class EntityForm in Drupal 8

Base class for entity forms.

Hierarchy

• class \Drupal\Core\Form\FormBase implements ContainerInjectionInterface, FormInterface uses DependencySerializationTrait, LoggerChannelTrait, MessengerTrait, LinkGeneratorTrait, RedirectDestinationTrait, UrlGeneratorTrait, StringTranslationTrait
  • class \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityForm implements EntityFormInterface

Related topics

Entity API

Describes how to define and manipulate content and configuration entities.

29 files declare their use of EntityForm

ActionFormBase.php in core/modules/action/src/Form/ActionFormBase.php

BlockForm.php in core/modules/block/src/BlockForm.php

claro.theme in core/themes/claro/claro.theme

Functions to support theming in the Claro theme.

CommentTypeForm.php in core/modules/comment/src/CommentTypeForm.php

ConfigTestForm.php in core/modules/config/tests/config_test/src/ConfigTestForm.php

... See full list

File

core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityForm.php, line 16

Namespace

Drupal\Core\Entity

class EntityForm extends FormBase implements EntityFormInterface {

  /**
   * The name of the current operation.
   *
   * Subclasses may use this to implement different behaviors depending on its
   * value.
   *
   * @var string
   */
  protected $operation;

  /**
   * The module handler service.
   *
   * @var \Drupal\Core\Extension\ModuleHandlerInterface
   */
  protected $moduleHandler;

  /**
   * The entity manager.
   *
   * This member exists for BC reasons and should be removed when the
   *   drupal:9.0.0 branch opens.
   *
   * @var \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityManagerInterface
   *
   * @see https://www.drupal.org/node/2549139
   */
  private $privateEntityManager;

  /**
   * The entity type manager.
   *
   * @var \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityTypeManagerInterface
   */
  protected $entityTypeManager;

  /**
   * The entity being used by this form.
   *
   * @var \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface
   */
  protected $entity;

  /**
   * {@inheritdoc}
   */
  public function __get($name) {

    // Removing core's usage of ::setEntityManager means that this deprecated
    // service wont be set. We provide it here for backwards compatibility.
    if ($name === 'entityManager') {
      @trigger_error('EntityForm::entityManager is deprecated in drupal:8.0.0 and is removed from drupal:9.0.0. Use EntityForm::entityTypeManager instead. See https://www.drupal.org/node/2549139', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
      return $this->privateEntityManager ?: \Drupal::entityManager();
    }
  }

  /**
   * {@inheritdoc}
   */
  public function __set($name, $value) {

    // We've changed the entityManager property from protected to private so
    // access is funnelled through __get above. This method is provided for BC
    // purposes, in case any extended class attempts to set the previously
    // accessible property directly.
    if ($name === 'entityManager') {
      @trigger_error('EntityForm::entityManager is deprecated in drupal:8.0.0 and is removed from drupal:9.0.0. Use EntityForm::entityTypeManager instead. See https://www.drupal.org/node/2549139', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
      $this->privateEntityManager = $value;
    }
    else {

      // Ensure usual PHP behaviour of dynamically declaring properties works as
      // expected.
      $this->{$name} = $value;
    }
  }

  /**
   * {@inheritdoc}
   */
  public function setOperation($operation) {

    // If NULL is passed, do not overwrite the operation.
    if ($operation) {
      $this->operation = $operation;
    }
    return $this;
  }

  /**
   * {@inheritdoc}
   */
  public function getBaseFormId() {

    // Assign ENTITYTYPE_form as base form ID to invoke corresponding
    // hook_form_alter(), #validate, #submit, and #theme callbacks, but only if
    // it is different from the actual form ID, since callbacks would be invoked
    // twice otherwise.
    $base_form_id = $this->entity
      ->getEntityTypeId() . '_form';
    if ($base_form_id == $this
      ->getFormId()) {
      $base_form_id = NULL;
    }
    return $base_form_id;
  }

  /**
   * {@inheritdoc}
   */
  public function getFormId() {
    $form_id = $this->entity
      ->getEntityTypeId();
    if ($this->entity
      ->getEntityType()
      ->hasKey('bundle')) {
      $form_id .= '_' . $this->entity
        ->bundle();
    }
    if ($this->operation != 'default') {
      $form_id = $form_id . '_' . $this->operation;
    }
    return $form_id . '_form';
  }

  /**
   * {@inheritdoc}
   */
  public function buildForm(array $form, FormStateInterface $form_state) {

    // During the initial form build, add this form object to the form state and
    // allow for initial preparation before form building and processing.
    if (!$form_state
      ->has('entity_form_initialized')) {
      $this
        ->init($form_state);
    }

    // Ensure that edit forms have the correct cacheability metadata so they can
    // be cached.
    if (!$this->entity
      ->isNew()) {
      \Drupal::service('renderer')
        ->addCacheableDependency($form, $this->entity);
    }

    // Retrieve the form array using the possibly updated entity in form state.
    $form = $this
      ->form($form, $form_state);

    // Retrieve and add the form actions array.
    $actions = $this
      ->actionsElement($form, $form_state);
    if (!empty($actions)) {
      $form['actions'] = $actions;
    }
    return $form;
  }

  /**
   * Initialize the form state and the entity before the first form build.
   */
  protected function init(FormStateInterface $form_state) {

    // Flag that this form has been initialized.
    $form_state
      ->set('entity_form_initialized', TRUE);

    // Prepare the entity to be presented in the entity form.
    $this
      ->prepareEntity();

    // Invoke the prepare form hooks.
    $this
      ->prepareInvokeAll('entity_prepare_form', $form_state);
    $this
      ->prepareInvokeAll($this->entity
      ->getEntityTypeId() . '_prepare_form', $form_state);
  }

  /**
   * Gets the actual form array to be built.
   *
   * @see \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityForm::processForm()
   * @see \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityForm::afterBuild()
   */
  public function form(array $form, FormStateInterface $form_state) {

    // Add #process and #after_build callbacks.
    $form['#process'][] = '::processForm';
    $form['#after_build'][] = '::afterBuild';
    return $form;
  }

  /**
   * Process callback: assigns weights and hides extra fields.
   *
   * @see \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityForm::form()
   */
  public function processForm($element, FormStateInterface $form_state, $form) {

    // If the form is cached, process callbacks may not have a valid reference
    // to the entity object, hence we must restore it.
    $this->entity = $form_state
      ->getFormObject()
      ->getEntity();
    return $element;
  }

  /**
   * Form element #after_build callback: Updates the entity with submitted data.
   *
   * Updates the internal $this->entity object with submitted values when the
   * form is being rebuilt (e.g. submitted via AJAX), so that subsequent
   * processing (e.g. AJAX callbacks) can rely on it.
   */
  public function afterBuild(array $element, FormStateInterface $form_state) {

    // Rebuild the entity if #after_build is being called as part of a form
    // rebuild, i.e. if we are processing input.
    if ($form_state
      ->isProcessingInput()) {
      $this->entity = $this
        ->buildEntity($element, $form_state);
    }
    return $element;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the action form element for the current entity form.
   */
  protected function actionsElement(array $form, FormStateInterface $form_state) {
    $element = $this
      ->actions($form, $form_state);
    if (isset($element['delete'])) {

      // Move the delete action as last one, unless weights are explicitly
      // provided.
      $delete = $element['delete'];
      unset($element['delete']);
      $element['delete'] = $delete;
      $element['delete']['#button_type'] = 'danger';
    }
    if (isset($element['submit'])) {

      // Give the primary submit button a #button_type of primary.
      $element['submit']['#button_type'] = 'primary';
    }
    $count = 0;
    foreach (Element::children($element) as $action) {
      $element[$action] += [
        '#weight' => ++$count * 5,
      ];
    }
    if (!empty($element)) {
      $element['#type'] = 'actions';
    }
    return $element;
  }

  /**
   * Returns an array of supported actions for the current entity form.
   *
   * This function generates a list of Form API elements which represent
   * actions supported by the current entity form.
   *
   * @param array $form
   *   An associative array containing the structure of the form.
   * @param \Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface $form_state
   *   The current state of the form.
   *
   * @return array
   *   An array of supported Form API action elements keyed by name.
   *
   * @todo Consider introducing a 'preview' action here, since it is used by
   *   many entity types.
   */
  protected function actions(array $form, FormStateInterface $form_state) {

    // @todo Consider renaming the action key from submit to save. The impacts
    //   are hard to predict. For example, see
    //   \Drupal\language\Element\LanguageConfiguration::processLanguageConfiguration().
    $actions['submit'] = [
      '#type' => 'submit',
      '#value' => $this
        ->t('Save'),
      '#submit' => [
        '::submitForm',
        '::save',
      ],
    ];
    if (!$this->entity
      ->isNew() && $this->entity
      ->hasLinkTemplate('delete-form')) {
      $route_info = $this->entity
        ->toUrl('delete-form');
      if ($this
        ->getRequest()->query
        ->has('destination')) {
        $query = $route_info
          ->getOption('query');
        $query['destination'] = $this
          ->getRequest()->query
          ->get('destination');
        $route_info
          ->setOption('query', $query);
      }
      $actions['delete'] = [
        '#type' => 'link',
        '#title' => $this
          ->t('Delete'),
        '#access' => $this->entity
          ->access('delete'),
        '#attributes' => [
          'class' => [
            'button',
            'button--danger',
          ],
        ],
      ];
      $actions['delete']['#url'] = $route_info;
    }
    return $actions;
  }

  /**
   * {@inheritdoc}
   *
   * This is the default entity object builder function. It is called before any
   * other submit handler to build the new entity object to be used by the
   * following submit handlers. At this point of the form workflow the entity is
   * validated and the form state can be updated, this way the subsequently
   * invoked handlers can retrieve a regular entity object to act on. Generally
   * this method should not be overridden unless the entity requires the same
   * preparation for two actions, see \Drupal\comment\CommentForm for an example
   * with the save and preview actions.
   *
   * @param array $form
   *   An associative array containing the structure of the form.
   * @param \Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface $form_state
   *   The current state of the form.
   */
  public function submitForm(array &$form, FormStateInterface $form_state) {

    // Remove button and internal Form API values from submitted values.
    $form_state
      ->cleanValues();
    $this->entity = $this
      ->buildEntity($form, $form_state);
  }

  /**
   * {@inheritdoc}
   */
  public function save(array $form, FormStateInterface $form_state) {
    return $this->entity
      ->save();
  }

  /**
   * {@inheritdoc}
   */
  public function buildEntity(array $form, FormStateInterface $form_state) {
    $entity = clone $this->entity;
    $this
      ->copyFormValuesToEntity($entity, $form, $form_state);

    // Invoke all specified builders for copying form values to entity
    // properties.
    if (isset($form['#entity_builders'])) {
      foreach ($form['#entity_builders'] as $function) {
        call_user_func_array($form_state
          ->prepareCallback($function), [
          $entity
            ->getEntityTypeId(),
          $entity,
          &$form,
          &$form_state,
        ]);
      }
    }
    return $entity;
  }

  /**
   * Copies top-level form values to entity properties
   *
   * This should not change existing entity properties that are not being edited
   * by this form.
   *
   * @param \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface $entity
   *   The entity the current form should operate upon.
   * @param array $form
   *   A nested array of form elements comprising the form.
   * @param \Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface $form_state
   *   The current state of the form.
   */
  protected function copyFormValuesToEntity(EntityInterface $entity, array $form, FormStateInterface $form_state) {
    $values = $form_state
      ->getValues();
    if ($this->entity instanceof EntityWithPluginCollectionInterface) {

      // Do not manually update values represented by plugin collections.
      $values = array_diff_key($values, $this->entity
        ->getPluginCollections());
    }

    // @todo: This relies on a method that only exists for config and content
    //   entities, in a different way. Consider moving this logic to a config
    //   entity specific implementation.
    foreach ($values as $key => $value) {
      $entity
        ->set($key, $value);
    }
  }

  /**
   * {@inheritdoc}
   */
  public function getEntity() {
    return $this->entity;
  }

  /**
   * {@inheritdoc}
   */
  public function setEntity(EntityInterface $entity) {
    $this->entity = $entity;
    return $this;
  }

  /**
   * {@inheritdoc}
   */
  public function getEntityFromRouteMatch(RouteMatchInterface $route_match, $entity_type_id) {
    if ($route_match
      ->getRawParameter($entity_type_id) !== NULL) {
      $entity = $route_match
        ->getParameter($entity_type_id);
    }
    else {
      $values = [];

      // If the entity has bundles, fetch it from the route match.
      $entity_type = $this->entityTypeManager
        ->getDefinition($entity_type_id);
      if ($bundle_key = $entity_type
        ->getKey('bundle')) {
        if (($bundle_entity_type_id = $entity_type
          ->getBundleEntityType()) && $route_match
          ->getRawParameter($bundle_entity_type_id)) {
          $values[$bundle_key] = $route_match
            ->getParameter($bundle_entity_type_id)
            ->id();
        }
        elseif ($route_match
          ->getRawParameter($bundle_key)) {
          $values[$bundle_key] = $route_match
            ->getParameter($bundle_key);
        }
      }
      $entity = $this->entityTypeManager
        ->getStorage($entity_type_id)
        ->create($values);
    }
    return $entity;
  }

  /**
   * Prepares the entity object before the form is built first.
   */
  protected function prepareEntity() {
  }

  /**
   * Invokes the specified prepare hook variant.
   *
   * @param string $hook
   *   The hook variant name.
   * @param \Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface $form_state
   *   The current state of the form.
   */
  protected function prepareInvokeAll($hook, FormStateInterface $form_state) {
    $implementations = $this->moduleHandler
      ->getImplementations($hook);
    foreach ($implementations as $module) {
      $function = $module . '_' . $hook;
      if (function_exists($function)) {

        // Ensure we pass an updated translation object and form display at
        // each invocation, since they depend on form state which is alterable.
        $args = [
          $this->entity,
          $this->operation,
          &$form_state,
        ];
        call_user_func_array($function, $args);
      }
    }
  }

  /**
   * {@inheritdoc}
   */
  public function getOperation() {
    return $this->operation;
  }

  /**
   * {@inheritdoc}
   */
  public function setModuleHandler(ModuleHandlerInterface $module_handler) {
    $this->moduleHandler = $module_handler;
    return $this;
  }

  /**
   * {@inheritdoc}
   */
  public function setEntityManager(EntityManagerInterface $entity_manager) {
    @trigger_error('EntityForm::setEntityManager() is deprecated in drupal:8.0.0 and is removed from drupal:9.0.0. Use EntityFormInterface::setEntityTypeManager() instead. See https://www.drupal.org/node/2549139', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
    $this->privateEntityManager = $entity_manager;
    return $this;
  }

  /**
   * {@inheritdoc}
   */
  public function setEntityTypeManager(EntityTypeManagerInterface $entity_type_manager) {
    $this->entityTypeManager = $entity_type_manager;
    return $this;
  }

}

Members

Name	Modifiers	Type	Description	Overrides
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
EntityForm::$entity	protected	property	The entity being used by this form.	7
EntityForm::$entityTypeManager	protected	property	The entity type manager.	3
EntityForm::$moduleHandler	protected	property	The module handler service.
EntityForm::$operation	protected	property	The name of the current operation.
EntityForm::$privateEntityManager	private	property	The entity manager.
EntityForm::actions	protected	function	Returns an array of supported actions for the current entity form.	29
EntityForm::actionsElement	protected	function	Returns the action form element for the current entity form.
EntityForm::afterBuild	public	function	Form element #after_build callback: Updates the entity with submitted data.
EntityForm::buildEntity	public	function	Builds an updated entity object based upon the submitted form values. Overrides EntityFormInterface::buildEntity	2
EntityForm::buildForm	public	function	Form constructor. Overrides FormInterface::buildForm	10
EntityForm::copyFormValuesToEntity	protected	function	Copies top-level form values to entity properties	7
EntityForm::form	public	function	Gets the actual form array to be built.	30
EntityForm::getBaseFormId	public	function	Returns a string identifying the base form. Overrides BaseFormIdInterface::getBaseFormId	5
EntityForm::getEntity	public	function	Gets the form entity. Overrides EntityFormInterface::getEntity
EntityForm::getEntityFromRouteMatch	public	function	Determines which entity will be used by this form from a RouteMatch object. Overrides EntityFormInterface::getEntityFromRouteMatch	1
EntityForm::getFormId	public	function	Returns a unique string identifying the form. Overrides FormInterface::getFormId	10
EntityForm::getOperation	public	function	Gets the operation identifying the form. Overrides EntityFormInterface::getOperation
EntityForm::init	protected	function	Initialize the form state and the entity before the first form build.	3
EntityForm::prepareEntity	protected	function	Prepares the entity object before the form is built first.	3
EntityForm::prepareInvokeAll	protected	function	Invokes the specified prepare hook variant.
EntityForm::processForm	public	function	Process callback: assigns weights and hides extra fields.
EntityForm::save	public	function	Form submission handler for the 'save' action. Overrides EntityFormInterface::save	41
EntityForm::setEntity	public	function	Sets the form entity. Overrides EntityFormInterface::setEntity
EntityForm::setEntityManager	public	function	Sets the entity manager for this form. Overrides EntityFormInterface::setEntityManager
EntityForm::setEntityTypeManager	public	function	Sets the entity type manager for this form. Overrides EntityFormInterface::setEntityTypeManager
EntityForm::setModuleHandler	public	function	Sets the module handler for this form. Overrides EntityFormInterface::setModuleHandler
EntityForm::setOperation	public	function	Sets the operation for this form. Overrides EntityFormInterface::setOperation
EntityForm::submitForm	public	function	This is the default entity object builder function. It is called before any other submit handler to build the new entity object to be used by the following submit handlers. At this point of the form workflow the entity is validated and the form state… Overrides FormInterface::submitForm	17
EntityForm::__get	public	function
EntityForm::__set	public	function
FormBase::$configFactory	protected	property	The config factory.	1
FormBase::$requestStack	protected	property	The request stack.	1
FormBase::$routeMatch	protected	property	The route match.
FormBase::config	protected	function	Retrieves a configuration object.
FormBase::configFactory	protected	function	Gets the config factory for this form.	1
FormBase::container	private	function	Returns the service container.
FormBase::create	public static	function	Instantiates a new instance of this class. Overrides ContainerInjectionInterface::create	87
FormBase::currentUser	protected	function	Gets the current user.
FormBase::getRequest	protected	function	Gets the request object.
FormBase::getRouteMatch	protected	function	Gets the route match.
FormBase::logger	protected	function	Gets the logger for a specific channel.
FormBase::redirect	protected	function	Returns a redirect response object for the specified route. Overrides UrlGeneratorTrait::redirect
FormBase::resetConfigFactory	public	function	Resets the configuration factory.
FormBase::setConfigFactory	public	function	Sets the config factory for this form.
FormBase::setRequestStack	public	function	Sets the request stack object to use.
FormBase::validateForm	public	function	Form validation handler. Overrides FormInterface::validateForm	62
LinkGeneratorTrait::$linkGenerator	protected	property	The link generator.	1
LinkGeneratorTrait::getLinkGenerator Deprecated	protected	function	Returns the link generator.
LinkGeneratorTrait::l Deprecated	protected	function	Renders a link to a route given a route name and its parameters.
LinkGeneratorTrait::setLinkGenerator Deprecated	public	function	Sets the link generator service.
LoggerChannelTrait::$loggerFactory	protected	property	The logger channel factory service.
LoggerChannelTrait::getLogger	protected	function	Gets the logger for a specific channel.
LoggerChannelTrait::setLoggerFactory	public	function	Injects the logger channel factory.
MessengerTrait::$messenger	protected	property	The messenger.	29
MessengerTrait::messenger	public	function	Gets the messenger.	29
MessengerTrait::setMessenger	public	function	Sets the messenger.
RedirectDestinationTrait::$redirectDestination	protected	property	The redirect destination service.	1
RedirectDestinationTrait::getDestinationArray	protected	function	Prepares a 'destination' URL query parameter for use with \Drupal\Core\Url.
RedirectDestinationTrait::getRedirectDestination	protected	function	Returns the redirect destination service.
RedirectDestinationTrait::setRedirectDestination	public	function	Sets the redirect destination service.
StringTranslationTrait::$stringTranslation	protected	property	The string translation service.	1
StringTranslationTrait::formatPlural	protected	function	Formats a string containing a count of items.
StringTranslationTrait::getNumberOfPlurals	protected	function	Returns the number of plurals supported by a given language.
StringTranslationTrait::getStringTranslation	protected	function	Gets the string translation service.
StringTranslationTrait::setStringTranslation	public	function	Sets the string translation service to use.	2
StringTranslationTrait::t	protected	function	Translates a string to the current language or to a given language.
UrlGeneratorTrait::$urlGenerator	protected	property	The url generator.
UrlGeneratorTrait::getUrlGenerator Deprecated	protected	function	Returns the URL generator service.
UrlGeneratorTrait::setUrlGenerator Deprecated	public	function	Sets the URL generator service.
UrlGeneratorTrait::url Deprecated	protected	function	Generates a URL or path for a specific route based on the given parameters.