From a6a9cfe592ee35636b0a76a43c3eb26bf8af70e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "aidan.casey" <aidan@caseyhouse.net>
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2026 20:49:17 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] feat: allows `get` to resolve services as singletons

---
 packages/container/src/Container.php        |  7 +++++++
 packages/container/src/GenericContainer.php | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/container/src/Container.php b/packages/container/src/Container.php
index dba11e198..fcaa68e37 100644
--- a/packages/container/src/Container.php
+++ b/packages/container/src/Container.php
@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@ public function singleton(string $className, mixed $definition, string|UnitEnum|
 
     public function config(object $config): self;
 
+    /**
+     * @template TClassName of object
+     * @param class-string<TClassName> $className
+     * @return TClassName
+     */
+    public function make(string $className, mixed ...$params): mixed;
+
     /**
      * @template TClassName of object
      * @param class-string<TClassName> $className
diff --git a/packages/container/src/GenericContainer.php b/packages/container/src/GenericContainer.php
index 752fca8f2..402ec0bde 100644
--- a/packages/container/src/GenericContainer.php
+++ b/packages/container/src/GenericContainer.php
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ public function __construct(
         private(set) ArrayIterator $resettables = new ArrayIterator(),
 
         private(set) ?DependencyChain $chain = null,
+
+        private(set) bool $getClassAsSingletonByDefault = false,
     ) {
         $this->singleton(Container::class, $this);
         $this->singleton(ContainerInterface::class, $this);
@@ -198,6 +200,17 @@ public function config(object $config): self
         return $this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @template TClassName of object
+     * @param class-string<TClassName> $className
+     * @return TClassName
+     * @throws CircularDependencyEncountered
+     */
+    public function make(string $className, ...$params): mixed
+    {
+        return $this->resolve($className, null, ...$params);
+    }
+
     /**
      * @template TClassName of object
      * @param class-string<TClassName> $className
@@ -213,6 +226,10 @@ public function get(string $className, string|UnitEnum|null $tag = null, mixed .
 
         $this->stopChain();
 
+        if ($this->getClassAsSingletonByDefault) {
+            $this->singleton($className, $dependency, $tag);
+        }
+
         return $dependency;
     }