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+//! Lookups parity with the C# reference: `GetByName`, `GetByIndex` and `GetGlobal`
+//! (`src/GameCult.Caching/CultCache.cs`) and the one-global rule its commit enforces.
+
+use cultcache_rs::{
+    CacheBackingStore, CultCache, CultCacheSecondGlobal, DatabaseEntry, SingleFileMessagePackBackingStore,
+};
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, DatabaseEntry)]
+#[cultcache(type = "item")]
+struct Item {
+    #[cultcache(key = 0, name)]
+    name: String,
+    #[cultcache(key = 1, index)]
+    category: String,
+    #[cultcache(key = 2, index = "sku")]
+    code: Option<String>,
+    #[cultcache(key = 3, default)]
+    value: u32,
+}
+
+fn item(name: &str, category: &str, code: Option<&str>) -> Item {
+    Item { name: name.into(), category: category.into(), code: code.map(Into::into), value: 0 }
+}
+
+/// Same names and values as `Item`, a different type: lookups never cross types.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, DatabaseEntry)]
+#[cultcache(type = "gadget")]
+struct Gadget {
+    #[cultcache(key = 0, name)]
+    name: String,
+    #[cultcache(key = 1, index)]
+    category: String,
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, DatabaseEntry)]
+#[cultcache(type = "settings", global)]
+struct Settings {
+    #[cultcache(key = 0)]
+    value: String,
+}
+
+fn settings(value: &str) -> Settings {
+    Settings { value: value.into() }
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, DatabaseEntry)]
+#[cultcache(type = "plain")]
+struct Plain {
+    #[cultcache(key = 0)]
+    value: String,
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, DatabaseEntry)]
+#[cultcache(type = "numbered")]
+struct Numbered {
+    #[cultcache(key = 0, name)]
+    id: u32,
+    #[cultcache(key = 1, index)]
+    owner: u64,
+}
+
+fn cache() -> CultCache {
+    let mut cache = CultCache::new();
+    cache.register_entry_type::<Item>().unwrap();
+    cache.register_entry_type::<Gadget>().unwrap();
+    cache.register_entry_type::<Settings>().unwrap();
+    cache.register_entry_type::<Plain>().unwrap();
+    cache.register_entry_type::<Numbered>().unwrap();
+    cache
+}
+
+fn reopened(path: &std::path::Path) -> CultCache {
+    let mut reopened = cache();
+    reopened.add_generic_backing_store(SingleFileMessagePackBackingStore::new(path)).unwrap();
+    reopened.pull_all_backing_stores().unwrap();
+    reopened
+}
+
+fn stored_cache(path: &std::path::Path) -> CultCache {
+    let mut stored = cache();
+    stored.add_generic_backing_store(SingleFileMessagePackBackingStore::new(path)).unwrap();
+    stored.pull_all_backing_stores().unwrap();
+    stored
+}
+
+// The C# FirstCall snippet: a record written to a .cc file is found by its [CultName] through a second cache.
+#[test]
+fn a_record_is_found_by_name_and_by_index_after_a_reopen() {
+    let dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+    let path = dir.path().join("lookups.cc");
+    let mut written = stored_cache(&path);
+    written.put("item:potion", &Item { value: 50, ..item("Potion", "Consumable", Some("P-1")) }).unwrap();
+
+    let reopened = reopened(&path);
+    let by_name = reopened.get_by_name::<Item>("Potion").unwrap().unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(by_name.value, 50);
+    assert_eq!(reopened.get_by_index::<Item>("category", "Consumable").unwrap(), Some(by_name.clone()));
+    assert_eq!(reopened.get_by_index::<Item>("sku", "P-1").unwrap(), Some(by_name));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn a_missing_name_or_value_is_none_and_an_unregistered_type_is_refused() {
+    let mut cache = cache();
+    cache.put("item:a", &item("A", "cat", Some("a-1"))).unwrap();
+
+    assert_eq!(cache.get_by_name::<Item>("B").unwrap(), None);
+    assert_eq!(cache.get_by_name::<Item>("a").unwrap(), None, "names compare ordinally");
+    assert_eq!(cache.get_by_index::<Item>("category", "other").unwrap(), None);
+    assert_eq!(cache.get_by_index::<Item>("nosuchalias", "cat").unwrap(), None);
+    assert_eq!(cache.get_by_index::<Item>("code", "a-1").unwrap(), None, "the alias is sku, not the member name");
+
+    let bare = CultCache::new();
+    assert!(bare.get_by_name::<Item>("A").is_err());
+    assert!(bare.get_by_index::<Item>("category", "cat").is_err());
+    assert!(bare.get_global::<Settings>().is_err());
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn an_index_without_an_alias_is_named_by_its_member() {
+    let mut cache = cache();
+    cache.put("item:a", &item("A", "cat", None)).unwrap();
+    assert!(cache.get_by_index::<Item>("category", "cat").unwrap().is_some());
+}
+
+// A blank name is no name; a blank index value is not indexed; a nil member holds no value.
+#[test]
+fn blank_and_nil_values_are_not_found() {
+    let mut cache = cache();
+    cache.put("item:blank", &item("", "  ", None)).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(cache.get_by_name::<Item>("").unwrap(), None);
+    assert_eq!(cache.get_by_index::<Item>("category", "  ").unwrap(), None);
+    assert_eq!(cache.get_by_index::<Item>("category", "").unwrap(), None);
+    assert_eq!(cache.get_by_index::<Item>("sku", "").unwrap(), None);
+
+    // Only emptiness voids a name: whitespace is a name, as in C# (Length > 0).
+    cache.put("item:space", &item(" ", "x", None)).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(cache.get_by_name::<Item>(" ").unwrap().unwrap().category, "x");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn lookups_never_cross_types() {
+    let mut cache = cache();
+    cache.put("item:a", &item("same", "same", None)).unwrap();
+    cache.put("gadget:a", &Gadget { name: "same".into(), category: "same".into() }).unwrap();
+
+    assert_eq!(cache.get_by_name::<Gadget>("same").unwrap().unwrap().name, "same");
+    cache.delete::<Item>("item:a").unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(cache.get_by_name::<Item>("same").unwrap(), None);
+    assert!(cache.get_by_name::<Gadget>("same").unwrap().is_some());
+    assert!(cache.get_by_index::<Gadget>("category", "same").unwrap().is_some());
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn a_name_and_index_follow_a_rewritten_record_and_leave_a_removed_one() {
+    let mut cache = cache();
+    cache.put("item:a", &item("old", "c1", None)).unwrap();
+    cache.put("item:a", &item("new", "c2", None)).unwrap();
+
+    assert_eq!(cache.get_by_name::<Item>("old").unwrap(), None, "a stale name is not found");
+    assert_eq!(cache.get_by_index::<Item>("category", "c1").unwrap(), None, "a stale value is not found");
+    assert!(cache.get_by_name::<Item>("new").unwrap().is_some());
+    assert!(cache.get_by_index::<Item>("category", "c2").unwrap().is_some());
+
+    cache.delete::<Item>("item:a").unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(cache.get_by_name::<Item>("new").unwrap(), None);
+    assert_eq!(cache.get_by_index::<Item>("category", "c2").unwrap(), None);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn non_string_members_are_found_by_their_text() {
+    let mut cache = cache();
+    let owner = 161_u64;
+    cache.put("numbered:1", &Numbered { id: 42, owner }).unwrap();
+    assert!(cache.get_by_name::<Numbered>("42").unwrap().is_some());
+    assert!(cache.get_by_index::<Numbered>("owner", "161").unwrap().is_some());
+}
+
+// VariantTests.RemovingTheHolderADuplicateValueFindsLeavesTheOtherFindable: records sharing a value find the one with
+// the smallest key, whatever the write order, live and after a reopen; removing the holder finds the other.
+#[test]
+fn records_sharing_a_value_find_the_smallest_key_and_removing_it_finds_the_next() {
+    let dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+    let path = dir.path().join("shared.cc");
+    {
+        let mut cache = stored_cache(&path);
+        cache.put("item:p2", &item("p2", "x", None)).unwrap();
+        cache.put("item:p1", &item("p1", "x", None)).unwrap();
+        let found = |cache: &CultCache| cache.get_by_index::<Item>("category", "x").unwrap().map(|found| found.name);
+        assert_eq!(found(&cache).as_deref(), Some("p1"), "the smallest key, though written second");
+        assert_eq!(reopened(&path).get_by_index::<Item>("category", "x").unwrap().unwrap().name, "p1");
+
+        cache.delete::<Item>("item:p1").unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(found(&cache).as_deref(), Some("p2"), "removing the holder finds the other one");
+
+        cache.put("item:p1", &item("p1", "x", None)).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(found(&cache).as_deref(), Some("p1"));
+        cache.delete::<Item>("item:p2").unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(found(&cache).as_deref(), Some("p1"), "removing the other changes nothing");
+        cache.delete::<Item>("item:p1").unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(found(&cache), None);
+    }
+    assert_eq!(reopened(&path).get_by_index::<Item>("category", "x").unwrap(), None);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn records_sharing_a_name_find_the_smallest_key() {
+    let mut cache = cache();
+    cache.put("item:b", &Item { value: 2, ..item("twin", "c", None) }).unwrap();
+    cache.put("item:a", &Item { value: 1, ..item("twin", "c", None) }).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(cache.get_by_name::<Item>("twin").unwrap().unwrap().value, 1);
+    cache.delete::<Item>("item:a").unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(cache.get_by_name::<Item>("twin").unwrap().unwrap().value, 2);
+}
+
+// BackingStoreTests.HydratesPersistedGlobal: opening a store invents no global; a written one survives a reopen.
+#[test]
+fn a_global_is_none_until_written_and_survives_a_reopen() {
+    let dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+    let path = dir.path().join("global.cc");
+    {
+        let mut seed = stored_cache(&path);
+        assert_eq!(seed.get_global::<Settings>().unwrap(), None, "opening a store invented a global");
+        seed.put("global:settings", &settings("durable authority")).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(seed.get_global::<Settings>().unwrap(), Some(settings("durable authority")));
+    }
+    assert_eq!(reopened(&path).get_global::<Settings>().unwrap(), Some(settings("durable authority")));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn a_type_that_is_not_a_global_has_no_global() {
+    let mut cache = cache();
+    cache.put("plain:one", &Plain { value: "v".into() }).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(cache.get_global::<Plain>().unwrap(), None);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn a_second_global_under_another_key_is_refused_and_writes_nothing() {
+    let dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+    let path = dir.path().join("second.cc");
+    let mut cache = stored_cache(&path);
+    cache.put("g1", &settings("one")).unwrap();
+
+    let refusal = cache.put("g2", &settings("two")).unwrap_err();
+    let second = refusal.downcast_ref::<CultCacheSecondGlobal>().expect("a typed refusal");
+    assert_eq!((second.existing_key.as_str(), second.key.as_str()), ("g1", "g2"));
+    assert!(refusal.to_string().contains("is a global and already has record g1; g2 would be a second."));
+    assert_eq!(cache.get_global::<Settings>().unwrap(), Some(settings("one")));
+    assert_eq!(reopened(&path).get_global::<Settings>().unwrap(), Some(settings("one")), "nothing reached the store");
+
+    // The same key is the same record, not a second.
+    cache.put("g1", &settings("one again")).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(cache.get_global::<Settings>().unwrap(), Some(settings("one again")));
+}
+
+// RetypeEvictionTests.EvictingAGlobalFreesItsSlot: removing the global frees the slot for another key.
+#[test]
+fn removing_a_global_frees_its_slot() {
+    let mut cache = cache();
+    cache.put("g1", &settings("one")).unwrap();
+    assert!(cache.put("g2", &settings("two")).is_err());
+    cache.delete::<Settings>("g1").unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(cache.get_global::<Settings>().unwrap(), None);
+    cache.put("g2", &settings("two")).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(cache.get_global::<Settings>().unwrap(), Some(settings("two")));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn every_write_path_refuses_a_second_global() {
+    let mut cache = cache();
+    cache.put("g1", &settings("one")).unwrap();
+    let (second, _) = cache.prepare_entry("g2", &settings("two")).unwrap();
+
+    assert!(cache.put_envelope::<Settings>(second.clone()).unwrap_err().is::<CultCacheSecondGlobal>());
+    assert!(cache.put_raw_envelope(second.clone()).unwrap_err().is::<CultCacheSecondGlobal>());
+    let (plain, _) = cache.prepare_entry("plain:1", &Plain { value: "v".into() }).unwrap();
+    assert!(cache.put_prepared_batch(vec![plain, second]).unwrap_err().is::<CultCacheSecondGlobal>());
+    assert_eq!(cache.get::<Plain>("plain:1").unwrap(), None, "a refused batch lands none of it");
+    assert_eq!(cache.get_global::<Settings>().unwrap(), Some(settings("one")));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn a_batch_that_stages_two_globals_is_refused_whole() {
+    let mut cache = cache();
+    let (one, _) = cache.prepare_entry("g1", &settings("one")).unwrap();
+    let (two, _) = cache.prepare_entry("g2", &settings("two")).unwrap();
+    assert!(cache.put_prepared_batch(vec![one, two]).unwrap_err().is::<CultCacheSecondGlobal>());
+    assert_eq!(cache.get_global::<Settings>().unwrap(), None);
+}
+
+// StoreRoutingTests: a store holding two globals is refused on load rather than answering one of them.
+#[test]
+fn loading_a_store_that_holds_two_globals_is_refused() {
+    let dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+    let path = dir.path().join("two.cc");
+    let source = cache();
+    let mut store = SingleFileMessagePackBackingStore::new(&path);
+    for (key, value) in [("g1", "one"), ("g2", "two")] {
+        let (entry, _) = source.prepare_entry(key, &settings(value)).unwrap();
+        store.push(&entry).unwrap();
+    }
+
+    let mut loading = cache();
+    loading.add_generic_backing_store(SingleFileMessagePackBackingStore::new(&path)).unwrap();
+    assert!(loading.pull_all_backing_stores().unwrap_err().is::<CultCacheSecondGlobal>());
+    assert_eq!(loading.get_global::<Settings>().unwrap(), None, "a refused load installs nothing");
+}