Error: Class 'Database\Factories\Entities\Units\UnitFactory' not found

[nafiesl]

Description

Got error Class 'Database\Factories\Entities\Units\UnitFactory' not found when running unit tests after generating CRUD with a model in a different directory (other than app/Models).

Package Version

• laravel/framework: v8.37.0
• luthfi/simple-crud-generator: 2.3.0

How to Reproduce

1. $ laravel new simple_crud_test
2. $ cd simple_crud_test
3. Update phpunit.xml using sqlite in memory database

   <server name="DB_CONNECTION" value="sqlite"/>
   <server name="DB_DATABASE" value=":memory:"/>
   

4. $ composer require laravel/ui
5. $ composer require luthfi/simple-crud-generator --dev
6. $ php artisan ui bootstrap --auth
7. $ php artisan make:crud Phone (Phone model on the app/Models directory)
8. $ vendor/bin/phpunit (all tests are passed)
9. $ php artisan make:crud Entities/Units/Unit (Unit model on the app/Entities/Units/Unit directory)
10. $ vendor/bin/phpunit --stop-on-failure
11. Get Error: Class 'Database\Factories\Entities\Units\UnitFactory' not found

Screenshot

[nafiesl]

After done some research on the laravel/framework codebase, I found this line.
https://github.com/laravel/framework/blob/8.x/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Factories/Factory.php#L718-L720

Since Laravel 8.x, they are using class-based model factories, they need to automatically resolve the model factory class name based on the model class name.

If the file Factory.php#L718-L720 they are checking if the class namespace is App\Models, the model factory class should be in database/factories/ModelNameFactory.

But when the Laravel model is stored outside the "app/Models", they will resolve the model factory class name based on the model's full namespace.

In my case, if my model path is app/Entities/Units/Unit.php, then they will look for model factory class on database/factories/Entities/Units/UnitFactory.php

I have created the fix on PR #40.

[nafiesl]

PR #40 has been merged, and the fix has been released on the tag/2.3.1. Closing this issue.