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+<?php
+
+namespace App;
+
+use App\Http\Traits\UniqueUndeletedTrait;
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
+use Log;
+use Watson\Validating\ValidatingTrait;
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\SoftDeletes;
+use App\Models\SnipeModel;
+use App\Models\User;
+
+class Department extends SnipeModel
+{
+    /**
+     * Whether the model should inject it's identifier to the unique
+     * validation rules before attempting validation. If this property
+     * is not set in the model it will default to true.
+     *
+     * @var boolean
+     */
+    protected $injectUniqueIdentifier = true;
+
+    use ValidatingTrait, UniqueUndeletedTrait;
+
+    protected $rules = [
+        'name'            => 'max:255',
+        'user_id'        => 'required',
+        'location_id'        => 'numeric',
+        'company_id'        => 'numeric',
+    ];
+
+    /**
+     * The attributes that are mass assignable.
+     *
+     * @var array
+     */
+    protected $fillable = [
+        'user_id',
+        'name',
+        'location_id',
+        'company_id',
+        'manager_id',
+        'notes',
+    ];
+
+
+    public function company()
+    {
+        return $this->belongsTo('\App\Models\Company', 'company_id');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Even though we allow allow for checkout to things beyond users
+     * this method is an easy way of seeing if we are checked out to a user.
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    public function users()
+    {
+        return $this->hasMany('\App\Models\User', 'department_id');
+    }
+
+}