interface SelectionInterface implements PluginFormInterface (View source)

Interface definition for Entity Reference Selection plugins.

Methods

array
buildConfigurationForm(array $form, FormStateInterface $form_state)

Form constructor.

validateConfigurationForm(array $form, FormStateInterface $form_state)

Form validation handler.

submitConfigurationForm(array $form, FormStateInterface $form_state)

Form submission handler.

array
getReferenceableEntities(string|null $match = NULL, string $match_operator = 'CONTAINS', int $limit = 0)

Gets the list of referenceable entities.

int
countReferenceableEntities(string $match = NULL, string $match_operator = 'CONTAINS')

Counts entities that are referenceable.

array
validateReferenceableEntities(array $ids)

Validates which existing entities can be referenced.

entityQueryAlter(SelectInterface $query)

Allows the selection to alter the SelectQuery generated by EntityFieldQuery.

Details

array buildConfigurationForm(array $form, FormStateInterface $form_state)

Form constructor.

Plugin forms are embedded in other forms. In order to know where the plugin form is located in the parent form, #parents and #array_parents must be known, but these are not available during the initial build phase. In order to have these properties available when building the plugin form's elements, let this method return a form element that has a #process callback and build the rest of the form in the callback. By the time the callback is executed, the element's #parents and #array_parents properties will have been set by the form API. For more documentation on #parents and

array_parents, see \Drupal\Core\Render\Element\FormElement.

Parameters

array $form

An associative array containing the initial structure of the plugin form.

FormStateInterface $form_state

The current state of the form. Calling code should pass on a subform state created through \Drupal\Core\Form\SubformState::createForSubform().

Return Value

array

The form structure.

validateConfigurationForm(array $form, FormStateInterface $form_state)

Form validation handler.

Parameters

array $form

An associative array containing the structure of the plugin form as built by static::buildConfigurationForm().

FormStateInterface $form_state

The current state of the form. Calling code should pass on a subform state created through \Drupal\Core\Form\SubformState::createForSubform().

submitConfigurationForm(array $form, FormStateInterface $form_state)

Form submission handler.

Parameters

array $form

An associative array containing the structure of the plugin form as built by static::buildConfigurationForm().

FormStateInterface $form_state

The current state of the form. Calling code should pass on a subform state created through \Drupal\Core\Form\SubformState::createForSubform().

array getReferenceableEntities(string|null $match = NULL, string $match_operator = 'CONTAINS', int $limit = 0)

Gets the list of referenceable entities.

Parameters

string|null $match

(optional) Text to match the label against. Defaults to NULL.

string $match_operator

(optional) Operator to be used for string matching. Defaults to "CONTAINS".

int $limit

(optional) Limit the query to a given number of items. Defaults to 0, which indicates no limiting.

Return Value

array

A nested array of entities, the first level is keyed by the entity bundle, which contains an array of entity labels (escaped), keyed by the entity ID.

int countReferenceableEntities(string $match = NULL, string $match_operator = 'CONTAINS')

Counts entities that are referenceable.

Parameters

string $match

(optional) Text to match the label against. Defaults to NULL.

string $match_operator

(optional) Operator to be used for string matching. Defaults to "CONTAINS".

Return Value

int

The number of referenceable entities.

array validateReferenceableEntities(array $ids)

Validates which existing entities can be referenced.

Parameters

array $ids

An array of IDs to validate.

Return Value

array

An array of valid entity IDs.

entityQueryAlter(SelectInterface $query)

Allows the selection to alter the SelectQuery generated by EntityFieldQuery.

Parameters

SelectInterface $query

A Select Query object.