function EntityViewsData::mapFieldDefinition

Same name in other branches
  1. 9 core/modules/views/src/EntityViewsData.php \Drupal\views\EntityViewsData::mapFieldDefinition()
  2. 10 core/modules/views/src/EntityViewsData.php \Drupal\views\EntityViewsData::mapFieldDefinition()
  3. 11.x core/modules/views/src/EntityViewsData.php \Drupal\views\EntityViewsData::mapFieldDefinition()

Puts the views data for a single field onto the views data.

Parameters

string $table: The table of the field to handle.

string $field_name: The name of the field to handle.

\Drupal\Core\Field\FieldDefinitionInterface $field_definition: The field definition defined in Entity::baseFieldDefinitions()

\Drupal\Core\Entity\Sql\TableMappingInterface $table_mapping: The table mapping information

array $table_data: A reference to a specific entity table (for example data_table) inside the views data.

1 call to EntityViewsData::mapFieldDefinition()
EntityViewsData::getViewsData in core/modules/views/src/EntityViewsData.php
Returns views data for the entity type.

File

core/modules/views/src/EntityViewsData.php, line 412

Class

EntityViewsData
Provides generic views integration for entities.

Namespace

Drupal\views

Code

protected function mapFieldDefinition($table, $field_name, FieldDefinitionInterface $field_definition, TableMappingInterface $table_mapping, &$table_data) {
    // Create a dummy instance to retrieve property definitions.
    $field_column_mapping = $table_mapping->getColumnNames($field_name);
    $field_schema = $this->getFieldStorageDefinitions()[$field_name]
        ->getSchema();
    $field_definition_type = $field_definition->getType();
    // Add all properties to views table data. We need an entry for each
    // column of each field, with the first one given special treatment.
    // @todo Introduce concept of the "main" column for a field, rather than
    //   assuming the first one is the main column. See also what the
    //   mapSingleFieldViewsData() method does with $first.
    $first = TRUE;
    foreach ($field_column_mapping as $field_column_name => $schema_field_name) {
        $table_data[$schema_field_name] = $this->mapSingleFieldViewsData($table, $field_name, $field_definition_type, $field_column_name, $field_schema['columns'][$field_column_name]['type'], $first, $field_definition);
        $table_data[$schema_field_name]['entity field'] = $field_name;
        $first = FALSE;
    }
}

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