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Cascade soft delete and restore.

config.softdeletes.php

<?php

return [
    'user' => [
        'sessions',
    ],
];

Listeners.Cascade.php

<?php

namespace App\DB\Listeners;

class Cascade
{

    /**
     * Trigger cascade function on Eloquent Model if defined in softdeletes config.
     * @param  object $model     Eloquent Model
     * @param  string $direction restore|delete
     * @return mixed
     */
    public function cascade($model, $direction)
    {
        $setting = sprintf('softdeletes.%s', strtolower((new \ReflectionClass($model))->getShortName()));
        if ($options = config($setting)) {
            array_map(function ($tbl) use ($model, $direction) {
                $model->$tbl()->$direction();
            }, $options);
        }
    }
}

Listeners.CascadeDeleteListener.php

<?php

namespace App\DB\Listeners;

use Illuminate\Queue\InteractsWithQueue;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;

class CascadeDeleteListener extends Cascade
{
    /**
     * Handel the event for eloquent delete.
     * @param  $model
     * @return void
     */
    public function handle($model)
    {
        /** TO-DO: find a way to check if we called delete or forceDelete because this invalidates tests. */
        $this->cascade($model, app()->environment('local') ? 'forceDelete' : 'delete');
    }
}

Listeners.CascadeRestoreListener.php

<?php

namespace App\DB\Listeners;

use Illuminate\Queue\InteractsWithQueue;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;

class CascadeRestoreListener extends Cascade
{
    /**
     * Handel the event for eloquent restore.
     * @param  $model
     * @return void
     */
    public function handle($model)
    {
        $this->cascade($model, 'restore');
    }
}

Providers.EventServiceProvider.php

<?php

namespace App\DB\Providers;

use Illuminate\Contracts\Events\Dispatcher as DispatcherContract;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Support\Providers\EventServiceProvider as ServiceProvider;

class EventServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
{
    /**
     * The event listener mappings for the application.
     *
     * @var array
     */
    protected $listen = [
      'eloquent.deleting: *'  => ['App\DB\Listeners\CascadeDeleteListener'],
      'eloquent.restoring: *' => ['App\DB\Listeners\CascadeRestoreListener'],
    ];

    /**
     * Register any other events for your application.
     *
     * @param  \Illuminate\Contracts\Events\Dispatcher  $events
     * @return void
     */
    public function boot(DispatcherContract $events)
    {
        parent::boot($events);
    }
}