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public static function FieldItemBase::calculateDependencies in Drupal 8

Same name and namespace in other branches
  1. 9 core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/FieldItemBase.php \Drupal\Core\Field\FieldItemBase::calculateDependencies()
  2. 10 core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/FieldItemBase.php \Drupal\Core\Field\FieldItemBase::calculateDependencies()

Calculates dependencies for field items.

Dependencies are saved in the field configuration entity and are used to determine configuration synchronization order. For example, if the field type's default value is a content entity, this method should return an array of dependencies listing the content entities.

Parameters

\Drupal\Core\Field\FieldDefinitionInterface $field_definition: The field definition.

Return value

array An array of dependencies grouped by type (config, content, module, theme). For example:

array(
  'config' => array(
    'user.role.anonymous',
    'user.role.authenticated',
  ),
  'content' => array(
    'node:article:f0a189e6-55fb-47fb-8005-5bef81c44d6d',
  ),
  'module' => array(
    'node',
    'user',
  ),
  'theme' => array(
    'seven',
  ),
);

Overrides FieldItemInterface::calculateDependencies

See also

\Drupal\Core\Config\Entity\ConfigDependencyManager

\Drupal\Core\Config\Entity\ConfigEntityInterface::getConfigDependencyName()

1 call to FieldItemBase::calculateDependencies()
EntityReferenceItem::calculateDependencies in core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/Plugin/Field/FieldType/EntityReferenceItem.php
Calculates dependencies for field items.
2 methods override FieldItemBase::calculateDependencies()
EntityReferenceItem::calculateDependencies in core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/Plugin/Field/FieldType/EntityReferenceItem.php
Calculates dependencies for field items.
TestItemWithDependencies::calculateDependencies in core/modules/field/tests/modules/field_test/src/Plugin/Field/FieldType/TestItemWithDependencies.php
Calculates dependencies for field items.

File

core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/FieldItemBase.php, line 261

Class

FieldItemBase
An entity field item.

Namespace

Drupal\Core\Field

Code

public static function calculateDependencies(FieldDefinitionInterface $field_definition) {
  return [];
}