class FileLinkTarget

Provides a File link target handler.

File entities are atypical because they are not served by Drupal, but by the web server.

Hierarchy

Expanded class hierarchy of FileLinkTarget

See also

\Drupal\file\FileInterface::createFileUrl()

\Drupal\Core\File\FileUrlGeneratorInterface

File

core/modules/file/src/Entity/FileLinkTarget.php, line 22

Namespace

Drupal\file\Entity
View source
class FileLinkTarget implements EntityLinkTargetInterface {
  
  /**
   * {@inheritdoc}
   */
  public function getLinkTarget(EntityInterface $entity) : GeneratedUrl {
    assert($entity instanceof FileInterface);
    $url = $entity->createFileUrl(TRUE);
    // The $url is a string, which provides no cacheability metadata.
    assert(is_string($url));
    return (new GeneratedUrl())->setGeneratedUrl($url)
      ->setCacheMaxAge(Cache::PERMANENT);
  }

}

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