cherrypick/cherrypick_generator

cherrypick_generator

A code generator for dependency injection (DI) modules in Dart, designed to work with cherrypick_annotations. This package generates efficient, boilerplate-free registration code for your annotated module classes—making the provisioning and resolution of dependencies fast, type-safe, and expressive.

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Features

• Generates DI module extension classes from Dart classes annotated with @module()
• Automatic binding of methods and dependencies based on @singleton(), @named('...'), and parameter-level annotations
• Optimized for readability/maintainability: code output follows best practices for Dart and DI
• Integrated with build_runner for seamless incremental builds

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How It Works

1. You annotate your abstract classes with @module() and your provider methods inside with @singleton() or @named().
2. Run build_runner to trigger code generation.
3. The generator creates a class (prefixed with $) extending your module, overriding the builder() method to register your dependencies with bind<T>().toProvide(...), .singleton(), .withName(), etc.

Example:

import 'package:cherrypick_annotations/cherrypick_annotations.dart';
import 'package:cherrypick/cherrypick.dart';

part 'app_module.cherrypick.g.dart';

@module()
abstract class AppModule extends Module {
  @singleton()
  Dio dio() => Dio();

  @named('apiBaseUrl')
  String baseUrl() => 'https://api.example.com';
}

Generates:

final class $AppModule extends AppModule {
  @override
  void builder(Scope currentScope) {
    bind<Dio>().toProvide(() => dio()).singleton();
    bind<String>().toProvide(() => baseUrl()).withName('apiBaseUrl');
  }
}

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Getting Started

1. Add dependencies

Add to your pubspec.yaml:

dependencies:
  cherrypick_annotations: ^latest

dev_dependencies:
  cherrypick_generator: ^latest
  build_runner: ^latest

2. Annotate modules

See the example above. Use

• @module() on abstract classes
• @singleton() on methods for singleton bindings
• @named('name') on methods or method parameters to indicate named resolvers

3. Build

dart run build_runner build

This generates .cherrypick.g.dart files containing the $YourModule classes.

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Advanced Usage

Parameter Injection with @named:

@module()
abstract class NetworkModule {
  @singleton()
  Dio dio(@named('baseUrl') String url) => Dio(BaseOptions(baseUrl: url));
}

Which will be generated as:

bind<Dio>().toProvide(() => dio(
  currentScope.resolve<String>(named: 'baseUrl')
)).singleton();

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License

Licensed under the Apache License 2.0.

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Contributing

PRs and issues welcome! Please file bugs or feature requests via GitHub.

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Author

Sergey Penkovsky (sergey.penkovsky@gmail.com)