Changes the AlbumCoverProvider and ArtistArtProvider interfaces from
MBID-only string parameters to ref-struct signatures so name-based
providers (Deezer, Last.fm in upcoming tasks) can act on rows
without MBIDs.
Today, 53 of 213 artists in the dev DB have NULL MBIDs — featured
artists, remixers, and compilation contributors created from
track-tag splits where the primary-artist MBID is in the file but
collaborator IDs aren't. These rows are unreachable by the current
MBID-only chain. Refactoring the interface unblocks future
name-based providers from acting on them.
TheAudioDB and MBCAA keep MBID-only behavior internally: they return
ErrNotFound when ref.MBID is empty rather than attempting a
name-based fallback. The MBID guard inside EnrichAlbum/EnrichArtist
is removed; providers receive the ref unconditionally and decide
whether they can act on it.
GetAlbumWithFirstTrackPath now JOINs artists to return artist_name
alongside the existing fields, supporting AlbumRef construction.
No behavioral change today (only TheAudioDB + MBCAA registered, both
keep MBID-only behavior). The change unblocks T3 (Deezer) and T4
(Last.fm) which can now register and act on every artist/album
regardless of MBID presence.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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