Create a file field item.

Parameters

\Drupal\media\MediaTypeInterface $media_type: The media type of the media item.

Return value

\Drupal\file\Plugin\Field\FieldType\FileItem A created file item.

2 calls to FileUploadForm::createFileItem()

FileUploadForm::buildInputElement in core/modules/media_library/src/Form/FileUploadForm.php

Builds the element for submitting source field value(s).

FileUploadForm::createMediaFromValue in core/modules/media_library/src/Form/FileUploadForm.php

Creates a new, unsaved media item from a source field value.

File

core/modules/media_library/src/Form/FileUploadForm.php, line 352

Class

FileUploadForm

Creates a form to create media entities from uploaded files.

Namespace

Drupal\media_library\Form

Code

protected function createFileItem(MediaTypeInterface $media_type) {
  $field_definition = $media_type->getSource()
    ->getSourceFieldDefinition($media_type);
  $data_definition = FieldItemDataDefinition::create($field_definition);
  return new FileItem($data_definition);
}

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