Laravel 5.2 What goes in facade getFacadeAccessor return

Question

So I am trying to create my first ever Service provider and complimentary Facade in Laravel.

Service Provider:

<?php namespace Jbm\Providers;

use Illuminate\Contracts\Http\Kernel;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider as BaseServiceProvider;

use Jbm\Helpers\ReportGenerator;

class ReportGeneratorServiceProvider extends BaseServiceProvider
{
    /**
     * Indicates if loading of the provider is deferred.
     *
     * @var bool
     */
    protected $defer = true;

    /**
     * Register the service provider.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function register()
    {
        $this->app->bind('Jbm\Helpers\Contracts\ReportGeneratorContract', function($app){
            return new ReportGenerator();
        });
    }

    /**
     * Add the Cors middleware to the router.
     *
     * @param Kernel $kernel
     */
    public function boot(Request $request, Kernel $kernel)
    {
        //
    }

    /**
     * Get the services provided by the provider.
     *
     * @return array
     */
    public function provides()
    {
        return array('jbm.reportGenerator');
    }

}

Facade:

<?php

namespace Jbm\Facades;

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Facade;

class ReportGenerator extends Facade 
{
    protected static function getFacadeAccessor() 
    { 
        return 'jbm.reportGenerator'; 
    }
}

It seems that every package I look at handles things different ways. One thing I am confused about is what is supposed to go in the return of getFacadeAccessor() in the Facade. In my service provider I say it provides jbm.reportGenerator and then use that in the Facade but I don't know how that connects to what I've registered. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Update:

I decided to add my service provider and my facade to my config/app.php and then tried to use it in a controller and it says "Report Generator not found". So it obviously isn't working...no idea why

Update 2:

After removing the dot in the name I am now getting Call to undefined method Jbm\Facades\ReportGenerator::parseConfig().

Answer 1

First, your service provider should be in the App\Providers namespace, and should extend ServiceProvider. So it will look like this:

<?php

namespace App\Providers;

use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
use Jbm\Helpers\ReportGenerator;

class ReportGeneratorServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
{
    public function register()
    {
        $this->app->bind('Jbm\Helpers\Contracts\ReportGeneratorContract', function($app){
            return new ReportGenerator();
        });
    }    
}

After that, the facade should be in the App\Facades namespace, and the getFacadeAccessor() method should return the class name of your service provider:

<?php

namespace App\Facades;

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Facade;

class ReportGenerator extends Facade 
{
    protected static function getFacadeAccessor() 
    { 
        return App\Providers\ReportGeneratorServiceProvider::class;
    }
}

Now, let's add the service provider and facade to the app:

// config/app.php

'providers' => [
    App\Providers\ReportGeneratorServiceProvider::class,
]

'aliases' => [
    'ReportGenerator' => App\Facades\ReportGenerator::class,
]