Decouple AI services using dependency injection

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The main application directly imported and instantiated AI service providers (hf_service, ai_service), creating tight coupling that prevented service substitution and testing isolation.

Changes

Service Abstraction Layer

• Extended ai_interfaces.py: Added DetectionService protocol for image-based detection services (vandalism, infrastructure, flooding, pothole, garbage)
• Updated AIServiceContainer: Now manages 8 service instances (3 existing AI services + 5 detection services)
• Type-safe protocols: All services implement well-defined interfaces using Python's Protocol type

Service Implementations

• Created hf_detection_services.py: Concrete implementations wrapping HuggingFace and local detection models
• Created mock_detection_services.py: Test doubles returning predictable responses for unit testing

Factory Pattern

• Extended ai_factory.py: Added factory functions for all detection services
• Environment-based configuration: Service provider selected via AI_SERVICE_TYPE env var (gemini/mock)
• Unified initialization: create_all_ai_services() returns all 8 services as tuple

Main Application Refactor

• Removed direct imports from main.py:

  # Before: Tight coupling
  from hf_service import detect_vandalism_clip, detect_flooding_clip
  detections = await detect_vandalism_clip(image, client)
  
  # After: Dependency injection
  from ai_interfaces import get_ai_services
  ai_services = get_ai_services()
  detections = await ai_services.vandalism_detection_service.detect(image, client)

• All detection endpoints now retrieve services via get_ai_services() instead of direct function calls

Usage

Production (default):

services = create_all_ai_services()  # Uses HuggingFace/Gemini
initialize_ai_services(*services)

Testing:

export AI_SERVICE_TYPE=mock
python test_comprehensive_ai_services.py  # Fast, no external APIs

Adding providers:

class CustomDetector(DetectionService):
    async def detect(self, image, client=None):
        return custom_implementation()

Services can now be swapped without touching application code. Test coverage includes mock implementations for all 8 services.

Original prompt

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This section details on the original issue you should resolve

<issue_title>Tight Coupling Between Services</issue_title>
<issue_description>directly imports and calls AI services (e.g., ai_service, hf_service)
Description: The main application is tightly coupled to specific AI providers, making it hard to swap services or add abstractions for testing/scalability.
Severity: Medium
Recommendation: Introduce an interface or dependency injection layer for AI services to enable easier mocking and provider switching.</issue_description>

<agent_instructions>monitor the assignees code quality and overalll projecct flow shouldnt break</agent_instructions>

Comments on the Issue (you are @copilot in this section)

• Fixes Tight Coupling Between Services #73

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Pull request overview

This pull request successfully decouples AI services from the main application by introducing a comprehensive dependency injection pattern. The refactoring addresses the tight coupling issue identified in issue #73, making the codebase more testable, maintainable, and flexible.

Changes:

• Introduced protocol-based service interfaces and dependency injection container for 8 AI services (3 existing + 5 detection services)
• Created concrete implementations for HuggingFace-based detection services and mock implementations for testing
• Extended factory pattern to support environment-based service provider selection
• Refactored main application to use dependency injection instead of direct service imports

Reviewed changes

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File	Description
backend/ai_interfaces.py	Added DetectionService protocol and extended AIServiceContainer to manage 8 service instances with proper initialization
backend/ai_factory.py	Extended factory with detection service creation functions and updated create_all_ai_services to return 8-tuple
backend/main.py	Removed direct imports of detection modules and refactored all endpoints to use injected services via get_ai_services()
backend/hf_detection_services.py	Created concrete implementations wrapping HuggingFace CLIP models and local detection models with Protocol compliance
backend/mock_detection_services.py	Implemented test doubles for all 5 detection services with predictable mock responses
backend/test_comprehensive_ai_services.py	Added comprehensive test suite covering all 8 services in mock mode
SECURITY_SUMMARY.md	Documented security analysis showing 0 vulnerabilities and approval for production
REFACTORING_SUMMARY.md	Detailed implementation summary with benefits, metrics, and usage examples
FINAL_VERIFICATION.md	Complete verification checklist confirming all objectives met with test results
AI_SERVICE_DECOUPLING.md	Architecture documentation explaining the solution, benefits, and migration path

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The asyncio module is imported inside the detect method on lines 45 and 56, but asyncio.to_thread is only available in Python 3.9+. While this is generally acceptable, consider importing asyncio at the module level to make the dependency explicit and improve clarity. The current implementation works but having local imports inside methods can reduce code readability.