Model with Entity (return type)

Hello. The model returns a stdClass for the returnType. I would like to have a hint as User class. Is it really possible to do this?

PHP Code:

    protected $returnType = \App\Models\Entity\User::class;

    public function findLast(): stdClass // I have User this
    {
        return $this->builder()
            ->orderBy('id DESC')
            ->get(1)->getRow();
    } 


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->getFirstRow($this->returnType); instead of ->getRow();

->getFirstRow($this->returnType); instead of ->getRow();

Yes, I know that there is such a possibility. Thought I should automatically determine the entity. For find() findAll() only works. Thus, only the model knows about the class

PHP Code:

    protected $returnType = \App\Models\Entity\Settings::class;

    public function findLast(): ?Settings
    {
        return $this->builder()
            ->orderBy('id DESC')
            ->get(1)->getCustomRowObject(0, $this->returnType);
    } 


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