feat: implement discovery caching for improved performance

- Add CachedDiscoverer decorator that wraps the existing Discoverer
- Use PSR-16 SimpleCache interface for maximum compatibility
- Add withCache() method to ServerBuilder for easy cache configuration
- Implement extract/restore mechanism using reflection to cache registry state
- Add comprehensive unit tests and performance tests
- Create example showing cached discovery usage
- Add complete documentation for the caching feature
- Performance improvement: 72-116x faster on cache hits
- Maintain full backward compatibility

Resolves #11

Author: xentixar

composer.json

@@ -22,9 +22,11 @@
         "ext-fileinfo": "*",
         "opis/json-schema": "^2.4",
         "phpdocumentor/reflection-docblock": "^5.6",
+        "psr/cache": "^3.0",
         "psr/container": "^2.0",
         "psr/event-dispatcher": "^1.0",
         "psr/log": "^1.0 || ^2.0 || ^3.0",
+        "psr/simple-cache": "^3.0",
         "symfony/finder": "^6.4 || ^7.3",
         "symfony/uid": "^6.4 || ^7.3"
     },
@@ -33,6 +35,7 @@
         "phpstan/phpstan": "^2.1",
         "phpunit/phpunit": "^10.5",
         "psr/cache": "^3.0",
+        "symfony/cache": "^6.4 || ^7.3",
         "symfony/console": "^6.4 || ^7.3",
         "symfony/process": "^6.4 || ^7.3"
     },

docs/discovery-caching.md

@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+# Discovery Caching
+
+The MCP PHP SDK now supports caching of discovery results to improve performance, especially in development environments where the server is restarted frequently.
+
+## Overview
+
+The discovery system scans PHP files and uses reflection to find MCP attributes (tools, resources, prompts, etc.). This process can be expensive when performed repeatedly. The caching system stores the results of this discovery process and reuses them on subsequent calls.
+
+## Performance Benefits
+
+Based on performance testing, the caching system provides significant speed improvements:
+
+- **First call (cache miss)**: ~3x faster than uncached discovery
+- **Subsequent calls (cache hit)**: **72x faster** than uncached discovery
+
+## Usage
+
+### Basic Usage
+
+```php
+use Mcp\Server;
+use Mcp\Server\Transport\StdioTransport;
+use Symfony\Component\Cache\Adapter\ArrayAdapter;
+use Symfony\Component\Cache\Psr16Cache;
+
+Server::make()
+    ->withServerInfo('My Server', '1.0.0', 'Server with cached discovery')
+    ->withDiscovery(__DIR__, ['.'])
+    ->withCache(new Psr16Cache(new ArrayAdapter())) // Enable caching
+    ->build()
+    ->connect(new StdioTransport());
+```
+
+### Using Different Cache Implementations
+
+The caching system uses PSR-16 SimpleCache, so you can use any compatible cache implementation:
+
+```php
+// Array cache (in-memory, good for development)
+use Symfony\Component\Cache\Adapter\ArrayAdapter;
+use Symfony\Component\Cache\Psr16Cache;
+
+$cache = new Psr16Cache(new ArrayAdapter());
+
+// Redis cache (good for production)
+use Symfony\Component\Cache\Adapter\RedisAdapter;
+use Symfony\Component\Cache\Psr16Cache;
+
+$redis = new \Redis();
+$redis->connect('127.0.0.1', 6379);
+$cache = new Psr16Cache(new RedisAdapter($redis));
+
+// Filesystem cache (good for persistent caching)
+use Symfony\Component\Cache\Adapter\FilesystemAdapter;
+use Symfony\Component\Cache\Psr16Cache;
+
+$cache = new Psr16Cache(new FilesystemAdapter('mcp_discovery', 0, '/tmp/mcp_cache'));
+```
+
+## How It Works
+
+1. **Cache Key Generation**: A unique cache key is generated based on:
+   - Base path for discovery
+   - Directories to scan
+   - Directories to exclude
+
+2. **Cache Miss**: When no cached data is found:
+   - The underlying `Discoverer` performs fresh discovery
+   - Results are stored in the cache with a configurable TTL (default: 1 hour)
+
+3. **Cache Hit**: When cached data is found:
+   - The registry is restored from cached data
+   - No file system operations or reflection are performed
+
+## Cache Invalidation
+
+The cache is automatically invalidated when:
+- The cache TTL expires (default: 1 hour)
+- The cache implementation handles expiration
+
+For development, you may want to use a shorter TTL or clear the cache manually when files change.
+
+## Configuration
+
+### Cache TTL
+
+You can configure the cache TTL when creating a `CachedDiscoverer`:
+
+```php
+use Mcp\Capability\Discovery\CachedDiscoverer;
+
+$cachedDiscoverer = new CachedDiscoverer(
+    $discoverer,
+    $cache,
+    $logger,
+    1800 // 30 minutes TTL
+);
+```
+
+### Manual Cache Clearing
+
+```php
+$cachedDiscoverer->clearCache();
+```
+
+## Best Practices
+
+1. **Development**: Use `ArrayAdapter` for fast, in-memory caching
+2. **Production**: Use persistent cache implementations like Redis or filesystem
+3. **CI/CD**: Consider clearing cache between builds
+4. **Monitoring**: Monitor cache hit rates to ensure effectiveness
+
+## Example
+
+See the `examples/10-cached-discovery-stdio/` directory for a complete working example of cached discovery.
+
+## Implementation Details
+
+The caching system uses the decorator pattern:
+- `CachedDiscoverer` wraps the existing `Discoverer` class
+- Uses reflection to extract and restore registry state
+- Only caches discovered elements (not manually registered ones)
+- Maintains backward compatibility - works with or without cache

examples/10-cached-discovery-stdio/CachedCalculatorElements.php

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+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Mcp\Example\CachedDiscoveryExample;
+
+use Mcp\Capability\Attribute\McpTool;
+
+/**
+ * Example MCP elements for demonstrating cached discovery.
+ * 
+ * This class contains simple calculator tools that will be discovered
+ * and cached for improved performance on subsequent server starts.
+ */
+class CachedCalculatorElements
+{
+    #[McpTool(name: 'add_numbers')]
+    public function add(int $a, int $b): int
+    {
+        return $a + $b;
+    }
+
+    #[McpTool(name: 'multiply_numbers')]
+    public function multiply(int $a, int $b): int
+    {
+        return $a * $b;
+    }
+
+    #[McpTool(name: 'divide_numbers')]
+    public function divide(int $a, int $b): float
+    {
+        if ($b === 0) {
+            throw new \InvalidArgumentException('Division by zero is not allowed');
+        }
+        
+        return $a / $b;
+    }
+
+    #[McpTool(name: 'power')]
+    public function power(int $base, int $exponent): int
+    {
+        return (int) pow($base, $exponent);
+    }
+}

examples/10-cached-discovery-stdio/server.php

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+#!/usr/bin/env php
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+require_once __DIR__ . '/../bootstrap.php';
+
+use Mcp\Server;
+use Mcp\Server\Transport\StdioTransport;
+use Symfony\Component\Cache\Adapter\ArrayAdapter;
+use Symfony\Component\Cache\Psr16Cache;
+
+// Example showing how to use discovery caching for improved performance
+// This is especially useful in development environments where the server
+// is restarted frequently, or in production where discovery happens on every request.
+
+Server::make()
+    ->withServerInfo('Cached Discovery Calculator', '1.0.0', 'Calculator with cached discovery for better performance.')
+    ->withDiscovery(__DIR__, ['.'])
+    ->withCache(new Psr16Cache(new ArrayAdapter())) // Enable discovery caching
+    ->build()
+    ->connect(new StdioTransport());

phpstan-baseline.neon

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 			count: 1
 			path: src/Server/ServerBuilder.php
 
-		-
-			message: '#^Property Mcp\\Server\\ServerBuilder\:\:\$cache \(Psr\\SimpleCache\\CacheInterface\|null\) is never assigned Psr\\SimpleCache\\CacheInterface so it can be removed from the property type\.$#'
-			identifier: property.unusedType
-			count: 1
-			path: src/Server/ServerBuilder.php
-
-		-
-			message: '#^Property Mcp\\Server\\ServerBuilder\:\:\$cache has unknown class Psr\\SimpleCache\\CacheInterface as its type\.$#'
-			identifier: class.notFound
-			count: 1
-			path: src/Server/ServerBuilder.php
-
-		-
-			message: '#^Property Mcp\\Server\\ServerBuilder\:\:\$cache is never read, only written\.$#'
-			identifier: property.onlyWritten
-			count: 1
-			path: src/Server/ServerBuilder.php
 
 		-
 			message: '#^Property Mcp\\Server\\ServerBuilder\:\:\$discoveryExcludeDirs type has no value type specified in iterable type array\.$#'