Granada\Granada::factory PHP Method

factory() public static method

The class name should be supplied as a string, and the class should already have been loaded by PHP (or a suitable autoloader should exist). This method actually returns a wrapped ORM object which allows a database query to be built. The wrapped ORM object is responsible for returning instances of the correct class when its find_one or find_many methods are called.
public static factory ( $class_name, $connection_name = null )
    public static function factory($class_name, $connection_name = null)
    {
        $class_name = self::$auto_prefix_models . $class_name;
        $table_name = self::_get_table_name($class_name);
        if ($connection_name == null) {
            $connection_name = self::_get_static_property($class_name, '_connection_name', Orm\Wrapper::DEFAULT_CONNECTION);
        }
        $wrapper = Orm\Wrapper::for_table($table_name, $connection_name);
        $wrapper->set_class_name($class_name);
        $wrapper->use_id_column(self::_get_id_column_name($class_name));
        $wrapper->resultSetClass = $class_name::$resultSetClass;
        return $wrapper;
    }