Class App\Policies\StatusPolicy does not exist - php

Question

I setup my classes so I can use Laravel Authorization and use the Policies feature. But I keep getting this error (Class App\Policies\StatusPolicy does not exist) when defining the middleware to my methods. This is what I have:
AuthServiceProvider.php
namespace App\Providers;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Gate;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Support\Providers\AuthServiceProvider as ServiceProvider;
class AuthServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
{
/**
* The policy mappings for the application.
*
* #var array
*/
protected $policies = [
'App\Status' => 'App\Policies\StatusPolicy',
];
/**
* Register any authentication / authorization services.
*
* #return void
*/
public function boot()
{
$this->registerPolicies();
//
}
}
StatusController.php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use App\Status;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
class StatusController extends Controller
{
public function __construct()
{
$this->middleware('can:list,App\Status')->only('index');
$this->middleware('can:update,status')->only('edit');
}
// ...
StatusPolicy.php (generated by php artisan make:policy StatusPolicy --model=Status
namespace Policies;
use App\User;
use App\Status;
use Illuminate\Auth\Access\HandlesAuthorization;
class StatusPolicy
{
use HandlesAuthorization;
/**
* Verifica se o usuário tem permissão para listar os status.
*
* #param \App\User $user
* #return bool
*/
public function list(User $user)
{
return true;
}
/**
* Determine whether the user can view the status.
*
* #param \App\User $user
* #param \App\Status $status
* #return mixed
*/
public function view(User $user, Status $status)
{
//
}
/**
* Determine whether the user can create statuses.
*
* #param \App\User $user
* #return mixed
*/
public function create(User $user)
{
//
}
/**
* Determine whether the user can update the status.
*
* #param \App\User $user
* #param \App\Status $status
* #return mixed
*/
public function update(User $user, Status $status)
{
return true;
}
/**
* Determine whether the user can delete the status.
*
* #param \App\User $user
* #param \App\Status $status
* #return mixed
*/
public function delete(User $user, Status $status)
{
//
}
}

Answer 1

I found the problem.
For some reason, the command php artisan make:policy created a file with a wrong namespace. The fix was to change the namespace in the StatusPolicy.php file:
From namespace Policies;
To namespace App\Policies;

Answer 2

change the namespace in your StatusPolicy class to App\Policies;