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+package codechicken.multipart.asm;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationHandler;
+import java.lang.reflect.Proxy;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import codechicken.multipart.asm.ASMMixinCompiler.MixinInfo;
+import scala.Function1;
+import scala.collection.JavaConversions;
+import scala.collection.Seq;
+import scala.collection.Seq$;
+import scala.collection.SeqLike;
+import scala.collection.mutable.ArrayBuffer;
+
+class MixinInfoLineariseTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void preservesDepthFirstParentOrderDuplicatesAndIdentity() {
+        MixinInfo base = info(seq());
+        MixinInfo left = info(seq(base));
+        MixinInfo right = info(seq(base));
+        MixinInfo root = info(seq(left, right, left));
+        assertEntries(base.linearise(), base);
+        assertEntries(root.linearise(), base, left, base, right, base, left, root);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void keepsCollectionBuildersAndRereadsMutableParentsOnEachQuery() {
+        MixinInfo parent = info(seq());
+        ArrayBuffer<MixinInfo> parents = new ArrayBuffer<>();
+        MixinInfo root = info(parents);
+        Seq<MixinInfo> first = root.linearise();
+        assertSame(ArrayBuffer.class, first.getClass());
+        assertEntries(first, root);
+        parents.$plus$eq(parent);
+        assertEntries(root.linearise(), parent, root);
+        assertEntries(first, root);
+        assertTrue(info(seq()).linearise() instanceof scala.collection.immutable.List);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void readsVirtualParentsOnceAndUsesVirtualParentResultsWithoutFurtherTraversal() {
+        List<String> calls = new ArrayList<>();
+        MixinInfo marker = info(null);
+        MixinInfo parent = new MixinInfo(null, null, null, null, null, null) {
+
+            @Override
+            public Seq<MixinInfo> linearise() {
+                calls.add("parent");
+                return seq(marker, null, marker);
+            }
+        };
+        MixinInfo root = new MixinInfo(null, null, null, null, null, null) {
+
+            @Override
+            public Seq<MixinInfo> parentTraits() {
+                calls.add("parents");
+                return seq(parent);
+            }
+        };
+        assertEntries(root.linearise(), marker, null, marker, root);
+        assertEquals(Arrays.asList("parents", "parent"), calls);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void emptyParentOverridesContributeNoEntries() {
+        MixinInfo parent = new MixinInfo(null, null, null, null, null, null) {
+
+            @Override
+            public Seq<MixinInfo> linearise() {
+                return seq();
+            }
+        };
+        MixinInfo root = info(seq(parent));
+        assertEntries(root.linearise(), root);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    void dispatchesFlatMapThenAppendWithSeqBuildersAndAllowsASeqLikeIntermediate() {
+        List<String> calls = new ArrayList<>();
+        MixinInfo marker = info(seq());
+        Seq<MixinInfo> result = seq(marker);
+        MixinInfo[] root = { null };
+        SeqLike<?, ?> flattened = (SeqLike<?, ?>) Proxy.newProxyInstance(
+                SeqLike.class.getClassLoader(),
+                new Class<?>[] { SeqLike.class },
+                (proxy, method, args) -> {
+                    assertEquals("$colon$plus", method.getName());
+                    calls.add("append");
+                    assertSame(root[0], args[0]);
+                    assertSame(Seq$.MODULE$.canBuildFrom(), args[1]);
+                    return result;
+                });
+        MixinInfo parent = new MixinInfo(null, null, null, null, null, null) {
+
+            @Override
+            public Seq<MixinInfo> linearise() {
+                calls.add("parent");
+                return seq();
+            }
+        };
+        root[0] = info(collection((proxy, method, args) -> {
+            assertEquals("flatMap", method.getName());
+            calls.add("flatMap");
+            assertSame(Seq$.MODULE$.canBuildFrom(), args[1]);
+            assertEntries(((Function1<MixinInfo, Seq<MixinInfo>>) args[0]).apply(parent));
+            return flattened;
+        }));
+        assertSame(result, root[0].linearise());
+        assertEquals(Arrays.asList("flatMap", "parent", "append"), calls);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void stopsAtNullParentsAndNullOrThrowingParentResults() {
+        assertThrows(NullPointerException.class, () -> info(null).linearise());
+        for (boolean throwsFailure : new boolean[] { false, true }) {
+            RuntimeException failure = new IllegalStateException("parent");
+            List<String> calls = new ArrayList<>();
+            MixinInfo bad = new MixinInfo(null, null, null, null, null, null) {
+
+                @Override
+                public Seq<MixinInfo> linearise() {
+                    calls.add("bad");
+                    if (throwsFailure) throw failure;
+                    return null;
+                }
+            };
+            MixinInfo later = new MixinInfo(null, null, null, null, null, null) {
+
+                @Override
+                public Seq<MixinInfo> linearise() {
+                    throw new AssertionError("Later parents must not run");
+                }
+            };
+            RuntimeException actual = assertThrows(RuntimeException.class, () -> info(seq(bad, later)).linearise());
+            if (throwsFailure) assertSame(failure, actual);
+            else assertInstanceOf(NullPointerException.class, actual);
+            assertEquals(Arrays.asList("bad"), calls);
+            assertThrows(NullPointerException.class, () -> info(seq(null, later)).linearise());
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void preservesCollectionFailuresAndErasedIntermediateCasts() {
+        RuntimeException failure = new IllegalStateException("flatMap");
+        assertSame(
+                failure,
+                assertThrows(
+                        RuntimeException.class,
+                        () -> info(collection((proxy, method, args) -> { throw failure; })).linearise()));
+        assertThrows(NullPointerException.class, () -> info(collection((proxy, method, args) -> null)).linearise());
+        assertThrows(
+                ClassCastException.class,
+                () -> info(collection((proxy, method, args) -> new Object())).linearise());
+        for (Object result : new Object[] { null, new Object() }) {
+            SeqLike<?, ?> flattened = (SeqLike<?, ?>) Proxy.newProxyInstance(
+                    SeqLike.class.getClassLoader(),
+                    new Class<?>[] { SeqLike.class },
+                    (proxy, method, args) -> result);
+            MixinInfo root = info(collection((proxy, method, args) -> flattened));
+            if (result == null) assertNull(root.linearise());
+            else assertThrows(ClassCastException.class, root::linearise);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static MixinInfo info(Seq<MixinInfo> parents) {
+        return new MixinInfo(null, null, parents, null, null, null);
+    }
+
+    private static Seq<MixinInfo> seq(MixinInfo... entries) {
+        return JavaConversions.asScalaBuffer(Arrays.asList(entries)).toList();
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    private static Seq<MixinInfo> collection(InvocationHandler handler) {
+        return (Seq<MixinInfo>) Proxy
+                .newProxyInstance(Seq.class.getClassLoader(), new Class<?>[] { Seq.class }, handler);
+    }
+
+    private static void assertEntries(Seq<MixinInfo> actual, MixinInfo... expected) {
+        assertEquals(expected.length, actual.size());
+        for (int i = 0; i < expected.length; i++) assertSame(expected[i], actual.apply(i));
+    }
+}