sint 2.0.2

SINT (State, Injection, Navigation, Translation) - The Four Pillars of High-Fidelity Flutter Infrastructure.

SINT

State · Injection · Navigation · Translation
High-performance, Clean Architecture micro-framework for Flutter.

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The Four Pillars

SINT focuses strictly on four foundational pillars—no HTTP client, validators, or unrelated bloat:

Pillar	Core APIs	Guide
S — State	SintController, Obx, .obs, Sint.computed, Sint.batch, Sint.untrack, everSync	State Docs
I — Injection	Sint.put, Sint.lazyPut, Sint.putAsync, Sint.find, Bind, SmartManagement	Injection Docs
N — Navigation	SintApp, SintPage, SintRouterOutlet, Sint.toNamed, Sint.back, pathParams, queryParams	Navigation Docs
T — Translation	.tr, .trParams, Translations, Sint.updateLocale, Sint.loadTranslations, translateEndpoints	Translation Docs

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What's New in 2.0.0

• Standalone Design Systems (SintApp): First-class host for Flutter 3.47+ standalone material_ui and cupertino_ui packages (Flutter >=3.44.0 / Dart >=3.12.0), while preserving SintMaterialApp and SintCupertinoApp for SDK Material/Cupertino apps. See MIGRATION_DESIGN_SYSTEMS.md.
• State-of-the-Art Signals Engine (Obx $O(1)$ + batch + computed + untrack): Brings the modern fine-grained Signals triad (inspired by SolidJS, Preact Signals, and Angular Signals) to Flutter—persistent $O(1)$ Obx listener diffing with automatic conditional-branch pruning, zero-allocation Sint.batch, memoized Sint.computed, Sint.untrack / rx.peek, and controller-scoped everSync / autoDispose.
• Multi-Level Prefix Trie Router: Indexes all leading literal route segments and reuses compiled PathDecoded templates (97.8× faster on 1,000 shared-prefix routes: 250.48 µs → 2.56 µs/op).
• Nested Routing (SintRouterOutlet): Declarative nested outlets and IndexedRouteBuilder synchronized with imperative Navigator calls.

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Quick Start

dependencies:
  sint: ^2.0.0

import 'package:flutter/widgets.dart';
import 'package:material_ui/material_ui.dart';
import 'package:sint/sint.dart';

class CartController extends SintController {
  final items = 1.obs;
  final price = 25.obs;
  late final total = computed(() => items.value * price.value); // Auto-disposed on route close

  void addBundle() => Sint.batch(() {
    items.value += 2;
    price.value = 20;
  });
}

void main() => runApp(
  SintApp(
    materialTheme: ThemeData(),
    initialRoute: '/',
    sintPages: [
      SintPage(
        name: '/',
        binds: [Bind.put(CartController())],
        page: () {
          final c = Sint.find<CartController>();
          return Scaffold(
            body: Center(child: Obx(() => Text('Total: \$${c.total.value}'))),
            floatingActionButton: FloatingActionButton(
              onPressed: c.addBundle,
              child: const Text('+'),
            ),
          );
        },
      ),
    ],
  ),
);

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Architectural Positioning & 4-Pillar Benchmark

Why SINT 2.0 is Not GetX (And Why Context-Free is Clean Architecture)

GetX was criticized for bundling unrelated utilities (GetConnect HTTP/sockets, string validators), using Type.toString() keys that broke under Web/Wasm minification, leaking conditional Obx listeners, and lacking batching or computed signals. SINT 2.0 replaces those internals with:

1. Strict 4-Pillar Scope (S · I · N · T): Clean Architecture boundaries (domain, engine, router, ui) with zero unrelated utilities.
2. Reified Type-Keyed DI & $O(M)$ Route Teardown: Safe under Web/Wasm minification; route-owned controllers and computed signals auto-dispose deterministically when their route exits.
3. Zero-Stream Synchronous Signals: StreamController is allocated lazily only if .stream/.listen is called; Obx, Computed, Sint.batch, and everSync run on synchronous pointer lists.
4. Why Context-Free APIs (Sint.toNamed, Sint.find, .tr) Are Safe by Design: In Flutter, navigation, snackbars, and localization belong to the root application host (NavigatorState / ScaffoldMessengerState), not to leaf widgets. Threading BuildContext into controllers or async callbacks couples domain logic to the UI tree and triggers use_build_context_synchronously bugs after await gaps. SINT binds lifecycle ownership directly to route entries in SintRoot, eliminating BuildContext plumbing without leaking state.

Solving the 4 Pillars: Development Velocity, Maintenance & Audit Savings

Building an equivalent 4-pillar feature (Reactive State + Derived Value + Scoped DI + Parameterized Route + i18n + Snackbar):

Dimension	SINT 2.0	BLoC Stack (bloc + get_it + go_router + intl)	Riverpod Stack (riverpod + go_router + intl)	Provider Stack (provider + go_router + intl)	Legacy GetX
Packages to Maintain & Audit	1 (sint)	5+ external packages	4+ packages + build_runner	4+ external packages	1 (bloated with HTTP/utils)
Files Touched per Feature	1–2 files	5–6 files (event, state, bloc, locator, router, .arb)	4–5 files (provider, .g.dart, router, .arb)	4 files (notifier, MultiProvider, router, .arb)	1–2 files
Codegen (build_runner)	0 generated files	Optional (freezed/injectable) + ARB	Required (.g.dart + ARB)	ARB codegen	0 generated files
Feature Boilerplate (LoC)	~35 LoC	~165 LoC (4.7× more code)	~115 LoC (3.3× more code + .g.dart)	~105 LoC (3.0× more code)	~40 LoC (no batch/computed)
Code Audit & PR Review Surface	Minimal (~70–80% less code to audit)	High (events, copyWith, manual DI teardown, 5 dep trees)	Medium–High (generated .g.dart + WidgetRef plumbing)	Medium (manual notifyListeners + context wiring)	High (global leaks, string keys)
State Granularity (S)	Fine-grained Signals (Obx $O(1)$, batch, computed, untrack)	Async Stream + immutable copyWith	Provider graph (ConsumerWidget)	Coarse object (ChangeNotifier)	Unbatched .obs (stale branch leaks)
DI ↔ Router Lifecycle (I ↔ N)	Native ($O(M)$ auto-dispose on route pop)	Manual BlocProvider / GetIt scopes	Coupled to widget unmount (autoDispose)	Coupled to BuildContext subtree	$O(N \times M)$ scan / string-key collisions
Route Matching (N)	Multi-Level Prefix Trie ($O(\text{depth})$)	External (go_router)	External (go_router)	External (go_router)	Linear / 1st-segment regex scan
Flutter 3.47+ Standalone UI	Native (SintApp)	Manual host setup	Manual host setup	Manual host setup	Unsupported (#3469)

Engineering & Audit Time Impact: Consolidating S · I · N · T into a single deterministic contract reduces per-feature code volume by 70%–78%, eliminates build_runner wait times, and cuts PR review & security audit time by ~3×–4×—auditors verify 1 cohesive ~35 LoC file with automatic route-bound teardown (onClose) and 1 dependency tree, instead of tracing state mutations, manual disposal, and version compatibility across 5–6 files and 5 third-party packages.

Verified 4-Pillar Benchmarks (four_pillars_benchmark_test.dart)

How is Sint.batch faster than both unbatched Rx and ChangeNotifier / BLoC?

1. Inside SINT (0.23 µs batched vs 0.37 µs unbatched — 1.6× faster): Mutating 4 fields (items, price, tax, discount) without Sint.batch immediately recomputes derived state (total) and invokes downstream Obx listeners 4 separate times. Inside Sint.batch, each mutation sets a zero-allocation boolean flag (_queuedInBatch = true, ~1ns) and defers evaluation until the block exits—recomputing total 1 single time and notifying Obx 1 single time (75% less work).
2. Against ChangeNotifier (0.90 µs) & BLoC (1.02 µs) — 4.0× to 4.5× faster: On a 20-widget screen where only 1 widget reads total, coarse model/stream patterns notify all 20 widgets on every mutation ($4 \times 20 = \mathbf{80\text{ widget callbacks}}$). SINT's fine-grained per-signal Obx graph notifies the 19 unrelated widgets 0 times and the 1 target widget 1 time ($\mathbf{1\text{ callback vs }80}$).

Workload	SINT 2.0 Median	Baseline / Alternative Median	Result
Pillar S — 20-Widget Screen, 4-Field Transaction + Derived Total	0.23 µs/op (Sint.batch + Computed)	0.37 µs/op (Unbatched Rx) 0.90 µs/op (ChangeNotifier) 1.02 µs/op (Immutable State Copy)	1.6× faster than unbatched Rx 4.0× – 4.5× faster than ChangeNotifier / BLoC
Pillar N — 1,000 Shared-Prefix Routes (/api/item999/:id)	2.56 µs/op (Multi-Level Trie)	250.48 µs/op (1st-segment / linear regex scan)	97.8× faster ($O(\text{depth})$ constant scaling)
Pillar I — Hot Typed/Tagged Dependency Lookup (Sint.find<T>)	0.021 µs/op (Reified Type registry)	—	~47M lookups/sec (Web/Wasm minification-safe)
Full S·I·N·T Cycle (Route Match + Sint.find + batch/computed + .trParams)	3.57 µs/op	—	~280,000 complete 4-pillar cycles/sec

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Migrating from GetX

1. Replace get: with sint: ^2.0.0 in pubspec.yaml.
2. Replace import 'package:get/get.dart'; with import 'package:sint/sint.dart';.
3. Zero-friction compatibility in 2.x: Existing Get., GetxController, GetMaterialApp, GetPage, GetBuilder, and GetRouterOutlet calls continue to compile with @Deprecated notices so you can migrate to Sint* symbols incrementally before 3.0.0.

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Documentation & Resources

• Pillar Guides: State · Injection · Navigation · Translation
• Standalone Material / Cupertino Migration: MIGRATION_DESIGN_SYSTEMS.md
• Benchmarks & Methodology: test/benchmarks/README.md · performance/README.md
• Release History & Roadmap: CHANGELOG.md · ROADMAP.md

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License

Released under the MIT License. Part of the Open Neom ecosystem.