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+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Stancl\Tenancy\Middleware;
+
+use Closure;
+use Stancl\Tenancy\Exceptions\TenantCouldNotBeIdentifiedException;
+
+class InitializeTenancy
+{
+    /** @var callable */
+    protected $onFail;
+
+    public function __construct(callable $onFail = null)
+    {
+        $this->onFail = $onFail ?? function ($e) {
+            throw $e;
+        };
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Handle an incoming request.
+     *
+     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
+     * @param  \Closure  $next
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    public function handle($request, Closure $next)
+    {
+        if(request()->method() !== 'OPTIONS') {
+            try {
+                $this->parseTenant();
+            } catch (TenantCouldNotBeIdentifiedException $e) {
+                ($this->onFail)($e);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $next($request);
+    }
+
+    protected function parseTenant()
+    {
+        if (tenancy()->initialized) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $tenant = null;
+        if (request()->hasHeader('X-Tenant')) {
+            $tenant = request()->header('X-Tenant');
+        } elseif (request()->has('_tenant')) {
+            $tenant = request()->get('_tenant');
+        } elseif (! in_array(request()->getHost(), config('tenancy.exempt_domains', []), true)) {
+            $tenant = explode('.', request()->getHost())[0];
+        }
+
+        if (! $tenant) {
+            throw new TenantCouldNotBeIdentifiedException(request()->getHost());
+        }
+
+        tenancy()->initialize(tenancy()->find($tenant));
+    }
+}