Using Gates Properly: Remove isAble() Method

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The next thing I don't like is a specific ->isAble() method instead of using Laravel default Gates/Policies:

app/Http/Controllers/Api/V1/OrderController.php

public function show(Order $order)
{
    $this->isAble('view', $order); // policy
 
    // ...
}
 
public function update(UpdateOrderRequest $request, Order $order)
{
    try {
        $this->isAble('update', $order);
 
        // ...

This method comes from the base ApiController and looks like this:

app/Http/Controllers/Api/V1/ApiController.php

class ApiController extends Controller
{
    protected $policyClass;
 
    public function isAble($ability, $model)
    {
        return Gate::authorize($ability, [$model, $this->policyClass]);
    }

I've been honestly trying to understand the purpose of this extra layer. Maybe I'm wrong here, but I don't see its benefit over just calling Gate::authorize() directly from Controllers.

So, this is my refactored "Laravel way" version...