Fixed #

• Interface Naming: Renamed cache_manager_interface.dart to base_cache_manager_interface.dart for better clarity
• Type Safety: Enhanced safe type parsing throughout the codebase using flutter_shared_utilities
• Error Handling: Improved error handling with proper stack trace preservation using Error.throwWithStackTrace
• Documentation: Updated API documentation and inline code comments for better clarity

Changed #

• Dependencies: Updated to use flutter_shared_utilities: ^1.0.7 for improved type safety
• Implementation: Refined cache manager implementation for better performance and reliability
• Examples: Enhanced example application with better error handling and user feedback

Technical Improvements #

• Code Quality: Applied lint rules and improved code consistency
• Architecture: Better separation of concerns in interface definitions
• Performance: Optimized cache operations and reduced memory footprint

BREAKING CHANGES #

• Initialization Pattern: Removed initialize() method in favor of factory constructor
  • Before: final manager = FlutterCacheManagerImpl(); await manager.initialize(config);
  • After: final manager = await FlutterCacheManagerImpl.create(config);
• Type Safety: All data models now use parseDefault() for consistent safe type parsing

Added #

Core Features

• Complete cache manager implementation using flutter_cache_manager as the underlying engine
• Clean Architecture design with abstract interfaces for dependency inversion
• Type-safe implementation using flutter_shared_utilities for safe type parsing
• Multi-file type support for images, videos, audio, documents, archives, and general files

Cache Management

• Comprehensive cache operations: store, retrieve, delete, exists, clear, refresh
• Batch operations: storeMultiple, retrieveMultiple, deleteMultiple for efficiency
• Cache configuration models with factory methods for different file types
• Priority system: Critical, high, normal, and low priority levels for cache entries

Advanced Capabilities

• Real-time progress monitoring with stream-based download progress tracking
• Cache event streaming for comprehensive monitoring of cache operations
• Cache statistics and analytics: hit rates, usage metrics, performance tracking
• Integrity validation: checksum-based corruption detection and automatic repair
• Smart cleanup policies: automatic maintenance with configurable cleanup strategies

Configuration Options

• File type specific configurations optimized for different content types
• Network management features: WiFi-only mode, retry policies, configurable timeouts
• Storage control: size limits, entry limits, compression, and encryption options
• Flexible TTL policies: per-entry or global time-to-live settings
• Custom expiration policies: TTL, LRU, FIFO, and custom expiration strategies

Models and Data Structures

• CacheEntryModel: Comprehensive cache entry representation with metadata
• CacheConfigurationModel: Flexible configuration with type-safe parsing
• Complete enum system: File types, priorities, policies, and event types
• Custom exception hierarchy for specific error scenarios

Interface Design

• BaseCacheManagerInterface: Base abstract interface defining common operations
• FlutterCacheManagerImpl: Concrete implementation with comprehensive features

Dependencies #

• flutter_cache_manager: ^3.4.1 - Core caching functionality
• flutter_shared_utilities: ^1.0.7 - Safe type parsing utilities
• app_logger_manager: ^1.0.2 - Logging framework
• path_provider: ^2.1.5 - File system path access
• path: ^1.9.1 - Path manipulation utilities
• mime: ^2.0.0 - MIME type detection
• crypto: ^3.0.6 - Cryptographic operations
• http: ^1.4.0 - HTTP client for downloads

Documentation #

• Comprehensive README with usage examples and integration guides
• Detailed API documentation with inline code comments
• Example application demonstrating all package features
• Architecture documentation explaining clean architecture implementation

[Unreleased] #

Planned Features #

• Background sync capabilities
• Cache warming strategies
• Advanced compression algorithms
• Multi-device cache synchronization
• Cache analytics dashboard
• Performance profiling tools