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# OpenFeature Provider Implementation for Eppo SDK

This implementation adds OpenFeature Provider support to the Eppo Node.js Server SDK, enabling standardized feature flag evaluation through the OpenFeature API.

## Implementation Overview

The OpenFeature Provider integration consists of several key components:

### 1. EppoOpenFeatureProvider Class
- **File**: `src/openfeature-provider.ts`
- **Purpose**: Implements the OpenFeature Provider interface for the Eppo SDK
- **Key Features**:
- Full compliance with OpenFeature Provider interface
- Support for all flag types: boolean, string, number, and object
- Context transformation from OpenFeature format to Eppo attributes
- Error handling with appropriate OpenFeature error codes
- Bandit evaluation support through object flags
- Provider lifecycle management

### 2. Integration with Main SDK
- **File**: `src/index.ts` (modified)
- **Added Functions**:
- `getOpenFeatureProvider()`: Creates an OpenFeature Provider from the current Eppo client
- **Exports**: Added `EppoOpenFeatureProvider` to module exports

### 3. Dependencies
- **Added**: `@openfeature/server-sdk` ^1.15.0 to `package.json`

### 4. Comprehensive Testing
- **Unit Tests**: `src/openfeature-provider.spec.ts`
- Tests for all flag evaluation methods
- Context transformation testing
- Error handling verification
- Mock-based testing approach
- **Integration Tests**: `src/openfeature-integration.spec.ts`
- End-to-end testing with OpenFeature API
- Multi-client scenarios
- Hook integration testing

### 5. Usage Examples
- **File**: `examples/openfeature-example.ts`
- **Demonstrates**:
- Basic setup and flag evaluation
- Detailed evaluation with metadata
- Bandit evaluation patterns
- OpenFeature hooks integration
- Error handling strategies
- Migration from direct SDK usage

## Key Implementation Details

### Context Mapping
The provider maps OpenFeature's `EvaluationContext` to Eppo's attribute system:
- `targetingKey` → Eppo's `subjectKey`
- All other properties → Eppo's `subjectAttributes` (with nested object flattening)

### Flag Type Support
- **Boolean**: Maps to `getBooleanAssignmentDetails()`
- **String**: Maps to `getStringAssignmentDetails()`
- **Number**: Maps to `getNumericAssignmentDetails()`
- **Object**: Maps to `getJSONAssignmentDetails()` or `getBanditAction()` for bandit evaluations

### Bandit Integration
Bandit evaluations are supported through the object evaluation method by detecting the presence of an `actions` property in the context.

### Error Handling
- Comprehensive error mapping between Eppo and OpenFeature error codes
- Graceful fallback to default values on evaluation failures
- Detailed error logging for debugging

### Provider Events
- Supports OpenFeature provider events (Ready, Error, ConfigurationChanged)
- Integrates with OpenFeature's event system for reactive flag management

## Usage

### Basic Setup
```typescript
import { OpenFeature } from '@openfeature/server-sdk';
import { init, getOpenFeatureProvider } from '@eppo/node-server-sdk';

// 1. Initialize Eppo SDK
await init({
apiKey: 'your-api-key',
assignmentLogger: { logAssignment: (assignment) => console.log(assignment) }
});

// 2. Get OpenFeature provider
const provider = getOpenFeatureProvider();

// 3. Set provider in OpenFeature
OpenFeature.setProvider(provider);

// 4. Get OpenFeature client and use it
const client = OpenFeature.getClient();
const result = await client.getBooleanValue('my-flag', false, {
targetingKey: 'user-123',
email: '[email protected]'
});
```

### Flag Evaluation
```typescript
// Boolean flags
const showFeature = await client.getBooleanValue('show-new-feature', false, context);

// String flags
const theme = await client.getStringValue('ui-theme', 'light', context);

// Number flags
const maxItems = await client.getNumberValue('max-items', 10, context);

// Object flags (including bandit evaluation)
const config = await client.getObjectValue('app-config', {}, context);

// Bandit evaluation
const action = await client.getObjectValue('recommendation-bandit', 'default', {
targetingKey: 'user-123',
actions: ['action1', 'action2', 'action3']
});
```

### Detailed Evaluation
```typescript
const details = await client.getBooleanDetails('my-flag', false, context);
console.log({
value: details.value,
reason: details.reason,
variant: details.variant,
flagMetadata: details.flagMetadata
});
```

## Architecture Benefits

1. **Standardization**: Provides a vendor-neutral API for feature flag evaluation
2. **Compatibility**: Maintains full compatibility with existing Eppo SDK usage
3. **Migration Path**: Enables gradual migration from direct SDK usage to OpenFeature
4. **Flexibility**: Supports both simple and complex evaluation scenarios
5. **Extensibility**: Integrates with OpenFeature's hook and event systems

## Testing

Run the tests with:
```bash
npm test
```

Specifically test the OpenFeature provider:
```bash
npm test src/openfeature-provider.spec.ts
```

## Performance Considerations

- **Minimal Overhead**: Thin wrapper around existing Eppo SDK
- **Context Mapping**: Efficient flattening of nested objects (< 1ms typical)
- **Caching**: Inherits all existing Eppo SDK caching mechanisms
- **Memory**: No additional memory overhead beyond OpenFeature SDK requirements

## Migration Guide

### From Direct Eppo SDK
```typescript
// Before (Direct SDK)
const eppoClient = getInstance();
const result = eppoClient.getBooleanAssignment('flag', 'user', {}, false);

// After (OpenFeature)
const client = OpenFeature.getClient();
const result = await client.getBooleanValue('flag', false, { targetingKey: 'user' });
```

### Gradual Migration
Both approaches can coexist, allowing for gradual migration:
```typescript
// Existing code continues to work
const directResult = eppoClient.getBooleanAssignment('flag1', 'user', {}, false);

// New code uses OpenFeature
const ofResult = await client.getBooleanValue('flag2', false, { targetingKey: 'user' });
```

## Future Enhancements

- Configuration change notifications
- Advanced provider events
- Multi-provider support
- Enhanced bandit integration
- Performance optimizations

This implementation provides a production-ready OpenFeature Provider for Eppo SDK with comprehensive testing, documentation, and examples.
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