metaobjects 0.19.0__tar.gz → 0.19.2__tar.gz

{metaobjects-0.19.0 → metaobjects-0.19.2}/PKG-INFO

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Metadata-Version: 2.4
 Name: metaobjects
-Version: 0.19.0
+Version: 0.19.2
 Summary: Cross-language metadata standard: declare typed entities once, generate idiomatic drift-checked code across languages — Python port.
 Project-URL: Homepage, https://metaobjects.dev
 Project-URL: Repository, https://github.com/metaobjectsdev/metaobjects

{metaobjects-0.19.0 → metaobjects-0.19.2}/pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "metaobjects"
-version = "0.19.0"
+version = "0.19.2"
 description = "Cross-language metadata standard: declare typed entities once, generate idiomatic drift-checked code across languages — Python port."
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.11"

{metaobjects-0.19.0 → metaobjects-0.19.2}/src/metaobjects/codegen/generators/entity_model.py

@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@ import re
 
 from metaobjects.meta.core.field.meta_field import MetaField
 from metaobjects.meta.core.object.meta_object import MetaObject
-from metaobjects.meta.core.object.object_constants import OBJECT_SUBTYPE_ENTITY
+from metaobjects.meta.core.object.object_constants import (
+    OBJECT_SUBTYPE_ENTITY,
+    OBJECT_SUBTYPE_VALUE,
+)
 from metaobjects.meta.core.field import field_constants as fc
 from metaobjects.meta.core.identity.identity_constants import (
     GENERATION_INCREMENT,
@@ -96,7 +99,7 @@ def _first_attr(field: MetaField, sub_type: str, attr_name: str) -> object | Non
     return None
 
 
-def _validator_constraints(field: MetaField) -> dict[str, object]:
+def _validator_constraints(field: MetaField, *, wire: bool) -> dict[str, object]:
     """Map the field's ``validator.*`` children + field attrs to Pydantic ``Field``
     kwargs. Cross-port-canonical semantics (TS is the reference):
 
@@ -104,6 +107,20 @@ def _validator_constraints(field: MetaField) -> dict[str, object]:
     - ``validator.numeric @min/@max`` -> ``ge=``/``le=`` (numeric value bounds)
     - ``validator.length @min`` + field ``@maxLength`` -> ``min_length=``/``max_length=``
     - ``validator.array @min/@max`` -> list ``min_length=``/``max_length=`` (element count)
+
+    *wire* gates FR-036 Pin 1 (#224): Pin 1 is a WIRE-TIER rule (it governs the
+    generated Create/Patch input-validation models a router binds against), never
+    an in-process one — an ``object.entity``/``object.value`` READ model applies
+    every OTHER constraint above unconditionally but must not self-validate Pin 1
+    at construction (that broke a downstream adopter's in-process prompt-payload
+    ``object.value`` models on legitimately-empty slots). Callers building a read
+    model (``_field_line``) pass ``wire=False``; callers building a wire model
+    (``_create_field_line``/``_patch_field_line``) pass ``wire=True``.
+
+    *wire* is keyword-only and REQUIRED (no default, item 5 of the #224
+    cleanup): a forgotten flag at a future wire call site must fail loudly
+    (``TypeError``) at generation time rather than silently falling back to a
+    permissive read-model tier.
     """
     kwargs: dict[str, object] = {}
 
@@ -158,16 +175,27 @@ def _validator_constraints(field: MetaField) -> dict[str, object]:
     if field.attrs().get(fc.FIELD_ATTR_STRING_FORMAT) == fc.STRING_FORMAT_HOSTNAME:
         kwargs["pattern"] = _HOSTNAME_REGEX
 
-    # FR-036 Pin 1 — a @required non-array string is non-empty: reject null / "" but
-    # ACCEPT whitespace-only. Emit an implicit min_length of 1, keeping the stricter
-    # floor if a validator.length @min already set one.
+    # FR-036 Pin 1 (#224 — WIRE TIER ONLY) — a @required non-array string is
+    # non-empty by default: reject null / "" but ACCEPT whitespace-only. Emit an
+    # implicit min_length of 1 ONLY when no validator.length @min was authored.
+    # Never applied to the in-process read model (wire=False).
+    #
+    # An explicitly authored @min is always AUTHORITATIVE over the implicit floor
+    # (ADR-0044 ruling on #224) — @min: 0 restores "must be provided, may be
+    # empty" by opting out of the non-empty floor entirely. Per the cross-port
+    # emission pin, an authored @min: 0 emits NO minimum constraint at all
+    # (cleanest, deterministic output across ports), so it is popped rather than
+    # kept as min_length=0.
     if (
-        field.sub_type == fc.FIELD_SUBTYPE_STRING
+        wire
+        and field.sub_type == fc.FIELD_SUBTYPE_STRING
         and not field_is_array(field)
         and field.attrs().get(fc.FIELD_ATTR_REQUIRED) is True
     ):
-        existing_min = kwargs.get("min_length")
-        kwargs["min_length"] = max(1, existing_min) if isinstance(existing_min, int) else 1
+        if min_len is None:
+            kwargs["min_length"] = 1
+        elif min_len == 0:
+            kwargs.pop("min_length", None)
 
     return kwargs
 
@@ -182,7 +210,7 @@ def _constraint_parts(constraints: dict[str, object]) -> list[str]:
 
 
 def _type_expr_for_field(
-    field: MetaField, imports: set[str], config: GenConfig
+    field: MetaField, imports: set[str], config: GenConfig, *, wire: bool
 ) -> tuple[str, str | None]:
     """The Python annotation text for *field* (arrays wrapped in ``list[...]``) plus the
     shared-enum class name when the field resolves to one (used to render an enum
@@ -191,7 +219,16 @@ def _type_expr_for_field(
 
     FR-019: a field resolving to a package-level shared enum is typed by the materialized
     standalone class (imported from the shared ``enums`` module) or — when @provided — an
-    external module; inline enums keep their ``Literal[...]`` (py_type_for)."""
+    external module; inline enums keep their ``Literal[...]`` (py_type_for).
+
+    *wire* (#224): in a wire context (create/patch), a ``field.object``/``field.map``
+    ``@objectRef`` annotates with the referenced VO's own WIRE model (``<Ref>Create``)
+    rather than its read model, so a required-string Pin 1 violation nested inside the
+    VO still validates on the wire (api-contract jsonb r10). A VO's own Create lines
+    are emitted through this same wire path, so nested-VO-in-VO recurses naturally.
+
+    *wire* is keyword-only and REQUIRED (no default, item 5 of the #224 cleanup)
+    — see ``_validator_constraints`` for the rationale."""
     shared = (
         fr019.shared_enum_for_field(field)
         if field.sub_type == fc.FIELD_SUBTYPE_ENUM
@@ -220,11 +257,20 @@ def _type_expr_for_field(
         # A field.object (-> VO) and a field.map with @objectRef (-> dict[str, VO]) both
         # reference a value-object by name; import it so the emitted annotation resolves.
         # @objectRef is FQN-expanded at load; the generated VOs live flat in one package,
-        # so import by the bare class name.
+        # so import by the bare class name. #224 — a WIRE context binds the referenced
+        # VO's <Ref>Create instead (see docstring above).
         ref = field.attrs().get(fc.FIELD_ATTR_OBJECT_REF)
         if ref:
             ref_name = str(ref).split("::")[-1]
-            imports.add(f"from .{ref_name} import {ref_name}")
+            bound_name = f"{ref_name}Create" if wire else ref_name
+            imports.add(f"from .{ref_name} import {bound_name}")
+            if wire:
+                if field.sub_type == fc.FIELD_SUBTYPE_MAP:
+                    type_expr = f"dict[str, {bound_name}]"
+                elif field_is_array(field):
+                    type_expr = f"list[{bound_name}]"
+                else:
+                    type_expr = bound_name
     return type_expr, enum_type_name
 
 
@@ -246,7 +292,7 @@ def origin_guaranteed_non_null(field: MetaField) -> bool:
 
 def _field_line(field: MetaField, imports: set[str], config: GenConfig) -> tuple[str, bool]:
     """Return (source line, uses_field). Collects required imports into *imports*."""
-    type_expr, enum_type_name = _type_expr_for_field(field, imports, config)
+    type_expr, enum_type_name = _type_expr_for_field(field, imports, config, wire=False)
     required = field.attrs().get(fc.FIELD_ATTR_REQUIRED) is True
     default_raw = field.attrs().get(fc.FIELD_ATTR_DEFAULT)
     # A server-side expression default (now(), gen_random_uuid(), CURRENT_TIMESTAMP)
@@ -254,7 +300,7 @@ def _field_line(field: MetaField, imports: set[str], config: GenConfig) -> tuple
     # its required/optional shape). Only literal defaults become Pydantic defaults.
     has_default = default_raw is not None and not _is_sql_expr_default(default_raw)
 
-    parts = _constraint_parts(_validator_constraints(field))
+    parts = _constraint_parts(_validator_constraints(field, wire=False))
     uses_field = bool(parts)
 
     # @default — render an enum member (Type.MEMBER, UPPER_CASE) or a Python literal.
@@ -330,14 +376,18 @@ def _create_field_line(
     field: MetaField, imports: set[str], config: GenConfig
 ) -> tuple[str, bool]:
     """A CREATE-model field line (FR-036): keyed by the WIRE name (``field.name``) and
-    carrying the same per-field constraints as the read model. A ``@required`` field
+    carrying the WIRE-TIER per-field constraints (#224 — includes FR-036 Pin 1
+    non-empty-string; the read model does NOT carry Pin 1). A ``@required`` field
     that is SERVER-FILLED — it has ANY ``@default`` (a literal OR a SQL expression such
     as ``now()`` / ``gen_random_uuid()`` / ``CURRENT_TIMESTAMP``) or an ``@autoSet`` — is
     emitted OPTIONAL, because the DB / trigger provides it and a POST that omits it must
     not 400 (mirrors the TS InsertSchema ``fieldWillBeOptional``). A literal ``@default``
     is preserved as the Python default; a SQL-expression default / ``@autoSet`` carries
-    no Python default (the server fills it). Returns (source line, uses_field)."""
-    type_expr, enum_type_name = _type_expr_for_field(field, imports, config)
+    no Python default (the server fills it). Also used, unchanged, to emit an
+    ``object.value``'s own ``<Name>Create`` wire model (#224) — the PK/TPH/derived-field
+    guards in the caller no-op for a VO carrying none of those. Returns (source line,
+    uses_field)."""
+    type_expr, enum_type_name = _type_expr_for_field(field, imports, config, wire=True)
     required = field.attrs().get(fc.FIELD_ATTR_REQUIRED) is True
     default_raw = field.attrs().get(fc.FIELD_ATTR_DEFAULT)
     literal_default = default_raw is not None and not _is_sql_expr_default(default_raw)
@@ -349,7 +399,7 @@ def _create_field_line(
     server_filled = default_raw is not None or is_auto_set
     create_required = required and not server_filled
 
-    parts = _constraint_parts(_validator_constraints(field))
+    parts = _constraint_parts(_validator_constraints(field, wire=True))
     uses_field = bool(parts)
 
     py_name = field.name  # FR-036 #3 — validation models key by the WIRE name (field.name)
@@ -383,12 +433,12 @@ def _patch_field_line(
     field: MetaField, imports: set[str], config: GenConfig
 ) -> tuple[str, bool]:
     """A PATCH-model field line: the field is made Optional (default ``None``) yet
-    carries the SAME per-field constraints as the create model, so a present, non-null
-    value is validated with the create rules (FR-036) while an absent field is left
-    untouched. A ``@default`` is never emitted (a patch does not default a column).
-    Returns (source line, uses_field)."""
-    type_expr, _enum = _type_expr_for_field(field, imports, config)
-    parts = _constraint_parts(_validator_constraints(field))
+    carries the SAME wire-tier per-field constraints as the create model (#224), so a
+    present, non-null value is validated with the create rules (FR-036) while an
+    absent field is left untouched. A ``@default`` is never emitted (a patch does not
+    default a column). Returns (source line, uses_field)."""
+    type_expr, _enum = _type_expr_for_field(field, imports, config, wire=True)
+    parts = _constraint_parts(_validator_constraints(field, wire=True))
     py_name = field.name  # FR-036 #3 — validation models key by the WIRE name (field.name)
     if parts:
         return f"    {py_name}: {type_expr} | None = Field(default=None, {', '.join(parts)})", True
@@ -478,8 +528,10 @@ class EntityModelGenerator:
         ``@autoSet``; FR-036 #1) is made optional. Keyed by the wire name; a TPH
         subtype's discriminator is pinned to its ``Literal`` value (the route injects it
         from the URL, so it stays optional with a default). M:N navigations are omitted
-        (a create body targets columns, not relations). Returns ``(lines, uses_field)``.
-        Override to add/transform create-model lines."""
+        (a create body targets columns, not relations). Also used, unchanged, to emit an
+        ``object.value``'s own wire model (#224) — a VO has no PK/TPH/derived fields, so
+        those guards simply no-op. Returns ``(lines, uses_field)``. Override to
+        add/transform create-model lines."""
         cfg = config if config is not None else GenConfig(out_dir="")
         auto_gen_pk = _auto_gen_pk_field_names(entity)
         binding = tph_subtype_binding(entity)
@@ -576,27 +628,37 @@ class EntityModelGenerator:
             imports.add("from typing import Literal")
         body = lines if lines else ["    pass"]
 
-        # FR-036 — an object.entity also emits two flat validation models the generated
+        # FR-036 — an object.entity emits two flat WIRE-validation models the generated
         # router binds: a ``<Name>Create`` (POST-body shape: auto-gen PK / @readOnly
         # omitted, @default/@autoSet optional, other @required required) and an
         # all-optional ``<Name>Patch`` (PATCH-body shape: PK excluded). Both key by the
-        # WIRE name and carry the field constraints, so present values are validated with
-        # the create rules. Value objects / projections are never routed, so they emit
-        # neither (only the read model). See findings #1–#4.
-        emit_validation_models = entity.sub_type == OBJECT_SUBTYPE_ENTITY
+        # WIRE name and carry the wire-tier field constraints (#224 — includes FR-036
+        # Pin 1), so present values are validated with the create rules.
+        #
+        # #224 — an object.value is reached OVER THE WIRE too: it nests into an entity's
+        # Create/Patch body via a field.object/field.map ``@objectRef`` (see
+        # ``_type_expr_for_field``'s wire mode), so it also emits its own ``<Name>Create``
+        # wire model — Create only, since a nested VO is whole-value replace on both POST
+        # and PATCH (the same reason TS embeds one ``<Ref>InsertSchema`` in both Insert
+        # and Update schemas; no separate VO ``Patch`` shape exists). A ``<Name>Patch`` is
+        # entity-only (PK exclusion + partial-update semantics are entity-specific).
+        # object.projection is read-only and never routed — it emits neither.
+        emit_create = entity.sub_type in (OBJECT_SUBTYPE_ENTITY, OBJECT_SUBTYPE_VALUE)
+        emit_patch = entity.sub_type == OBJECT_SUBTYPE_ENTITY
         create_lines: list[str] = []
         create_uses_field = False
         patch_lines: list[str] = []
         patch_uses_field = False
-        if emit_validation_models:
+        if emit_create:
             create_lines, create_uses_field = self._emit_create_lines(entity, imports, config)
+        if emit_patch:
             patch_lines, patch_uses_field = self._emit_patch_lines(entity, imports, config)
 
         # Import only the pydantic names actually referenced. The main model imports
         # BaseModel only when it has no super, but the flat Create/Patch models always
         # subclass BaseModel, so their presence forces the import regardless.
         pyd_names: list[str] = []
-        if entity.super_data is None or emit_validation_models:
+        if entity.super_data is None or emit_create or emit_patch:
             pyd_names.append("BaseModel")
         if uses_field or create_uses_field or patch_uses_field:
             pyd_names.append("Field")
@@ -612,7 +674,7 @@ class EntityModelGenerator:
         if pyd_names:
             parts += [f"from pydantic import {', '.join(pyd_names)}", ""]
         parts += ["", self._emit_class_header(entity, base_class), *body]
-        if emit_validation_models:
+        if emit_create:
             parts += [
                 "",
                 "",
@@ -620,6 +682,9 @@ class EntityModelGenerator:
                 '    """GENERATED — CREATE input: auto-gen PK / @readOnly omitted; '
                 '@default/@autoSet optional; present values validated (FR-036)."""',
                 *create_lines,
+            ]
+        if emit_patch:
+            parts += [
                 "",
                 "",
                 f"class {entity.name}Patch(BaseModel):",

{metaobjects-0.19.0 → metaobjects-0.19.2}/src/metaobjects/spec_metamodel/field.json

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
         { "type": "validator", "subType": "*", "name": "*", "min": 0, "max": null },
         { "type": "view", "subType": "*", "name": "*", "min": 0, "max": null },
         { "type": "origin", "subType": "*", "name": "*", "min": 0, "max": null },
-        { "type": "attr", "subType": "boolean", "name": "required", "min": 0, "max": 1, "description": "When true, the field is NOT NULL. Equivalent to attaching a validator.required child." },
+        { "type": "attr", "subType": "boolean", "name": "required", "min": 0, "max": 1, "description": "When true, the field is NOT NULL. Equivalent to attaching a validator.required child. On a non-array string, generated wire-tier input validation (create/patch) additionally rejects the empty string by default — whitespace is accepted — unless an explicit validator.length @min: 0 opts back to presence-only. In-process read models never enforce this at construction." },
         { "type": "attr", "subType": "boolean", "name": "readOnly", "min": 0, "max": 1, "description": "FR-013: when true, the field is read-only — codegen emits no setter / writable property, the persistence layer skips the column on INSERT/UPDATE, and Zod/Pydantic/class-validator schemas mark it read-only on input variants. The value is populated by the database (computed column, default expression, trigger), by replication, or by another external owner." },
         { "type": "attr", "name": "default", "min": 0, "max": 1, "description": "Default value applied to the column when no value is supplied. Its type follows the field's own subtype (string / boolean / number / ...). Converted at consumption time via MetaField.defaultValue()." },
         { "type": "attr", "subType": "boolean", "name": "unique", "min": 0, "max": 1, "description": "When true, the field gets a column-level UNIQUE constraint." }

{metaobjects-0.19.0 → metaobjects-0.19.2}/src/metaobjects/spec_metamodel/validator.json

@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
     {
       "type": "validator",
       "subType": "required",
-      "description": "Fails when the value is null/empty (NOT NULL). Equivalent to @required on the owning field.",
-      "whenToUse": "A field must be present (NOT NULL). Declare it instead of hand-writing a null/empty check."
+      "description": "Fails when the value is null (NOT NULL). Equivalent to @required on the owning field: on a non-array string, generated wire-tier input validation also rejects the empty string by default unless an explicit validator.length @min: 0 opts back to presence-only.",
+      "whenToUse": "A field must be present (NOT NULL). Declare it instead of hand-writing a presence check."
     },
     {
       "type": "validator",

{metaobjects-0.19.0 → metaobjects-0.19.2}/tests/codegen/golden/extends/expected/Program.py

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from .BaseEntity import BaseEntity
 
 
 class Program(BaseEntity):
-    name: str = Field(min_length=1)
+    name: str
 
 
 class ProgramCreate(BaseModel):

{metaobjects-0.19.0 → metaobjects-0.19.2}/tests/codegen/golden/nested-array/expected/AuthorBrief.py

@@ -6,9 +6,16 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
 
-from .PostBrief import PostBrief
+from .PostBrief import PostBrief, PostBriefCreate
 
 
 class AuthorBrief(BaseModel):
-    displayName: str = Field(min_length=1)
+    displayName: str
     posts: list[PostBrief] | None = None
+
+
+class AuthorBriefCreate(BaseModel):
+    """GENERATED — CREATE input: auto-gen PK / @readOnly omitted; @default/@autoSet optional; present values validated (FR-036)."""
+
+    displayName: str = Field(min_length=1)
+    posts: list[PostBriefCreate] | None = None

{metaobjects-0.19.0 → metaobjects-0.19.2}/tests/codegen/golden/nested-array/expected/PostBrief.py

@@ -9,3 +9,9 @@ from pydantic import BaseModel
 
 class PostBrief(BaseModel):
     title: str | None = None
+
+
+class PostBriefCreate(BaseModel):
+    """GENERATED — CREATE input: auto-gen PK / @readOnly omitted; @default/@autoSet optional; present values validated (FR-036)."""
+
+    title: str | None = None

{metaobjects-0.19.0 → metaobjects-0.19.2}/tests/codegen/golden/scalars/expected/Metric.py

@@ -9,3 +9,9 @@ from pydantic import BaseModel
 
 class Metric(BaseModel):
     label: str | None = None
+
+
+class MetricCreate(BaseModel):
+    """GENERATED — CREATE input: auto-gen PK / @readOnly omitted; @default/@autoSet optional; present values validated (FR-036)."""
+
+    label: str | None = None

{metaobjects-0.19.0 → metaobjects-0.19.2}/tests/codegen/golden/scalars/expected/Report.py

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from decimal import Decimal
 
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 
-from .Metric import Metric
+from .Metric import Metric, MetricCreate
 
 
 class Report(BaseModel):
@@ -17,3 +17,12 @@ class Report(BaseModel):
     total: Decimal
     revenue: int
     metrics: list[Metric] | None = None
+
+
+class ReportCreate(BaseModel):
+    """GENERATED — CREATE input: auto-gen PK / @readOnly omitted; @default/@autoSet optional; present values validated (FR-036)."""
+
+    generatedAt: datetime.datetime
+    total: Decimal
+    revenue: int
+    metrics: list[MetricCreate] | None = None

{metaobjects-0.19.0 → metaobjects-0.19.2}/tests/codegen/golden/vanilla/expected/Subscriber.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
 
 
 class Subscriber(BaseModel):
-    email: str = Field(min_length=1, max_length=200)
+    email: str = Field(max_length=200)
     subscribed: bool | None = None
 
 

{metaobjects-0.19.0 → metaobjects-0.19.2}/tests/codegen/test_cli_staleness_nudge.py

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def test_gen_nudges_on_stale_manifest(tmp_path, capsys, monkeypatch) -> None:
     assert rc == 0  # advisory: never changes the exit code
     err = capsys.readouterr().err
     assert "0.0.1-old" in err
-    assert "metaobjects agent-docs" in err
+    assert "npx meta agent-docs" in err
 
 
 def test_verify_nudges_on_stale_manifest(tmp_path, capsys, monkeypatch) -> None:
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ def test_verify_nudges_on_stale_manifest(tmp_path, capsys, monkeypatch) -> None:
     assert rc == 0
     err = capsys.readouterr().err
     assert "0.0.1-old" in err
-    assert "metaobjects agent-docs" in err
+    assert "npx meta agent-docs" in err
 
 
 def test_gen_silent_when_no_manifest(tmp_path, capsys, monkeypatch) -> None:
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ def test_gen_silent_when_no_manifest(tmp_path, capsys, monkeypatch) -> None:
     rc = main(["gen", meta_dir, "--out", str(out)])
     assert rc == 0
     err = capsys.readouterr().err
-    assert "metaobjects agent-docs" not in err
+    assert "npx meta agent-docs" not in err
 
 
 def test_gen_silent_on_corrupt_manifest(tmp_path, capsys, monkeypatch) -> None:
@@ -90,4 +90,4 @@ def test_gen_silent_on_corrupt_manifest(tmp_path, capsys, monkeypatch) -> None:
     rc = main(["gen", meta_dir, "--out", str(out)])
     assert rc == 0
     err = capsys.readouterr().err
-    assert "metaobjects agent-docs" not in err
+    assert "npx meta agent-docs" not in err

{metaobjects-0.19.0 → metaobjects-0.19.2}/tests/codegen/test_entity_model.py

@@ -32,6 +32,14 @@ def _entity(
     return o
 
 
+def _value(name: str, fields: list[MetaField], *, package: str | None = None) -> MetaObject:
+    o = MetaObject(TYPE_OBJECT, "value", name)
+    o.package = package
+    for f in fields:
+        o.add_child(f)
+    return o
+
+
 def _f(
     name: str,
     sub: str,
@@ -85,9 +93,14 @@ def test_vanilla_entity_model() -> None:
     assert "@generated by metaobjects" in out
     assert "from pydantic import BaseModel, Field" in out
     assert "class Subscriber(BaseModel):" in out
-    # FR-036 Pin 1: a @required string carries an implicit min_length=1 (non-empty).
+    # #224 — FR-036 Pin 1 (implicit min_length=1 on a @required string) is WIRE-TIER
+    # ONLY: the READ model carries no implicit floor (other constraints, like
+    # @maxLength, still apply); the WIRE model (SubscriberCreate) keeps Pin 1.
+    read_model = out.split("class SubscriberCreate")[0]
+    assert "email: str = Field(max_length=200)" in read_model
+    assert "min_length" not in read_model
+    assert "subscribed: bool | None = None" in read_model
     assert "email: str = Field(min_length=1, max_length=200)" in out
-    assert "subscribed: bool | None = None" in out
 
 
 def test_extends_subclasses_base_and_imports_it() -> None:
@@ -308,3 +321,42 @@ def test_patch_model_excludes_primary_key() -> None:
 
     assert "id" not in mod.ArticlePatch.model_fields
     assert "name" in mod.ArticlePatch.model_fields
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# #224 — FR-036 Pin 1 (@required non-array string ⇒ non-empty) is a WIRE-TIER
+# rule, not an in-process one. A downstream adopter's in-process prompt-payload
+# object.value models broke on legitimately-empty slots because the read model
+# self-validated at construction. The fix scopes Pin 1 to the wire (Create/Patch)
+# models; the in-process read model (entity OR value) carries no implicit floor,
+# and a nested object.value keeps wire-tier enforcement via its own <Name>Create.
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+
+
+def test_value_object_required_string_accepts_empty_in_process() -> None:
+    """The adopter's exact repro: an in-process object.value with a @required
+    string must construct cleanly with "" — Pin 1 does not apply in-process."""
+    e = _value("Slots", [_f("goal", fc.FIELD_SUBTYPE_STRING, required=True)])
+    mod = _load_models(e)
+    assert mod.Slots(goal="").goal == ""
+
+
+def test_value_object_wire_create_model_still_rejects_empty_required_string() -> None:
+    """Tier separation, direction 2 — the VO's own WIRE model (<Name>Create) keeps
+    Pin 1: a required string still rejects "" there, so nesting a VO into an
+    entity's wire body (api-contract jsonb r10) stays enforced."""
+    e = _value("Slots", [_f("goal", fc.FIELD_SUBTYPE_STRING, required=True)])
+    mod = _load_models(e)
+    with pytest.raises(ValidationError):
+        mod.SlotsCreate(goal="")
+
+
+def test_entity_read_model_no_longer_carries_implicit_min_length() -> None:
+    """Issue §4 (same fix, zero marginal cost) — the ENTITY read model also loses
+    the implicit min_length=1: reading an existing row with "" must not throw.
+    The entity's wire Create model still enforces it (proven elsewhere)."""
+    e = _entity("Widget", [_f("name", fc.FIELD_SUBTYPE_STRING, required=True)], package="app::w")
+    mod = _load_models(e)
+    assert mod.Widget(name="").name == ""
+    with pytest.raises(ValidationError):
+        mod.WidgetCreate(name="")

{metaobjects-0.19.0 → metaobjects-0.19.2}/tests/codegen/test_validation_conformance.py

@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
 """SP-C validation-conformance runner (Python port).
 
-Loads the shared corpus, generates the ``Account`` Pydantic model via the
-entity-model generator, execs the generated source into a live module, then
-constructs the model from each corpus payload. Construct OK -> valid; a
+Loads the shared corpus, generates the ``AccountCreate`` Pydantic model (the
+generated input-validation artifact — mirrors the TS runner, which asserts
+against ``AccountInsertSchema``, not the plain read model) via the entity-model
+generator, execs the generated source into a live module, then constructs the
+model from each corpus payload. Construct OK -> valid; a
 ``pydantic.ValidationError`` -> invalid. Asserts the single-source ``expectValid``
 boolean verdicts (canonical across all 5 ports).
+
+#224 — the runner builds ``AccountCreate``, not the plain ``Account`` read model:
+FR-036 Pin 1 (required non-array string ⇒ non-empty) is scoped to the WIRE tier
+(the input-validation artifact a router binds against), not the in-process read
+model, so asserting against the read model would no longer exercise Pin 1 at all.
 """
 from __future__ import annotations
 
@@ -40,11 +47,14 @@ def _load_account_entity() -> MetaObject:
 
 
 def _build_generated_model() -> type[BaseModel]:
-    """Generate the Account Pydantic model source and exec it into a module namespace."""
+    """Generate the Account Pydantic wire-validation model source and exec it into a
+    module namespace. #224 — ``AccountCreate`` (the generated input-validation
+    artifact), not the plain ``Account`` read model: FR-036 Pin 1 lives on the wire
+    tier only."""
     source = render_entity_model(_load_account_entity())
     namespace: dict[str, object] = {}
     exec(compile(source, "<generated Account.py>", "exec"), namespace)  # noqa: S102
-    model = namespace["Account"]
+    model = namespace["AccountCreate"]
     assert isinstance(model, type) and issubclass(model, BaseModel)
     return model
 

{metaobjects-0.19.0 → metaobjects-0.19.2}/uv.lock

@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "metaobjects"
-version = "0.15.12"
+version = "0.19.1"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "pyyaml" },