entity_graph_flutter 4.0.0

Flutter/Dart mirror of the Prometheus entity graph — normalized, reactive entity store with generated Riverpod 3 provider families, optimistic CRUD, local/remote/hybrid views and pluggable transports.

entity_graph_flutter

Flutter/Dart mirror of the Prometheus entity-graph ecosystem.

Provides a normalized, reactive entity graph store for Flutter with:

• Dart-native entity graph — single source of truth, mirrors entity-graph-core's GraphState
• Generated Riverpod 3 families — lists, entities, realtime bridges, per-record CRUD, and collection mutations all select or write through the graph
• Local / remote / hybrid views — one ListQuery contract for graph evaluation and transport execution
• Optimistic CRUD with exact rollback — graph-owned receipts restore patches, sync metadata, entities, and ID-only list positions
• Bounded failure behavior — terminal errors never retry; transient provider fetches make at most two retry attempts
• Transport registry — register one EntityTransport<T> per entity type at app boot; providers look it up automatically
• Optional native bridge — FfiEntityTransportAdapter accepts a host callback bridge without requiring Rust, dart:ffi, or flutter_rust_bridge
• SDL parser — parse entity-graph-sdl JSON schema documents into a validated EntityGraphIR; same IR consumed by the Rust CLI and TS generators
• Typed errors — TerminalError (4xx / permanent) and TransientError (5xx / retryable), mirroring entity-graph-core's errors.ts
• Optional development tooling — a separate devtools.dart entry provides a per-graph controller, bounded history, inspection, preview/restore, time travel, and a store-isolated VM-service bridge without entering the ordinary application barrel

Flutter DevTools companion

Version 3.1.0 includes an official package extension under extension/devtools. In a debug application, attach an EntityGraphDevtoolsController to every graph that should be inspectable. Dart DevTools then discovers the Entity Graph tab, where it can switch stores and inspect counts, entities, dirty state, views, relationships, and event history.

The VM-service protocol is absent from product mode. Values remain metadata-only unless the application configures an explicit include/redaction policy; the extension cannot weaken that host-owned policy.

Canonical ownership and imported history

This directory is the sole canonical Dart graph package in the 3.0 release inventory. Reusable KnowMe source history is retained separately under provenance/imports/knowme-flutter as a non-buildable, non-workspace, non-public review boundary; it is not another package and must never be compiled or published.

See release/flutter-source-provenance.md for source revisions, license and attribution, commit mappings, and path dispositions. Runtime and Riverpod evidence is documented separately in release/dart-graph-riverpod.md. Subsequent release work added Android emulator and iOS simulator smoke evidence plus strict A2UI 1.0-RC input compatibility over the published GenUI 0.10.2 renderer boundary.

The complete application composition is demonstrated in examples/flutter-riverpod and documented in the Flutter/Riverpod/A2UI release guide. Its Flutter 3.44.8 host tests, three deterministic goldens, Android API 35 emulator lane, and iOS 26.5 simulator lane now pass at their recorded boundary.

Architecture

Widget (watches generated provider)
  ↓
entityListProvider<T>          ← selection + orchestration
  ↓
EntityGraph                    ← canonical rows, patches, sync metadata, ID lists
  ↓
EntityTransportRegistry        ← external list/get/create/update/delete/change I/O
  ↓
REST / GraphQL / local / optional FFI host

This mirrors the Component → Hook → Store layering from entity-graph-core. Widgets read providers and invoke provider controllers. Providers orchestrate; the graph owns state; transports own I/O. Widgets do not maintain copied entity caches or call transport APIs directly.

Optional DevTools controller

This entry is included in 3.1.0; package:entity_graph_flutter/devtools.dart remains separate from the ordinary application barrel.

Import the optional library only from development tooling or a host-controlled debug bootstrap. The ordinary entity_graph_flutter.dart entry does not export or initialize DevTools.

import 'package:entity_graph_flutter/devtools.dart';
import 'package:entity_graph_flutter/entity_graph_flutter.dart';

final devtoolsBinding = EntityGraphDevtoolsBinding.attach(
  graph,
  enabled: !const bool.fromEnvironment('dart.vm.product'),
  storeId: 'application',
);

// Release the reference when this debug host is disposed.
devtoolsBinding.detach();

Repeated attachments to the same EntityGraph share one reference-counted controller. Each graph has an explicit store ID, event history, snapshot ring, view registry, and value policy; no controller owns business state. The isolate-wide bridge exposes versioned list/command methods and Extension-stream events only when Dart VM service extensions are available. It supports multiple graphs without an implicit default store.

Values are metadata-only by default. A host that opts into value inclusion must provide any required redactor before canonical values, patches, history, or preview data can cross the debugger boundary. A VM-service command cannot enable values, replace the redactor, or commit a preview. Encoded requests are limited to 256 KiB, responses to 8 MiB, and individual events to 256 KiB by default. History and snapshots are bounded by simultaneous count and byte limits.

The repository acceptance command launches a real configured Flutter application, connects from outside the isolate over VM-service WebSocket JSON-RPC, and drives the production controller through real Riverpod views:

pnpm run verify:devtools-flutter-controller

This certifies the controller and VM-service bridge. The official Flutter DevTools UI has a separate static analyzer, package-build, and extension validation gate; connected-host certification and pub.dev publication are reported separately and are not inferred from the controller receipt.

Setup

1. Add to pubspec.yaml

dependencies:
  entity_graph_flutter: ^3.1.0
  flutter_riverpod: ^3.3.2

Or add it from the command line:

flutter pub add entity_graph_flutter:^3.1.0

2. Wrap your app with ProviderScope

void main() {
  runApp(const ProviderScope(child: MyApp()));
}

3. Register transports at boot

// lib/bootstrap.dart
import 'package:entity_graph_flutter/entity_graph_flutter.dart';

void registerTransports() {
  EntityTransportRegistry.instance.register(
    'Invoice',
    MyInvoiceTransport(),
  );
}

4. Implement EntityTransport<T>

class MyInvoiceTransport extends EntityTransport<Invoice> {
  @override
  String identify(Invoice row) => row.id;

  @override
  Map<String, Object?> toGraph(Invoice row) => row.toJson();

  @override
  bool get authoritative => false;

  @override
  Duration? get staleTime => const Duration(seconds: 30);

  @override
  Future<ListResult<Invoice>> list(ListQuery query) async {
    final response = await http.get(Uri.parse('/api/invoices'));
    final List<dynamic> body = jsonDecode(response.body);
    return ListResult(
      rows: body.map(Invoice.fromJson).toList(),
      total: body.length,
    );
  }

  @override
  Future<Invoice?> get(String id) async {
    final response = await http.get(Uri.parse('/api/invoices/$id'));
    if (response.statusCode == 404) return null;
    return Invoice.fromJson(jsonDecode(response.body));
  }

  @override
  Future<Invoice> create(Map<String, Object?> data) async {
    // POST and return the server-confirmed row.
    throw UnimplementedError();
  }

  @override
  Future<Invoice> update(String id, Map<String, Object?> patch) async {
    // PATCH and return the server-confirmed row.
    throw UnimplementedError();
  }

  @override
  Future<void> delete(String id) async {
    // DELETE the row.
  }
}

5. Watch in widgets

// Declare provider (typically in a providers file)
final activeInvoicesProvider = entityListProvider<Invoice>(
  type: 'Invoice',
  queryKey: 'invoices:active',
  fromGraph: Invoice.fromGraph,
  query: ListQuery(
    filter: [FilterClause(field: 'status', op: FilterOperator.eq, value: 'active')],
  ),
);

// In a widget
class InvoiceListPage extends ConsumerWidget {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context, WidgetRef ref) {
    final snap = ref.watch(activeInvoicesProvider);
    return snap.when(
      loading: () => const CircularProgressIndicator(),
      error: (e, _) => Text('Error: $e'),
      data: (snapshot) => ListView.builder(
        itemCount: snapshot.items.length,
        itemBuilder: (_, i) => InvoiceTile(invoice: snapshot.items[i]),
      ),
    );
  }
}

Views and pagination

ViewCompleteness.local evaluates filters, search, multi-sort, and limit against the canonical graph without transport I/O. remote stores the returned rows once and retains only their IDs under queryKey. hybrid renders the local result immediately and replaces membership after background revalidation.

final sortedAdminsProvider = entityListProvider<Invoice>(
  type: 'Invoice',
  queryKey: 'invoices:admins',
  fromGraph: Invoice.fromGraph,
  completeness: ViewCompleteness.hybrid,
  query: const ListQuery(
    filter: [
      FilterClause(field: 'role', op: FilterOperator.eq, value: 'admin'),
    ],
    sort: [
      SortClause(field: 'createdAt', direction: SortDirection.desc),
    ],
    limit: 50,
  ),
);

await ref.read(sortedAdminsProvider.notifier).fetchNextPage();

Optimistic CRUD

The edit buffer belongs to the generated CRUD controller, not to the entity graph. applyOptimistic() publishes only dirty fields through the graph patch layer so every joined view sees the overlay. save() replaces it with the server-confirmed row. Failure restores the exact prior patch and sync metadata.

final invoiceCrud = entityCrudProvider<Invoice>(
  type: 'Invoice',
  id: invoiceId,
);

final controller = ref.read(invoiceCrud.notifier);
controller.edit('status', 'paid');
controller.applyOptimistic();

try {
  await controller.save();
} on TerminalError catch (error) {
  // The graph has already restored its previous optimistic state.
  showValidationError(error.message);
}

Collection creates use entityMutationsProvider<T>. An optional temporary ID can appear in an ID-only list while the request is pending; success swaps it for the confirmed ID and failure removes it. Deletes remove optimistically and use a graph-owned receipt to restore entity data and every former list index.

Realtime and retry boundary

When subscribe is enabled, entityChangeBridgeProvider<T> mounts the registered transport's optional change feed. Inserts and updates normalize into the graph and invalidate typed lists; deletes remove canonical state and list membership. This library proves normalization and invalidation, not a batched or durable mobile sync engine.

Generated fetch providers use entityProviderRetry:

• TerminalError: zero retries;
• TransientError: at most two retries after the first attempt;
• create/update/delete side effects: never automatically retried.

Optional FFI transport

Implement FfiEntityBridge<T> in an application or a separate native package, then wrap it with FfiEntityTransportAdapter<T>. The canonical package imports no generated FFI library and has no native runtime dependency. FFI is a delivery mechanism; it never becomes a second entity store.

SDL Schema Contract

The SDL format is the shared contract between the TypeScript ecosystem and Flutter:

import 'dart:convert';
import 'package:entity_graph_flutter/entity_graph_flutter.dart';

final ir = parseSdl(jsonDecode(schemaJson));
for (final entity in ir.entities) {
  print('Entity: ${entity.name}, PK: ${entity.primaryKey}');
  for (final field in entity.fields) {
    print('  ${field.name}: ${field.type.name}');
  }
}

Development

# From the repository root (pnpm remains the monorepo entry point)
pnpm run dart:bootstrap:frozen
pnpm run dart:generate
pnpm run dart:format
pnpm run dart:analyze
pnpm run verify:dart-graph-riverpod # static source contract; not test evidence
pnpm run verify:dart-exports
pnpm run verify:devtools-flutter-controller # full assembled controller acceptance

Implementation comes first. The analyzer and static graph/export contracts are not test evidence. Do not run or cite legacy unit, widget, provider, golden, Node, Cucumber, or partial suites; behavioral completion requires the complete assembled production flow for the affected surface.

The package uses Riverpod generation. It does not use or require Freezed or JSON model generation. providers.g.dart is generated source and must never be edited by hand.

Cross-view reactivity

The graph emits a Stream<GraphChange> on every write. The Riverpod notifiers subscribe to this stream and automatically rebuild widgets when their entity type or list query key is affected — without any additional plumbing.

When an Invoice is updated anywhere (realtime, mutation, optimistic patch), every widget watching Invoice entities rebuilds in the same frame.

Current publication and evidence boundary

• The live pub.dev version and archive hash are recorded in release/pubdev-registry-status.json, and a clean consumer import/analyzer check is required after every publication.
• Flutter 3.44.8 generation, analysis, package/showcase tests, three goldens, Android emulator, and iOS simulator smoke lanes are recorded in examples/coverage.json.
• The Flutter showcase accepts strict A2UI 1.0-RC surfaces and normalizes them to the published GenUI 0.10.2 renderer only after catalog, component, function, action, tenant, and entity validation.
• The optional DevTools controller passed its complete Flutter/Riverpod/VM-service acceptance flow with two isolated graphs and 28 versioned events. Version 3.1.0 also includes the official, validated Flutter DevTools extension UI.
• Physical devices, store submission, signing, and a cross-ecosystem stable release bundle are not claimed.
• realtime coalescing or durable peer convergence.

See the release contract and coverage ledger instead of inferring app-store or full npm 3.0 readiness from this Dart package version.