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public function BaseFieldDefinition::getMainPropertyName in Drupal 10

Same name and namespace in other branches
  1. 8 core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/BaseFieldDefinition.php \Drupal\Core\Field\BaseFieldDefinition::getMainPropertyName()
  2. 9 core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/BaseFieldDefinition.php \Drupal\Core\Field\BaseFieldDefinition::getMainPropertyName()

Returns the name of the main property, if any.

Some field items consist mainly of one main property, e.g. the value of a text field or the

target_id;

of an entity reference. If the field item has no main property, the method returns NULL.

Return value

string|null The name of the value property, or NULL if there is none.

Overrides FieldStorageDefinitionInterface::getMainPropertyName

4 calls to BaseFieldDefinition::getMainPropertyName()
BaseFieldDefinition::getDefaultValue in core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/BaseFieldDefinition.php
Returns the default value for the field in a newly created entity.
BaseFieldDefinition::getInitialValue in core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/BaseFieldDefinition.php
Returns the initial value for the field.
BaseFieldDefinition::setDefaultValue in core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/BaseFieldDefinition.php
BaseFieldDefinition::setInitialValue in core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/BaseFieldDefinition.php
Sets an initial value for the field.

File

core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/BaseFieldDefinition.php, line 605

Class

BaseFieldDefinition
A class for defining entity fields.

Namespace

Drupal\Core\Field

Code

public function getMainPropertyName() {
  $class = $this
    ->getItemDefinition()
    ->getClass();
  return $class::mainPropertyName();
}