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interface FormatterInterface in Drupal 9

Same name and namespace in other branches
  1. 8 core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/FormatterInterface.php \Drupal\Core\Field\FormatterInterface

Interface definition for field formatter plugins.

Hierarchy

Expanded class hierarchy of FormatterInterface

All classes that implement FormatterInterface

Related topics

2 files declare their use of FormatterInterface
FieldBlock.php in core/modules/layout_builder/src/Plugin/Block/FieldBlock.php
field_third_party_test.module in core/modules/field/tests/modules/field_third_party_test/field_third_party_test.module
Test module.

File

core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/FormatterInterface.php, line 12

Namespace

Drupal\Core\Field
View source
interface FormatterInterface extends PluginSettingsInterface {

  /**
   * Returns a form to configure settings for the formatter.
   *
   * Invoked from \Drupal\field_ui\Form\EntityDisplayFormBase to allow
   * administrators to configure the formatter. The field_ui module takes care
   * of handling submitted form values.
   *
   * @param array $form
   *   The form where the settings form is being included in.
   * @param \Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface $form_state
   *   The current state of the form.
   *
   * @return array
   *   The form elements for the formatter settings.
   */
  public function settingsForm(array $form, FormStateInterface $form_state);

  /**
   * Returns a short summary for the current formatter settings.
   *
   * If an empty result is returned, a UI can still be provided to display
   * a settings form in case the formatter has configurable settings.
   *
   * @return string[]
   *   A short summary of the formatter settings.
   */
  public function settingsSummary();

  /**
   * Allows formatters to load information for field values being displayed.
   *
   * This should be used when a formatter needs to load additional information
   * from the database in order to render a field, for example a reference
   * field that displays properties of the referenced entities such as name or
   * type.
   *
   * This method operates on multiple entities. The $entities_items parameter
   * is an array keyed by entity ID. For performance reasons, information for
   * all involved entities should be loaded in a single query where possible.
   *
   * Changes or additions to field values are done by directly altering the
   * items.
   *
   * @param \Drupal\Core\Field\FieldItemListInterface[] $entities_items
   *   An array with the field values from the multiple entities being rendered.
   */
  public function prepareView(array $entities_items);

  /**
   * Builds a renderable array for a fully themed field.
   *
   * @param \Drupal\Core\Field\FieldItemListInterface $items
   *   The field values to be rendered.
   * @param string $langcode
   *   (optional) The language that should be used to render the field. Defaults
   *   to the current content language.
   *
   * @return array
   *   A renderable array for a themed field with its label and all its values.
   */
  public function view(FieldItemListInterface $items, $langcode = NULL);

  /**
   * Builds a renderable array for a field value.
   *
   * @param \Drupal\Core\Field\FieldItemListInterface $items
   *   The field values to be rendered.
   * @param string $langcode
   *   The language that should be used to render the field.
   *
   * @return array
   *   A renderable array for $items, as an array of child elements keyed by
   *   consecutive numeric indexes starting from 0.
   */
  public function viewElements(FieldItemListInterface $items, $langcode);

  /**
   * Returns if the formatter can be used for the provided field.
   *
   * @param \Drupal\Core\Field\FieldDefinitionInterface $field_definition
   *   The field definition that should be checked.
   *
   * @return bool
   *   TRUE if the formatter can be used, FALSE otherwise.
   */
  public static function isApplicable(FieldDefinitionInterface $field_definition);

}

Members

Namesort descending Modifiers Type Description Overrides
FormatterInterface::isApplicable public static function Returns if the formatter can be used for the provided field. 1
FormatterInterface::prepareView public function Allows formatters to load information for field values being displayed. 1
FormatterInterface::settingsForm public function Returns a form to configure settings for the formatter. 1
FormatterInterface::settingsSummary public function Returns a short summary for the current formatter settings. 1
FormatterInterface::view public function Builds a renderable array for a fully themed field. 1
FormatterInterface::viewElements public function Builds a renderable array for a field value. 47
PluginInspectionInterface::getPluginDefinition public function Gets the definition of the plugin implementation. 4
PluginInspectionInterface::getPluginId public function Gets the plugin_id of the plugin instance. 2
PluginSettingsInterface::defaultSettings public static function Defines the default settings for this plugin. 1
PluginSettingsInterface::getSetting public function Returns the value of a setting, or its default value if absent. 1
PluginSettingsInterface::getSettings public function Returns the array of settings, including defaults for missing settings. 1
PluginSettingsInterface::onDependencyRemoval public function Informs the plugin that some configuration it depends on will be deleted. 1
PluginSettingsInterface::setSetting public function Sets the value of a setting for the plugin. 1
PluginSettingsInterface::setSettings public function Sets the settings for the plugin. 1
ThirdPartySettingsInterface::getThirdPartyProviders public function Gets the list of third parties that store information. 5
ThirdPartySettingsInterface::getThirdPartySetting public function Gets the value of a third-party setting. 5
ThirdPartySettingsInterface::getThirdPartySettings public function Gets all third-party settings of a given module. 5
ThirdPartySettingsInterface::setThirdPartySetting public function Sets the value of a third-party setting. 5
ThirdPartySettingsInterface::unsetThirdPartySetting public function Unsets a third-party setting. 5