/**
* Resolve the route item and return it's ID.
* Defaults to null if no match can be found.
*
* @param $parent
* @return mixed
*/
protected static function getRouteID($route)
{
$route_id = null;
// // If a string was provided, find the Route based on that name.
// if (is_string($route)) {
// $route = Route::where('name', $route)->first();
// }
$route = Route::resolve($route);
// If a Route object was provided or found in the previous block,
// return the ID of that object.
if ($route instanceof Route) {
$route_id = $route->id;
}
return $route_id;
}
