class QueueWorker

Declare a worker class for processing a queue item.

Worker plugins are used by some queues for processing the individual items in the queue. In that case, the ID of the worker plugin needs to match the machine name of a queue, so that you can retrieve the queue back end by calling \Drupal\Core\Queue\QueueFactory::get($plugin_id).

\Drupal\Core\Cron::processQueues() processes queues that use workers; they can also be processed outside of the cron process.

Some queues do not use worker plugins: you can create queues, add items to them, claim them, etc. without using a QueueWorker plugin. However, you will need to take care of processing the items in the queue in that case. You can look at \Drupal\Core\Cron::processQueues() for an example of how to process a queue that uses workers, and adapt it to your queue.

Plugin Namespace: Plugin\QueueWorker

For a working example, see \Drupal\aggregator\Plugin\QueueWorker\AggregatorRefresh.

Hierarchy

• class \Drupal\Component\Annotation\Plugin implements \Drupal\Component\Annotation\AnnotationInterface
  • class \Drupal\Core\Annotation\QueueWorker extends \Drupal\Component\Annotation\Plugin

Expanded class hierarchy of QueueWorker

See also

\Drupal\Core\Queue\QueueWorkerInterface

\Drupal\Core\Queue\QueueWorkerBase

\Drupal\Core\Queue\QueueWorkerManager

Plugin API

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File

core/lib/Drupal/Core/Annotation/QueueWorker.php, line 36

Namespace

class QueueWorker extends Plugin {
    
    /**
     * The plugin ID.
     *
     * @var string
     */
    public $id;
    
    /**
     * The human-readable title of the plugin.
     *
     * @ingroup plugin_translatable
     *
     * @var \Drupal\Core\Annotation\Translation
     */
    public $title;
    
    /**
     * An associative array containing the optional key:
     *   - time: (optional) How much time Drupal cron should spend on calling
     *     this worker in seconds. Defaults to 15.
     *
     * @var array (optional)
     */
    public $cron;

}

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