function EntityReferenceFormatterBase::needsEntityLoad
Returns whether the entity referenced by an item needs to be loaded.
Parameters
\Drupal\Core\Field\Plugin\Field\FieldType\EntityReferenceItem $item: The item to check.
Return value
bool TRUE if the entity needs to be loaded.
2 calls to EntityReferenceFormatterBase::needsEntityLoad()
- EntityReferenceFormatterBase::prepareView in core/
lib/ Drupal/ Core/ Field/ Plugin/ Field/ FieldFormatter/ EntityReferenceFormatterBase.php  - Loads the entities referenced in that field across all the entities being viewed.
 - FileFormatterBase::needsEntityLoad in core/
modules/ file/ src/ Plugin/ Field/ FieldFormatter/ FileFormatterBase.php  - Returns whether the entity referenced by an item needs to be loaded.
 
1 method overrides EntityReferenceFormatterBase::needsEntityLoad()
- FileFormatterBase::needsEntityLoad in core/
modules/ file/ src/ Plugin/ Field/ FieldFormatter/ FileFormatterBase.php  - Returns whether the entity referenced by an item needs to be loaded.
 
File
- 
              core/
lib/ Drupal/ Core/ Field/ Plugin/ Field/ FieldFormatter/ EntityReferenceFormatterBase.php, line 166  
Class
- EntityReferenceFormatterBase
 - Parent plugin for entity reference formatters.
 
Namespace
Drupal\Core\Field\Plugin\Field\FieldFormatterCode
protected function needsEntityLoad(EntityReferenceItem $item) {
  return !$item->hasNewEntity();
}
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