entity_get_info

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entity_get_info($entity_type = NULL)

Get the entity info array of an entity type.

See also

hook_entity_info()

@see hook_entity_info_alter()

Parameters

$entity_type The entity type, e.g. node, for which the info shall be returned, or NULL to return an array with info about all types.

Code

includes/common.inc, line 6237

<?php
function entity_get_info($entity_type = NULL) {
  // Use the advanced drupal_static() pattern, since this is called very often.
  static $drupal_static = array();
  isset($drupal_static[__FUNCTION__]) || ($drupal_static[__FUNCTION__] = &drupal_static(__FUNCTION__));
  $entity_info = &$drupal_static[__FUNCTION__];

  if (empty($entity_info)) {
    if ($cache = cache_get('entity_info')) {
      $entity_info = $cache->data;
    }
    else {
      $entity_info = module_invoke_all('entity_info');
      // Merge in default values.
      foreach ($entity_info as $name => $data) {
        $entity_info[$name] += array(
          'fieldable' => FALSE,
          'controller class' => 'DrupalDefaultEntityController',
          'static cache' => TRUE,
          'load hook' => $name . '_load',
          'bundles' => array(),
          'object keys' => array(),
          'cacheable' => TRUE,
          'translation' => array(),
        );
        $entity_info[$name]['object keys'] += array(
          'revision' => '',
          'bundle' => '',
        );
        // If no bundle key is provided, assume a single bundle, named after
        // the entity type.
        if (empty($entity_info[$name]['object keys']['bundle']) && empty($entity_info[$name]['bundles'])) {
          $entity_info[$name]['bundles'] = array($name => array('label' => $entity_info[$name]['label']));
        }
      }
      // Let other modules alter the entity info.
      drupal_alter('entity_info', $entity_info);
      cache_set('entity_info', $entity_info);
    }
  }

  return empty($entity_type) ? $entity_info : $entity_info[$entity_type];
}
?>

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