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+// Enforces the layering. A convention nobody checks is a convention that
+// decays, so these read the real import statements in lib/ and fail on a
+// violation rather than trusting review to catch it.
+//
+// The rule, in one line: dependencies point inward. ui → domain ← data, and
+// never the reverse.
+
+import 'dart:io';
+
+import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
+
+void main() {
+  group('layering', () {
+    test('domain imports no Flutter at all', () {
+      final offenders = _importsMatching(
+        'lib/domain',
+        (import) => import.startsWith('package:flutter/'),
+      );
+      expect(
+        offenders,
+        isEmpty,
+        reason: 'The domain layer must stay pure Dart so it can be reused '
+            'without a Flutter runtime. Offending imports:\n'
+            '${_render(offenders)}',
+      );
+    });
+
+    test('domain does not depend on data or ui', () {
+      final offenders = _importsMatching(
+        'lib/domain',
+        (import) =>
+            import.contains('/data/') ||
+            import.contains('/ui/') ||
+            import.contains('main.dart'),
+      );
+      expect(offenders, isEmpty,
+          reason: 'The domain layer is the innermost layer; it may depend on '
+              'nothing else in this package.\n${_render(offenders)}');
+    });
+
+    test('data does not depend on ui', () {
+      final offenders = _importsMatching(
+        'lib/data',
+        (import) => import.contains('/ui/') || import.contains('main.dart'),
+      );
+      expect(offenders, isEmpty,
+          reason: 'The data layer must not know about presentation.\n'
+              '${_render(offenders)}');
+    });
+
+    test('data imports no Flutter widget libraries', () {
+      // flutter/services is allowed: MethodChannel lives there, and that is
+      // the whole reason this layer is Flutter-aware at all.
+      const allowed = {'package:flutter/services.dart'};
+      final offenders = _importsMatching(
+        'lib/data',
+        (import) =>
+            import.startsWith('package:flutter/') && !allowed.contains(import),
+      );
+      expect(
+        offenders,
+        isEmpty,
+        reason: 'The data layer may import package:flutter/services.dart only. '
+            'Anything else drags presentation into the transport.\n'
+            '${_render(offenders)}',
+      );
+    });
+
+    test('ui does not depend on a concrete data implementation', () {
+      // The UI talks to Iperf3Runner. main.dart is the composition root and is
+      // the one file allowed to name an implementation.
+      final offenders = _importsMatching(
+        'lib/ui',
+        (import) => import.contains('/data/'),
+      );
+      expect(
+        offenders,
+        isEmpty,
+        reason: 'Presentation must depend on domain/services/iperf3_runner.dart '
+            'rather than on a transport. Only main.dart may pick an '
+            'implementation.\n${_render(offenders)}',
+      );
+    });
+
+    test('every layer directory is actually covered by these rules', () {
+      // Guards against a new top-level layer appearing and silently escaping
+      // every rule above.
+      final layers = Directory('lib')
+          .listSync()
+          .whereType<Directory>()
+          .map((d) => d.path.split(Platform.pathSeparator).last)
+          .toSet();
+      expect(
+        layers,
+        equals({'domain', 'data', 'ui'}),
+        reason: 'A new layer appeared under lib/. Add rules for it here.',
+      );
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+/// Every `(file, import)` pair under [directory] whose import satisfies [test].
+List<({String file, String import})> _importsMatching(
+  String directory,
+  bool Function(String import) test,
+) {
+  final results = <({String file, String import})>[];
+  final dir = Directory(directory);
+  if (!dir.existsSync()) return results;
+
+  final pattern = RegExp(r'''^\s*import\s+['"]([^'"]+)['"]''', multiLine: true);
+  for (final entity in dir.listSync(recursive: true)) {
+    if (entity is! File || !entity.path.endsWith('.dart')) continue;
+    final source = entity.readAsStringSync();
+    for (final match in pattern.allMatches(source)) {
+      final import = match.group(1)!;
+      if (test(import)) {
+        results.add((file: entity.path, import: import));
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return results;
+}
+
+String _render(List<({String file, String import})> offenders) =>
+    offenders.map((o) => '  ${o.file} → ${o.import}').join('\n');