feat(resolution): bridge Spring publishEvent() to its @EventListener handlers

Spring decouples an event publisher from its listener(s) through the
application event bus, linked by the event TYPE: publishEvent(new XEvent(...))
has no static edge to the @EventListener void on(XEvent e) that handles it
(usually a different class), so flows dead-end at the publish and the agent
reads to find the handlers. springEventEdges bridges each publishEvent(new X)
site -> every listener of X.

Two-pass, type-keyed (no name resolution, so precision is structural):
- Pass 1 builds Map<eventType, listenerMethod[]> from @EventListener /
  @TransactionalEventListener methods (event type = first param type off the
  node signature, or the @EventListener(X.class) value form) and the older
  `implements ApplicationListener<X>` onApplicationEvent methods.
- Pass 2 links each publishEvent(new XEvent(...))'s enclosing method to every
  listener of XEvent; multi-line `publishEvent(\n new X(...))` handled.

Key Java fact (probed): a method node's range INCLUDES its leading annotations
(startLine is the first @-line, not the `public void` decl), so the annotation
gate scans DOWNWARD from startLine bounded to consecutive @-lines, which can't
bleed into an adjacent method.

Surfaces as `dynamic: spring event` via the generic synth-edge fallback.

Validated 100% precision on two grep-confirmed repos exercising all listener
forms: halo (medium, 1254 java, 33 edges across 24 events, 0 publisher/listener
false positives, param-typed + (X.class) + ApplicationListener + fan-out) and
thombergs/code-examples (4 edges, adds @TransactionalEventListener); 0 on the
gson control (no Spring). Node-stable (pure edge synth). Suite 1617 green.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Colby McHenry
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co-authored by Claude Opus 4.8
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/**
* Spring application-event bridge (Java).
*
* Spring decouples an event publisher from its listener(s) through the application
* event bus, linked by the EVENT TYPE: `eventPublisher.publishEvent(new XEvent(...))`
* has no static edge to the `@EventListener void on(XEvent e)` that handles it (usually
* in a different file). This bridges each `publishEvent(new XEvent(...))` site to every
* listener of XEvent. Covers all four listener forms — param-typed `@EventListener`,
* annotation-typed `@EventListener(XEvent.class)`, `@TransactionalEventListener`, and the
* older `implements ApplicationListener<XEvent>` / `onApplicationEvent` — fans out to
* multiple listeners of the same event, and proves precision: a published event with no
* listener, and a same-file non-annotated method, both produce no edge.
*/
import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach, afterEach } from 'vitest';
import * as fs from 'node:fs';
import * as path from 'node:path';
import * as os from 'node:os';
import { CodeGraph } from '../src';
describe('spring-event synthesizer', () => {
let dir: string;
beforeEach(() => { dir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'spring-event-')); });
afterEach(() => { fs.rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true }); });
const write = (rel: string, body: string) => {
const p = path.join(dir, rel);
fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(p), { recursive: true });
fs.writeFileSync(p, body);
};
it('bridges publishEvent(new X) to every listener form of X, ignoring unheard events and non-listeners', async () => {
write('shop/OrderEvents.java', `package shop;
class OrderShippedEvent { }
class OrderCancelledEvent { }
class UnheardEvent { }
`);
// Publisher — two events, one of them (UnheardEvent) has no listener.
write('shop/OrderService.java', `package shop;
import org.springframework.context.ApplicationEventPublisher;
class OrderService {
private ApplicationEventPublisher publisher;
void ship() {
publisher.publishEvent(new OrderShippedEvent());
publisher.publishEvent(new UnheardEvent());
}
void cancel() {
publisher.publishEvent(new OrderCancelledEvent());
}
}
`);
// Form 1: param-typed @EventListener — plus a same-file NON-listener (no annotation).
write('shop/ShippingListener.java', `package shop;
import org.springframework.context.event.EventListener;
class ShippingListener {
@EventListener
public void onShipped(OrderShippedEvent event) { }
public void helper(OrderShippedEvent event) { }
}
`);
// Form 2: annotation-typed @EventListener(X.class) — fan-out, a 2nd OrderShipped listener.
write('shop/AuditListener.java', `package shop;
import org.springframework.context.event.EventListener;
class AuditListener {
@EventListener(OrderShippedEvent.class)
public void audit(OrderShippedEvent event) { }
}
`);
// Form 3: @TransactionalEventListener — a 3rd OrderShipped listener.
write('shop/TxListener.java', `package shop;
import org.springframework.transaction.event.TransactionalEventListener;
class TxListener {
@TransactionalEventListener
public void afterShipped(OrderShippedEvent event) { }
}
`);
// Form 4: older implements ApplicationListener<X> / onApplicationEvent.
write('shop/LegacyListener.java', `package shop;
import org.springframework.context.ApplicationListener;
class LegacyListener implements ApplicationListener<OrderCancelledEvent> {
@Override
public void onApplicationEvent(OrderCancelledEvent event) { }
}
`);
const cg = await CodeGraph.init(dir, { silent: true });
await cg.indexAll();
const db = (cg as any).db.db;
const edges = db
.prepare(
`SELECT s.name source, t.name target, json_extract(e.metadata,'$.via') via
FROM edges e JOIN nodes s ON s.id = e.source JOIN nodes t ON t.id = e.target
WHERE json_extract(e.metadata,'$.synthesizedBy') = 'spring-event'`
)
.all();
const targets = (src: string) =>
edges.filter((r: any) => r.source === src).map((r: any) => r.target).sort();
// ship() → all three OrderShippedEvent listeners (param-typed, annotation-typed, transactional).
expect(targets('ship')).toEqual(['afterShipped', 'audit', 'onShipped']);
// cancel() → the ApplicationListener<X> form.
expect(targets('cancel')).toEqual(['onApplicationEvent']);
// Every shipped edge is keyed by the event type.
expect(edges.filter((r: any) => r.source === 'ship').every((r: any) => r.via === 'OrderShippedEvent')).toBe(true);
// PRECISION: UnheardEvent has no listener → no edge; the non-annotated helper is never a target.
expect(edges.some((r: any) => r.via === 'UnheardEvent')).toBe(false);
expect(edges.some((r: any) => r.target === 'helper')).toBe(false);
cg.close?.();
});
it('produces no edges in a Spring app with no event bus (clean control)', async () => {
write('shop/PlainService.java', `package shop;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
@Service
class PlainService {
private final Repo repo;
PlainService(Repo repo) { this.repo = repo; }
String find(String id) { return repo.get(id); }
}
`);
const cg = await CodeGraph.init(dir, { silent: true });
await cg.indexAll();
const db = (cg as any).db.db;
const count = db
.prepare(`SELECT count(*) c FROM edges WHERE json_extract(metadata,'$.synthesizedBy') = 'spring-event'`)
.get();
expect(count.c).toBe(0);
cg.close?.();
});
});