refactor: Additional architectural improvements to DiffStix

Completed 5 additional refactorings to further improve maintainability:

1. **ConfigurationManager** (80 lines extracted)
   - Centralized domain labels, type titles, and section descriptions
   - Created core/configuration_manager.py (126 lines)
   - Removed hardcoded dictionaries from __init__
   - Enables future configuration from files/env vars

2. **Move get_parent_stix_object to HierarchyBuilder** (34 lines moved)
   - All parent-child hierarchy logic now in one place
   - Better encapsulation and cohesion
   - Updated hierarchy_builder.py with get_parent_stix_object method

3. **DataStructureInitializer** (45 lines extracted)
   - Explicit data model initialization
   - Created core/data_structure_initializer.py (75 lines)
   - Cleaner __init__ method
   - Documented nested data structure

4. **Refactor load_data method** (Complexity reduction)
   - Split 157-line God Method into 6 focused methods:
     * load_data() - High-level orchestration (2 lines)
     * _load_all_domains() - Domain loading loop (3 lines)
     * _detect_all_changes() - Change detection loop (4 lines)
     * _detect_changes_for_type() - Per-type processing (13 lines)
     * _categorize_object_changes() - Main categorization logic (87 lines)
     * _process_additions() - New object validation (19 lines)
     * _store_categorized_changes() - Change aggregation (42 lines)
   - Each method has single clear responsibility
   - Much easier to understand and test
   - Prepares for future parallel processing

5. **Improved Code Organization**
   - Removed duplicated sorting logic
   - Better method naming and documentation
   - Clearer separation of concerns

## Results

**File size reduction:**
- diff_stix.py: 788 lines → 742 lines (46 lines, 5.8% reduction)
- **Total from original: 1,462 → 742 lines (720 lines removed, 49.2% reduction)**

**New files created:**
- configuration_manager.py (126 lines)
- data_structure_initializer.py (75 lines)

**Test coverage maintained:**
- 132/133 tests passing (99.2%)
- Only known permission test failure
- 100% backward compatibility maintained

**Code quality improvements:**
- __init__ method: 164 → 102 lines (38% reduction)
- load_data method: 157 → 2 lines of orchestration
- Single Responsibility Principle throughout
- Better testability and maintainability
- Clearer code organization

DiffStix is now a clean orchestrator with focused components!

Author: claude

mitreattack/diffStix/core/configuration_manager.py

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+"""Configuration manager for DiffStix constants and mappings."""
+
+from typing import Dict, List
+
+
+class ConfigurationManager:
+    """Manages domain labels, object type titles, and section configurations."""
+
+    @property
+    def domain_labels(self) -> Dict[str, str]:
+        """Map domain identifiers to human-readable labels.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        Dict[str, str]
+            Mapping of domain ID to display label
+        """
+        return {
+            "enterprise-attack": "Enterprise",
+            "mobile-attack": "Mobile",
+            "ics-attack": "ICS",
+        }
+
+    @property
+    def type_titles(self) -> Dict[str, str]:
+        """Map ATT&CK object types to human-readable titles.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        Dict[str, str]
+            Mapping of object type to display title
+        """
+        return {
+            "techniques": "Techniques",
+            "software": "Software",
+            "groups": "Groups",
+            "campaigns": "Campaigns",
+            "assets": "Assets",
+            "mitigations": "Mitigations",
+            "datasources": "Data Sources",
+            "datacomponents": "Data Components",
+            "detectionstrategies": "Detection Strategies",
+            "analytics": "Analytics",
+        }
+
+    @property
+    def section_descriptions(self) -> Dict[str, str]:
+        """Get descriptions for each changelog section type.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        Dict[str, str]
+            Mapping of section name to description
+        """
+        return {
+            "additions": "ATT&CK objects which are only present in the new release.",
+            "major_version_changes": "ATT&CK objects that have a major version change. (e.g. 1.0 → 2.0)",
+            "minor_version_changes": "ATT&CK objects that have a minor version change. (e.g. 1.0 → 1.1)",
+            "other_version_changes": "ATT&CK objects that have a version change of any other kind. (e.g. 1.0 → 1.2)",
+            "patches": "ATT&CK objects that have been patched while keeping the version the same. (e.g., 1.0 → 1.0 but something like a typo, a URL, or some metadata was fixed)",
+            "revocations": "ATT&CK objects which are revoked by a different object.",
+            "deprecations": "ATT&CK objects which are deprecated and no longer in use, and not replaced.",
+            "deletions": "ATT&CK objects which are no longer found in the STIX data.",
+            "unchanged": "ATT&CK objects which did not change between the two versions.",
+        }
+
+    @property
+    def object_types(self) -> List[str]:
+        """Get the list of supported ATT&CK object types.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        List[str]
+            List of object type identifiers
+        """
+        return [
+            "techniques",
+            "software",
+            "groups",
+            "campaigns",
+            "assets",
+            "mitigations",
+            "datasources",
+            "datacomponents",
+            "detectionstrategies",
+            "analytics",
+        ]
+
+    def get_section_headers(self, object_type: str) -> Dict[str, str]:
+        """Generate section headers for a specific object type.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        object_type : str
+            The ATT&CK object type (e.g., 'techniques', 'software')
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        Dict[str, str]
+            Mapping of section name to header text
+        """
+        type_title = self.type_titles[object_type]
+        return {
+            "additions": f"New {type_title}",
+            "major_version_changes": "Major Version Changes",
+            "minor_version_changes": "Minor Version Changes",
+            "other_version_changes": "Other Version Changes",
+            "patches": "Patches",
+            "deprecations": "Deprecations",
+            "revocations": "Revocations",
+            "deletions": "Deletions",
+            "unchanged": "Unchanged",
+        }
+
+    def get_all_section_headers(self) -> Dict[str, Dict[str, str]]:
+        """Generate section headers for all object types.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        Dict[str, Dict[str, str]]
+            Nested mapping of object type to section headers
+        """
+        return {object_type: self.get_section_headers(object_type) for object_type in self.object_types}

mitreattack/diffStix/core/data_structure_initializer.py

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+"""Data structure initializer for DiffStix nested data model."""
+
+from typing import Dict, List
+
+
+class DataStructureInitializer:
+    """Initializes the nested data structure for tracking ATT&CK changes."""
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def create_structure(domains: List[str], object_types: List[str]) -> Dict:
+        """Create the base data structure for change tracking.
+
+        The data structure has three main sections:
+        - "old": Old version STIX data for each domain
+        - "new": New version STIX data for each domain
+        - "changes": Detected changes organized by object type and domain
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        domains : List[str]
+            List of ATT&CK domains to initialize (e.g., ["enterprise-attack", "mobile-attack"])
+        object_types : List[str]
+            List of ATT&CK object types (e.g., ["techniques", "software", "groups"])
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        Dict
+            Initialized nested data structure ready for loading STIX data
+        """
+        data = {
+            "old": {},
+            "new": {},
+            # Changes are dynamic based on what object types and domains are requested
+            "changes": {
+                # Structure will be:
+                # "techniques": {
+                #     "enterprise-attack": {
+                #         "additions": [],
+                #         "deletions": [],
+                #         "major_version_changes": [],
+                #         "minor_version_changes": [],
+                #         "other_version_changes": [],
+                #         "patches": [],
+                #         "revocations": [],
+                #         "deprecations": [],
+                #         "unchanged": [],
+                #     },
+                #     "mobile-attack": {...},
+                # },
+                # "software": {...},
+            },
+        }
+
+        # Initialize domain-specific data structures for old and new versions
+        for domain in domains:
+            for datastore_version in ["old", "new"]:
+                data[datastore_version][domain] = {
+                    "attack_objects": {
+                        # Will contain entries like:
+                        # "techniques": {},
+                        # "software": {},
+                        # etc.
+                    },
+                    "attack_release_version": None,  # Will be set to "X.Y" format
+                    "stix_datastore": None,  # Will be set to <stix.MemoryStore> instance
+                    "relationships": {
+                        "subtechniques": {},
+                        "revoked-by": {},
+                        "mitigations": {},
+                        "detections": {},
+                    },
+                }
+
+                # Initialize empty dict for each object type
+                for obj_type in object_types:
+                    data[datastore_version][domain]["attack_objects"][obj_type] = {}
+
+        return data