Base Repository (basic)

Author: sileence

app/Repositories/BaseRepository.php

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace TeachMe\Repositories;
+
+abstract class BaseRepository {
+
+    /**
+     * @return \TeachMe\Entities\Entity
+     */
+    abstract public function getModel();
+
+    /**
+     * @return \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder
+     */
+    public function newQuery()
+    {
+        return $this->getModel()->newQuery();
+    }
+
+    public function findOrFail($id)
+    {
+        return $this->newQuery()->findOrFail($id);
+    }
+
+}

app/Repositories/TicketRepository.php

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 use TeachMe\Entities\Ticket;
 
-class TicketRepository {
+class TicketRepository extends BaseRepository {
 
     public function getModel()
     {
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ public function getModel()
 
     protected function selectTicketsList()
     {
-        return Ticket::selectRaw(
+        return $this->newQuery()->selectRaw(
             'tickets.*, '
             . '( SELECT COUNT(*) FROM ticket_comments WHERE ticket_comments.ticket_id = tickets.id ) as num_comments,'
             . '( SELECT COUNT(*) FROM ticket_votes WHERE ticket_votes.ticket_id = tickets.id ) as num_votes'
@@ -43,9 +43,4 @@ public function paginateClosed()
             ->paginate(20);
     }
 
-    public function findOrFail($id)
-    {
-        return Ticket::findOrFail($id);
-    }
-
 }