Deduplicate interfaces

lib/src/model/inheriting_container.dart

@@ -436,13 +436,29 @@ abstract class InheritingContainer extends Container {
   /// and so unlike other `public*` methods, is not a strict subset of
   /// [directInterfaces] (the direct interfaces).
   List<DefinedElementType> get publicInterfaces {
+    var interfaceElements = <InterfaceElement>{};
     var interfaces = <DefinedElementType>[];
+
+    // Only interfaces with unique elements should be returned. Elements can
+    // implement an interface through multiple inheritance routes (e.g.
+    // `List<E>` implements `Iterable<E>` but also `_ListIterable<E>` which
+    // implements `EfficientLengthIterable<T>` which implements `Iterable<T>`),
+    // but there is no chance of type arguments differing, as that is illegal.
+    void addInterfaceIfUnique(DefinedElementType type) {
+      var firstPublicSuperElement = type.modelElement.element;
+      if (firstPublicSuperElement is InterfaceElement) {
+        if (interfaceElements.add(firstPublicSuperElement)) {
+          interfaces.add(type);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
     for (var interface in directInterfaces) {
       var interfaceElement = interface.modelElement;
 
       /// Do not recurse if we can find an element here.
       if (interfaceElement.canonicalModelElement != null) {
-        interfaces.add(interface);
+        addInterfaceIfUnique(interface);
         continue;
       }
       // Public types used to be unconditionally exposed here.  However,
@@ -466,9 +482,9 @@ abstract class InheritingContainer extends Container {
       }
       var publicSuperChain = interfaceElement.superChain.wherePublic;
       if (publicSuperChain.isNotEmpty) {
-        interfaces.add(publicSuperChain.first);
+        addInterfaceIfUnique(publicSuperChain.first);
       }
-      interfaces.addAll(interfaceElement.publicInterfaces);
+      interfaceElement.publicInterfaces.forEach(addInterfaceIfUnique);
     }
     return interfaces;
   }

test/classes_test.dart

@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2024, the Dart project authors.  Please see the AUTHORS file
+// for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
+// BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+import 'package:test/test.dart';
+import 'package:test_reflective_loader/test_reflective_loader.dart';
+
+import 'dartdoc_test_base.dart';
+import 'src/utils.dart';
+
+void main() {
+  defineReflectiveSuite(() {
+    defineReflectiveTests(ClassesTest);
+  });
+}
+
+@reflectiveTest
+class ClassesTest extends DartdocTestBase {
+  @override
+  String get libraryName => 'classes';
+
+  void test_publicInterfaces_direct() async {
+    var library = await bootPackageWithLibrary('''
+class A {}
+class B implements A {}
+''');
+
+    var b = library.classes.named('B');
+    expect(b.publicInterfaces, hasLength(1));
+    expect(b.publicInterfaces.first.modelElement, library.classes.named('A'));
+  }
+
+  void test_publicInterfaces_indirect() async {
+    var library = await bootPackageWithLibrary('''
+class A {}
+class B implements A {}
+class C implements B {}
+''');
+
+    var c = library.classes.named('C');
+    // Only `B` is shown, not indirect-through-public like `A`.
+    expect(c.publicInterfaces, hasLength(1));
+    expect(c.publicInterfaces.first.modelElement, library.classes.named('B'));
+  }
+
+  void test_publicInterfaces_indirectViaPrivate() async {
+    var library = await bootPackageWithLibrary('''
+class A {}
+class _B implements A {}
+class C implements _B {}
+''');
+
+    var c = library.classes.named('C');
+    expect(c.publicInterfaces, hasLength(1));
+    expect(c.publicInterfaces.first.modelElement, library.classes.named('A'));
+  }
+
+  void test_publicInterfaces_indirectViaPrivate_multiply() async {
+    var library = await bootPackageWithLibrary('''
+class A<T> {}
+class _B<U> implements A<U> {}
+class C<T> implements A<T>, _B<T> {}
+''');
+
+    var c = library.classes.named('C');
+    expect(c.publicInterfaces, hasLength(1));
+    expect(c.publicInterfaces.first.modelElement, library.classes.named('A'));
+  }
+
+  // TODO(srawlins): Test everything else about classes.
+}