From a53ff9fb8f8ab563d74777d81a10376d5ec0b9a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jarek Tkaczyk <jarek@softonsofa.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2018 19:50:35 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] allow adding custom casters and overriding laravel's own via
 config

---
 src/Console/TinkerCommand.php | 22 +++++++++++++++++++++-
 src/TinkerServiceProvider.php |  6 ++++--
 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Console/TinkerCommand.php b/src/Console/TinkerCommand.php
index c95f699..fbd2a3e 100644
--- a/src/Console/TinkerCommand.php
+++ b/src/Console/TinkerCommand.php
@@ -33,6 +33,13 @@ class TinkerCommand extends Command
      */
     protected $description = 'Interact with your application';
 
+    /**
+     * Custom, user-defined casters for even better experience.
+     *
+     * @var array
+     */
+    protected $casters = [];
+
     /**
      * Execute the console command.
      *
@@ -102,7 +109,20 @@ protected function getCasters()
             $casters['Illuminate\Foundation\Application'] = 'Laravel\Tinker\TinkerCaster::castApplication';
         }
 
-        return $casters;
+        return array_merge($casters, $this->casters);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set cusomized casters for this tinker session.
+     *
+     * @param  array $casters
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    public function setCasters(array $casters)
+    {
+        $this->casters = $casters;
+
+        return $this;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/TinkerServiceProvider.php b/src/TinkerServiceProvider.php
index c4101b9..f120281 100644
--- a/src/TinkerServiceProvider.php
+++ b/src/TinkerServiceProvider.php
@@ -21,8 +21,10 @@ class TinkerServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
      */
     public function register()
     {
-        $this->app->singleton('command.tinker', function () {
-            return new TinkerCommand;
+        $this->app->singleton('command.tinker', function ($app) {
+            return (new TinkerCommand)->setCasters(
+                $app['config']->get('tinker.casters', [])
+            );
         });
 
         $this->commands(['command.tinker']);