menu_example.module
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<?php
/**
* @file
* Module file for menu_example_module.
*/
/**
* Drupal 7's hook_menu() is now Routing system in Drupal 8.
*
* Drupal 8's routing system is based on Symfony's routing system.
*
* A route is an entry Drupal 8's router table which contains a path attached
* to it. In drupal, a route is a path which is returns some response.
*
* When a path is requested, Drupal matches the request to a route
* and if route is match the content is returned else 404 is returned.
*
* The association of a path with a controller, coupled with parameter
* upcasting and access checking is now handled in the routing system.
*
* @link menu_example.routing.yml @endlink
* Drupal loads the routing file that is of the form module_name.routing.yml
* that it will use to define how Drupal will behave when a specific path
* is encountered. If you want to expose content or functionality on your own
* URIs on a site, routing file is an important part of your module.
* This can help provide functionality at specific URIs of a website or just
* modify or augment existing functionality.
* @see https://www.drupal.org/docs/8/api/routing-system/structure-of-routes
*
* @link menu_example.links.menu.yml @endlink
* In Drupal 8, menu links are specified in a static file named as
* module_name.links.menu.yml. This file uses a route_name to tie a route name
* to a menu link. These are the links which appear on tools block in UI.
* @see https://www.drupal.org/docs/8/api/menu-api/providing-module-defined-menu-links
*
* @link menu_example.links.task.yml @endlink
* To create menu tab entries (only up to 2 level), we make entries in a file
* named as module_name.links.task.yml. These are mostly used on administrative
* pages but frontend pages like user pages or the registration/login/new
* password pages also use local tasks.
* @see https://www.drupal.org/docs/8/api/menu-api/providing-module-defined-local-tasks @endlink
*/