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<?php 

$repo = new Acme\Repositories\UserRepository;

// echo the name of the user with id 1
echo $repo->find(1)->name;

// echo the number of users with username = johnsmith
echo count($repo->findByUsername('johnsmith'));

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<?php namespace Acme\Abstracts;

use Acme\Repositories\RepositoryInterface;

/**
 * The Abstract Repository provides default implementations of the methods defined
 * in the base repository interface. These simply delegate static function calls 
 * to the right eloquent model based on the $modelClassName.
 */

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<?php namespace Acme\Repositories;

use Acme\Abstracts\Repository as AbstractRepository;

class UserRepository extends AbstractRepository implements UserRepositoryInterface
{
	// This is where the "magic" comes from:
	protected $modelClassName = 'User';
	
	// This class only implements methods specific to the UserRepository

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<?php namespace Acme\Repositories;

/**
 * The UserRepositoryInterface contains ONLY method signatures for methods 
 * related to the User object.
 *
 * Note that we extend from RepositoryInterface, so any class that implements 
 * this interface must also provide all the standard eloquent methods (find, all, etc.)
 */

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<?php namespace Acme\Repositories;

/**
 * RepositoryInterface provides the standard functions to be expected of ANY 
 * repository.
 */
interface RepositoryInterface {
	
	public function create(array $attributes);

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<?php 

use Acme\Storage\PostRepositoryInterface;
use Mockery as m;

class PostControllerTest extends TestCase {

  private $postRepository;

  public function setUp()

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<?php 

use Mockery as m;

class PostControllerTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_Testcase {

  private $postRepository;
  private $postController;

  public function setUp()

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<?php

  // etc...
  'providers' => array(
    'Illuminate\Foundation\Providers\ArtisanServiceProvider',
    'Illuminate\Auth\AuthServiceProvider',
    // etc...
		
    // add custom service providers below:
    'Acme\Storage\Eloquent\StorageServiceProvider',

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<?php namespace Acme\Storage\Eloquent;

use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;

class StorageServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider {
	
  public function register()
  {
    // tells the IoC container that when we request an instance of PostRepositoryInterface,
    // it should instantiate and return Acme\Storage\Eloquent\PostRepository

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<?php namespace Acme\Controllers;
 
use Acme\Storage\PostRepositoryInterface as PostRepository;
use Acme\Models\Post;
 
class PostController extends BaseController {
  
  private $postRepository;
  
  // notice that our controller now expects PostRepositoryInterface to be injected