engineN/system/Config/Factory.php

<?php

/**
 * This file is part of CodeIgniter 4 framework.
 *
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 *
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 */

namespace CodeIgniter\Config;

/**
 * Factories Configuration file.
 *
 * Provides overriding directives for how
 * Factories should handle discovery and
 * instantiation of specific components.
 * Each property should correspond to the
 * lowercase, plural component name.
 */
class Factory extends BaseConfig
{
    /**
     * Supplies a default set of options to merge for
     * all unspecified factory components.
     *
     * @var array
     */
    public static $default = [
        'component'  => null,
        'path'       => null,
        'instanceOf' => null,
        'getShared'  => true,
        'preferApp'  => true,
    ];

    /**
     * Specifies that Models should always favor child
     * classes to allow easy extension of module Models.
     *
     * @var array
     */
    public $models = [
        'preferApp' => true,
    ];
}