---
title: "DI and actions — Comments for Laravel | Roundly"
description: "Inject CommentsManager for the same API without static calls, or run one of eleven action classes directly from a job or your own action."
url: https://roundly-consulting.com/open-source/docs/comments-for-laravel/without-facade
language: en
---

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# DI and actions

The facade is the recommended default, not the only way in. Three entry points run the same code:

- The Comments facade — the shortest form.
- The manager, injected through the constructor — the same API with an explicit dependency and no static calls. RoundlyConsulting\\Comments\\CommentsManager is the facade root: a singleton, non-final because the fake extends it.
- Actions — RoundlyConsulting\\Comments\\Actions\\\*Action, final readonly classes with one execute(), for queued jobs or your own actions.

## Injecting the manager

Comments::fake() swaps the manager in the container too, so constructor-injected managers get the fake:

```php
use RoundlyConsulting\Comments\CommentsManager;
use RoundlyConsulting\Comments\Models\Comment;

final class PublishFeedback
{
    public function __construct(private CommentsManager $comments) {}

    public function __invoke(Post $post, User $user, string $body): Comment
    {
        return $this->comments->on($post)->as($user)->body($body)->post();
    }
}

// Everything on the facade is on the manager:
$this->comments->query()->pending()->mostReported()->paginate();
$this->comments->lockThread($comment);
```

## Running an action

Each manager method resolves one action from the container, so a host binding over an action applies to the facade, the builder, bulk moderation and the model traits alike. Calling an action directly skips the manager, so Comments::fake() does not record it:

```php
use RoundlyConsulting\Comments\Actions\LockThreadAction;
use RoundlyConsulting\Comments\Actions\WriteCommentAction;
use RoundlyConsulting\Comments\DataTransferObjects\WriteCommentData;

$comment = app(WriteCommentAction::class)->execute(new WriteCommentData(
    commentable: $post,
    body: 'From a job',
    author: $user,        // optional
    parent: $rootComment, // optional reply — must belong to $post
));

app(LockThreadAction::class)->execute($comment);
```

## Facade method → action

| Facade method | Action | Does |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `on()->post(), write()` | `WriteCommentAction::execute(WriteCommentData)` | Refuses a foreign parent, authorizes, validates the body, checks depth, locks and blocklist, persists, syncs mentions. |
| `update()` | `UpdateCommentAction::execute(UpdateCommentData)` | Edits the body, re-runs the blocklist, re-syncs mentions; fires CommentUpdated. |
| `delete(), deleteAll()` | `DeleteCommentAction::execute(Comment)` | Soft-deletes; fires CommentDeleted. |
| `restore()` | `RestoreCommentAction::execute(Comment)` | Restores a soft-deleted comment. |
| `approve(), approveAll()` | `ApproveCommentAction::execute(Comment)` | Status approved; fires CommentApproved, then CommentMentioned for mentions held back until now. |
| `hide(), hideAll()` | `HideCommentAction::execute(Comment)` | Status hidden; fires CommentHidden. |
| `lock()` | `LockSubjectAction::execute(Model)` | Stores the subject’s CommentLock. |
| `unlock()` | `UnlockSubjectAction::execute(Model)` | Removes the subject lock. |
| `lockThread()` | `LockThreadAction::execute(Comment)` | Locks the thread; fires CommentThreadLocked. |
| `unlockThread()` | `UnlockThreadAction::execute(Comment)` | Lifts the thread lock; fires CommentThreadUnlocked. |
| `transfer()` | `TransferCommentsAction::execute(Model $from, Model $to)` | Refuses the same subject and a locked target, authorizes create on the target, re-points every comment in one transaction; fires CommentsTransferred. |

query(), for(), byAuthor(), isLocked(), isThreadLocked() and blocklisted() are reads with no action behind them. SyncCommentMentionsAction and NotifyCommentMentionsAction are @internal — building blocks the write, update and approve actions run, not host-facing operations. The actions take two DTOs from RoundlyConsulting\\Comments\\DataTransferObjects: WriteCommentData(commentable, body, author, visible, parent, meta) and UpdateCommentData(comment, body).

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