refactor(database): remove collection seeding from seedDatabase
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- Remove `_seedCollection` method and its calls - Remove unused fixture data imports - Keep `_ensureIndexes` and `_seedOverrideAdminUser` methods
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Summary of Changes
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This pull request implements a significant refactoring of the database seeding service. The primary goal is to streamline the seedDatabase operation by removing the logic responsible for populating various collections with initial fixture data. The service will now primarily focus on ensuring database indexes and seeding the override admin user, making the seeding process more focused and potentially allowing for external or on-demand data population strategies.
Highlights
- Database Seeding Refactor: The core
seedDatabasefunction has been refactored to remove all calls to the_seedCollectionmethod. This means that the automatic seeding of various collections (e.g., countries, sources, topics, headlines, users, user app settings, remote configs) with fixture data is no longer part of the initial database seeding process. - Code Removal and Clean-up: The
_seedCollectionprivate helper method, which handled the bulk insertion of fixture data into collections, has been entirely removed. Additionally, any unused fixture data imports associated with this removed functionality have been cleaned up, reducing code footprint and dependencies.
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Code Review
This pull request is a good refactoring that simplifies the DatabaseSeedingService by removing the generic collection seeding functionality. The code changes are clean and effectively achieve the stated goal.
My main feedback is regarding maintainability. The removal of the collection seeding has made the DartDoc comments for the DatabaseSeedingService class and its seedInitialData method partially obsolete. For instance, the class comment still refers to seeding from fixture lists using upsert operations, which is no longer the case.
To prevent confusion for future developers, I recommend updating the documentation in a follow-up change to accurately describe the service's new, more focused responsibilities: ensuring database indexes and managing the admin user. As the documentation is outside the scope of the current diff, I'm providing this feedback here.
_seedCollectionmethod and its calls_ensureIndexesand_seedOverrideAdminUsermethodsStatus
READY/IN DEVELOPMENT/HOLD
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