class SandwichPluginManager

A plugin manager for sandwich plugins.

The SandwichPluginManager class extends the DefaultPluginManager to provide a way to manage sandwich plugins. A plugin manager defines a new plugin type and how instances of any plugin of that type will be discovered, instantiated and more.

Using the DefaultPluginManager as a starting point sets up our sandwich plugin type to use PHP attributes for discovery with a fallback to annotations for backwards compatibility.

The plugin manager is also declared as a service in plugin_type_example.services.yml so that it can be easily accessed and used anytime we need to work with sandwich plugins.

Hierarchy

Expanded class hierarchy of SandwichPluginManager

1 file declares its use of SandwichPluginManager
PluginTypeExampleController.php in modules/plugin_type_example/src/Controller/PluginTypeExampleController.php
1 string reference to 'SandwichPluginManager'
plugin_type_example.services.yml in modules/plugin_type_example/plugin_type_example.services.yml
modules/plugin_type_example/plugin_type_example.services.yml
1 service uses SandwichPluginManager
plugin.manager.sandwich in modules/plugin_type_example/plugin_type_example.services.yml
Drupal\plugin_type_example\SandwichPluginManager

File

modules/plugin_type_example/src/SandwichPluginManager.php, line 27

Namespace

Drupal\plugin_type_example
View source
class SandwichPluginManager extends DefaultPluginManager {
  
  /**
   * Creates the discovery object.
   *
   * @param \Traversable $namespaces
   *   An object that implements \Traversable which contains the root paths
   *   keyed by the corresponding namespace to look for plugin implementations.
   * @param \Drupal\Core\Cache\CacheBackendInterface $cache_backend
   *   Cache backend instance to use.
   * @param \Drupal\Core\Extension\ModuleHandlerInterface $module_handler
   *   The module handler to invoke the alter hook with.
   */
  public function __construct(\Traversable $namespaces, CacheBackendInterface $cache_backend, ModuleHandlerInterface $module_handler) {
    // We replace the $subdir parameter with our own value.
    // This tells the plugin manager to look for Sandwich plugins in the
    // 'src/Plugin/Sandwich' subdirectory of any enabled modules. This also
    // serves to define the PSR-4 namespace in which sandwich plugins will live.
    // Modules can put a plugin class in their own namespace such as
    // Drupal\{module_name}\Plugin\Sandwich\MySandwichPlugin.
    $subdir = 'Plugin/Sandwich';
    // The name of the interface that plugins should adhere to. Drupal will
    // enforce this as a requirement. If a plugin does not implement this
    // interface, Drupal will throw an error.
    $plugin_interface = SandwichInterface::class;
    // The name of the attribute class that contains the plugin definition.
    $plugin_definition_attribute_name = SandwichAttribute::class;
    // The name of the annotation class that contains the plugin definition.
    // This is provided for backwards compatibility. If you are defining a new
    // plugin that will only ever need to work with Drupal 11+ than you do not
    // need to provide an annotation class. If you're updating an existing
    // plugin manager that already has an annotation class then you should
    // provide an annotation class here. This will ensure that existing plugin
    // instances that use annotations for discovery will still work.
    $plugin_definition_annotation_name = SandwichAnnotation::class;
    parent::__construct($subdir, $namespaces, $module_handler, $plugin_interface, $plugin_definition_attribute_name, $plugin_definition_annotation_name);
    // This allows the plugin definitions to be altered by an alter hook. The
    // parameter defines the name of the hook, thus: hook_sandwich_info_alter().
    // In this example, we implement this hook to change the plugin definitions:
    // see plugin_type_example_sandwich_info_alter().
    $this->alterInfo('sandwich_info');
    // This sets the caching method for our plugin definitions. Plugin
    // definitions are discovered by examining the $subdir defined above, for
    // any classes with an $plugin_definition_annotation_name. The annotations
    // are read, and then the resulting data is cached using the provided cache
    // backend. The second argument is a cache key prefix. Out of the box Drupal
    // with the default cache backend setup will store our plugin definition in
    // the cache_default table using the sandwich_info key. All that is
    // implementation details, however; all we care about it is that caching for
    // our plugin definition is taken care of by this call.
    $this->setCacheBackend($cache_backend, 'sandwich_info', [
      'sandwich_info',
    ]);
  }

}

Members

Title Sort descending Modifiers Object type Summary
SandwichPluginManager::__construct public function Creates the discovery object.