chore(engine): decouple TextMeasurementSystem from legacy SystemECS

The shared text-measurement contract engine.measurement.TextMeasurementSystem no longer extends the deprecated engine.core.SystemECS, and the no-op process(EntityManager) default it carried is gone -- it was never consumed as an ECS system. The legacy ECS engine now obtains the measurement service through a dedicated SystemRegistry.registerTextMeasurement(...) / textMeasurement() slot instead of enrolling it as a process()-driven system, so engine.core is no longer referenced by any live or shared code (only the legacy engine regression tests still touch it).

Removing the SystemECS super-interface is INTERFACE_REMOVED on paper, so engine.measurement.TextMeasurementSystem is excluded from the japicmp gate until the baseline advances past this release. No canonical API or behaviour change.

verify: 1156 tests green; japicmp (vs v1.7.0) green with the exclude.

Author: DemchaAV

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -124,15 +124,26 @@ Open cycle — bug-fix / housekeeping. Entries land here as they merge.
   (`GraphCompose.document() → DocumentSession → LayoutCompiler`) never runs; it
   imports nothing from them directly, and the former `GraphCompose.pdf(...)`
   entry point has already been removed. The ECS execution engine runs only under
-  the legacy engine regression tests. (One vestigial coupling remains, tracked as
-  a follow-up: the canonical `TextMeasurementSystem` still `extends
-  engine.core.SystemECS` via a no-op `process(...)`.) The
-  packages are now `@Deprecated` (package level, so no deprecation-warning cascade)
+  the legacy engine regression tests. The packages are now `@Deprecated` (package
+  level, so no deprecation-warning cascade)
   with corrected package docs, to stop misdirecting contributors into optimizing a
   dead engine. The genuinely shared engine packages (`engine.components`,
   `engine.measurement`, `engine.font`, `engine.render`) are **not** deprecated.
   No public API or behaviour change.
 
+- **`TextMeasurementSystem` decoupled from `engine.core.SystemECS`.** The shared
+  text-measurement contract (`engine.measurement.TextMeasurementSystem`) dropped
+  its vestigial `extends SystemECS` and the no-op `process(EntityManager)` default
+  it carried — it was never consumed as an ECS system. The legacy ECS engine now
+  obtains the measurement service via `SystemRegistry.registerTextMeasurement(...)`
+  / `textMeasurement()` instead of enrolling it as a `process()`-driven system,
+  completing the isolation of the deprecated `engine.core` from live and shared
+  code (only the legacy engine regression tests still reference it). Dropping the
+  super-interface is binary-incompatible on paper, so
+  `engine.measurement.TextMeasurementSystem` is excluded from the japicmp gate
+  until the baseline advances past this release. No canonical API or behaviour
+  change.
+
 ### Tests / tooling
 
 - **Benchmark regression gate and measurement probe (benchmarks module, not part

pom.xml

@@ -692,6 +692,19 @@
                                 -->
                                 <excludes>
                                     <exclude>com.demcha.compose.document.layout.payloads</exclude>
+                                    <!--
+                                        engine.measurement.TextMeasurementSystem dropped its vestigial
+                                        SystemECS super-interface (and the no-op process(EntityManager)
+                                        default) — see CHANGELOG v1.7.1. japicmp reports this as
+                                        INTERFACE_REMOVED, but it is safe: nothing consumes a
+                                        TextMeasurementSystem as a SystemECS. The legacy ECS engine now
+                                        obtains the measurement service via
+                                        SystemRegistry.registerTextMeasurement(...) / textMeasurement()
+                                        instead of enrolling it as a process()-driven system, and the
+                                        canonical pipeline injects it directly. Drop this exclude once the
+                                        japicmp baseline advances to the release that lands the change.
+                                    -->
+                                    <exclude>com.demcha.compose.engine.measurement.TextMeasurementSystem</exclude>
                                 </excludes>
                             </parameter>
                         </configuration>

src/main/java/com/demcha/compose/engine/components/content/text/BlockTextLineMetrics.java

@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ public static double interLineGap(TextMeasurementSystem.LineMetrics previous,
 
     private static TextMeasurementSystem measurementSystem(EntityManager entityManager) {
         return entityManager.getSystems()
-                .getSystem(TextMeasurementSystem.class)
+                .textMeasurement()
                 .orElseThrow(() -> new IllegalStateException("TextMeasurementSystem is required to resolve block text metrics."));
     }
 }

src/main/java/com/demcha/compose/engine/components/renderable/TextComponent.java

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ public static ContentSize autoMeasureText(Entity entity, EntityManager entityMan
         Text text = entity.getComponent(Text.class).orElseThrow();
         TextStyle style = entity.getComponent(TextStyle.class).orElseThrow();
         TextMeasurementSystem measurementSystem = entityManager.getSystems()
-                .getSystem(TextMeasurementSystem.class)
+                .textMeasurement()
                 .orElseThrow(() -> new IllegalStateException("TextMeasurementSystem is required to auto-measure text."));
         ContentSize measured = measurementSystem.measure(style, text.value());
         double width = measured.width();

src/main/java/com/demcha/compose/engine/core/SystemRegistry.java

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package com.demcha.compose.engine.core;
 
 import com.demcha.compose.engine.core.SystemECS;
+import com.demcha.compose.engine.measurement.TextMeasurementSystem;
+import lombok.AccessLevel;
 import lombok.Getter;
 import lombok.experimental.Accessors;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
@@ -23,6 +25,41 @@ public class SystemRegistry {
      */
     private final Map<Class<? extends SystemECS>, SystemECS> systems = new LinkedHashMap<>();
 
+    /**
+     * The text-measurement service provider, held separately from the
+     * process()-driven {@link #systems} map. Measurement exposes font metrics to
+     * builders and layout helpers on demand; it is not a {@link SystemECS} and
+     * never participates in the {@code processSystems()} loop, so it is registered
+     * out-of-band via {@link #registerTextMeasurement(TextMeasurementSystem)}
+     * rather than {@link #addSystem(SystemECS)}.
+     */
+    @Getter(AccessLevel.NONE)
+    private TextMeasurementSystem textMeasurement;
+
+    /**
+     * Registers the text-measurement service exposed to the legacy engine's text
+     * components and layout alignment. Unlike {@link #addSystem(SystemECS)} this
+     * does not enroll the measurement system in the {@code process()} loop — it is
+     * a service provider, not an ECS system.
+     *
+     * @param textMeasurement the measurement service to expose
+     * @since 1.7.1
+     */
+    public void registerTextMeasurement(TextMeasurementSystem textMeasurement) {
+        this.textMeasurement = Objects.requireNonNull(textMeasurement, "textMeasurement");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Retrieves the registered text-measurement service, if any.
+     *
+     * @return an Optional containing the measurement service, or empty if none has
+     *     been registered
+     * @since 1.7.1
+     */
+    public Optional<TextMeasurementSystem> textMeasurement() {
+        return Optional.ofNullable(textMeasurement);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Adds a single system to the registry.
      *

src/main/java/com/demcha/compose/engine/core/package-info.java

@@ -12,13 +12,6 @@
  * and the layout / pagination / render systems it drives — is dead: it runs only
  * under the legacy engine regression tests.</p>
  *
- * <p>One vestigial holdover keeps {@code SystemECS} and {@code EntityManager}
- * referenced from live code: the canonical
- * {@code engine.measurement.TextMeasurementSystem} still
- * {@code extends SystemECS} with a no-op {@code process(EntityManager)}.
- * Decoupling that base — so {@code engine.core} becomes genuinely unreferenced by
- * the canonical pipeline — is a tracked follow-up.</p>
- *
  * <p>The genuinely shared engine packages are elsewhere and are <em>not</em>
  * deprecated: {@code engine.components} (value types), {@code engine.measurement}
  * (text-measurement contracts), {@code engine.font}, and
@@ -28,9 +21,8 @@
  * @deprecated Legacy ECS engine, superseded by the canonical
  *     {@code com.demcha.compose.document.layout} pipeline. No public entry point
  *     runs it and it is not on the canonical hot path; it is retained only for the
- *     legacy engine regression tests (aside from the vestigial {@code SystemECS}
- *     base of {@code TextMeasurementSystem}, a tracked cleanup) — a candidate for
- *     removal. Do not extend it or spend optimization effort here.
+ *     legacy engine regression tests — a candidate for removal. Do not extend it or
+ *     spend optimization effort here.
  */
 @Deprecated
 package com.demcha.compose.engine.core;

src/main/java/com/demcha/compose/engine/layout/LayoutSystem.java

@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ private Entity alignBlockText(Entity blockTextBox, EntityManager entityManager)
             if (Double.isNaN(lineWidth)) {
                 if (measurementSystem == null) {
                     measurementSystem = entityManager.getSystems()
-                            .getSystem(TextMeasurementSystem.class)
+                            .textMeasurement()
                             .orElseThrow(() -> new IllegalStateException("TextMeasurementSystem is required to align block text."));
                 }
                 lineWidth = line.width(measurementSystem, style);

src/main/java/com/demcha/compose/engine/measurement/TextMeasurementSystem.java

@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 
 import com.demcha.compose.engine.components.content.text.TextStyle;
 import com.demcha.compose.engine.components.geometry.ContentSize;
-import com.demcha.compose.engine.core.EntityManager;
-import com.demcha.compose.engine.core.SystemECS;
 
 /**
  * Engine-level text measurement contract used by builders and layout helpers.
@@ -12,7 +10,7 @@
  * without forcing engine code to reach through the active rendering system.
  * </p>
  */
-public interface TextMeasurementSystem extends SystemECS {
+public interface TextMeasurementSystem {
 
     /**
      * Vertical metrics for one resolved text style.
@@ -90,19 +88,4 @@ default void clearCaches() {
     default double lineHeight(TextStyle style) {
         return lineMetrics(style).lineHeight();
     }
-
-    /**
-     * A no-op implementation of the standard ECS system processing method.
-     * <p>
-     * Measurement systems act as service providers that expose metrics to builders
-     * and layout calculations on demand. They do not actively mutate or participate
-     * in the runtime processing of entities within the main game loop / pipeline.
-     *
-     * @param entityManager The active entity manager. Ignored by this system.
-     */
-    @Override
-    default void process(EntityManager entityManager) {
-        // Measurement systems expose services to builders/layout helpers and do
-        // not participate in the runtime processing pipeline.
-    }
 }

src/test/java/com/demcha/compose/engine/core/SystemRegistryTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+package com.demcha.compose.engine.core;
+
+import com.demcha.compose.engine.components.content.text.TextStyle;
+import com.demcha.compose.engine.components.geometry.ContentSize;
+import com.demcha.compose.engine.measurement.TextMeasurementSystem;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatNullPointerException;
+
+/**
+ * Unit coverage for the dedicated text-measurement service slot on
+ * {@link SystemRegistry}. This seam is what lets {@code TextMeasurementSystem}
+ * stay decoupled from {@link SystemECS}: the measurement system is a service
+ * provider exposed on demand, not a {@code process()}-driven ECS system, so it is
+ * held out-of-band from the {@code systems} map.
+ */
+class SystemRegistryTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void textMeasurementIsEmptyWhenNoneRegistered() {
+        assertThat(new SystemRegistry().textMeasurement()).isEmpty();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void registerTextMeasurementExposesTheSameInstance() {
+        SystemRegistry registry = new SystemRegistry();
+        TextMeasurementSystem service = new StubMeasurement();
+
+        registry.registerTextMeasurement(service);
+
+        assertThat(registry.textMeasurement()).containsSame(service);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void registerTextMeasurementRejectsNull() {
+        assertThatNullPointerException()
+                .isThrownBy(() -> new SystemRegistry().registerTextMeasurement(null))
+                .withMessageContaining("textMeasurement");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void measurementServiceIsNotEnrolledAsAProcessDrivenSystem() {
+        SystemRegistry registry = new SystemRegistry();
+
+        registry.registerTextMeasurement(new StubMeasurement());
+
+        // It must stay out of the SystemECS map so the processSystems() loop never
+        // calls process() on it — that is the whole point of the dedicated slot.
+        assertThat(registry.getStream().toList()).isEmpty();
+    }
+
+    private static final class StubMeasurement implements TextMeasurementSystem {
+        @Override
+        public ContentSize measure(TextStyle style, String text) {
+            return new ContentSize(0.0, 0.0);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public LineMetrics lineMetrics(TextStyle style) {
+            return new LineMetrics(0.0, 0.0, 0.0);
+        }
+    }
+}

src/test/java/com/demcha/compose/testsupport/EngineComposerHarness.java

@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ public void close() throws IOException {
     }
 
     private void setupSystems() {
-        entityManager.getSystems().addSystem(new FontLibraryTextMeasurementSystem(entityManager.getFonts(), PdfFont.class));
+        entityManager.getSystems().registerTextMeasurement(new FontLibraryTextMeasurementSystem(entityManager.getFonts(), PdfFont.class));
         entityManager.getSystems().addSystem(layoutSystem);
         entityManager.getSystems().addSystem(renderingSystem);
     }