interface EntityAutocompleteMatcherInterface in Drupal 9

Hierarchy

• interface \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityAutocompleteMatcherInterface

1 file declares its use of EntityAutocompleteMatcherInterface

EntityAutocompleteController.php in core/modules/system/src/Controller/EntityAutocompleteController.php

File

core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityAutocompleteMatcherInterface.php, line 5

Namespace

Drupal\Core\Entity

interface EntityAutocompleteMatcherInterface {

  /**
   * Gets matched labels based on a given search string.
   *
   * @param string $target_type
   *   The ID of the target entity type.
   * @param string $selection_handler
   *   The plugin ID of the entity reference selection handler.
   * @param array $selection_settings
   *   An array of settings that will be passed to the selection handler.
   * @param string $string
   *   (optional) The label of the entity to query by.
   *
   * @return array
   *   An array of matched entity labels, in the format required by the AJAX
   *   autocomplete API (e.g. array('value' => $value, 'label' => $label)).
   *
   * @throws \Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\AccessDeniedHttpException
   *   Thrown when the current user doesn't have access to the specified entity.
   *
   * @see \Drupal\system\Controller\EntityAutocompleteController
   */
  public function getMatches($target_type, $selection_handler, $selection_settings, $string = '');

}

Members

Name	Modifiers	Type	Description	Overrides
EntityAutocompleteMatcherInterface::getMatches	public	function	Gets matched labels based on a given search string.	1