class EntityListBuilder in Drupal 8

Defines a generic implementation to build a listing of entities.

Hierarchy

• class \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityHandlerBase uses DependencySerializationTrait, StringTranslationTrait
  • class \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityListBuilder implements EntityHandlerInterface, EntityListBuilderInterface uses MessengerTrait, RedirectDestinationTrait

Related topics

Entity API

Describes how to define and manipulate content and configuration entities.

9 files declare their use of EntityListBuilder

BlockContentListBuilder.php in core/modules/block_content/src/BlockContentListBuilder.php

ConfigEntityListBuilder.php in core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/Entity/ConfigEntityListBuilder.php

EntityListBuilderTest.php in core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Entity/EntityListBuilderTest.php

Contains \Drupal\Tests\Core\Entity\EntityListBuilderTest.

EntityTestListBuilder.php in core/modules/system/tests/modules/entity_test/src/EntityTestListBuilder.php

MediaListBuilder.php in core/modules/media/src/MediaListBuilder.php

... See full list

File

core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityListBuilder.php, line 15

Namespace

Drupal\Core\Entity

class EntityListBuilder extends EntityHandlerBase implements EntityListBuilderInterface, EntityHandlerInterface {
  use MessengerTrait;
  use RedirectDestinationTrait;

  /**
   * The entity storage class.
   *
   * @var \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityStorageInterface
   */
  protected $storage;

  /**
   * The entity type ID.
   *
   * @var string
   */
  protected $entityTypeId;

  /**
   * Information about the entity type.
   *
   * @var \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityTypeInterface
   */
  protected $entityType;

  /**
   * The number of entities to list per page, or FALSE to list all entities.
   *
   * For example, set this to FALSE if the list uses client-side filters that
   * require all entities to be listed (like the views overview).
   *
   * @var int|false
   */
  protected $limit = 50;

  /**
   * {@inheritdoc}
   */
  public static function createInstance(ContainerInterface $container, EntityTypeInterface $entity_type) {
    return new static($entity_type, $container
      ->get('entity_type.manager')
      ->getStorage($entity_type
      ->id()));
  }

  /**
   * Constructs a new EntityListBuilder object.
   *
   * @param \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityTypeInterface $entity_type
   *   The entity type definition.
   * @param \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityStorageInterface $storage
   *   The entity storage class.
   */
  public function __construct(EntityTypeInterface $entity_type, EntityStorageInterface $storage) {
    $this->entityTypeId = $entity_type
      ->id();
    $this->storage = $storage;
    $this->entityType = $entity_type;
  }

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

  /**
   * {@inheritdoc}
   */
  public function load() {
    $entity_ids = $this
      ->getEntityIds();
    return $this->storage
      ->loadMultiple($entity_ids);
  }

  /**
   * Loads entity IDs using a pager sorted by the entity id.
   *
   * @return array
   *   An array of entity IDs.
   */
  protected function getEntityIds() {
    $query = $this
      ->getStorage()
      ->getQuery()
      ->sort($this->entityType
      ->getKey('id'));

    // Only add the pager if a limit is specified.
    if ($this->limit) {
      $query
        ->pager($this->limit);
    }
    return $query
      ->execute();
  }

  /**
   * Gets the label of an entity.
   *
   * @param \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface $entity
   *   The entity being listed.
   *
   * @return string
   *   The entity label.
   *
   * @deprecated in drupal:8.0.0 and is removed from drupal:9.0.0.
   *   Use $entity->label() instead. This method used to escape the entity
   *   label. The render system's autoescape is now relied upon.
   */
  protected function getLabel(EntityInterface $entity) {
    return $entity
      ->label();
  }

  /**
   * {@inheritdoc}
   */
  public function getOperations(EntityInterface $entity) {
    $operations = $this
      ->getDefaultOperations($entity);
    $operations += $this
      ->moduleHandler()
      ->invokeAll('entity_operation', [
      $entity,
    ]);
    $this->moduleHandler
      ->alter('entity_operation', $operations, $entity);
    uasort($operations, '\\Drupal\\Component\\Utility\\SortArray::sortByWeightElement');
    return $operations;
  }

  /**
   * Gets this list's default operations.
   *
   * @param \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface $entity
   *   The entity the operations are for.
   *
   * @return array
   *   The array structure is identical to the return value of
   *   self::getOperations().
   */
  protected function getDefaultOperations(EntityInterface $entity) {
    $operations = [];
    if ($entity
      ->access('update') && $entity
      ->hasLinkTemplate('edit-form')) {
      $operations['edit'] = [
        'title' => $this
          ->t('Edit'),
        'weight' => 10,
        'url' => $this
          ->ensureDestination($entity
          ->toUrl('edit-form')),
      ];
    }
    if ($entity
      ->access('delete') && $entity
      ->hasLinkTemplate('delete-form')) {
      $operations['delete'] = [
        'title' => $this
          ->t('Delete'),
        'weight' => 100,
        'url' => $this
          ->ensureDestination($entity
          ->toUrl('delete-form')),
      ];
    }
    return $operations;
  }

  /**
   * Builds the header row for the entity listing.
   *
   * @return array
   *   A render array structure of header strings.
   *
   * @see \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityListBuilder::render()
   */
  public function buildHeader() {
    $row['operations'] = $this
      ->t('Operations');
    return $row;
  }

  /**
   * Builds a row for an entity in the entity listing.
   *
   * @param \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface $entity
   *   The entity for this row of the list.
   *
   * @return array
   *   A render array structure of fields for this entity.
   *
   * @see \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityListBuilder::render()
   */
  public function buildRow(EntityInterface $entity) {
    $row['operations']['data'] = $this
      ->buildOperations($entity);
    return $row;
  }

  /**
   * Builds a renderable list of operation links for the entity.
   *
   * @param \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface $entity
   *   The entity on which the linked operations will be performed.
   *
   * @return array
   *   A renderable array of operation links.
   *
   * @see \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityListBuilder::buildRow()
   */
  public function buildOperations(EntityInterface $entity) {
    $build = [
      '#type' => 'operations',
      '#links' => $this
        ->getOperations($entity),
    ];
    return $build;
  }

  /**
   * {@inheritdoc}
   *
   * Builds the entity listing as renderable array for table.html.twig.
   *
   * @todo Add a link to add a new item to the #empty text.
   */
  public function render() {
    $build['table'] = [
      '#type' => 'table',
      '#header' => $this
        ->buildHeader(),
      '#title' => $this
        ->getTitle(),
      '#rows' => [],
      '#empty' => $this
        ->t('There are no @label yet.', [
        '@label' => $this->entityType
          ->getPluralLabel(),
      ]),
      '#cache' => [
        'contexts' => $this->entityType
          ->getListCacheContexts(),
        'tags' => $this->entityType
          ->getListCacheTags(),
      ],
    ];
    foreach ($this
      ->load() as $entity) {
      if ($row = $this
        ->buildRow($entity)) {
        $build['table']['#rows'][$entity
          ->id()] = $row;
      }
    }

    // Only add the pager if a limit is specified.
    if ($this->limit) {
      $build['pager'] = [
        '#type' => 'pager',
      ];
    }
    return $build;
  }

  /**
   * Gets the title of the page.
   */
  protected function getTitle() {
  }

  /**
   * Ensures that a destination is present on the given URL.
   *
   * @param \Drupal\Core\Url $url
   *   The URL object to which the destination should be added.
   *
   * @return \Drupal\Core\Url
   *   The updated URL object.
   */
  protected function ensureDestination(Url $url) {
    return $url
      ->mergeOptions([
      'query' => $this
        ->getRedirectDestination()
        ->getAsArray(),
    ]);
  }

}

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
EntityHandlerBase::$moduleHandler	protected	property	The module handler to invoke hooks on.	2
EntityHandlerBase::moduleHandler	protected	function	Gets the module handler.	2
EntityHandlerBase::setModuleHandler	public	function	Sets the module handler for this handler.
EntityListBuilder::$entityType	protected	property	Information about the entity type.
EntityListBuilder::$entityTypeId	protected	property	The entity type ID.
EntityListBuilder::$limit	protected	property	The number of entities to list per page, or FALSE to list all entities.	3
EntityListBuilder::$storage	protected	property	The entity storage class.	1
EntityListBuilder::buildHeader	public	function	Builds the header row for the entity listing.	26
EntityListBuilder::buildOperations	public	function	Builds a renderable list of operation links for the entity.	2
EntityListBuilder::buildRow	public	function	Builds a row for an entity in the entity listing.	26
EntityListBuilder::createInstance	public static	function	Instantiates a new instance of this entity handler. Overrides EntityHandlerInterface::createInstance	20
EntityListBuilder::ensureDestination	protected	function	Ensures that a destination is present on the given URL.
EntityListBuilder::getDefaultOperations	protected	function	Gets this list's default operations.	2
EntityListBuilder::getEntityIds	protected	function	Loads entity IDs using a pager sorted by the entity id.	4
EntityListBuilder::getLabel Deprecated	protected	function	Gets the label of an entity.
EntityListBuilder::getOperations	public	function	Provides an array of information to build a list of operation links. Overrides EntityListBuilderInterface::getOperations	2
EntityListBuilder::getStorage	public	function	Gets the entity storage. Overrides EntityListBuilderInterface::getStorage
EntityListBuilder::getTitle	protected	function	Gets the title of the page.	1
EntityListBuilder::load	public	function	Loads entities of this type from storage for listing. Overrides EntityListBuilderInterface::load	4
EntityListBuilder::render	public	function	Builds the entity listing as renderable array for table.html.twig. Overrides EntityListBuilderInterface::render	16
EntityListBuilder::__construct	public	function	Constructs a new EntityListBuilder object.	16
MessengerTrait::$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.