Use shorthand nullability typings for better readability

Author: jnoordsij

src/ThemeServiceProvider.php

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class ThemeServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
     protected string $packageName = 'theme-name';
     protected array $commands = [];
     protected bool $theme = true;
-    protected null|string $componentsNamespace = null;
+    protected ?string $componentsNamespace = null;
 
     /**
      * -------------------------

src/app/Http/Controllers/Auth/VerifyEmailController.php

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 class VerifyEmailController extends Controller
 {
-    public null|string $redirectTo = null;
+    public ?string $redirectTo = null;
 
     /**
      * Create a new controller instance.

src/app/Library/CrudPanel/Traits/Filters.php

@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ public function filters()
 
     /**
      * @param  string  $name
-     * @return null|CrudFilter
+     * @return ?CrudFilter
      */
     public function getFilter($name)
     {

src/app/Library/CrudPanel/Traits/Input.php

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ trait Input
      * Returns the direct inputs parsed for model and relationship creation.
      *
      * @param  array  $inputs
-     * @param  null|array  $relationDetails
+     * @param  ?array  $relationDetails
      * @param  bool|string  $relationMethod
      * @return array
      */

src/app/Library/Uploaders/Support/RegisterUploadEvents.php

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public function __construct(
         }
     }
 
-    public static function handle(CrudField|CrudColumn $crudObject, array $uploaderConfiguration, string $macro, ?array $subfield = null, ?bool $registerModelEvents = true): void
+    public static function handle(CrudField|CrudColumn $crudObject, array $uploaderConfiguration, string $macro, ?array $subfield = null, bool $registerModelEvents = true): void
     {
         $instance = new self($crudObject, $uploaderConfiguration, $macro);
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public static function handle(CrudField|CrudColumn $crudObject, array $uploaderC
     /*******************************
      * Private methods - implementation
      *******************************/
-    private function registerEvents(array|null $subfield = [], ?bool $registerModelEvents = true): void
+    private function registerEvents(?array $subfield = [], bool $registerModelEvents = true): void
     {
         if (! empty($subfield)) {
             $this->registerSubfieldEvent($subfield, $registerModelEvents);

src/app/Library/Uploaders/Support/Traits/HandleRepeatableUploads.php

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ trait HandleRepeatableUploads
 {
     public bool $handleRepeatableFiles = false;
 
-    public null|string $repeatableContainerName = null;
+    public ?string $repeatableContainerName = null;
 
     /*******************************
      * Setters - fluently configure the uploader
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public function repeats(string $repeatableContainerName): self
     /*******************************
      * Getters
      *******************************/
-    public function getRepeatableContainerName(): null|string
+    public function getRepeatableContainerName(): ?string
     {
         return $this->repeatableContainerName;
     }

src/app/Library/Uploaders/Support/UploadersRepository.php

@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ public function getFieldUploaderInstance(string $requestInputName): UploaderInte
     /**
      * Get the upload field macro type for the given object.
      */
-    private function getUploadCrudObjectMacroType(array $crudObject): string|null
+    private function getUploadCrudObjectMacroType(array $crudObject): ?string
     {
         $uploadersGroups = $this->getUploadersGroupsNames();
 

src/app/Library/Validation/Rules/BackpackCustomRule.php

@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ protected function validateOnSubmit(string $attribute, mixed $value): array
         return $this->validateRules($attribute, $value);
     }
 
-    protected function validateFieldAndFile(string $attribute, null|array $data = null, array|null $customRules = null): array
+    protected function validateFieldAndFile(string $attribute, ?array $data = null, ?array $customRules = null): array
     {
         $fieldErrors = $this->validateFieldRules($attribute, $data, $customRules);
 
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ protected function validateFieldAndFile(string $attribute, null|array $data = nu
     /**
      * Implementation.
      */
-    public function validateFieldRules(string $attribute, null|array|string|UploadedFile $data = null, array|null $customRules = null): array
+    public function validateFieldRules(string $attribute, array|string|UploadedFile|null $data = null, ?array $customRules = null): array
     {
         $data = $data ?? $this->data;
         $validationRuleAttribute = $this->getValidationAttributeString($attribute);