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class PluginTypeExampleController in Examples for Developers 8

Same name and namespace in other branches
  1. 3.x modules/plugin_type_example/src/Controller/PluginTypeExampleController.php \Drupal\plugin_type_example\Controller\PluginTypeExampleController

Controller for our example pages.

Hierarchy

Expanded class hierarchy of PluginTypeExampleController

File

plugin_type_example/src/Controller/PluginTypeExampleController.php, line 12

Namespace

Drupal\plugin_type_example\Controller
View source
class PluginTypeExampleController extends ControllerBase {

  /**
   * The sandwich plugin manager.
   *
   * We use this to get all of the sandwich plugins.
   *
   * @var \Drupal\plugin_type_example\SandwichPluginManager
   */
  protected $sandwichManager;

  /**
   * Constructor.
   *
   * @param \Drupal\plugin_type_example\SandwichPluginManager $sandwich_manager
   *   The sandwich plugin manager service. We're injecting this service so that
   *   we can use it to access the sandwich plugins.
   */
  public function __construct(SandwichPluginManager $sandwich_manager) {
    $this->sandwichManager = $sandwich_manager;
  }

  /**
   * Displays a page with an overview of our plugin type and plugins.
   *
   * Lists all the Sandwich plugin definitions by using methods on the
   * \Drupal\plugin_type_example\SandwichPluginManager class. Lists out the
   * description for each plugin found by invoking methods defined on the
   * plugins themselves. You can find the plugins we have defined in the
   * \Drupal\plugin_type_example\Plugin\Sandwich namespace.
   *
   * @return array
   *   Render API array with content for the page at
   *   /examples/plugin_type_example.
   */
  public function description() {
    $build = [];
    $build['intro'] = [
      '#markup' => $this
        ->t("This page lists the sandwich plugins we've created. The sandwich plugin type is defined in Drupal\\plugin_type_example\\SandwichPluginManager. The various plugins are defined in the Drupal\\plugin_type_example\\Plugin\\Sandwich namespace."),
    ];

    // Get the list of all the sandwich plugins defined on the system from the
    // plugin manager. Note that at this point, what we have is *definitions* of
    // plugins, not the plugins themselves.
    $sandwich_plugin_definitions = $this->sandwichManager
      ->getDefinitions();

    // Let's output a list of the plugin definitions we now have.
    $items = [];
    foreach ($sandwich_plugin_definitions as $sandwich_plugin_definition) {

      // Here we use various properties from the plugin definition. These values
      // are defined in the annotation at the top of the plugin class: see
      // \Drupal\plugin_type_example\Plugin\Sandwich\ExampleHamSandwich.
      $items[] = $this
        ->t("@id (calories: @calories, description: @description )", [
        '@id' => $sandwich_plugin_definition['id'],
        '@calories' => $sandwich_plugin_definition['calories'],
        '@description' => $sandwich_plugin_definition['description'],
      ]);
    }

    // Add our list to the render array.
    $build['plugin_definitions'] = [
      '#theme' => 'item_list',
      '#title' => 'Sandwich plugin definitions',
      '#items' => $items,
    ];

    // If we want just a single plugin definition, we can use getDefinition().
    // This requires us to know the ID of the plugin we want. This is set in the
    // annotation on the plugin class: see
    // \Drupal\plugin_type_example\Plugin\Sandwich\ExampleHamSandwich.
    $ham_sandwich_plugin_definition = $this->sandwichManager
      ->getDefinition('meatball_sandwich');

    // To get an instance of a plugin, we call createInstance() on the plugin
    // manager, passing the ID of the plugin we want to load. Let's output a
    // list of the plugins by loading an instance of each plugin definition and
    // collecting the description from each.
    $items = [];

    // The array of plugin definitions is keyed by plugin id, so we can just use
    // that to load our plugin instances.
    foreach ($sandwich_plugin_definitions as $plugin_id => $sandwich_plugin_definition) {

      // We now have a plugin instance. From here on it can be treated just as
      // any other object; have its properties examined, methods called, etc.
      $plugin = $this->sandwichManager
        ->createInstance($plugin_id, [
        'of' => 'configuration values',
      ]);
      $items[] = $plugin
        ->description();
    }
    $build['plugins'] = [
      '#theme' => 'item_list',
      '#title' => 'Sandwich plugins',
      '#items' => $items,
    ];
    return $build;
  }

  /**
   * {@inheritdoc}
   *
   * Override the parent method so that we can inject our sandwich plugin
   * manager service into the controller.
   *
   * For more about how dependency injection works read
   * https://www.drupal.org/node/2133171
   *
   * @see container
   */
  public static function create(ContainerInterface $container) {

    // Inject the plugin.manager.sandwich service that represents our plugin
    // manager as defined in the plugin_type_example.services.yml file.
    return new static($container
      ->get('plugin.manager.sandwich'));
  }

}

Members

Namesort descending Modifiers Type Description Overrides
ControllerBase::$configFactory protected property The configuration factory.
ControllerBase::$currentUser protected property The current user service. 1
ControllerBase::$entityFormBuilder protected property The entity form builder.
ControllerBase::$entityManager protected property The entity manager.
ControllerBase::$entityTypeManager protected property The entity type manager.
ControllerBase::$formBuilder protected property The form builder. 2
ControllerBase::$keyValue protected property The key-value storage. 1
ControllerBase::$languageManager protected property The language manager. 1
ControllerBase::$moduleHandler protected property The module handler. 2
ControllerBase::$stateService protected property The state service.
ControllerBase::cache protected function Returns the requested cache bin.
ControllerBase::config protected function Retrieves a configuration object.
ControllerBase::container private function Returns the service container.
ControllerBase::currentUser protected function Returns the current user. 1
ControllerBase::entityFormBuilder protected function Retrieves the entity form builder.
ControllerBase::entityManager Deprecated protected function Retrieves the entity manager service.
ControllerBase::entityTypeManager protected function Retrieves the entity type manager.
ControllerBase::formBuilder protected function Returns the form builder service. 2
ControllerBase::keyValue protected function Returns a key/value storage collection. 1
ControllerBase::languageManager protected function Returns the language manager service. 1
ControllerBase::moduleHandler protected function Returns the module handler. 2
ControllerBase::redirect protected function Returns a redirect response object for the specified route. Overrides UrlGeneratorTrait::redirect
ControllerBase::state protected function Returns the state storage service.
LinkGeneratorTrait::$linkGenerator protected property The link generator. 1
LinkGeneratorTrait::getLinkGenerator Deprecated protected function Returns the link generator.
LinkGeneratorTrait::l Deprecated protected function Renders a link to a route given a route name and its parameters.
LinkGeneratorTrait::setLinkGenerator Deprecated public function Sets the link generator service.
LoggerChannelTrait::$loggerFactory protected property The logger channel factory service.
LoggerChannelTrait::getLogger protected function Gets the logger for a specific channel.
LoggerChannelTrait::setLoggerFactory public function Injects the logger channel factory.
MessengerTrait::$messenger protected property The messenger. 29
MessengerTrait::messenger public function Gets the messenger. 29
MessengerTrait::setMessenger public function Sets the messenger.
PluginTypeExampleController::$sandwichManager protected property The sandwich plugin manager.
PluginTypeExampleController::create public static function Override the parent method so that we can inject our sandwich plugin manager service into the controller. Overrides ControllerBase::create
PluginTypeExampleController::description public function Displays a page with an overview of our plugin type and plugins.
PluginTypeExampleController::__construct public function Constructor.
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.
UrlGeneratorTrait::$urlGenerator protected property The url generator.
UrlGeneratorTrait::getUrlGenerator Deprecated protected function Returns the URL generator service.
UrlGeneratorTrait::setUrlGenerator Deprecated public function Sets the URL generator service.
UrlGeneratorTrait::url Deprecated protected function Generates a URL or path for a specific route based on the given parameters.