How to configure dependency injection for repository class in symfony 3
Recommended as of Symfony 3.3:
As of Symfony 3.3 it is recommended to use the actual class name as service id (read this and this).
AppBundle\Repository\GroupEntityRepository:
factory: 'Doctrine\ORM\EntityManagerInterface:getRepository'
arguments:
- AppBundle\Entity\GroupEntity
Original answer:
You can configure your repository service like this:
group_entity_repository:
class: AppBundle\Repository\GroupEntityRepository
factory: ["@doctrine.orm.entity_manager", getRepository]
arguments:
- AppBundle\Entity\GroupEntity
You will probably never want to invoke the repository constructor yourself. Therefore this approach just uses the entity_manager to get the repository. The service container bascially uses this code to get the repository:
$container->get('doctrine.orm.entity_manager')->getRepository('AppBundle\Entity\GroupEntity');
Since Symfony 3.4 you can avoid factory and use a TagRepository service that extends ServiceEntityRepository class instead of directly EntityRepository.
use AppBundle\Entity\GroupEntity;
use Doctrine\Bundle\DoctrineBundle\Repository\ServiceEntityRepository;
use Symfony\Bridge\Doctrine\RegistryInterface;
class GroupEntityRepository extends ServiceEntityRepository
{
public function __construct(RegistryInterface $registry)
{
parent::__construct($registry, GroupEntity::class);
}
}
With this method, your service would be automatically registered with autowiring feature.
You can also do better in all Symfony version by using composition over inheritance.
final class GroupEntityRepository
{
/** @var EntityManagerInterface */
private $entityManager;
/** @var ObjectRepository */
private $objectRepository;
public function __construct(EntityManagerInterface $entityManager)
{
$this->entityManager = $entityManager;
$this->objectRepository = $this->entityManager->getRepository(GroupEntity::class);
}
This service can also be autowiring. You can go further by respecting the SOLID principle and create an interface. There is a good explanation in this article (Repository Pattern in Symfony)