registrar 0.1.0

Flutter widgets and functions that manage a registry of services and ChangeNotifiers.

registrar

Flutter packages that manages a registry of services and ChangeNotifiers.

registrar is similar to get_it in that it registers and unregisters models using lazy loading. A difference is the lifecycles of the registry items are bound to its widgets Registrar and MultiRegistrar. E.g., when the Registrar widget is added to the widget tree, it registers its model. When it is remove from the tree, it unregisters.

registrar goals:

• Provide access to models from anywhere.
• Work well alone or with other state management packages (RxDart, Provider, GetIt, ...).
• Be scalable and performant, so suitable for both indy and production apps.

Registering models

To add a model to the registry, give a builder to a Registrar widget and add it to the widget tree:

Registrar<MyModel>(
  builder: () => MyModel(),
  child: MyWidget(),
);

The model instance can retrieved from anywhere:

final myModel = Registrar.get<MyModel>();

Registrar is lazy, meaning it will not build the model until its first get. For times where you already have your instance, you can add that to the registry directly:

Registrar<MyModel>(
  instance: myModel,
  child: MyWidget(),
);

If more than one instance of a model of the same type is needed, you can add a unique name:

Registrar<MyModel>(
  builder: () => MyModel(),
  name: 'some unique name',
  child: MyWidget(),
);

And then get the model by type and name:

final myModel = Registrar.get<MyModel>(name: 'some unique name');

Unlimited Registrar widgets can be added to the widget tree. If you want to manage multiple models with a single widget, use MultiRegistrar:

MultiRegistrar(
  delegates: [
    RegistrarDelegate<MyModel>(builder: () => MyModel()),
    RegistrarDelegate<MyOtherModel>(builder: () => MyOtherModel()),
  ],
  child: MyWidget(),
);

For use cases where you need to directly manage registering and unregistering models (instead of letting Registrar and MultiRegistrar manage your models), you can use the static register and unregister functions:

Registrar.register<MyModel>(builder: () => MyModel(''))

That's it!

The example app shows much of the functionality discussed above.

If you have questions or suggestions on anything registrar, please do not hesitate to contact me.