Symfony - inject doctrine repository in service

Question

according to How to inject a repository into a service in Symfony2? it's like

acme.custom_repository:
    class: Doctrine\ORM\EntityRepository
    factory: ['@doctrine.orm.entity_manager', getRepository]
    arguments:
        - 'Acme\FileBundle\Model\File'

but I get an Exception

Invalid service "acme.custom_repository": class "EntityManager5aa02de170f88_546a8d27f194334ee012bfe64f629947b07e4919__CG__\Doctrine\ORM\EntityManager" does not exist.

How can I do this in Symfony 3.4?

update:

EntityClass is actually a valid class FQCN (also used copy reference on phpstorm to be sure) , just renamed it because a companies name is in it :). updated it anyway.

solution

BlueM's solution works perfectly. In case you are not using autowiring here's the service defintion:

Acme\AcmeBundle\Respository\MyEntityRepository:
    arguments:
        - '@Doctrine\Common\Persistence\ManagerRegistry'
        - Acme\AcmeBundle\Model\MyEntity # '%my_entity_class_parameter%'

Answer 1

As you are using Symfony 3.4, you can use a much simpler approach, using ServiceEntityRepository. Simply implement your repository, let it extend class ServiceEntityRepository and you can simply inject it. (At least when using autowiring – I haven’t used this with classic DI configuration, but would assume it should also work.)

In other words:

namespace App\Repository;

use Doctrine\Bundle\DoctrineBundle\Repository\ServiceEntityRepository;
use Doctrine\Common\Persistence\ManagerRegistry;

class ExampleRepository extends ServiceEntityRepository
{
    /**
     * @param ManagerRegistry $managerRegistry
     */
    public function __construct(ManagerRegistry $managerRegistry)
    {
        parent::__construct($managerRegistry, YourEntity::class);
    }
}

Now, without any DI configuration, you can inject the repository wherever you want, including controller methods.

One caveat (which equally applies to the way you try to inject the repository): if the Doctrine connection is reset, you will have a reference to a stale repository. But IMHO, this is a risk I accept, as otherwise I won’t be able to inject the repository directly..

Answer 2

Check the arguments is a valid class (with FQCN or with a bundle simplification) as example:

acme.custom_repository:
    class: Doctrine\ORM\EntityRepository
    factory: 
        - '@doctrine.orm.entity_manager'
        - getRepository
    arguments:
        - Acme\MainBundle\Entity\MyEntity

or

acme.custom_repository:
    class: Doctrine\ORM\EntityRepository
    factory: 
        - '@doctrine.orm.entity_manager'
        - getRepository
    arguments:
        - AcmeMainBundle:MyEntity

Hope this help

Answer 3

Create the custom repository properly

First, you need to create the repository custom class that extends the default repository from doctrine:

use Doctrine\ORM\EntityRepository;

class UserRepository extends EntityRepository
{
   // your own methods
}

Then you need this annotation in the entity class:

/**
 * @ORM\Entity(repositoryClass="MyDomain\Model\UserRepository")
 */

Then you define the repository in the .yml file:

custom_repository:
        class: MyDomain\Model\UserRepository
        factory: ["@doctrine", getRepository]
        arguments:
          - Acme\FileBundle\Model\File

Make sure that in the definition of your repository class points to your custom repository class and not to Doctrine\ORM\EntityRepository.

Inject custom services into your custom repository:

On your custom repository create custom setters for your services

use Doctrine\ORM\EntityRepository;

class UserRepository extends EntityRepository
{
    protected $paginator;

    public function setPaginator(PaginatorInterface $paginator)
    {
        $this->paginator = $paginator;
    }
}

Then inject them like this:

custom_repository:
        class: MyDomain\Model\UserRepository

        factory: ["@doctrine", getRepository]
        arguments:
          - Acme\FileBundle\Model\File
        calls:
          - [setPaginator, ['@knp_paginator']]

Inject your repository into a service:

my_custom_service:
    class: Acme\FileBundle\Services\CustomService
    arguments:
        - "@custom_repository"