Mango Repo

Introduction

Mango Repo is an Eloquent Repository package that aims at bringing an easy to use and fluent API. Getting started with repository pattern can be quite overwhelming. This is especially true for newcomers to Eloquent who are getting the grasp of active record. Behind the scenes Mango Repo tries to use as much of the Eloquent API as possible and keeping things simple.

License

Mango Repo is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license.

Version Compatibility

Laravel	MangoRepo
5.0.x	0.2.x
5.1.x	0.2.x
5.2.x	0.2.x
5.3.x	0.2.x
5.4.x	0.2.x
5.5.x	0.2.x
5.6.x	0.3.x
5.7.x	0.3.x
5.8.x	0.4.x
6.x	1.x
7.x	2.x
8.x	3.x

Installation

Install Mango Repo as you would with any other dependency managed by Composer:

$ composer require larachimp/mango-repo

Configuration

If you are using Laravel >= 5.5, you can skip service registration thanks to Laravel auto package discovery feature.

After installing Mango repo all you need is to register the LaraChimp\MangoRepo\MangoRepoServiceProvider and LaraChimp\PineAnnotations\PineAnnotationsServiceProvider in your config/app.php configuration file:

'providers' => [
    // Other service providers...

    LaraChimp\PineAnnotations\PineAnnotationsServiceProvider::class,
    LaraChimp\MangoRepo\MangoRepoServiceProvider::class,
],

Optionally you can register the annotations reader alias.

'aliases' => [
    ...
    'AnnotationsReader' => LaraChimp\PineAnnotations\Facades\Reader::class,
],

For more information check out the PineAnnotations package for more information on the annotation reader.

Creating a repository class

Use the mango:make command to create your repository classes. This command will take as argument the repository class namesapce (from App) and a --model option which allows you to specify the full namespace of the Eloquent model to which the repository will be tied.

$ php artisan mango:make "Repositories\Posts" --model="App\Models\Post"

The above command will generate the following repository class in the app/Repositories directory:

<?php

namespace App\Repositories;

use LaraChimp\MangoRepo\Repositories\EloquentRepository;

class Posts extends EloquentRepository
{
    /**
     * The target Eloquent Model.
     */
    const TARGET = \App\Models\Post::class;
}

Notice the const TARGET which specifies the Eloquent model the repository will make use of. If you would like to keep things a little bit simpler, the mango:make command allows you to specify an optional --annotated option which generates a repository class that uses annotations for specifying the Eloquent model:

$ php artisan mango:make "Repositories\Posts" --model="App\Models\Post" --annotated

The above command will generate the following repository class in the app/Repositories directory:

<?php

namespace App\Repositories;

use LaraChimp\MangoRepo\Annotations\EloquentModel;
use LaraChimp\MangoRepo\Repositories\EloquentRepository;

/**
 * @EloquentModel(target="App\Models\Post")
 */
class Posts extends EloquentRepository
{
    //
}

Using the repository

After creating your repository class, you may use it by resolving it via Laravel's Service container; either by dependency injection or by using the app() method.

In the following controller, we injected our Posts repository in the constructor and used it from our index method:

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use App\Repositories\Posts;

class PostController extends Controller 
{
    /**
     * Posts repository instance.
     * 
     * @var Posts
     */
    protected $posts;
    
    public function __construct(Posts $posts) 
    {
        $this->posts = $posts;
    }
    
    public function index()
    {
        $allPosts = $this->posts->all();
        //
    }
}

Take note that the repository class can be injected in not only controllers' constructors, but also methods and any service which is resolved by the service container.

You can also use the app(), app()->make() or resolve() method to resolve an instance of your repository class and use it as you please:

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use App\Repositories\Posts;

class PostController extends Controller 
{
    public function index()
    {
        $posts = app()->make(Posts::class)->all();
        //
    }
}

Although resolving repository classes from the service container seems the most efficient way to building up an instance, you may prefer to instantiate your repository classes manually for some reasons. To achieve this call the boot() method on the new instance before using it.

The boot() method will take care of loading the repository class dependencies for us:

$posts = (new \App\Repositories\Posts())->boot();

Available Methods

Out of the box, repository classes comes with these methods already written for you. However, you are free to add your own methods or override existing methods in your repository class for building your own custom API and business logic.

To keep things as simple as possible, for many of theses methods, Mango Repo makes use of the same methods available on the Eloquent model. Hence, Mango Repo's API tries to be as close to Eloquent's API as possible.

all()

Get all of the models from the database:

$users = app(\App\Repositories\Users::class)->all();

// Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection

or:

$users = app(\App\Repositories\Users::class)->all(['name', 'email']);

// Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection instance

paginate()

Paginate the models from the database:

$users = app(\App\Repositories\Users::class)->paginate(10, ['name', 'email']);

// Illuminate\Contracts\Pagination\LengthAwarePaginator instance

simplePaginate()

Paginate the models from the database into a simple paginator:

$users = app(\App\Repositories\Users::class)->simplePaginate(10, ['name', 'email']);

// Illuminate\Contracts\Pagination\Paginator

create()

Save a new model and return the instance:

$user = app(\App\Repositories\Users::class)->create([
            'name'     => 'John Doe', 
            'email'    => 'john@doe.com'
            'password' => Hash::make('secret')
         ]);
 
 // Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model

update()

Update a model in the database. The update method accepts as its second argument either the model instance or the model id:

app(\App\Repositories\Users::class)->update(['name' => 'John Smith'], $userId);

// bool

or:

app(App\Repositories\Users::class)->update(['name' => 'John Smith'], $user);

// bool

delete()

Delete a record from the database.The delete method accepts as its first argument either the model instance or the model id:

app(\App\Repositories\Users::class)->delete($userId);

// bool

or:

app(\App\Repositories\Users::class)->delete($user);

// bool

find()

Find a Model in the Database using the ID:

app(\App\Repositories\Users::class)->find($userId);

// Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model

or:

app(\App\Repositories\Users::class)->find($user_id, ['name', 'email']);

// Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model

findOrFail()

Find a model in the database or throw an exception:

app(\App\Repositories\Users::class)->findOrFail($userId);

// Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model

or:

app(\App\Repositories\Users::class)->findOrFail($userId, ['name', 'email']);

// Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model

findBy()

Find a model or models using some criteria:

app(\App\Repositories\Users::class)->findBy(['last_name' => 'Doe']);

// Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection

or:

app(\App\Repositories\Users::class)->findBy(['last_name' => 'Doe'], ['last_name', 'email']);

// Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection

getModel()

Gets the Eloquent model instance:

app(\App\Repositories\Users::class)->getModel();

// Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model

Model Repository Scoping

Mango Repo do not make use of long and tedious "Criterias classes" for filtering queries, instead any repository class created using the mango:make command can be "Model Scoped". In simpler terms this only means that you may access Local Query Scopes defined on your models directly on the repository class.

Hence, you define your query scopes once on your model classes and use them directly on your repository classes for query filtering.

Consider the following example:

<?php

namespace LaraChimp\MangoRepo\Tests\Fixtures\Models;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder;

class User extends Model
{
    //...
    
    /**
     * Apply an is active scope filter to the model.
     *
     * @param Builder $query
     *
     * @return Builder
     */
    public function scopeActive($query)
    {
        return $query->where('is_active', true);
    }
}

Since we've defined a local scope Active on our User Model, we don't have to rewrite the same scope twice within our repository class. We simple use it directly on the repository class. Yes as simple as that!

$activeUsers = app(\App\Repositories\Users::class)->active()->get();

// Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection

You may even chain scopes and apply other filters as you would for any Eloquent model instance:

 $users = app(\App\Repositories\Users::class)->popular()->active()->orderBy('created_at')->get();
 
 // Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection

Going Further

We think we've done a good job here at creating a simple but yet rich boilerplate for creating repository classes and in most cases you would probably just create repository classes using the mango:make command like a breeze. However, if you still are not satisfied and require creating your custom repository classes that do not need to be Model Scoped and so on; fear not we've got you covered.

First start by creating a class that implements LaraChimp\MangoRepo\Contracts\RepositoryInterface. Now you may implement all the methods available as you wish.

<?php

namespace Acme\Company;

use LaraChimp\MangoRepo\Contracts\RepositoryInterface;

class MyCompanyRepo implements RepositoryInterface
{
    public function all($columns = ['*'])
    {
        // ...
    }
    
    // ...
}

Remember you do not need to implement these methods again, you may use the LaraChimp\MangoRepo\Concerns\IsRepositorable trait which already implements those method for you:

<?php

namespace Acme\Company;

use LaraChimp\MangoRepo\Concerns\IsRepositorable;
use LaraChimp\MangoRepo\Contracts\RepositoryInterface;

class MyCompanyRepo implements RepositoryInterface
{
    use IsRepositorable;
    
    // ...
}

If you would like the repository to be bootable use the LaraChimp\MangoRepo\Concerns\IsRepositoryBootable trait, and for Model Scoping use LaraChimp\MangoRepo\Concerns\IsRepositoryScopable :

<?php

namespace Acme\Company;

use LaraChimp\MangoRepo\Concerns;
use LaraChimp\MangoRepo\Contracts\RepositoryInterface;

class MyCompanyRepo implements RepositoryInterface
{
    use Concerns\IsRepositorable,
        Concerns\IsRepositoryBootable,
        Concerns\IsRepositoryScopable;
    
    // ...
}

Credits

Big Thanks to all developers who worked hard to create something amazing!

Creator

Twitter: @PercyMamedy

GitHub: percymamedy