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Class: Opscale\NotificationCenter\Notifications\NovaNotification
Channel identifier: nova
Underlying driver: Laravel\Nova\Notifications\NovaChannel NovaNotification sends a notification to the authenticated Nova user’s bell icon using Laravel Nova’s built-in notification system. It overrides the standard channel resolution so that deliveries addressed to the channel key nova are dispatched via NovaChannel.

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Method signatures

class NovaNotification extends Notification
{
    public function via(object $notifiable): array

    public function toNova(object $notifiable): NovaMessage

    public function getSubscription(): mixed

    protected function getIcon(string $type): string

    protected function getNovaType(string $type): string
}

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via()

Returns [NovaChannel::class] so Laravel routes the notification through Nova’s notification driver.

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toNova(object $notifiable): NovaMessage

Builds and returns the Laravel\Nova\Notifications\NovaMessage sent to the Nova bell. The payload is constructed as follows:
FieldSource
Message text$delivery->notification->subject
IconResolved from $delivery->notification->type->value via getIcon()
Type badgeResolved from $delivery->notification->type->value via getNovaType()
Action URLTracking open route for $delivery->open_slug, opened in a new tab

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getSubscription(): mixed

Overrides the base class to return the notifiable model instance (not just a contact value). It looks up the contact via the profile’s subscription list, then calls find() on the notifiable’s Eloquent model.

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getIcon(string $type): string

Maps the notification type to a Heroicon identifier:
Type valueIcon
Alertexclamation-circle
Systemcog
Reminderclock
Marketingmegaphone
(default)bell

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getNovaType(string $type): string

Maps the notification type to a Nova message type badge:
Type valueNova type
Alerterror
Systemwarning
(default)info

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What data it sends

The NovaMessage object delivered to Nova contains:
  • A message string equal to the notification’s subject
  • A Heroicon name
  • A type badge (info, warning, or error)
  • A “View” action button linking to the tracked open URL (opens in a new browser tab)

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Usage example

The nova channel is the default channel for the transactional strategy. Assign it via the strategy config, or reference it directly on a notification: 
// config/notification-center.php
'strategies' => [
    'transactional' => [
        'queue'    => 'notifications-transactional',
        'channels' => ['nova'],
        // ...
    ],
],
When a delivery is dispatched for this strategy, NovaNotification is instantiated with the Delivery model and queued on notifications-transactional.
The notifiable resolved by getSubscription() must be the Nova user model (or implement Notifiable). The subscription’s contact field should store the user’s primary key so find() can locate the correct record.

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