Does holding a WidgetRef in a service class ensure that reading the provider state always gives the fresh data and not stale data ?

[nateshmbhat]

when i create a service class and pass the Widget ref as a param in its constructor so that i can read any provider state inside the service methods, is it guaranteed that it will give me the latest state value regardless of which ref object I passed from whichever widget ?

I have certain services which need to run independenly from the normal widget cycle and need access to fresh data for example Deeplink handler service , DioUtil that has a dio client with interceptors that inject certain tokens in the request.

So if i initialize these service classes initially by passing the top level MaterialApp (MyApp Widget) WidgetRef and holding this ref inside the service classes, at a later point of time, when methods inside these services need the data from the providers, will I get the latest data and is this a good programming approach or is there a better way ?

Example code :

class DeeplinkHandler {
  final WidgetRef widgetRef;
  static DeeplinkHandler? _instance;
  DeeplinkHandler._(this.widgetRef);

  static DeeplinkHandler instance(WidgetRef ref) {
    return _instance ??= DeeplinkHandler._(ref);
  }

  
  void handleDeeplink(String deeplink) {
    // access provider data here  at different points of time in the app
  }
}