ConfigEntityInterface.php

Same filename in other branches
  1. 9 core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/Entity/ConfigEntityInterface.php
  2. 8.9.x core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/Entity/ConfigEntityInterface.php
  3. 10 core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/Entity/ConfigEntityInterface.php

Namespace

Drupal\Core\Config\Entity

File

core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/Entity/ConfigEntityInterface.php

View source
<?php

namespace Drupal\Core\Config\Entity;

use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface;
use Drupal\Core\Entity\SynchronizableInterface;

/**
 * Defines a common interface for configuration entities.
 *
 * @ingroup config_api
 * @ingroup entity_api
 */
interface ConfigEntityInterface extends EntityInterface, ThirdPartySettingsInterface, SynchronizableInterface {
    
    /**
     * Enables the configuration entity.
     *
     * @return $this
     */
    public function enable();
    
    /**
     * Disables the configuration entity.
     *
     * @return $this
     */
    public function disable();
    
    /**
     * Sets the status of the configuration entity.
     *
     * @param bool $status
     *   The status of the configuration entity.
     *
     * @return $this
     */
    public function setStatus($status);
    
    /**
     * Returns whether the configuration entity is enabled.
     *
     * Status implementations for configuration entities should follow these
     * general rules:
     *   - Status does not affect the loading of entities. I.e. Disabling
     *     configuration entities should only have UI/access implications.
     *   - It should only take effect when a 'status' key is explicitly declared
     *     in the entity_keys info of a configuration entity's annotation data.
     *   - Each entity implementation (entity/controller) is responsible for
     *     checking and managing the status.
     *
     * @return bool
     *   Whether the entity is enabled or not.
     */
    public function status();
    
    /**
     * Returns whether this entity is being changed during the uninstall process.
     *
     * If you are writing code that responds to a change in this entity (insert,
     * update, delete, presave, etc.), and your code would result in a
     * configuration change (whether related to this configuration entity, another
     * configuration entity, or non-entity configuration) or your code would
     * result in a change to this entity itself, you need to check and see if this
     * entity change is part of an uninstall process, and skip executing your code
     * if that is the case.
     *
     * For example, \Drupal\language\Entity\ConfigurableLanguage::preDelete()
     * prevents the API from deleting the default language. However during an
     * uninstall of the language module it is expected that the default language
     * should be deleted.
     *
     * @return bool
     */
    public function isUninstalling();
    
    /**
     * Returns the value of a property.
     *
     * @param string $property_name
     *   The name of the property that should be returned.
     *
     * @return mixed
     *   The property if it exists, or NULL otherwise.
     */
    public function get($property_name);
    
    /**
     * Sets the value of a property.
     *
     * @param string $property_name
     *   The name of the property that should be set.
     * @param mixed $value
     *   The value the property should be set to.
     *
     * @return $this
     */
    public function set($property_name, $value);
    
    /**
     * Calculates dependencies and stores them in the dependency property.
     *
     * @return $this
     *
     * @see \Drupal\Core\Config\Entity\ConfigDependencyManager
     */
    public function calculateDependencies();
    
    /**
     * Informs the entity that entities it depends on will be deleted.
     *
     * This method allows configuration entities to remove dependencies instead
     * of being deleted themselves. Configuration entities can use this method to
     * avoid being unnecessarily deleted during an extension uninstallation.
     * For example, entity displays remove references to widgets and formatters if
     * the plugin that supplies them depends on a module that is being
     * uninstalled.
     *
     * If this method returns TRUE then the entity needs to be re-saved by the
     * caller for the changes to take effect. Implementations should not save the
     * entity.
     *
     * @param array $dependencies
     *   An array of dependencies that will be deleted keyed by dependency type.
     *   Dependency types are, for example, entity, module and theme.
     *
     * @return bool
     *   TRUE if the entity has been changed as a result, FALSE if not.
     *
     * @see \Drupal\Core\Config\Entity\ConfigDependencyManager
     * @see \Drupal\Core\Config\ConfigEntityBase::preDelete()
     * @see \Drupal\Core\Config\ConfigManager::uninstall()
     * @see \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityDisplayBase::onDependencyRemoval()
     */
    public function onDependencyRemoval(array $dependencies);
    
    /**
     * Gets the configuration dependencies.
     *
     * @return array
     *   An array of dependencies, keyed by $type.
     *
     * @see \Drupal\Core\Config\Entity\ConfigDependencyManager
     */
    public function getDependencies();
    
    /**
     * Checks whether this entity is installable.
     *
     * For example, a default view might not be installable if the base table
     * doesn't exist.
     *
     * @return bool
     *   TRUE if the entity is installable, FALSE otherwise.
     */
    public function isInstallable();
    
    /**
     * Sets that the data should be trusted.
     *
     * If the data is trusted then dependencies will not be calculated on save and
     * schema will not be used to cast the values. Generally this is only used
     * during module and theme installation. Once the config entity has been saved
     * the data will no longer be marked as trusted. This is an optimization for
     * creation of configuration during installation.
     *
     * @return $this
     *
     * @see \Drupal\Core\Config\ConfigInstaller::createConfiguration()
     */
    public function trustData();
    
    /**
     * Gets whether on not the data is trusted.
     *
     * @return bool
     *   TRUE if the configuration data is trusted, FALSE if not.
     */
    public function hasTrustedData();

}

Interfaces

Title Deprecated Summary
ConfigEntityInterface Defines a common interface for configuration entities.

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