public static function FieldItemDataDefinition::createFromDataType in Zircon Profile 8.0
Same name and namespace in other branches
- 8 core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/TypedData/FieldItemDataDefinition.php \Drupal\Core\Field\TypedData\FieldItemDataDefinition::createFromDataType()
Creates a new data definition object.
This method is typically used by \Drupal\Core\TypedData\TypedDataManager::createDataDefinition() to build a definition object for an arbitrary data type. When the definition class is known, it is recommended to directly use the static create() method on that class instead; e.g.:
$map_definition = \Drupal\Core\TypedData\MapDataDefinition::create();
Parameters
string $data_type: The data type, for which a data definition should be created.
Return value
static
Throws
\InvalidArgumentException If an unsupported data type gets passed to the class; e.g., 'string' to a definition class handling 'entity:* data types.
Overrides DataDefinition::createFromDataType
File
- core/
lib/ Drupal/ Core/ Field/ TypedData/ FieldItemDataDefinition.php, line 34 - Contains \Drupal\Core\Field\TypedData\FieldItemDataDefinition.
Class
- FieldItemDataDefinition
- A typed data definition class for defining field items.
Namespace
Drupal\Core\Field\TypedDataCode
public static function createFromDataType($data_type) {
// The data type of a field item is in the form of "field_item:$field_type".
$parts = explode(':', $data_type, 2);
if ($parts[0] != 'field_item') {
throw new \InvalidArgumentException('Data type must be in the form of "field_item:FIELD_TYPE".');
}
$field_definition = BaseFieldDefinition::create($parts[1]);
return $field_definition
->getItemDefinition();
}