[WIP]: Review and Fix Project Issues

[open-swe]

WORK IN PROGRESS OPEN SWE PR

Fixes: #4

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Summary by cubic

Added support for saving and loading app settings in the database, including a new settings table and related methods.

• New Features
  • Added methods to get and save settings.
  • Created the settings table if it does not exist.

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🔧 This WIP PR enhances the database service by adding comprehensive settings persistence functionality, including methods to save and retrieve user settings from a dedicated SQLite table. The changes lay the groundwork for fixing project-wide issues related to settings storage and application state management.

🔍 Detailed Analysis

Key Changes

• Settings Persistence: Added getSettings() and saveSettings() methods to handle JSON serialization/deserialization of Settings objects
• Database Schema: Introduced a new settings table with key-value storage for application configuration
• Initialization Enhancement: Updated the initialize() method to create the settings table alongside existing categories and url_items tables
• Error Handling: Implemented robust error handling with fallback to default Settings objects when JSON parsing fails

Technical Implementation

sequenceDiagram
    participant App as Application
    participant DB as DatabaseService
    participant SQLite as SQLite Database
    
    App->>DB: getSettings()
    DB->>DB: initialize()
    DB->>SQLite: SELECT value FROM settings WHERE key = 'settings'
    SQLite-->>DB: ResultSet
    DB->>DB: jsonDecode(value)
    DB-->>App: Settings object
    
    App->>DB: saveSettings(settings)
    DB->>DB: jsonEncode(settings.toJson())
    DB->>SQLite: INSERT OR REPLACE INTO settings
    SQLite-->>DB: Success

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Impact

• Data Persistence: Enables proper storage and retrieval of user preferences across application sessions
• Foundation for Fixes: Provides the database infrastructure needed to address the broader project issues mentioned in the linked GitHub issue
• Backward Compatibility: Uses CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS and graceful error handling to ensure smooth upgrades from existing installations

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