Refactor resolving of null information for custom casted attribute types (#1330)

* Refactor resolving of null information for custom casted attribute types

* composer fix-style

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Co-authored-by: laravel-ide-helper <laravel-ide-helper@users.noreply.github.com>

Author: wimski

src/Console/ModelsCommand.php

@@ -437,12 +437,44 @@ public function castPropertiesType($model)
             $realType = $this->checkForCastableCasts($realType, $params);
             $realType = $this->checkForCustomLaravelCasts($realType);
             $realType = $this->getTypeOverride($realType);
-            $this->properties[$name]['type'] = $this->getTypeInModel($model, $realType);
+            $realType = $this->getTypeInModel($model, $realType);
+            $realType = $this->applyNullability($realType, isset($this->nullableColumns[$name]));
 
-            if (isset($this->nullableColumns[$name])) {
-                $this->properties[$name]['type'] .= '|null';
-            }
+            $this->properties[$name]['type'] = $realType;
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected function applyNullability(?string $type, bool $isNullable): ?string
+    {
+        if (!$type) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        $nullString = null;
+
+        // Find instance of:
+        // A) start of string or non-word character (like space or pipe) followed by 'null|'
+        // B) '|null' followed by end of string or non-word character (like space or pipe)
+        // This will find 'or null' instances at the beginning, middle or end of a type string,
+        // but will exclude solo/pure null instances and null being part of a type's name (e.g. class 'Benull').
+        if (preg_match('/(?:(?:^|\W)(null\|))|(\|null(?:$|\W))/', $type, $matches) === 1) {
+            $nullString = array_pop($matches);
         }
+
+        // Return the current type string if:
+        // A) the type can be null and the type contains a null instance
+        // B) the type can not be null and the type does not contain a null instance
+        if (!($isNullable xor $nullString)) {
+            return $type;
+        }
+
+        if ($isNullable) {
+            $type .= '|null';
+        } else {
+            $type = str_replace($nullString, '', $type);
+        }
+
+        return $type;
     }
 
     /**

tests/Console/ModelsCommand/LaravelCustomCasts/Models/CustomCast.php

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ class CustomCast extends Model
         'casted_property_with_return_primitive' => CustomCasterWithPrimitiveReturn::class,
         'casted_property_with_return_primitive_docblock' => CustomCasterWithPrimitiveDocblockReturn::class,
         'casted_property_with_return_nullable_primitive' => CustomCasterWithNullablePrimitiveReturn::class,
+        'casted_property_with_return_nullable_primitive_and_nullable_column' => CustomCasterWithNullablePrimitiveReturn::class,
         'casted_property_without_return' => CustomCasterWithoutReturnType::class,
         'casted_property_with_param' => CustomCasterWithParam::class . ':param',
         'casted_property_with_static_return_docblock' => SelfCastingCasterWithStaticDocblockReturn::class,

tests/Console/ModelsCommand/LaravelCustomCasts/__snapshots__/Test__test__1.php

@@ -29,8 +29,9 @@
  * @property \Barryvdh\LaravelIdeHelper\Tests\Console\ModelsCommand\LaravelCustomCasts\Casts\CastedProperty $casted_property_with_return_docblock
  * @property \Barryvdh\LaravelIdeHelper\Tests\Console\ModelsCommand\LaravelCustomCasts\Casts\CastedProperty $casted_property_with_return_docblock_fqn
  * @property array $casted_property_with_return_primitive
- * @property array|null $casted_property_with_return_primitive_docblock
- * @property array|null $casted_property_with_return_nullable_primitive
+ * @property array $casted_property_with_return_primitive_docblock
+ * @property array $casted_property_with_return_nullable_primitive
+ * @property array|null $casted_property_with_return_nullable_primitive_and_nullable_column
  * @property $casted_property_without_return
  * @property \Barryvdh\LaravelIdeHelper\Tests\Console\ModelsCommand\LaravelCustomCasts\Casts\CastedProperty $casted_property_with_param
  * @property SelfCastingCasterWithStaticDocblockReturn $casted_property_with_static_return_docblock
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@
  * @method static \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder|CustomCast whereCastedPropertyWithReturnDocblock($value)
  * @method static \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder|CustomCast whereCastedPropertyWithReturnDocblockFqn($value)
  * @method static \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder|CustomCast whereCastedPropertyWithReturnNullablePrimitive($value)
+ * @method static \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder|CustomCast whereCastedPropertyWithReturnNullablePrimitiveAndNullableColumn($value)
  * @method static \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder|CustomCast whereCastedPropertyWithReturnPrimitive($value)
  * @method static \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder|CustomCast whereCastedPropertyWithReturnPrimitiveDocblock($value)
  * @method static \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder|CustomCast whereCastedPropertyWithReturnType($value)
@@ -70,6 +72,7 @@ class CustomCast extends Model
         'casted_property_with_return_primitive' => CustomCasterWithPrimitiveReturn::class,
         'casted_property_with_return_primitive_docblock' => CustomCasterWithPrimitiveDocblockReturn::class,
         'casted_property_with_return_nullable_primitive' => CustomCasterWithNullablePrimitiveReturn::class,
+        'casted_property_with_return_nullable_primitive_and_nullable_column' => CustomCasterWithNullablePrimitiveReturn::class,
         'casted_property_without_return' => CustomCasterWithoutReturnType::class,
         'casted_property_with_param' => CustomCasterWithParam::class . ':param',
         'casted_property_with_static_return_docblock' => SelfCastingCasterWithStaticDocblockReturn::class,

tests/Console/ModelsCommand/migrations/____custom_casts_table.php

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ public function up(): void
             $table->string('casted_property_with_return_primitive');
             $table->string('casted_property_with_return_primitive_docblock');
             $table->string('casted_property_with_return_nullable_primitive');
+            $table->string('casted_property_with_return_nullable_primitive_and_nullable_column')->nullable();
             $table->string('casted_property_without_return');
             $table->string('casted_property_with_param');
             $table->string('casted_property_with_static_return_docblock');