I have Lesson and PrivateLesson models that corresponds to lesson & private_lesson tables. I have generic fields common to all lesson types in lesson table and private lesson specific fields in private_lesson table.
When creating a new private lesson, currently I’m going this.
$lesson = new Lesson();
if($lesson->save()) {
$privateLesson = new PrivateLesson();
}
Instead, is it possible to simply instantiate Lesson model, get it automatically instantiate necessary models based on the field given and populate child tables?
Yes, I could do that, but I’m looking for more object oriented way. Kind of single table / class table inheritance or polymorphic association. Consumer of the class shouldn’t know what class he has to instantiate, but simply instantiate the generic class which should do the magic.