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Three fixes found while reviewing the open PRs in nitrite/nitrite-java, each of which turned out to be present here too.

A unique index rejected a document over a key that document already holds

NitriteIndex.addNitriteIds treated any existing id under the key as a violation:

if (isUnique && nitriteIds.length == 1) throw UniqueConstraintException(...);

so it counted the writer's own id against it. That bites:

  • a unique index over an array field with a repeated element — ['a', 'b', 'a'] visits a twice through _forEachElement, and the second visit collided with the entry the first had just written;
  • any path that reaches a key the document already owns, such as an index rebuild or a replayed write.

Another document under the key is still a violation. From nitrite/nitrite-java#1295.

unique_index_self_rewrite_test.dart covers both directions; the first case fails on main and passes with this change.

An update that left an indexed value unchanged rewrote the index anyway

DocumentIndexWriter.updateIndexEntry treated an index as affected whenever the update document carried the indexed field, and then removed and rewrote the entry. An update that writes the whole document back — the common upsert shape — carries every indexed field with its old value, so every index was rebuilt on every update for nothing.

The old and new values are now compared with deepEquals, and the index is left alone when they match. A dirty index is not skipped: its rebuild still has to happen on the first write. From nitrite/nitrite-java#1297.

MapMetaData adopted the stored name set instead of copying it

document[tagMapMetaData]?.cast<String>() returns a view onto the set held in the catalog document, so mapMetaData.mapNames.add(name) in StoreCatalog edited the stored set in place — before the write that was supposed to record it, and past anything that would roll that write back. It takes a copy now, so a write always stores a new set. From nitrite/nitrite-java#1296, where the same aliasing raced MVStore's background serializer into a store panic.

Not ported, and why

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packages/nitrite 536 passed, nitrite_hive_adapter 362 passed, nitrite_support and nitrite_spatial pass.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Fixed false unique-index violations when updating the same document, including documents with repeated values in array fields.
    • Prevented unnecessary index rewrites when indexed values remain unchanged.
    • Prevented metadata changes from unintentionally modifying stored map-name information.
  • Tests
    • Added coverage for valid repeated array values and genuine unique-index conflicts.

- A unique index no longer rejects a document over a key that document already
  holds. addNitriteIds treated any existing id under the key as a violation, so
  it counted the writer's own id against it: a unique index over an array field
  with a repeated element (['a', 'b', 'a']) collided with the entry it had just
  written, and so did an index rebuild or a replayed write. Another document
  under the key is still a violation. (nitrite/nitrite-java#1295)

- An update that leaves an indexed value unchanged no longer rewrites the index.
  "Affected" only meant the update carried the field, and an upsert that writes
  the whole document back carries every indexed field with its old value, so
  every index was rebuilt on every update for nothing. A dirty index is still
  rebuilt. (nitrite/nitrite-java#1297)

- MapMetaData copies the stored name set instead of adopting it. cast<String>()
  returns a view onto the set held in the catalog document, so mapNames.add()
  edited the stored set in place, before the write meant to record it.
  (nitrite/nitrite-java#1296)

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The change fixes unique-index self-collisions, skips index rewrites when indexed values are unchanged, and prevents MapMetaData name-set mutations from modifying stored catalog data. Integration tests cover repeated and conflicting array-index values.

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Unique index ownership handling
packages/nitrite/lib/src/index/nitrite_index.dart, packages/nitrite/test/integration/collection/unique_index_self_rewrite_test.dart, packages/nitrite/CHANGELOG.md
Unique indexes now distinguish repeated values owned by the same document from values owned by another document. Integration tests cover both cases.
Unchanged indexed-value detection
packages/nitrite/lib/src/collection/operations/document_index_writer.dart
The index writer compares indexed values deeply and skips remove-and-rewrite operations when those values are unchanged.
Metadata name-set copying
packages/nitrite/lib/src/store/meta_data.dart
MapMetaData copies stored map names into a new HashSet<String> instead of retaining the stored set view.

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Unique-index ownership and metadata copying are covered, but updates containing equivalent nested indexed values may still rewrite their indexes rather than taking the new unchanged-value fast path. This is a bounded performance and write-amplification risk that should be addressed with recursive comparison coverage.

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The in-memory store returns the very Document it holds, so a caller's
doc.put(...) on a getById result edited the store directly and bypassed every
index. find() already copied, through ProcessedDocumentStream. getById now
clones as the cursor does, and returns null for an unknown id instead of putting
null through the processor chain. (nitrite/nitrite-java#1294)

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Added a fourth fix, and a note on the half of nitrite/nitrite-java#1294 I deliberately left out.

getById handed out the stored instance

The in-memory store's operator [] returns the very Document it holds, so getById gave the caller a handle into the store: doc.put(...) on the result edited the stored document directly and bypassed every index. find already copied, through ProcessedDocumentStream. getById now clones as the cursor does, and returns null for an unknown id instead of putting null through the processor chain.

get_by_id_copy_test.dart covers it; the first case fails on main.

Not taken: the deep-clone half of #1294

Java's #1294 also made Document.clone() a deep copy, because its shallow clone left a nested List/Map/array inside a returned document pointing at the instance in the MVStore page — where a caller's found.get('tags').add(x) reached the store and could race MVStore's background page serializer into a panic.

That second failure mode does not exist here. BoxMap is backed by a Hive LazyBox, so every read deserializes a fresh object graph off disk; there is no shared instance to reach and no background serializer to race. The aliasing is real only on the in-memory store, and the fix would charge a deep copy to every read on every store — including Hive, where it buys nothing — which is a cost worth your call rather than mine on a mobile SDK.

If you want it, the shape is NitriteDocument.deepCopy in nitrite/nitrite-java#1294: copy containers and arrays recursively, preserve the concrete collection class where it has a public no-arg constructor and the comparator of sorted sets/maps, clone DateTimes, share everything immutable.

Tests: packages/nitrite 538 passed, nitrite_hive_adapter 362 passed.

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Use recursive equality for nested indexed values.

deepEquals passes default equality to IterableEquality() and MapEquality(). Nested collections can compare by identity, so unchanged reconstructed values can trigger an unnecessary index rewrite. Add a regression test for [{'code': 1}] and use recursive equality while preserving numeric equality rules.

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In `@packages/nitrite/lib/src/collection/operations/document_index_writer.dart` at
line 84, Update the equality logic around deepEquals in the document index
writer so nested iterables and maps are compared recursively rather than by
identity, while preserving the existing numeric equality behavior. Add a
regression test covering equivalent reconstructed indexed values such as
[{'code': 1}] and verify that unchanged values do not trigger an index rewrite.
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In `@packages/nitrite/lib/src/collection/operations/document_index_writer.dart`:
- Line 84: Update the equality logic around deepEquals in the document index
writer so nested iterables and maps are compared recursively rather than by
identity, while preserving the existing numeric equality behavior. Add a
regression test covering equivalent reconstructed indexed values such as
[{'code': 1}] and verify that unchanged values do not trigger an index rewrite.

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