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src/Base/AbstractCollection.php

@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ abstract class AbstractCollection extends Component implements \IteratorAggregat
             return NULL;
         }
         if (!($this->_item[$offset] instanceof ModelInterface)) {
-            return $this->model::populate($this->_item[$offset]);
+            return $this->model->setAttributes($this->_item[$offset]);
         }
         return $this->_item[$offset];
     }

src/Base/CollectionIterator.php

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ use Exception;
 class CollectionIterator extends \ArrayIterator
 {
 
-	private \Database\Model|string $model;
+	private ModelInterface|string $model;
 
 
 	/** @var ActiveQuery */
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class CollectionIterator extends \ArrayIterator
 	 */
 	protected function newModel($current): ModelInterface
 	{
-		return $this->model::populate($current);
+		return $this->model->setAttributes($current);
 	}
 
 

src/ModelInterface.php

@@ -32,10 +32,11 @@ interface ModelInterface
 	public static function find(string|int $param): mixed;
 
 
-	/**
-	 * @return string
-	 */
-	public static function className(): string;
+    /**
+     * @param array $data
+     * @return static
+     */
+    public static function populate(array $data): static;
 
 
 	/**