interface ViewsHandlerInterface in Drupal 8

Provides an interface for all views handlers.

Hierarchy

• interface \Drupal\Component\Plugin\PluginInspectionInterface; interface \Drupal\Component\Plugin\DerivativeInspectionInterface
  • interface \Drupal\views\Plugin\views\ViewsPluginInterface
    • interface \Drupal\views\Plugin\views\ViewsHandlerInterface

1 file declares its use of ViewsHandlerInterface

FieldHandlerInterface.php in core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/field/FieldHandlerInterface.php

File

core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/ViewsHandlerInterface.php, line 11

Namespace

Drupal\views\Plugin\views

interface ViewsHandlerInterface extends ViewsPluginInterface {

  /**
   * Run before the view is built.
   *
   * This gives all the handlers some time to set up before any handler has
   * been fully run.
   */
  public function preQuery();

  /**
   * Determines the entity type used by this handler.
   *
   * If this handler uses a relationship, the base class of the relationship is
   * taken into account.
   *
   * @return string
   *   The machine name of the entity type.
   */
  public function getEntityType();

  /**
   * Determines if the handler is considered 'broken', meaning it's a
   * placeholder used when a handler can't be found.
   */
  public function broken();

  /**
   * Ensure the main table for this handler is in the query. This is used
   * a lot.
   */
  public function ensureMyTable();

  /**
   * Check whether given user has access to this handler.
   *
   * @param \Drupal\Core\Session\AccountInterface $account
   *   The user account to check.
   *
   * @return bool
   *   TRUE if the user has access to the handler, FALSE otherwise.
   */
  public function access(AccountInterface $account);

  /**
   * Get the join object that should be used for this handler.
   *
   * This method isn't used a great deal, but it's very handy for easily
   * getting the join if it is necessary to make some changes to it, such
   * as adding an 'extra'.
   */
  public function getJoin();

  /**
   * Sanitize the value for output.
   *
   * @param $value
   *   The value being rendered.
   * @param $type
   *   The type of sanitization needed. If not provided,
   *   \Drupal\Component\Utility\Html::escape() is used.
   *
   * @return \Drupal\views\Render\ViewsRenderPipelineMarkup
   *   Returns the safe value.
   */
  public function sanitizeValue($value, $type = NULL);

  /**
   * Fetches a handler to join one table to a primary table from the data cache.
   *
   * @param string $table
   *   The table to join from.
   * @param string $base_table
   *   The table to join to.
   *
   * @return \Drupal\views\Plugin\views\join\JoinPluginBase
   */
  public static function getTableJoin($table, $base_table);

  /**
   * Shortcut to get a handler's raw field value.
   *
   * This should be overridden for handlers with formulae or other
   * non-standard fields. Because this takes an argument, fields
   * overriding this can just call return parent::getField($formula)
   */
  public function getField($field = NULL);

  /**
   * Run after the view is executed, before the result is cached.
   *
   * This gives all the handlers some time to modify values. This is primarily
   * used so that handlers that pull up secondary data can put it in the
   * $values so that the raw data can be used externally.
   */
  public function postExecute(&$values);

  /**
   * Shortcut to display the exposed options form.
   */
  public function showExposeForm(&$form, FormStateInterface $form_state);

  /**
   * Called just prior to query(), this lets a handler set up any relationship
   * it needs.
   */
  public function setRelationship();

  /**
   * Return a string representing this handler's name in the UI.
   */
  public function adminLabel($short = FALSE);

  /**
   * Breaks x,y,z and x+y+z into an array.
   *
   * @param string $str
   *   The string to split.
   * @param bool $force_int
   *   Enforce a numeric check.
   *
   * @return object
   *   A stdClass object containing value and operator properties.
   */
  public static function breakString($str, $force_int = FALSE);

  /**
   * Provide text for the administrative summary.
   */
  public function adminSummary();

}

Members

Name	Modifiers	Type	Description	Overrides
DerivativeInspectionInterface::getBaseId	public	function	Gets the base_plugin_id of the plugin instance.	1
DerivativeInspectionInterface::getDerivativeId	public	function	Gets the derivative_id of the plugin instance.	1
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
ViewsHandlerInterface::access	public	function	Check whether given user has access to this handler.	1
ViewsHandlerInterface::adminLabel	public	function	Return a string representing this handler's name in the UI.	1
ViewsHandlerInterface::adminSummary	public	function	Provide text for the administrative summary.	1
ViewsHandlerInterface::breakString	public static	function	Breaks x,y,z and x+y+z into an array.	1
ViewsHandlerInterface::broken	public	function	Determines if the handler is considered 'broken', meaning it's a placeholder used when a handler can't be found.	1
ViewsHandlerInterface::ensureMyTable	public	function	Ensure the main table for this handler is in the query. This is used a lot.	1
ViewsHandlerInterface::getEntityType	public	function	Determines the entity type used by this handler.	1
ViewsHandlerInterface::getField	public	function	Shortcut to get a handler's raw field value.	1
ViewsHandlerInterface::getJoin	public	function	Get the join object that should be used for this handler.	1
ViewsHandlerInterface::getTableJoin	public static	function	Fetches a handler to join one table to a primary table from the data cache.	1
ViewsHandlerInterface::postExecute	public	function	Run after the view is executed, before the result is cached.	1
ViewsHandlerInterface::preQuery	public	function	Run before the view is built.	1
ViewsHandlerInterface::sanitizeValue	public	function	Sanitize the value for output.	1
ViewsHandlerInterface::setRelationship	public	function	Called just prior to query(), this lets a handler set up any relationship it needs.	1
ViewsHandlerInterface::showExposeForm	public	function	Shortcut to display the exposed options form.	1
ViewsPluginInterface::buildOptionsForm	public	function	Provide a form to edit options for this plugin.	1
ViewsPluginInterface::create	public static	function
ViewsPluginInterface::destroy	public	function	Clears a plugin.	1
ViewsPluginInterface::filterByDefinedOptions	public	function	Filter out stored options depending on the defined options.	1
ViewsPluginInterface::getAvailableGlobalTokens	public	function	Returns an array of available token replacements.	1
ViewsPluginInterface::getProvider	public	function	Returns the plugin provider.	1
ViewsPluginInterface::globalTokenForm	public	function	Adds elements for available core tokens to a form.	1
ViewsPluginInterface::globalTokenReplace	public	function	Returns a string with any core tokens replaced.	1
ViewsPluginInterface::init	public	function	Initialize the plugin.	1
ViewsPluginInterface::pluginTitle	public	function	Return the human readable name of the display.	1
ViewsPluginInterface::preRenderAddFieldsetMarkup	public static	function	Moves form elements into fieldsets for presentation purposes.	1
ViewsPluginInterface::preRenderFlattenData	public static	function	Flattens the structure of form elements.	1
ViewsPluginInterface::query	public	function	Add anything to the query that we might need to.	1
ViewsPluginInterface::submitOptionsForm	public	function	Handle any special handling on the validate form.	1
ViewsPluginInterface::summaryTitle	public	function	Returns the summary of the settings in the display.	1
ViewsPluginInterface::themeFunctions	public	function	Provide a full list of possible theme templates used by this style.	1
ViewsPluginInterface::unpackOptions	public	function	Unpack options over our existing defaults, drilling down into arrays so that defaults don't get totally blown away.	1
ViewsPluginInterface::usesOptions	public	function	Returns the usesOptions property.	1
ViewsPluginInterface::validate	public	function	Validate that the plugin is correct and can be saved.	1
ViewsPluginInterface::validateOptionsForm	public	function	Validate the options form.	1