Remove some legacy code, no need to pipe WidgetMaker thru WidgetManager

modules/backend/classes/WidgetManager.php

@@ -2,12 +2,10 @@
 
 use Str;
 use File;
-use Lang;
 use Closure;
 use October\Rain\Support\Yaml;
 use Illuminate\Container\Container;
 use System\Classes\PluginManager;
-use System\Classes\SystemException;
 
 /**
  * Widget manager
@@ -57,34 +55,6 @@ class WidgetManager
         $this->pluginManager = PluginManager::instance();
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Makes a widget object with configuration set.
-     * @param string $className A widget class name.
-     * @param Controller $controller The Backend controller that spawned this widget.
-     * @param array $configuration Configuration values.
-     * @return WidgetBase The widget object.
-     */
-    public function makeWidget($className, $controller = null, $configuration = null)
-    {
-        /*
-         * Build configuration
-         */
-        if ($configuration === null) {
-            $configuration = [];
-        }
-
-        /*
-         * Create widget object
-         */
-        if (!class_exists($className)) {
-            throw new SystemException(Lang::get('backend::lang.widget.not_registered', [
-                'name' => $className
-            ]));
-        }
-
-        return new $className($controller, $configuration);
-    }
-
     //
     // Form Widgets
     //

modules/backend/traits/WidgetMaker.php

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <?php namespace Backend\Traits;
 
+use Lang;
 use Backend\Classes\WidgetManager;
 use System\Classes\SystemException;
 
@@ -19,14 +20,18 @@ trait WidgetMaker
      * Makes a widget object with the supplied configuration file.
      * @param string $class Widget class name
      * @param array $configuration An array of config.
-     * @return WidgetBase The widget or null
+     * @return WidgetBase The widget object
      */
-    public function makeWidget($class, $configuration = null)
+    public function makeWidget($class, $configuration = [])
     {
         $controller = ($this->controller) ?: $this;
 
-        $manager = WidgetManager::instance();
-        $widget = $manager->makeWidget($class, $controller, $configuration);
-        return $widget;
+        if (!class_exists($class)) {
+            throw new SystemException(Lang::get('backend::lang.widget.not_registered', [
+                'name' => $class
+            ]));
+        }
+
+        return new $class($controller, $configuration);
     }
 }