class SaveAction in Drupal 8

Provides an action that can save any entity.

Plugin annotation

@Action(
  id = "entity:save_action",
  action_label = @Translation("Save"),
  deriver = "Drupal\Core\Action\Plugin\Action\Derivative\EntityChangedActionDeriver",
)

Hierarchy

• class \Drupal\Component\Plugin\PluginBase implements DerivativeInspectionInterface, PluginInspectionInterface
  • class \Drupal\Core\Plugin\PluginBase uses DependencySerializationTrait, MessengerTrait, StringTranslationTrait
    • class \Drupal\Core\Action\ActionBase implements ActionInterface
      • class \Drupal\Core\Action\Plugin\Action\EntityActionBase implements DependentPluginInterface, ContainerFactoryPluginInterface
        • class \Drupal\Core\Action\Plugin\Action\SaveAction

2 files declare their use of SaveAction

SaveComment.php in core/modules/comment/src/Plugin/Action/SaveComment.php

SaveNode.php in core/modules/node/src/Plugin/Action/SaveNode.php

File

core/lib/Drupal/Core/Action/Plugin/Action/SaveAction.php, line 19

Namespace

Drupal\Core\Action\Plugin\Action

class SaveAction extends EntityActionBase {

  /**
   * The time service.
   *
   * @var \Drupal\Component\Datetime\TimeInterface
   */
  protected $time;

  /**
   * Constructs a SaveAction object.
   *
   * @param mixed[] $configuration
   *   A configuration array containing information about the plugin instance.
   * @param string $plugin_id
   *   The plugin ID for the plugin instance.
   * @param mixed $plugin_definition
   *   The plugin implementation definition.
   * @param \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityTypeManagerInterface $entity_type_manager
   *   The entity type manager.
   * @param \Drupal\Component\Datetime\TimeInterface $time
   *   The time service.
   */
  public function __construct(array $configuration, $plugin_id, $plugin_definition, EntityTypeManagerInterface $entity_type_manager, TimeInterface $time) {
    parent::__construct($configuration, $plugin_id, $plugin_definition, $entity_type_manager);
    $this->time = $time;
  }

  /**
   * {@inheritdoc}
   */
  public static function create(ContainerInterface $container, array $configuration, $plugin_id, $plugin_definition) {
    return new static($configuration, $plugin_id, $plugin_definition, $container
      ->get('entity_type.manager'), $container
      ->get('datetime.time'));
  }

  /**
   * {@inheritdoc}
   */
  public function execute($entity = NULL) {
    $entity
      ->setChangedTime($this->time
      ->getRequestTime())
      ->save();
  }

  /**
   * {@inheritdoc}
   */
  public function access($object, AccountInterface $account = NULL, $return_as_object = FALSE) {

    // It's not necessary to check the changed field access here, because
    // Drupal\Core\Field\ChangedFieldItemList would anyway return 'not allowed'.
    // Also changing the changed field value is only a workaround to trigger an
    // entity resave. Without a field change, this would not be possible.

    /** @var \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface $object */
    return $object
      ->access('update', $account, $return_as_object);
  }

}

Members

Name	Modifiers	Type	Description	Overrides
ActionBase::executeMultiple	public	function	Executes the plugin for an array of objects. Overrides ActionInterface::executeMultiple	3
DependencySerializationTrait::$_entityStorages	protected	property	An array of entity type IDs keyed by the property name of their storages.
DependencySerializationTrait::$_serviceIds	protected	property	An array of service IDs keyed by property name used for serialization.
DependencySerializationTrait::__sleep	public	function		1
DependencySerializationTrait::__wakeup	public	function		2
EntityActionBase::$entityTypeManager	protected	property	The entity type manager.
EntityActionBase::calculateDependencies	public	function	Calculates dependencies for the configured plugin. Overrides DependentPluginInterface::calculateDependencies
MessengerTrait::$messenger	protected	property	The messenger.	29
MessengerTrait::messenger	public	function	Gets the messenger.	29
MessengerTrait::setMessenger	public	function	Sets the messenger.
PluginBase::$configuration	protected	property	Configuration information passed into the plugin.	1
PluginBase::$pluginDefinition	protected	property	The plugin implementation definition.	1
PluginBase::$pluginId	protected	property	The plugin_id.
PluginBase::DERIVATIVE_SEPARATOR		constant	A string which is used to separate base plugin IDs from the derivative ID.
PluginBase::getBaseId	public	function	Gets the base_plugin_id of the plugin instance. Overrides DerivativeInspectionInterface::getBaseId
PluginBase::getDerivativeId	public	function	Gets the derivative_id of the plugin instance. Overrides DerivativeInspectionInterface::getDerivativeId
PluginBase::getPluginDefinition	public	function	Gets the definition of the plugin implementation. Overrides PluginInspectionInterface::getPluginDefinition	3
PluginBase::getPluginId	public	function	Gets the plugin_id of the plugin instance. Overrides PluginInspectionInterface::getPluginId
PluginBase::isConfigurable	public	function	Determines if the plugin is configurable.
SaveAction::$time	protected	property	The time service.
SaveAction::access	public	function	Checks object access. Overrides ActionInterface::access
SaveAction::create	public static	function	Creates an instance of the plugin. Overrides EntityActionBase::create
SaveAction::execute	public	function	Executes the plugin. Overrides ExecutableInterface::execute
SaveAction::__construct	public	function	Constructs a SaveAction object. Overrides EntityActionBase::__construct	2
StringTranslationTrait::$stringTranslation	protected	property	The string translation service.	1
StringTranslationTrait::formatPlural	protected	function	Formats a string containing a count of items.
StringTranslationTrait::getNumberOfPlurals	protected	function	Returns the number of plurals supported by a given language.
StringTranslationTrait::getStringTranslation	protected	function	Gets the string translation service.
StringTranslationTrait::setStringTranslation	public	function	Sets the string translation service to use.	2
StringTranslationTrait::t	protected	function	Translates a string to the current language or to a given language.