ViewsPluginInterface.php

Same filename in other branches
  1. 9 core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/ViewsPluginInterface.php
  2. 8.9.x core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/ViewsPluginInterface.php
  3. 11.x core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/ViewsPluginInterface.php

Namespace

Drupal\views\Plugin\views

File

core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/ViewsPluginInterface.php

View source
<?php

namespace Drupal\views\Plugin\views;

use Drupal\Component\Plugin\DerivativeInspectionInterface;
use Drupal\Component\Plugin\PluginInspectionInterface;
use Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface;
use Drupal\Core\Plugin\ContainerFactoryPluginInterface;
use Drupal\views\Plugin\views\display\DisplayPluginBase;
use Drupal\views\ViewExecutable;

/**
 * Provides an interface for all views plugins.
 */
interface ViewsPluginInterface extends PluginInspectionInterface, DerivativeInspectionInterface, ContainerFactoryPluginInterface {
    
    /**
     * Returns the plugin provider.
     *
     * @return string
     */
    public function getProvider();
    
    /**
     * Return the human readable name of the display.
     *
     * This appears on the ui beside each plugin and beside the settings link.
     */
    public function pluginTitle();
    
    /**
     * Returns the usesOptions property.
     */
    public function usesOptions();
    
    /**
     * Filter out stored options depending on the defined options.
     *
     * @param array $storage
     *   The stored options.
     */
    public function filterByDefinedOptions(array &$storage);
    
    /**
     * Validate the options form.
     */
    public function validateOptionsForm(&$form, FormStateInterface $form_state);
    
    /**
     * Returns the summary of the settings in the display.
     */
    public function summaryTitle();
    
    /**
     * Moves form elements into fieldsets for presentation purposes.
     *
     * Many views forms use #tree = TRUE to keep their values in a hierarchy for
     * easier storage. Moving the form elements into fieldsets during form
     * building would break up that hierarchy. Therefore, we wait until the
     * pre_render stage, where any changes we make affect presentation only and
     * aren't reflected in $form_state->getValues().
     *
     * @param array $form
     *   The form build array to alter.
     *
     * @return array
     *   The form build array.
     */
    public static function preRenderAddFieldsetMarkup(array $form);
    
    /**
     * Initialize the plugin.
     *
     * @param \Drupal\views\ViewExecutable $view
     *   The view object.
     * @param \Drupal\views\Plugin\views\display\DisplayPluginBase $display
     *   The display handler.
     * @param array $options
     *   The options configured for this plugin.
     */
    public function init(ViewExecutable $view, DisplayPluginBase $display, ?array &$options = NULL);
    
    /**
     * Handle any special handling on the validate form.
     */
    public function submitOptionsForm(&$form, FormStateInterface $form_state);
    
    /**
     * Adds elements for available core tokens to a form.
     *
     * @param array $form
     *   The form array to alter, passed by reference.
     * @param \Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface $form_state
     *   The current state of the form.
     */
    public function globalTokenForm(&$form, FormStateInterface $form_state);
    
    /**
     * Returns an array of available token replacements.
     *
     * @param bool $prepared
     *   Whether to return the raw token info for each token or an array of
     *   prepared tokens for each type. E.g. "[view:name]".
     * @param array $types
     *   An array of additional token types to return, defaults to 'site' and
     *   'view'.
     *
     * @return array
     *   An array of available token replacement info or tokens, grouped by type.
     */
    public function getAvailableGlobalTokens($prepared = FALSE, array $types = []);
    
    /**
     * Flattens the structure of form elements.
     *
     * If a form element has #flatten = TRUE, then all of its children get moved
     * to the same level as the element itself. So $form['to_be_flattened'][$key]
     * becomes $form[$key], and $form['to_be_flattened'] gets unset.
     *
     * @param array $form
     *   The form build array to alter.
     *
     * @return array
     *   The form build array.
     */
    public static function preRenderFlattenData($form);
    
    /**
     * Returns a string with any core tokens replaced.
     *
     * @param string $string
     *   The string to preform the token replacement on.
     * @param array $options
     *   An array of options, as passed to \Drupal\Core\Utility\Token::replace().
     *
     * @return string
     *   The tokenized string.
     */
    public function globalTokenReplace($string = '', array $options = []);
    
    /**
     * Clears a plugin.
     */
    public function destroy();
    
    /**
     * Validate that the plugin is correct and can be saved.
     *
     * @return array|null
     *   An array of error strings to tell the user what is wrong with this
     *   plugin.
     */
    public function validate();
    
    /**
     * Add anything to the query that we might need to.
     */
    public function query();
    
    /**
     * Unpacks options over our existing defaults.
     *
     * This will drill down into arrays so that defaults don't get totally blown
     * away.
     */
    public function unpackOptions(&$storage, $options, $definition = NULL, $all = TRUE, $check = TRUE);
    
    /**
     * Provide a form to edit options for this plugin.
     */
    public function buildOptionsForm(&$form, FormStateInterface $form_state);
    
    /**
     * Provide a full list of possible theme templates used by this style.
     */
    public function themeFunctions();

}

Interfaces

Title Deprecated Summary
ViewsPluginInterface Provides an interface for all views plugins.

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