class views_plugin_argument_default in Views (for Drupal 7) 7.3

The fixed argument default handler; also used as the base.

Hierarchy

• class \views_object
  • class \views_plugin
    • class \views_plugin_argument_default

Related topics

Views argument default plugins

Allow specialized methods of filling in arguments when they aren't provided.

1 string reference to 'views_plugin_argument_default'

views_views_plugins in includes/plugins.inc

Implements hook_views_plugins().

File

plugins/views_plugin_argument_default.inc, line 19

Definition of views_plugin_argument_default.

class views_plugin_argument_default extends views_plugin {

  /**
   * Return the default argument.
   *
   * This needs to be overridden by every default argument handler to properly
   * do what is needed.
   */
  public function get_argument() {
  }

  /**
   * Initialize this plugin with the view and the argument it is linked to.
   */
  public function init(&$view, &$argument, $options) {
    $this->view =& $view;
    $this->argument =& $argument;
    $this
      ->convert_options($options);
    $this
      ->unpack_options($this->options, $options);
  }

  /**
   * Retrieve the options when this is a new access control plugin.
   */
  public function option_definition() {
    return array();
  }

  /**
   * Provide the default form for setting options.
   */
  public function options_form(&$form, &$form_state) {
  }

  /**
   * Provide the default form form for validating options.
   */
  public function options_validate(&$form, &$form_state) {
  }

  /**
   * Provide the default form form for submitting options.
   */
  public function options_submit(&$form, &$form_state, &$options = array()) {
  }

  /**
   * Determine if the administrator has the privileges to use this plugin.
   */
  public function access() {
    return TRUE;
  }

  /**
   * If we don't have access to the form but are showing it anyway, ensure that
   * the form is safe and cannot be changed from user input.
   *
   * This is only called by child objects if specified in the options_form(),
   * so it will not always be used.
   */
  public function check_access(&$form, $option_name) {
    if (!$this
      ->access()) {
      $form[$option_name]['#disabled'] = TRUE;
      $form[$option_name]['#value'] = $form[$this->option_name]['#default_value'];
      $form[$option_name]['#description'] .= ' <strong>' . t('Note: you do not have permission to modify this. If you change the default filter type, this setting will be lost and you will NOT be able to get it back.') . '</strong>';
    }
  }

  /**
   * Convert options from the older style.
   *
   * In Views 3, the method of storing default argument options has changed
   * and each plugin now gets its own silo. This method can be used to
   * move arguments from the old style to the new style. See
   * views_plugin_argument_default_fixed for a good example of this method.
   */
  public function convert_options(&$options) {
  }

}

Members

Name	Modifiers	Type	Description	Overrides
views_object::$definition	public	property	Handler's definition.
views_object::$options	public	property	Except for displays, options for the object will be held here.	1
views_object::altered_option_definition		function	Collect this handler's option definition and alter them, ready for use.
views_object::construct	public	function	Views handlers use a special construct function.	4
views_object::destroy	public	function	Destructor.	2
views_object::export_option	public	function		1
views_object::export_options	public	function
views_object::export_option_always	public	function	Always exports the option, regardless of the default value.
views_object::options Deprecated	public	function	Set default options on this object.	1
views_object::set_default_options	public	function	Set default options.
views_object::set_definition	public	function	Let the handler know what its full definition is.
views_object::unpack_options	public	function	Unpack options over our existing defaults, drilling down into arrays so that defaults don't get totally blown away.
views_object::unpack_translatable	public	function	Unpack a single option definition.
views_object::unpack_translatables	public	function	Unpacks each handler to store translatable texts.
views_object::_set_option_defaults	public	function
views_plugin::$display	public	property	The current used views display.
views_plugin::$plugin_name	public	property	The plugin name of this plugin, for example table or full.
views_plugin::$plugin_type	public	property	The plugin type of this plugin, for example style or query.
views_plugin::$view	public	property	The top object of a view. Overrides views_object::$view	1
views_plugin::additional_theme_functions	public	function	Provide a list of additional theme functions for the theme info page.
views_plugin::plugin_title	public	function	Return the human readable name of the display.
views_plugin::query	public	function	Add anything to the query that we might need to.	7
views_plugin::summary_title	public	function	Returns the summary of the settings in the display.	8
views_plugin::theme_functions	public	function	Provide a full list of possible theme templates used by this style.
views_plugin::validate	public	function	Validate that the plugin is correct and can be saved.	3
views_plugin_argument_default::access	public	function	Determine if the administrator has the privileges to use this plugin.	1
views_plugin_argument_default::check_access	public	function	If we don't have access to the form but are showing it anyway, ensure that the form is safe and cannot be changed from user input.
views_plugin_argument_default::convert_options	public	function	Convert options from the older style.	3
views_plugin_argument_default::get_argument	public	function	Return the default argument.	7
views_plugin_argument_default::init	public	function	Initialize this plugin with the view and the argument it is linked to.	1
views_plugin_argument_default::options_form	public	function	Provide the default form for setting options. Overrides views_plugin::options_form	5
views_plugin_argument_default::options_submit	public	function	Provide the default form form for submitting options. Overrides views_plugin::options_submit	1
views_plugin_argument_default::options_validate	public	function	Provide the default form form for validating options. Overrides views_plugin::options_validate
views_plugin_argument_default::option_definition	public	function	Retrieve the options when this is a new access control plugin. Overrides views_object::option_definition	5