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Exposes a base repository class that allows interactions with custom models.

Installation

composer require creode/laravel-repository

Usage

To use this package, you must extend the base repository abstract class and override the getModel() method to return the model class you wish to use.

use Creode\LaravelRepository\BaseRepository;

class MyRepository extends BaseRepository
{
    /**
     * Returns the model class to use for this repository.
     *
     * @return string
     */
    protected function getModel()
    {
        return MyModel::class;
    }
}

This repository can then be called in any other class.

The benefit of utilising this class in your code means that you can rebind your model class using a namespace config string in your application. By swapping any hardcoded references to model classes directly with the repository, you can still call standard model functions on it but it allows dynamic binding at runtime.

For more details about the repository pattern see this article on the benefits of it: https://www.twilio.com/blog/repository-pattern-in-laravel-application