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meritum/model-factory
=====================

Model factory builder for the Meritum ecosystem

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meritum/model-factory
=====================

[](#meritummodel-factory)

Model factory builder for the Meritum ecosystem — defines Faker-backed attribute sets for `meritum/database` models and builds or persists them in tests and seeders. Each model gets its own factory `Definition`, registered via the `model.factory.definitions` kernel tag — the same pattern `meritum/cli` uses for commands — so any project can ship its own definitions and have them discovered automatically, with no central registry to maintain.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP 8.4+
- `georgeff/kernel` ^1.10
- `meritum/database` ^1.3
- `fakerphp/faker` ^1.23

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require meritum/model-factory
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Defining a factory

[](#defining-a-factory)

Extend `Definition` once per model. It's constructed with a `Faker\Generator`, and returns the model's default attribute set:

```
use Faker\Generator;
use Meritum\ModelFactory\Definition;

final class PostDefinition extends Definition
{
    public function getModelClass(): string
    {
        return Post::class;
    }

    public function getDefinition(): array
    {
        return [
            'title' => $this->faker->sentence,
            'body'  => $this->faker->paragraph,
        ];
    }
}
```

### Registering the module

[](#registering-the-module)

Add `ModelFactoryModule` to your kernel. It requires a `DatabaseManagerInterface` to already be registered — the module doesn't build one itself, the same way `meritum/structured-logging` expects a `LoggerInterface` to already exist:

```
use Meritum\ModelFactory\ModelFactoryModule;
use Georgeff\Database\Contract\DatabaseManagerInterface;

$kernel->define(DatabaseManagerInterface::class, fn() => /* ... */);
$kernel->addModule(new ModelFactoryModule());
```

Each `Definition` subclass is registered like any other tagged service — the module doesn't scan for them, it resolves whatever's tagged:

```
use Faker\Generator;
use Psr\Container\ContainerInterface;
use Meritum\ModelFactory\FactoryOption;

$kernel->define(PostDefinition::class, fn(ContainerInterface $c) => new PostDefinition($c->get(Generator::class)))
       ->tag(FactoryOption::DefinitionTag->value);
```

### Building and persisting models

[](#building-and-persisting-models)

Resolve `ModelFactoryInterface` from the container and use `make()`, `create()`, or `collection()`:

```
use Meritum\ModelFactory\ModelFactoryInterface;

$factory = $kernel->getContainer()->get(ModelFactoryInterface::class);

// Build without persisting — attributes come from the Definition
$post = $factory->make(Post::class);

// Build with specific attributes overriding the Definition's defaults
$post = $factory->make(Post::class, ['title' => 'A specific title']);

// Build and persist
$post = $factory->create(Post::class);

// Build (or persist) several at once
$posts = $factory->collection(10, Post::class);           // persisted, keyed by primary key
$posts = $factory->collection(10, Post::class, [], false); // not persisted, keyed by index
```

`make()`/`create()`/`collection()` are generic over the model class — `$factory->make(Post::class)` is inferred as returning `Post`, not just the base `Model` type, so callers get proper static typing without needing to annotate anything themselves.

###  Health Score

37

—

LowBetter than 81% of packages

Maintenance90

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity3

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

46d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

Type Coverage Yes

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