Change the type of the element.

Changes only the #type all other properties and children are preserved.

@template T of \Drupal\Core\Render\Element\ElementInterface

Parameters

class-string<T> $class: The class of the new render object.

Return value

T The new render object.

Overrides ElementInterface::changeType

File

core/lib/Drupal/Core/Render/Element/RenderElementBase.php, line 699

Class

RenderElementBase

Provides a base class for render element plugins.

Namespace

Drupal\Core\Render\Element

Code

public function changeType(string $class) : ElementInterface {
  $this->storage['#type'] = $this->elementInfoManager()
    ->getIdFromClass($class);
  unset($this->storage['##object']);
  return $this->elementInfoManager()
    ->fromRenderable($this->storage);
}

---