From d8e4f963c058525beb4f7763a65a2d6685b7c73e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matt Nadareski <mnadareski@outlook.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2026 11:15:07 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Statically cache item type names to avoid slowdowns

---
 SabreTools.Metadata.Filter/FilterKey.cs    | 10 ++++++----
 SabreTools.Metadata.Filter/FilterRunner.cs |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/SabreTools.Metadata.Filter/FilterKey.cs b/SabreTools.Metadata.Filter/FilterKey.cs
index ee08f2e8..b8867fd8 100644
--- a/SabreTools.Metadata.Filter/FilterKey.cs
+++ b/SabreTools.Metadata.Filter/FilterKey.cs
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ namespace SabreTools.Metadata.Filter
         /// </summary>
         public readonly string FieldName;
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Cached item type names for filter selection
+        /// </summary>
+        private static readonly string[] _datItemTypeNames = TypeHelper.GetDatItemTypeNames();
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Validating combined key constructor
         /// </summary>
@@ -149,12 +154,9 @@ namespace SabreTools.Metadata.Filter
             if (string.Equals(itemName, "datitem", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
                 || string.Equals(itemName, "item", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
             {
-                // Get all item types
-                var itemTypes = TypeHelper.GetDatItemTypeNames();
-
                 // If we get any matches
                 string localFieldName = fieldName;
-                string? matchedType = Array.Find(itemTypes, t => DatItemContainsField(t, localFieldName));
+                string? matchedType = Array.Find(_datItemTypeNames, t => DatItemContainsField(t, localFieldName));
                 if (matchedType is not null)
                 {
                     // Check for a matching field
diff --git a/SabreTools.Metadata.Filter/FilterRunner.cs b/SabreTools.Metadata.Filter/FilterRunner.cs
index 433a3037..6d932b49 100644
--- a/SabreTools.Metadata.Filter/FilterRunner.cs
+++ b/SabreTools.Metadata.Filter/FilterRunner.cs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ namespace SabreTools.Metadata.Filter
         /// <summary>
         /// Cached item type names for filter selection
         /// </summary>
-        private readonly string[] _datItemTypeNames = TypeHelper.GetDatItemTypeNames();
+        private static readonly string[] _datItemTypeNames = TypeHelper.GetDatItemTypeNames();
 
         public FilterRunner(FilterObject[] filters)
         {