[New feature] DatabaseSeeder

[vjandrea]

We can discuss here how to implement a DatabaseSeeder for ClosureTable.
In particular, how to implement a scan of an array of nodes.

[ghost]

Semi-Offtopic:
What I would really love to see regarding the Seeder would the possibility of specifying a parent during creation.
Currently I create all the Entities and then move them to their corresponding position within the tree. That's no fun at all :(

[franzose]

@thedancingbard, explain in more details, please. As I can guess, some things might should be implemented in the Entity itself.

[kapooostin]

I guess I was going to ask the same question. Is there a way to parse a tree from an array, representing its structure.

Something like this:

Entity->parseTree(
  [
    [ 'id' => 0 ],
    [ 'id' => 1 ],
    [ 'id' => 2,
      'children' => [
        [ 'id' => 3 ],
        [ 'id' => 4,
          'children' => [
            [ 'id' => 5 ],
          ],
        ],
      ],
    ],
  ]
);

[franzose]

@kapooostin, nope at the moment. You can only get a whole tree with the tree() method or filtered one by some condition with filteredTree(). When saving, you have to build the tree manually.

If you're interested you could create another issue for that and offer your implementation of such a thing :)

[vjandrea]

@kapooostin if you create an issue for your request we can start discussing it in a separate thread, i am building a recursive function that works as you asked but we have to clarify some points.

[franzose]

@vjandrea, @thedancingbard already have created one.

[franzose]

@vjandrea, see #34, please.

[franzose]

I close this issue because we aren't talking about the seeder but about the automatic creation from prepared array or something.