Medium Laravel Article - EloquentMemberRepository.php

EloquentMemberRepository.php

<?php

class EloquentMemberRepository implements MemberRepositoryInterface
{
   /**
    * @var Member
    */
   protected $model;

 
   public function __construct(Member $model)
   {
      $this->model = $model   
   }

   /**
    * @return MemberInterface
    */
   public function find($id)
   {
      return $this->model->find($id);
   }

   /**
    * @return Illuminate\Support\Collection
    */
   public function findTopPosters($count = 10)
   {
      return $this->model
                  ->orderBy($this->model::ATTR_POST_COUNT, 'DESC')
                  ->take($count)
                  ->get();

   }

   public function save(MemberInterface $member)
   {
      $member->save();
      
      /* 
      Caveat here - our MemberInterface doesn't explicitly define
      a save() method, we are only type hinting it to ensure some consistency
      between different implementations of the repository interface.
      
      This Eloquent-specific repository implementation very much expects that
      What you are passing back into it can save itself - so in practice
      You will not be returning and saving POPOs through Eloquent repositories.
      
      Despite the coupling of Eloquent models with Eloquent repositories, the purpose
      of the architecture is to insulate the rest of your application from changes
      in your data / persistence model.
      */
   }
}