abstract class FormBase in Zircon Profile 8

Provides a base class for forms.

Hierarchy

• class \Drupal\Core\Form\FormBase implements ContainerInjectionInterface, FormInterface uses DependencySerializationTrait, LinkGeneratorTrait, RedirectDestinationTrait, UrlGeneratorTrait, StringTranslationTrait

Related topics

Form generation

Describes how to generate and manipulate forms and process form submissions.

121 files declare their use of FormBase

ActionAdminManageForm.php in core/modules/action/src/Form/ActionAdminManageForm.php

Contains \Drupal\action\Form\ActionAdminManageForm.

AjaxFormsTestCommandsForm.php in core/modules/system/tests/modules/ajax_forms_test/src/Form/AjaxFormsTestCommandsForm.php

Contains \Drupal\ajax_forms_test\Form\AjaxFormsTestCommandsForm.

AjaxFormsTestLazyLoadForm.php in core/modules/system/tests/modules/ajax_forms_test/src/Form/AjaxFormsTestLazyLoadForm.php

Contains \Drupal\ajax_forms_test\Form\AjaxFormsTestLazyLoadForm.

AjaxFormsTestSimpleForm.php in core/modules/system/tests/modules/ajax_forms_test/src/Form/AjaxFormsTestSimpleForm.php

Contains \Drupal\ajax_forms_test\Form\AjaxFormsTestSimpleForm.

AjaxFormsTestValidationForm.php in core/modules/system/tests/modules/ajax_forms_test/src/Form/AjaxFormsTestValidationForm.php

Contains \Drupal\ajax_forms_test\Form\AjaxFormsTestValidationForm.

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File

core/lib/Drupal/Core/Form/FormBase.php, line 25

Contains \Drupal\Core\Form\FormBase.

Namespace

Drupal\Core\Form

abstract class FormBase implements FormInterface, ContainerInjectionInterface {
  use DependencySerializationTrait;
  use LinkGeneratorTrait;
  use RedirectDestinationTrait;
  use StringTranslationTrait;
  use UrlGeneratorTrait;

  /**
   * The request stack.
   *
   * @var \Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\RequestStack
   */
  protected $requestStack;

  /**
   * The config factory.
   *
   * Subclasses should use the self::config() method, which may be overridden to
   * address specific needs when loading config, rather than this property
   * directly. See \Drupal\Core\Form\ConfigFormBase::config() for an example of
   * this.
   *
   * @var \Drupal\Core\Config\ConfigFactoryInterface
   */
  protected $configFactory;

  /**
   * The logger factory.
   *
   * @var \Drupal\Core\Logger\LoggerChannelFactoryInterface
   */
  protected $loggerFactory;

  /**
   * The route match.
   *
   * @var \Drupal\Core\Routing\RouteMatchInterface
   */
  protected $routeMatch;

  /**
   * {@inheritdoc}
   */
  public static function create(ContainerInterface $container) {
    return new static();
  }

  /**
   * {@inheritdoc}
   */
  public function validateForm(array &$form, FormStateInterface $form_state) {

    // Validation is optional.
  }

  /**
   * Retrieves a configuration object.
   *
   * This is the main entry point to the configuration API. Calling
   * @code $this->config('book.admin') @endcode will return a configuration
   * object in which the book module can store its administrative settings.
   *
   * @param string $name
   *   The name of the configuration object to retrieve. The name corresponds to
   *   a configuration file. For @code \Drupal::config('book.admin') @endcode,
   *   the config object returned will contain the contents of book.admin
   *   configuration file.
   *
   * @return \Drupal\Core\Config\ImmutableConfig
   *   A configuration object.
   */
  protected function config($name) {
    return $this
      ->configFactory()
      ->get($name);
  }

  /**
   * Gets the config factory for this form.
   *
   * When accessing configuration values, use $this->config(). Only use this
   * when the config factory needs to be manipulated directly.
   *
   * @return \Drupal\Core\Config\ConfigFactoryInterface
   */
  protected function configFactory() {
    if (!$this->configFactory) {
      $this->configFactory = $this
        ->container()
        ->get('config.factory');
    }
    return $this->configFactory;
  }

  /**
   * Sets the config factory for this form.
   *
   * @param \Drupal\Core\Config\ConfigFactoryInterface $config_factory
   *   The config factory.
   *
   * @return $this
   */
  public function setConfigFactory(ConfigFactoryInterface $config_factory) {
    $this->configFactory = $config_factory;
    return $this;
  }

  /**
   * Resets the configuration factory.
   */
  public function resetConfigFactory() {
    $this->configFactory = NULL;
  }

  /**
   * Gets the request object.
   *
   * @return \Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request $request
   *   The request object.
   */
  protected function getRequest() {
    if (!$this->requestStack) {
      $this->requestStack = \Drupal::service('request_stack');
    }
    return $this->requestStack
      ->getCurrentRequest();
  }

  /**
   * Gets the route match.
   *
   * @return \Drupal\Core\Routing\RouteMatchInterface
   */
  protected function getRouteMatch() {
    if (!$this->routeMatch) {
      $this->routeMatch = \Drupal::routeMatch();
    }
    return $this->routeMatch;
  }

  /**
   * Sets the request stack object to use.
   *
   * @param \Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\RequestStack $request_stack
   *   The request stack object.
   *
   * @return $this
   */
  public function setRequestStack(RequestStack $request_stack) {
    $this->requestStack = $request_stack;
    return $this;
  }

  /**
   * Gets the current user.
   *
   * @return \Drupal\Core\Session\AccountInterface
   *   The current user.
   */
  protected function currentUser() {
    return \Drupal::currentUser();
  }

  /**
   * Returns the service container.
   *
   * This method is marked private to prevent sub-classes from retrieving
   * services from the container through it. Instead,
   * \Drupal\Core\DependencyInjection\ContainerInjectionInterface should be used
   * for injecting services.
   *
   * @return \Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface $container
   *   The service container.
   */
  private function container() {
    return \Drupal::getContainer();
  }

  /**
   * Gets the logger for a specific channel.
   *
   * @param string $channel
   *   The name of the channel.
   *
   * @return \Psr\Log\LoggerInterface
   *   The logger for this channel.
   */
  protected function logger($channel) {
    if (!$this->loggerFactory) {
      $this->loggerFactory = $this
        ->container()
        ->get('logger.factory');
    }
    return $this->loggerFactory
      ->get($channel);
  }

}

Members

Name	Modifiers	Type	Description	Overrides
DependencySerializationTrait::$_serviceIds	protected	property	An array of service IDs keyed by property name used for serialization.
DependencySerializationTrait::__sleep	public	function		1
DependencySerializationTrait::__wakeup	public	function		2
FormBase::$configFactory	protected	property	The config factory.	3
FormBase::$loggerFactory	protected	property	The logger factory.
FormBase::$requestStack	protected	property	The request stack.	1
FormBase::$routeMatch	protected	property	The route match.
FormBase::config	protected	function	Retrieves a configuration object.
FormBase::configFactory	protected	function	Gets the config factory for this form.	3
FormBase::container	private	function	Returns the service container.
FormBase::create	public static	function	Instantiates a new instance of this class. Overrides ContainerInjectionInterface::create	84
FormBase::currentUser	protected	function	Gets the current user.
FormBase::getRequest	protected	function	Gets the request object.
FormBase::getRouteMatch	protected	function	Gets the route match.
FormBase::logger	protected	function	Gets the logger for a specific channel.
FormBase::resetConfigFactory	public	function	Resets the configuration factory.
FormBase::setConfigFactory	public	function	Sets the config factory for this form.
FormBase::setRequestStack	public	function	Sets the request stack object to use.
FormBase::validateForm	public	function	Form validation handler. Overrides FormInterface::validateForm	64
FormInterface::buildForm	public	function	Form constructor.	157
FormInterface::getFormId	public	function	Returns a unique string identifying the form.	212
FormInterface::submitForm	public	function	Form submission handler.	167
LinkGeneratorTrait::$linkGenerator	protected	property	The link generator.	1
LinkGeneratorTrait::getLinkGenerator	protected	function	Returns the link generator.
LinkGeneratorTrait::l	protected	function	Renders a link to a route given a route name and its parameters.
LinkGeneratorTrait::setLinkGenerator	public	function	Sets the link generator service.
RedirectDestinationTrait::$redirectDestination	protected	property	The redirect destination service.
RedirectDestinationTrait::getDestinationArray	protected	function	Prepares a 'destination' URL query parameter for use with \Drupal\Core\Url.
RedirectDestinationTrait::getRedirectDestination	protected	function	Returns the redirect destination service.
RedirectDestinationTrait::setRedirectDestination	public	function	Sets the redirect destination service.
StringTranslationTrait::$stringTranslation	protected	property	The string translation service.
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	protected	function	Returns the URL generator service.
UrlGeneratorTrait::redirect	protected	function	Returns a redirect response object for the specified route.
UrlGeneratorTrait::setUrlGenerator	public	function	Sets the URL generator service.
UrlGeneratorTrait::url	protected	function	Generates a URL or path for a specific route based on the given parameters.