Proposal: Add #[UseResource(...)] attribute support for Laravel models

[Lukasss93]

Currently, Laravel models provide the toResource and toResourceCollection methods to transform a model into a JSON resource.
This is very convenient since there is no need to manually pass the resource class, as long as the resource name follows the convention: <ModelName>Resource.

Problem:
In my project, I couldn’t follow the naming convention for resources.
As a result, I need to write calls like this everywhere:

$model->toResource(MyCustomNameResource::class);

This becomes repetitive and less clean.

Proposed Solution:
It would be great to introduce an attribute that allows developers to define the resource class directly on the model. For example:

#[UseResource(MyCustomNameResource::class)]
class MyModel extends Model {}

With this attribute in place, calls to toResource() and toResourceCollection() could automatically resolve to the specified resource class, without the need to pass it explicitly every time.

Benefits:

• Reduces boilerplate when the naming convention cannot be followed.
• Keeps code more consistent and readable.
• Provides more flexibility while still leveraging the convenience of toResource.

[Lukasss93]

Can someone open a PR?

[Sophist-UK]

Yes. You can.

[Lukasss93]

I’d rather have someone else do it, I’m not that good at it and last time it didn’t go well…

[Lukasss93]

All right, done: #56966