disposito - Semi-Automatic disposal system for Dart

disposito is a lightweight utility for managing the lifecycle of disposable objects in Dart, ensuring they are automatically disposed when their parent object is garbage collected.

Key Concepts

• Automatic Disposal: Disposes bound objects when the parent object is no longer referenced
• Lifecycle Management: Coordinates cleanup with the lifecycle of parent DisposeHolderHostMixin
• DisposeRegistry: Maintains map of existing DisposeHolder instances for lifecycle management

Installation

Add this to your pubspec.yaml:

dependencies:
  disposito: ^0.2.2

Quickstart

1. Create disposeHolder:

• via DisposeHolder() constructor

• via mixin DisposeHolderHostMixin

  This mixin automatically:

  • creates under the hood DisposeHolder and tags by original class identityHashcode
  • transforms your class into Disposable extending original class with dispose method

2. Bind each disposable object using bindDisposable

This method automatically binds disposables to a disposeHolder, which was created in step 1.

Usage Example

DisposeHolderHost Object declaration

// Each `DisposeHolderHostMixin` extends your class into `Disposable`
class SomeCoolObject with DisposeHolderHostMixin /* implements Disposable */ {

    // Bind your object using the `bindDisposable` method
    late final myCoolStreamController = bindDisposable(
        StreamController<int>(),
        dispose: (controller) => controller.close(),
    );

    // After using a mixin, your class will automatically get this method and a holder under the hood
    late final disposeHolder = DisposeHolder(...); // from `DisposeHolderHostMixin`
    void dispose() => disposeHolder.dispose(); // from `Disposable`
}

Somewhere in code

void main() {
    final object = SomeCoolObject();
    myCoolStreamController.add(1); // Adds to controller `1`
    /* await */ object.dispose(); // Use await if you want to wait until the disposition of all bound objects
    myCoolStreamController.add(2); // Throws exception because the `myCoolStreamController` is closed
}

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please follow these guidelines when submitting pull requests:

1. Follow package analysis_options.yaml
2. Add documentation for new features

For reporting issues, please use the GitHub Issues page.