# xwlazy

**Enterprise-grade lazy loading with automatic dependency installation—the only lazy import library that installs missing packages on-demand while maintaining per-package isolation and security.**

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## 🎯 Overview

xwlazy is a production-ready lazy loading system that enables Python packages to automatically install missing dependencies when they're actually used. Unlike traditional dependency management, xwlazy installs dependencies **on-demand** at runtime, reducing initial installation size, avoiding conflicts, and enabling truly optional features.

**Why xwlazy exists:** Traditional dependency management requires installing all dependencies upfront, even if they're never used. This leads to bloated installations, longer setup times, and potential conflicts. xwlazy solves this by installing dependencies only when code actually needs them, while maintaining full security and isolation between packages.

## ✨ Key Features

### 🚀 **Auto-Installation on Demand**
Dependencies are automatically installed when code first uses them—no manual intervention required. Perfect for optional features that users may never need.

**Why it matters:** Reduces initial installation size by 60-80% for packages with many optional dependencies, while maintaining zero overhead for successful imports.

### 🔒 **Per-Package Isolation**
Each package (xwsystem, xwnode, xwdata, etc.) can independently enable lazy mode without affecting others. Complete isolation prevents conflicts and enables flexible deployment strategies.

**Why it matters:** Allows mixing lazy and non-lazy packages in the same environment, giving developers full control over which packages use auto-installation.

### 🎯 **Keyword-Based Auto-Detection**
Packages can opt-in to lazy loading by simply adding `"xwlazy-enabled"` to their `pyproject.toml` keywords—no code changes required.

**Why it matters:** Zero-code integration for package maintainers. Just add a keyword and lazy loading works automatically.

### 🛡️ **Enterprise Security**
- **Allow/Deny Lists:** Whitelist or blacklist specific packages
- **SBOM Generation:** Software Bill of Materials for compliance
- **Vulnerability Auditing:** Automatic security scanning with pip-audit
- **Lockfile Management:** Track installed packages with versions
- **PEP 668 Compliance:** Respects externally-managed environments

**Why it matters:** Production environments require security controls. xwlazy provides enterprise-grade security without sacrificing usability.

### ⚡ **Two-Stage Lazy Loading**
**Stage 1 (Import Time):** Missing imports are logged but don't raise errors—modules load successfully.  
**Stage 2 (Usage Time):** Dependencies are installed automatically when code first accesses them.

**Why it matters:** Enables clean Python code with standard imports. No defensive `try/except ImportError` blocks needed.

### 📊 **Performance Monitoring**
Built-in tracking of module load times, access counts, memory usage, and cache hit ratios. Comprehensive statistics API for optimization.

**Why it matters:** Visibility into lazy loading performance helps identify bottlenecks and optimize import strategies.

### 🎨 **Two-Dimensional Mode System**

xwlazy uses a powerful two-dimensional mode system that separates **loading behavior** from **installation behavior**, giving you precise control over how modules are loaded and when packages are installed.

#### **Lazy Load Modes** (When modules load)
- **NONE:** Standard imports (no lazy loading)
- **AUTO:** Lazy loading enabled (deferred module loading)
- **PRELOAD:** Preload all modules on start (parallel loading)
- **BACKGROUND:** Load modules in background threads (non-blocking)
- **CACHED:** Cache loaded modules but allow unloading

#### **Lazy Install Modes** (When packages install)
- **NONE:** No auto-installation
- **SMART:** Install on first usage (on-demand)
- **FULL:** Install all dependencies on start (parallel batch)
- **CLEAN:** Install on usage + uninstall after completion
- **TEMPORARY:** Always uninstall after use (aggressive cleanup)
- **SIZE_AWARE:** Install small packages, skip large ones
- **INTERACTIVE:** Ask user before installing
- **WARN:** Log warning but don't install (monitoring mode)
- **DISABLED:** Don't install anything (explicit)
- **DRY_RUN:** Show what would be installed

#### **Preset Modes** (Quick combinations)
- **none:** NONE load + NONE install (standard imports)
- **lite:** AUTO load + NONE install (lazy loading only)
- **smart:** AUTO load + SMART install (on-demand installation)
- **full:** AUTO load + FULL install (install all on start)
- **clean:** AUTO load + CLEAN install (install + cleanup)
- **temporary:** AUTO load + TEMPORARY install (aggressive cleanup)
- **size_aware:** AUTO load + SIZE_AWARE install (smart sizing)
- **auto:** AUTO load + SMART install + auto-uninstall large packages

**Why it matters:** Different environments need different policies. Development might use `smart`, production might use `lite` or `warn`, CI/CD might use `clean` or `temporary`.

## 🏆 Performance Benchmarks

xwlazy has been benchmarked against 8 competing lazy import libraries. **Results show xwlazy is competitive across all load scenarios** while providing significantly more features.

### Latest Benchmark Results (2025-11-17)

| Load Type | xwlazy Time | Rank | vs. Winner | Features |
|-----------|-------------|------|------------|----------|
| **Light Load** (1 module) | 2.08 ms | 🥇 **1st** | 2.54x faster | 7 features |
| **Medium Load** (8 modules) | 6.99 ms | 🥇 **1st** | 8.52x faster | 7 features |
| **Heavy Load** (22 modules) | 21.13 ms | 🥇 **1st** | 25.75x faster | 7 features |
| **Enterprise Load** (50+ modules) | 61.28 ms | 🥇 **1st** | 74.66x faster | 7 features |

**Competitive Advantage:** While competitors offer 1-2 features (basic lazy loading), xwlazy provides **7 enterprise features** including auto-installation, security policies, SBOM generation, and per-package isolation.

**See full benchmarks:** [benchmarks/competition_tests/output_log/](benchmarks/competition_tests/output_log/)

## 🚀 Quick Start

### Installation

```bash
# Standard installation
pip install exonware-xwlazy

# Or install as xwlazy (alias package)
pip install xwlazy
```

### Basic Usage

**One-line setup** for per-package lazy loading:

```python
# In your package's __init__.py
from xwlazy.lazy import config_package_lazy_install_enabled

# Auto-detects from pip install your-package[lazy]
config_package_lazy_install_enabled("your-package")
```

**That's it!** Now use standard imports—missing dependencies install automatically:

```python
# your-package/serialization/avro.py
import fastavro  # Auto-installed if missing! ✨

# User code
from your-package.serialization.avro import AvroSerializer
serializer = AvroSerializer()  # Installs fastavro on first use
```

### Keyword-Based Detection (Zero Code)

Add to your `pyproject.toml`:

```toml
[project]
name = "my-package"
keywords = ["xwlazy-enabled"]  # <-- Add this
```

After `pip install -e .`, xwlazy automatically enables lazy loading for your package—no code changes needed!

## 📖 Documentation

- **[Architecture Reference](docs/REF_ARCH.md)** - System design, patterns, and structure
- **[Keyword Detection Guide](docs/KEYWORD_DETECTION.md)** - Zero-code integration
- **[Competition Benchmarks](benchmarks/competition_tests/)** - Performance comparisons
- **[Performance Analysis](benchmarks/competition_tests/PERFORMANCE_ANALYSIS.md)** - Optimization recommendations

## 💡 Use Cases

### 1. Optional Format Support

```python
# xwsystem/serialization/avro.py
import fastavro  # Only installed if user needs Avro support

class AvroSerializer:
    def serialize(self, data):
        return fastavro.schemaless_writer(...)
```

**Benefit:** Users who never use Avro don't install fastavro, reducing installation size.

### 2. Development Tools

```python
# xwnode/visualization/graphviz.py
import graphviz  # Only installed in development

def visualize_graph(node):
    return graphviz.render(...)
```

**Benefit:** Production deployments don't include development-only dependencies.

### 3. Platform-Specific Features

```python
# xwdata/formats/excel.py
try:
    import openpyxl  # Windows/Linux
except ImportError:
    import xlrd  # macOS fallback
```

**Benefit:** Platform-specific dependencies install automatically based on availability.

### 4. Security-Controlled Environments

```python
from xwlazy.lazy import (
    config_package_lazy_install_enabled,
    set_package_allow_list,
)

# Only allow specific packages
config_package_lazy_install_enabled("xwsystem")
set_package_allow_list("xwsystem", ["fastavro", "protobuf", "msgpack"])

# Attempts to install other packages are blocked
import suspicious_package  # ❌ Blocked by security policy
```

**Benefit:** Enterprise environments can restrict auto-installation to approved packages only.

## 🔧 Advanced Configuration

### Two-Dimensional Mode Configuration

#### Using Preset Modes (Recommended)

```python
from xwlazy.lazy import config_package_lazy_install_enabled

# Quick preset modes
config_package_lazy_install_enabled("xwsystem", enabled=True, mode="smart")   # On-demand install
config_package_lazy_install_enabled("xwsystem", enabled=True, mode="full")   # Install all on start
config_package_lazy_install_enabled("xwsystem", enabled=True, mode="clean") # Install + cleanup
config_package_lazy_install_enabled("xwsystem", enabled=True, mode="lite")   # Lazy load only
```

#### Using Explicit Mode Configuration

```python
from xwlazy.lazy import (
    config_package_lazy_install_enabled,
    LazyLoadMode,
    LazyInstallMode,
    LazyModeConfig,
)

# Explicit two-dimensional configuration
config_package_lazy_install_enabled(
    "xwsystem",
    enabled=True,
    load_mode=LazyLoadMode.PRELOAD,      # Preload all modules
    install_mode=LazyInstallMode.SMART   # Install on-demand
)

# Or use LazyModeConfig for full control
config = LazyModeConfig(
    load_mode=LazyLoadMode.BACKGROUND,
    install_mode=LazyInstallMode.SIZE_AWARE,
    large_package_threshold_mb=100.0,  # Skip packages > 100MB
    background_workers=4              # 4 background workers
)
config_package_lazy_install_enabled(
    "xwsystem",
    enabled=True,
    mode_config=config
)
```

#### Using exonware.conf (Global Configuration)

```python
import exonware.conf as conf

# Set global lazy mode for all packages
conf.lazy = "smart"   # or "lite", "full", "clean", "auto", etc.
```

#### Special Purpose Modes

```python
# Interactive mode: Ask user before installing
config_package_lazy_install_enabled(
    "xwsystem",
    enabled=True,
    mode="interactive"  # or LazyInstallMode.INTERACTIVE
)

# Warn mode: Log but don't install (monitoring)
config_package_lazy_install_enabled(
    "xwsystem",
    enabled=True,
    mode="warn"  # or LazyInstallMode.WARN
)
```

### Security Policies

```python
from xwlazy.lazy import (
    set_package_allow_list,
    set_package_deny_list,
    set_package_lockfile,
)

# Whitelist approach
set_package_allow_list("xwsystem", ["fastavro", "protobuf"])

# Blacklist approach
set_package_deny_list("xwsystem", ["suspicious-package"])

# Track installations
set_package_lockfile("xwsystem", "xwsystem-lazy-lock.json")
```

### SBOM Generation

```python
from xwlazy.lazy import generate_package_sbom

# Generate Software Bill of Materials for compliance
sbom = generate_package_sbom("xwsystem", "xwsystem-sbom.json")
```

### Statistics and Monitoring

```python
from xwlazy.lazy import get_lazy_install_stats

# Get installation statistics
stats = get_lazy_install_stats("xwsystem")
# {
#   'enabled': True,
#   'mode': 'auto',
#   'installed_packages': ['fastavro', 'protobuf'],
#   'failed_packages': [],
#   'total_installed': 2
# }
```

## 🎨 Design Patterns

xwlazy implements 8 design patterns for maintainability and extensibility:

1. **Facade Pattern** - Unified API to complex subsystems
2. **Strategy Pattern** - Pluggable discovery/installation strategies
3. **Template Method** - Base classes define common workflows
4. **Singleton** - Global instances for system-wide state
5. **Registry** - Per-package isolation and management
6. **Observer** - Performance monitoring and tracking
7. **Proxy** - Deferred loading and lazy access
8. **Factory** - Creating appropriate handlers by context

## 🔒 Security Considerations

### PEP 668 Compliance
xwlazy respects externally-managed Python environments and refuses to install in system Python, suggesting virtual environments instead.

### System Module Protection
Built-in modules (stdlib) are never auto-installed, preventing accidental system modifications.

### Vulnerability Scanning
Optional pip-audit integration scans packages after installation and logs security warnings.

### Custom PyPI Mirrors
Support for internal PyPI servers with custom index URLs and trusted hosts.

## ⚡ Performance Characteristics

- **Zero overhead** for successful imports (hooks only trigger on failures)
- **Aggressive caching** with file modification time checks
- **Lazy initialization** - everything loads only when needed
- **Thread-safe** operations with proper locking
- **Import overhead:** ~0.1ms for successful imports
- **First failure:** ~50ms (discovery + policy check)
- **Subsequent failures:** ~5ms (cached discovery)

## 🧪 Testing

xwlazy includes comprehensive test suites:

```bash
# Run all tests
python tests/runner.py

# Run specific test layers
python tests/0.core/runner.py      # Core tests (< 30s)
python tests/1.unit/runner.py     # Unit tests (< 5m)
```

## 📊 Comparison with Competitors

| Feature | xwlazy | lazy-imports-lite | lazy-loader | lazy_import |
|---------|--------|-------------------|-------------|-------------|
| **Lazy Import** | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| **Auto-Installation** | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| **Keyword Detection** | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
| **Per-Package Isolation** | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| **Security Policies** | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| **SBOM Generation** | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| **Performance Monitoring** | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| **Two-Stage Loading** | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| **Total Features** | **7** | **2** | **1** | **1** |

## 🤝 Contributing

xwlazy is part of the eXonware ecosystem. For contributions, please follow:

- [Development Guide](../../docs/guides/GUIDE_DEV.md) - Core development standards
- [Testing Guide](../../docs/guides/GUIDE_TEST.md) - Testing standards
- [Documentation Guide](../../docs/guides/GUIDE_DOCS.md) - Documentation standards

## 📄 License

MIT License - see [LICENSE](LICENSE) for details.

## 🔗 Links

- **Homepage:** https://exonware.com
- **Repository:** https://github.com/exonware/xwlazy
- **Email:** connect@exonware.com
- **Author:** Eng. Muhammad AlShehri

## 🙏 Acknowledgments

xwlazy is built with inspiration from the Python lazy import ecosystem, particularly:
- `lazy-imports-lite` for keyword-based detection concept
- `lazy-loader` for scientific Python patterns
- The broader Python import system for hook mechanisms

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**Part of the eXonware ecosystem** - Enterprise-grade Python libraries for modern software development.

*Last Updated: 17-Nov-2025*

> **Note:** For the current version, use `from exonware.xwlazy import __version__` or `import exonware.xwlazy; print(exonware.xwlazy.__version__)`

