flexible table classes in controllers for rest of tables

src/Controller/ExternalProductCatalogsController.php

@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 
 namespace CakeProducts\Controller;
 
+use Cake\Core\Configure;
 use Cake\Log\Log;
+use Cake\ORM\Table;
+use Cake\ORM\TableRegistry;
 use CakeProducts\Controller\AppController;
 
 /**
@@ -13,6 +16,28 @@ use CakeProducts\Controller\AppController;
  */
 class ExternalProductCatalogsController extends AppController
 {
+    /**
+     * @var Table|null
+     */
+    protected ?Table $_table = null;
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the table instance
+     *
+     * @return Table
+     */
+    public function getTable()
+    {
+        if ($this->_table instanceof Table) {
+            return $this->_table;
+        }
+        $this->_table = TableRegistry::getTableLocator()->get(
+            Configure::read('CakeProducts.ExternalProductCatalogs.table', 'CakeProducts.ExternalProductCatalogs')
+        );
+
+        return $this->_table;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Index method
      *