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+from collections.abc import Collection
+from collections.abc import Container
+from collections.abc import Iterable
+from collections.abc import Iterator
+from collections.abc import Mapping
+from collections.abc import MutableMapping
+from collections.abc import MutableSequence
+from collections.abc import Sequence
+from typing import Any
+from typing import overload
+
+from .events import AddItemEvent
+from .events import ChangeEvent
+from .events import HookFunction
+from .events import RemoveItemEvent
+from .events import SetItemEvent
+
+
+class ContainerMixin[T](Container[T]):
+    """Provide membership testing against subclass-owned storage."""
+
+    _data: Container[T]
+
+    def __contains__(self, item: object) -> bool:
+        return item in self._data
+
+
+class CollectionMixin[T](ContainerMixin[T], Collection[T]):
+    """Add iteration and size to the container interface."""
+
+    _data: Collection[T]
+
+    def __iter__(self) -> Iterator[T]:
+        return iter(self._data)
+
+    def __len__(self) -> int:
+        return len(self._data)
+
+
+class HookMixin:
+    """Share optional mutation callbacks and root-relative event paths."""
+
+    hook: HookFunction | None = None
+    _root: Any = None
+    _path: Sequence[Any] = ()
+
+    def new_path(self, key: Any) -> list[Any]:
+        return [*self._path, key]
+
+    def _notify(self, event_type: type[ChangeEvent[Any]], key: Any, item: Any) -> None:
+        if self.hook is not None:
+            root = self._root if self._root is not None else self
+            self.hook(event_type(root, self.new_path(key), item))
+
+
+class SequenceMixin[T](CollectionMixin[T], Sequence[T]):
+    """Add indexed access and the standard read-only sequence helpers."""
+
+    _data: Sequence[T]
+
+    @overload
+    def __getitem__(self, index: int) -> T: ...
+
+    @overload
+    def __getitem__(self, index: slice) -> Sequence[T]: ...
+
+    def __getitem__(self, index: int | slice) -> T | Sequence[T]:
+        return self._data[index]
+
+
+class MutableSequenceMixin[T](HookMixin, SequenceMixin[T], MutableSequence[T]):
+    """Report primitive mutations used by the mutable sequence helpers."""
+
+    _data: MutableSequence[T]
+
+    @overload
+    def __getitem__(self, index: int) -> T: ...
+
+    @overload
+    def __getitem__(self, index: slice) -> MutableSequence[T]: ...
+
+    def __getitem__(self, index: int | slice) -> T | MutableSequence[T]:
+        return self._data[index]
+
+    @overload
+    def __setitem__(self, index: int, value: T) -> None: ...
+
+    @overload
+    def __setitem__(self, index: slice, value: Iterable[T]) -> None: ...
+
+    def __setitem__(self, index: Any, value: Any) -> None:
+        if isinstance(index, slice):
+            value = list(value)
+        self._data[index] = value
+        self._notify(SetItemEvent, index, value)
+
+    def __delitem__(self, index: int | slice) -> None:
+        item = self._data[index]
+        del self._data[index]
+        self._notify(RemoveItemEvent, index, item)
+
+    def insert(self, index: int, value: T) -> None:
+        self._data.insert(index, value)
+        self._notify(AddItemEvent, index, value)
+
+
+class MappingMixin[K, V](CollectionMixin[K], Mapping[K, V]):
+    """Add key-based access and the standard read-only mapping helpers."""
+
+    _data: Mapping[K, V]
+
+    def __getitem__(self, key: K) -> V:
+        return self._data[key]
+
+
+class MutableMappingMixin[K, V](HookMixin, MappingMixin[K, V], MutableMapping[K, V]):
+    """Report primitive mutations used by the mutable mapping helpers."""
+
+    _data: MutableMapping[K, V]
+
+    def __setitem__(self, key: K, value: V) -> None:
+        event_type = SetItemEvent if key in self._data else AddItemEvent
+        self._data[key] = value
+        self._notify(event_type, key, value)
+
+    def __delitem__(self, key: K) -> None:
+        item = self._data[key]
+        del self._data[key]
+        self._notify(RemoveItemEvent, key, item)