4 methods override PluginManagerBase::createInstance()

FieldTypePluginManager::createInstance in core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/FieldTypePluginManager.php
Creates a field item, which is not part of an entity or field item list.
MigratePluginManager::createInstance in core/modules/migrate/src/Plugin/MigratePluginManager.php
Creates a pre-configured instance of a plugin.
MigrationPluginManager::createInstance in core/modules/migrate/src/Plugin/MigrationPluginManager.php
Creates a pre-configured instance of a plugin.
ViewsHandlerManager::createInstance in core/modules/views/src/Plugin/ViewsHandlerManager.php
Creates a pre-configured instance of a plugin.

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