core/tools: serialize domain objects on PersistentDataView commit

src/plyngent/tools/view.py

@@ -94,23 +94,6 @@ class PersistentDataView[T](AbstractAsyncContextManager["PersistentDataView[T]"]
                 return None
         return current
 
-    def _ensure_parent(self, root: object) -> object:
-        """Ensure dict parents along path exist; return parent container for last key."""
-        if not self._path:
-            return root
-        current: object = root
-        for key in self._path[:-1]:
-            if not isinstance(current, dict):
-                msg = f"cannot navigate non-dict parent at {key!r}"
-                raise TypeError(msg)
-            mapping = cast("dict[object, object]", current)
-            child: object | None = mapping.get(key)
-            if child is None:
-                child = cast("object", {})
-                mapping[key] = child
-            current = child
-        return current
-
     def __getitem__(self, key: str | int) -> PersistentDataView[Any]:
         child_path = (*self._path, key)
         cached = self._child_cache.get(child_path)
@@ -142,11 +125,16 @@ class PersistentDataView[T](AbstractAsyncContextManager["PersistentDataView[T]"]
     def store(self, value: T) -> None:
         txn = self._require_txn()
         self._domain[self._path] = value
-        if not self._path:
+        self._write_at_path(txn, self._path, value)
+        txn.dirty = True
+
+    def _write_at_path(self, txn: _TxnState, path: tuple[str | int, ...], value: object) -> None:
+        """Write *value* into the txn buffer at *path* (may be a live domain object)."""
+        if not path:
             txn.root = value
-        else:
+            return
-            parent = self._ensure_parent(txn.root)
+        parent = self._ensure_parent_for(txn.root, path)
-            last = self._path[-1]
+        last = path[-1]
         if isinstance(parent, dict):
             cast("dict[object, object]", parent)[last] = value
         elif isinstance(parent, list) and isinstance(last, int):
@@ -155,11 +143,52 @@ class PersistentDataView[T](AbstractAsyncContextManager["PersistentDataView[T]"]
                 lst.append(None)
             lst[last] = value
         else:
-                msg = f"cannot store at path {self._path!r}"
+            msg = f"cannot store at path {path!r}"
             raise TypeError(msg)
-        txn.dirty = True
+
+    def _ensure_parent_for(self, root: object, path: tuple[str | int, ...]) -> object:
+        """Ensure dict parents along *path* exist; return parent container for last key."""
+        if not path:
+            return root
+        current: object = root
+        for key in path[:-1]:
+            if not isinstance(current, dict):
+                msg = f"cannot navigate non-dict parent at {key!r}"
+                raise TypeError(msg)
+            mapping = cast("dict[object, object]", current)
+            child: object | None = mapping.get(key)
+            if child is None:
+                child = cast("object", {})
+                mapping[key] = child
+            current = child
+        return current
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _serialize_value(value: object) -> object:
+        """Prefer domain ``to_raw()`` so stores receive JSON-ish trees, not live objects."""
+        to_raw = getattr(value, "to_raw", None)
+        if callable(to_raw):
+            return to_raw()
+        return value
+
+    def _flush_domain(self, txn: _TxnState) -> None:
+        """Rewrite domain objects into the buffer in serializable form before store."""
+        for path, value in self._domain.items():
+            self._write_at_path(txn, path, self._serialize_value(value))
 
     def _materialize_domain(self, typ: type[Any], current: object) -> object:
+        if current is not None and isinstance(current, typ):
+            self._domain[self._path] = current
+            return current
+
+        # Hybrid domain objects (e.g. TodoStack): reconstruct from durable raw.
+        from_raw = getattr(typ, "from_raw", None)
+        if current is not None and callable(from_raw):
+            converted: object = from_raw(current)
+            self._domain[self._path] = converted
+            self.store(cast("T", converted))
+            return converted
+
         ctor = cast("Any", typ)
         if current is None:
             try:
@@ -170,15 +199,13 @@ class PersistentDataView[T](AbstractAsyncContextManager["PersistentDataView[T]"]
             if created is not None:
                 self.store(cast("T", created))
             return created
-        if not isinstance(current, typ):
         try:
-                converted: object = ctor(current)
+            converted = ctor(current)
         except TypeError:
             converted = current
         self._domain[self._path] = converted
         self.store(cast("T", converted))
         return converted
-        return current
 
     @overload
     def typed(self, typ: None = None) -> T: ...
@@ -211,6 +238,7 @@ class PersistentDataView[T](AbstractAsyncContextManager["PersistentDataView[T]"]
         """Flush the root buffer to the store without closing the txn."""
         txn = self._require_txn()
         if txn.dirty:
+            self._flush_domain(txn)
             await self._store.store(txn.root)
             txn.dirty = False
 
@@ -249,6 +277,7 @@ class PersistentDataView[T](AbstractAsyncContextManager["PersistentDataView[T]"]
         # Root exit
         try:
             if exc_type is None and txn.dirty:
+                self._flush_domain(txn)
                 await self._store.store(txn.root)
         finally:
             self._txn = None

tests/test_tools/test_view.py

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ async def test_view_rollback_on_error() -> None:
     assert await store.load() == {"keep": 1}
 
 
-async def test_typed_todo_stack() -> None:
+async def test_typed_todo_stack_commits_raw() -> None:
     store = MemoryViewStore({})
     root: PersistentDataView[dict[str, object]] = PersistentDataView(store, bound_type=dict)
     async with root as data:
@@ -38,7 +38,24 @@ async def test_typed_todo_stack() -> None:
         assert todo.depth == 1
     loaded = await store.load()
     assert isinstance(loaded, dict)
-    assert isinstance(loaded.get("todo"), TodoStack)
+    raw_todo = loaded.get("todo")
+    assert isinstance(raw_todo, dict)
+    assert "groups" in raw_todo
+    restored = TodoStack.from_raw(raw_todo)
+    assert restored.depth == 1
+    assert [i.title for i in restored.groups[0].items] == ["A", "B"]
+
+
+async def test_typed_todo_stack_roundtrip_from_raw() -> None:
+    store = MemoryViewStore({"todo": {"groups": [], "next_id": 1}})
+    root: PersistentDataView[dict[str, object]] = PersistentDataView(store, bound_type=dict)
+    async with root as data:
+        todo = data["todo"].typed(TodoStack)
+        _ = todo.push_group(["only"])
+    loaded = await store.load()
+    assert isinstance(loaded, dict)
+    again = TodoStack.from_raw(loaded["todo"])
+    assert [i.title for i in again.all_items()] == ["only"]
 
 
 async def test_mutate_outside_txn_errors() -> None: