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+-- lib/itemDB.lua — Item display name database
+-- Learns display names from getItemDetail() and persists to disk.
+-- Adapted from opus-apps core.itemDB for Inventory Manager.
+--
+-- Usage:
+--   local itemDB = dofile("lib/itemDB.lua")
+--   itemDB.init(".item_names.db")
+--   itemDB.learn("minecraft:diamond", "Diamond")
+--   print(itemDB.getName("minecraft:diamond"))  --> "Diamond"
+
+local itemDB = {}
+
+local nameData = {}
+local DATA_FILE = nil
+local dirty = false
+
+-------------------------------------------------
+-- Initialization and persistence
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+function itemDB.init(dataFile)
+    DATA_FILE = dataFile
+    itemDB.load()
+end
+
+function itemDB.load()
+    if not DATA_FILE or not fs.exists(DATA_FILE) then return end
+    pcall(function()
+        local f = fs.open(DATA_FILE, "r")
+        local raw = f.readAll()
+        f.close()
+        local data = textutils.unserialise(raw)
+        if type(data) == "table" then
+            nameData = data
+        end
+    end)
+end
+
+function itemDB.flush()
+    if not dirty or not DATA_FILE then return end
+    pcall(function()
+        local f = fs.open(DATA_FILE, "w")
+        f.write(textutils.serialise(nameData))
+        f.close()
+    end)
+    dirty = false
+end
+
+-------------------------------------------------
+-- Name resolution
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+--- Get a human-readable display name for an item.
+-- Falls back to generating a name from the item ID.
+-- @param itemName  string or table with .name field
+-- @return string
+function itemDB.getName(itemName)
+    if type(itemName) == "table" then itemName = itemName.name end
+    if not itemName then return "?" end
+    if nameData[itemName] then return nameData[itemName] end
+    -- Generate readable name from item ID (e.g. "minecraft:iron_ingot" -> "Iron Ingot")
+    local short = itemName:gsub("^[%w_]+:", "")
+    return short:gsub("_", " "):gsub("(%a)([%w_']*)", function(first, rest)
+        return first:upper() .. rest:lower()
+    end)
+end
+
+--- Learn a display name for an item.
+-- @param itemName     string or table with .name and optional .displayName
+-- @param displayName  string (optional if itemName is a table)
+function itemDB.learn(itemName, displayName)
+    if type(itemName) == "table" then
+        displayName = displayName or itemName.displayName
+        itemName = itemName.name
+    end
+    if itemName and displayName and displayName ~= "" then
+        if nameData[itemName] ~= displayName then
+            nameData[itemName] = displayName
+            dirty = true
+        end
+    end
+end
+
+--- Learn from a getItemDetail() result table.
+-- @param detail  table with .name and .displayName fields
+function itemDB.learnFromDetail(detail)
+    if detail and detail.name and detail.displayName then
+        itemDB.learn(detail.name, detail.displayName)
+    end
+end
+
+-------------------------------------------------
+-- Queries
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+--- Check if an item's display name has been learned.
+function itemDB.isKnown(itemName)
+    if type(itemName) == "table" then itemName = itemName.name end
+    return nameData[itemName] ~= nil
+end
+
+--- Get all known name mappings.
+function itemDB.getAllNames()
+    return nameData
+end
+
+--- Get count of known items.
+function itemDB.count()
+    local n = 0
+    for _ in pairs(nameData) do n = n + 1 end
+    return n
+end
+
+return itemDB