implement startup database loading (path still hardcoded)

Stars Assistant/Model/Game.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+using System;
+using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
+
+namespace StarsAssistant.Model;
+
+public class Game
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Dummy primary key, normally not used, but makes working with EF easier.
+    /// </summary>
+    public int GameId { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The base path in which all game files reside.
+    /// </summary>
+    public string GamePath { get; set; } = String.Empty;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The base name without extensions of your game, inside the GamePath folder.
+    /// All dependant files are resolved using this name.
+    /// </summary>
+    public string BaseName { get; set; } = String.Empty;
+}

Stars Assistant/Model/StarsDatabase.cs

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public class StarsDatabase(string DbPath) : DbContext
     /// <summary>
     /// The record with all game metadata, will only contain a single line at all times.
     /// </summary>
-    // public DbSet<Game> Game { get; set; }
+    public DbSet<Game> Game { get; set; }
 
     #endregion
 }

Stars Assistant/Program.cs

@@ -25,18 +25,36 @@ sealed class Program
         var logger = new ConsoleLogger() { Level = LogLevel.Debug };
         Locator.CurrentMutable.RegisterConstant(logger, typeof(ILogger));
 
-        Services.Game g = new()
+        bool newGame = false;
+        string dbPath = "/home/torben/Nextcloud/Documents/Stars!/Games/goingth/GOINGTH.sqlite";
+        Services.Game gameSvc;
+
+        using (StarsDatabase starsDB = new(dbPath))
         {
-            BaseName = "GOINGTH",
+            if (Path.Exists(dbPath))
-            GamePath = "/home/torben/goingth/"
+            {
-        };
+                Model.Game dbGame = starsDB.Game.First();
+                gameSvc = new Services.Game(dbGame);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                starsDB.Database.EnsureCreated();
+                gameSvc = new()
+                {
+                    BaseName = "GOINGTH",
+                    GamePath = "/home/torben/Nextcloud/Documents/Stars!/Games/goingth/"
+                };
+                gameSvc.SaveToDatabase(starsDB);
+                newGame = true;
+            }
+        }
 
-        Locator.CurrentMutable.RegisterConstant(g, typeof(Services.Game));
+        Locator.CurrentMutable.RegisterConstant(gameSvc, typeof(Services.Game));
-        Locator.CurrentMutable.RegisterConstant(new Services.CSVDataLoader(), typeof(Services.CSVDataLoader));
-        Locator.CurrentMutable.Register(() => new StarsDatabase(g.DatabaseFileName), typeof(StarsDatabase));
         Locator.CurrentMutable.RegisterConstant(new Services.CSVDataLoader(), typeof(Services.CSVDataLoader));
+        Locator.CurrentMutable.Register(() => new StarsDatabase(gameSvc.DatabaseFileName), typeof(StarsDatabase));
             
-        __createTestData();
+        if (newGame)
+            __createTestData();
 
         BuildAvaloniaApp()
             .StartWithClassicDesktopLifetime(args);
@@ -53,12 +71,8 @@ sealed class Program
 
     public static void __createTestData ()
     {
-        Services.Game game = Locator.Current.GetService<Services.Game>()!;
         using var db = Locator.Current.GetService<StarsDatabase>()!;
 
-        db.Database.EnsureDeleted();
-        db.Database.EnsureCreated();
-
         // Note: This sample requires the database to be created before running.
         // Console.WriteLine($"Database path: {db.DbPath}.");
 

Stars Assistant/Services/Game.cs

@@ -1,17 +1,58 @@
+using Splat;
+
 namespace StarsAssistant.Services;
 
 public class Game
 {
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Default constructor, initialize required fields manually, targeted
+    /// for Initial DB creation.
+    /// </summary>
+    public Game() {}
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Init game state from database, targeted for CLI arg.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="dbGame">Record loaded from DB</param>
+    public Game(Model.Game dbGame)
+    {
+        GamePath = dbGame.GamePath;
+        BaseName = dbGame.BaseName;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Save this record in the database. Uses the service locator to access the 
+    /// database unless you specify an instance. This is needed during initial
+    /// game creation, where the services are not yet established.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="db">Optional DB instance if services are yet unavailable.</param>
+    public void SaveToDatabase(Model.StarsDatabase? db = null) 
+    {
+        db ??= Locator.Current.GetService<Model.StarsDatabase>()!;
+        
+        Model.Game? dbGame = db.Game.FirstOrDefault();
+        if (dbGame == null)
+        {
+            dbGame = new Model.Game();
+            db.Add(dbGame);
+            db.SaveChanges();
+        }
+        dbGame.GamePath = GamePath;
+        dbGame.BaseName = BaseName; 
+        db.Update(dbGame);
+        db.SaveChanges();
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// The base path in which all game files reside.
     /// </summary>
-    public required string GamePath { get; set; }
+    public string GamePath { get; set; } = String.Empty;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// The base name without extensions of your game, inside the GamePath folder.
     /// All dependant files are resolved using this name.
     /// </summary>
-    public required string BaseName { get; set; }
+    public string BaseName { get; set; } = String.Empty;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Combine into the DatabaseName