the component is still active and functioning correctly.
-/// The launch manager is configured with an expected alive notification interval, 
-/// and if it does not receive an alive notification within that interval, 
+/// The launch manager is configured with an expected alive notification interval,
+/// and if it does not receive an alive notification within that interval,
 /// it executes the configured recovery action.
 ///
 /// Each process may only use a single Alive instance.
 class Alive
 {
-public:
+  public:
     /// @brief Creation of an Alive.
     /// @param [in] instance  Instance specifier (currently unused)
     /// @throws std::runtime_error if the configured IPC channel to connect to launch manager is not existing
@@ -67,10 +68,38 @@ class Alive
     /// @note Not Implemented. This method currently does nothing.
     void ReportFailure() const noexcept;
 
-private:
+  private:
     /// @brief Unique pointer to implementation class of Alive
     std::unique_ptr<AliveImpl> aliveImplPtr;
 };
 
 }  // namespace score::mw::lifecycle
+
+extern "C" {
+#endif /* __cplusplus */
+
+// These prototypes are required to support applications written in C, which cannot use the C++ namespaces and classes.
+
+/// @brief Initialize an Alive instance.
+/// @param [in] instanceSpecifier  Instance specifier string (must not be NULL)
+/// @return Opaque pointer to the Alive instance, or NULL on failure
+void* score_lcm_alive_initialize(const char* instanceSpecifier);
+
+/// @brief Deinitialize (destroy) an Alive instance.
+/// @param [in] instance  Opaque pointer previously returned by score_lcm_alive_initialize (must not be NULL)
+void score_lcm_alive_deinitialize(void* instance);
+
+/// @brief Report an alive notification.
+/// @param [in] instance  Opaque pointer previously returned by score_lcm_alive_initialize (must not be NULL)
+void score_lcm_alive_report_alive(void* instance);
+
+/// @brief Report a direct failure.
+/// @param [in] instance  Opaque pointer previously returned by score_lcm_alive_initialize (must not be NULL)
+/// @note Not Implemented. This method currently does nothing.
+void score_lcm_alive_report_failure(void* instance);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
 #endif  // SCORE_LCM_ALIVE_H_

score/launch_manager/src/lifecycle_client/src/report_running.h

@@ -14,9 +14,16 @@
 #ifndef SCORE_MW_LIFECYCLE_REPORT_RUNNING_H_
 #define SCORE_MW_LIFECYCLE_REPORT_RUNNING_H_
 
-namespace score {
-namespace mw {
-namespace lifecycle {
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+
+namespace score
+{
+namespace mw
+{
+namespace lifecycle
+{
 
 /// @brief Signals to the Launch Manager that this process has finished
 /// initialization and is now entering its Running state.
@@ -36,8 +43,21 @@ namespace lifecycle {
 /// shutdown accordingly.
 void report_running() noexcept;
 
-} // namespace lifecycle
-} // namespace mw
-} // namespace score
+}  // namespace lifecycle
+}  // namespace mw
+}  // namespace score
+
+extern "C" {
+#endif /* __cplusplus */
+
+// This prototype is required to support applications written in C, which cannot use the C++ namespaces and classes.
+
+/// @brief Signals to the Launch Manager that this process has finished initialization and is now running.
+/// @return 0 on success, -1 on failure
+int8_t score_lcm_ReportRunning(void);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
 
-#endif
+#endif /* SCORE_MW_LIFECYCLE_REPORT_RUNNING_H_ */