Laravel 4 Eloquent Repository Abstract

EloquentRepository.php

<?php namespace app\Acme\Repositories;

/**
 * Class EloquentRepository
 * @package app\Acme\Repositories
 */
abstract class EloquentRepository {

    /**
     * @var $model \Eloquent;
     */
    private $model;

    /**
     * @return \Eloquent
     */
    public function getModel()
    {
        return $this->model;
    }

    /**
     * @param $model
     */
    public function setModel($model)
    {
        $this->model = $model;
    }

    /**
     * @return mixed
     */
    public function readAll()
    {
        return $this->getModel()->all();
    }

    /**
     * @param array $attributes
     * @return static
     */
    public function create(Array $attributes)
    {
        $model = $this->getModel();
        return $model->create($attributes);
    }

}