Netmex - Laravel Attributes: Route

Lightweight Laravel package to define and register HTTP routes using PHP Attributes on controllers and methods.

Key features

• Define routes declaratively with a #[Route(...)] PHP Attribute on controllers and methods.
• Convert attributes into a compact RouteMetadata value object via a parser.
• Cache discovered metadata with optional automatic invalidation based on controller file mtimes.
• A Registrar service that wires metadata into the Laravel router (route registration and model binding helpers).

Table of Contents

• Installation
• Quick Usage
• Class-level group attributes
• Service Provider
• Configuration
• Commands
• Contributing
• License & Maintainer

Installation

Install the package via Composer:

composer require netmex/laravel-attributes

The package supports Laravel's package auto-discovery. If you don't use auto-discovery, register the service provider in your application:

// config/app.php
'providers' => [
    // ...
    Netmex\Attributes\Route\AttributesRouteServiceProvider::class,
];

Quick Usage

Annotate controller classes and methods using the package attribute Netmex\Laravel\Attributes\Route.

Method-level example:

use Netmex\Laravel\Attributes\Route;

final class PostController
{
    #[Route(path: '/posts', name: 'posts.index', methods: ['GET'])]
    public function index()
    {
        // controller action
    }

    #[Route(path: '/posts/{id}', name: 'posts.show', methods: ['GET'], requirements: ['id' => '\\d+'])]
    public function show(int $id)
    {
        // controller action
    }
}

Class-level (group) example — apply a prefix and default middleware or naming:

use Netmex\Laravel\Attributes\Route;

#[Route(path: '/admin', name: 'admin.', middleware: ['auth'])]
final class Admin\DashboardController
{
    #[Route(path: '/dashboard', name: 'dashboard')]
    public function index() {}
}

Service Provider & Services

The package registers the following services in the container via AttributesRouteServiceProvider:

• Discovery\ControllerDiscovery — discover controller classes from the configured path/namespace.
• Parser\AttributeParser — parse attributes (Reflection) into RouteMetadata instances.
• Cache\RouteMetadataCache — cache and return metadata arrays/objects.
• Registrar\Registrar and Registrar\RouteRegistrar — register routes into Illuminate\Routing\Router and apply model binding.

Configuration

Publish or review config/attributes-route.php for the following options:

• cache_key (string) — cache key prefix (default: attributes_route_metadata).
• cache_ttl (int|null) — TTL in seconds (null = forever).
• auto_invalidate (bool) — append a mtime-based hash to the cache key so metadata is automatically invalidated when controller files change.

Commands

The package includes a console command to clear the metadata cache. You can call it via artisan (command name is provided by the package service provider):

php artisan attributes-route:clear

Contributing

Contributions welcome. Suggested improvements and tests:

• Integration tests using Orchestra\Testbench to assert Registrar::register() registers routes into the router.
• Tests for the console cache-clear command and cache invalidation behavior.
• Add documentation examples showing php artisan route:list after registration.

License

MIT License