class EntityAccessControlHandler
Defines a default implementation for entity access control handler.
Hierarchy
- class \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityHandlerBase uses \Drupal\Core\StringTranslation\StringTranslationTrait, \Drupal\Core\DependencyInjection\DependencySerializationTrait
- class \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityAccessControlHandler implements \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityAccessControlHandlerInterface extends \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityHandlerBase
 
 
Expanded class hierarchy of EntityAccessControlHandler
36 files declare their use of EntityAccessControlHandler
- BaseFieldOverrideAccessControlHandler.php in core/
lib/ Drupal/ Core/ Field/ BaseFieldOverrideAccessControlHandler.php  - BlockAccessControlHandler.php in core/
modules/ block/ src/ BlockAccessControlHandler.php  - BlockContentAccessControlHandler.php in core/
modules/ block_content/ src/ BlockContentAccessControlHandler.php  - CommentAccessControlHandler.php in core/
modules/ comment/ src/ CommentAccessControlHandler.php  - ConfigTestAccessControlHandler.php in core/
modules/ config/ tests/ config_test/ src/ ConfigTestAccessControlHandler.php  
File
- 
              core/
lib/ Drupal/ Core/ Entity/ EntityAccessControlHandler.php, line 14  
Namespace
Drupal\Core\EntityView source
class EntityAccessControlHandler extends EntityHandlerBase implements EntityAccessControlHandlerInterface {
  
  /**
   * Stores calculated access check results.
   *
   * @var array
   */
  protected $accessCache = [];
  
  /**
   * The entity type ID of the access control handler instance.
   *
   * @var string
   */
  protected $entityTypeId;
  
  /**
   * Information about the entity type.
   *
   * @var \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityTypeInterface
   */
  protected $entityType;
  
  /**
   * Allows to grant access to just the labels.
   *
   * By default, the "view label" operation falls back to "view". Set this to
   * TRUE to allow returning different access when just listing entity labels.
   *
   * @var bool
   */
  protected $viewLabelOperation = FALSE;
  
  /**
   * Constructs an access control handler instance.
   *
   * @param \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityTypeInterface $entity_type
   *   The entity type definition.
   */
  public function __construct(EntityTypeInterface $entity_type) {
    $this->entityTypeId = $entity_type->id();
    $this->entityType = $entity_type;
  }
  
  /**
   * {@inheritdoc}
   */
  public function access(EntityInterface $entity, $operation, AccountInterface $account = NULL, $return_as_object = FALSE) {
    $account = $this->prepareUser($account);
    $langcode = $entity->language()
      ->getId();
    if ($operation === 'view label' && $this->viewLabelOperation == FALSE) {
      $operation = 'view';
    }
    // If an entity does not have a UUID, either from not being set or from not
    // having them, use the 'entity type:ID' pattern as the cache $cid.
    $cid = $entity->uuid() ?: $entity->getEntityTypeId() . ':' . $entity->id();
    // If the entity is revisionable, then append the revision ID to allow
    // individual revisions to have specific access control and be cached
    // separately.
    if ($entity instanceof RevisionableInterface) {
      /** @var \Drupal\Core\Entity\RevisionableInterface $entity */
      $cid .= ':' . $entity->getRevisionId();
    }
    if (($return = $this->getCache($cid, $operation, $langcode, $account)) !== NULL) {
      // Cache hit, no work necessary.
      return $return_as_object ? $return : $return->isAllowed();
    }
    // Invoke hook_entity_access() and hook_ENTITY_TYPE_access(). Hook results
    // take precedence over overridden implementations of
    // EntityAccessControlHandler::checkAccess(). Entities that have checks that
    // need to be done before the hook is invoked should do so by overriding
    // this method.
    // We grant access to the entity if both of these conditions are met:
    // - No modules say to deny access.
    // - At least one module says to grant access.
    $access = array_merge($this->moduleHandler()
      ->invokeAll('entity_access', [
      $entity,
      $operation,
      $account,
    ]), $this->moduleHandler()
      ->invokeAll($entity->getEntityTypeId() . '_access', [
      $entity,
      $operation,
      $account,
    ]));
    $return = $this->processAccessHookResults($access);
    // Also execute the default access check except when the access result is
    // already forbidden, as in that case, it can not be anything else.
    if (!$return->isForbidden()) {
      $return = $return->orIf($this->checkAccess($entity, $operation, $account));
    }
    $result = $this->setCache($return, $cid, $operation, $langcode, $account);
    return $return_as_object ? $result : $result->isAllowed();
  }
  
  /**
   * Determines entity access.
   *
   * We grant access to the entity if both of these conditions are met:
   * - No modules say to deny access.
   * - At least one module says to grant access.
   *
   * @param \Drupal\Core\Access\AccessResultInterface[] $access
   *   An array of access results of the fired access hook.
   *
   * @return \Drupal\Core\Access\AccessResultInterface
   *   The combined result of the various access checks' results. All their
   *   cacheability metadata is merged as well.
   *
   * @see \Drupal\Core\Access\AccessResultInterface::orIf()
   */
  protected function processAccessHookResults(array $access) {
    // No results means no opinion.
    if (empty($access)) {
      return AccessResult::neutral();
    }
    /** @var \Drupal\Core\Access\AccessResultInterface $result */
    $result = array_shift($access);
    foreach ($access as $other) {
      $result = $result->orIf($other);
    }
    return $result;
  }
  
  /**
   * Performs access checks.
   *
   * This method is supposed to be overwritten by extending classes that
   * do their own custom access checking.
   *
   * @param \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface $entity
   *   The entity for which to check access.
   * @param string $operation
   *   The entity operation. Usually one of 'view', 'view label', 'update' or
   *   'delete'.
   * @param \Drupal\Core\Session\AccountInterface $account
   *   The user for which to check access.
   *
   * @return \Drupal\Core\Access\AccessResultInterface
   *   The access result.
   */
  protected function checkAccess(EntityInterface $entity, $operation, AccountInterface $account) {
    if ($operation == 'delete' && $entity->isNew()) {
      return AccessResult::forbidden()->addCacheableDependency($entity);
    }
    if ($admin_permission = $this->entityType
      ->getAdminPermission()) {
      return AccessResult::allowedIfHasPermission($account, $admin_permission);
    }
    else {
      // No opinion.
      return AccessResult::neutral();
    }
  }
  
  /**
   * Tries to retrieve a previously cached access value from the static cache.
   *
   * @param string $cid
   *   Unique string identifier for the entity/operation, for example the
   *   entity UUID or a custom string.
   * @param string $operation
   *   The entity operation. Usually one of 'view', 'update', 'create' or
   *   'delete'.
   * @param string $langcode
   *   The language code for which to check access.
   * @param \Drupal\Core\Session\AccountInterface $account
   *   The user for which to check access.
   *
   * @return \Drupal\Core\Access\AccessResultInterface|null
   *   The cached AccessResult, or NULL if there is no record for the given
   *   user, operation, langcode and entity in the cache.
   */
  protected function getCache($cid, $operation, $langcode, AccountInterface $account) {
    // Return from cache if a value has been set for it previously.
    if (isset($this->accessCache[$account->id()][$cid][$langcode][$operation])) {
      return $this->accessCache[$account->id()][$cid][$langcode][$operation];
    }
  }
  
  /**
   * Statically caches whether the given user has access.
   *
   * @param \Drupal\Core\Access\AccessResultInterface $access
   *   The access result.
   * @param string $cid
   *   Unique string identifier for the entity/operation, for example the
   *   entity UUID or a custom string.
   * @param string $operation
   *   The entity operation. Usually one of 'view', 'update', 'create' or
   *   'delete'.
   * @param string $langcode
   *   The language code for which to check access.
   * @param \Drupal\Core\Session\AccountInterface $account
   *   The user for which to check access.
   *
   * @return \Drupal\Core\Access\AccessResultInterface
   *   Whether the user has access, plus cacheability metadata.
   */
  protected function setCache($access, $cid, $operation, $langcode, AccountInterface $account) {
    // Save the given value in the static cache and directly return it.
    return $this->accessCache[$account->id()][$cid][$langcode][$operation] = $access;
  }
  
  /**
   * {@inheritdoc}
   */
  public function resetCache() {
    $this->accessCache = [];
  }
  
  /**
   * {@inheritdoc}
   */
  public function createAccess($entity_bundle = NULL, AccountInterface $account = NULL, array $context = [], $return_as_object = FALSE) {
    $account = $this->prepareUser($account);
    $context += [
      'entity_type_id' => $this->entityTypeId,
      'langcode' => LanguageInterface::LANGCODE_DEFAULT,
    ];
    $cid = $entity_bundle ? 'create:' . $entity_bundle : 'create';
    if (($access = $this->getCache($cid, 'create', $context['langcode'], $account)) !== NULL) {
      // Cache hit, no work necessary.
      return $return_as_object ? $access : $access->isAllowed();
    }
    // Invoke hook_entity_create_access() and hook_ENTITY_TYPE_create_access().
    // Hook results take precedence over overridden implementations of
    // EntityAccessControlHandler::checkCreateAccess(). Entities that have
    // checks that need to be done before the hook is invoked should do so by
    // overriding this method.
    // We grant access to the entity if both of these conditions are met:
    // - No modules say to deny access.
    // - At least one module says to grant access.
    $access = array_merge($this->moduleHandler()
      ->invokeAll('entity_create_access', [
      $account,
      $context,
      $entity_bundle,
    ]), $this->moduleHandler()
      ->invokeAll($this->entityTypeId . '_create_access', [
      $account,
      $context,
      $entity_bundle,
    ]));
    $return = $this->processAccessHookResults($access);
    // Also execute the default access check except when the access result is
    // already forbidden, as in that case, it can not be anything else.
    if (!$return->isForbidden()) {
      $return = $return->orIf($this->checkCreateAccess($account, $context, $entity_bundle));
    }
    $result = $this->setCache($return, $cid, 'create', $context['langcode'], $account);
    return $return_as_object ? $result : $result->isAllowed();
  }
  
  /**
   * Performs create access checks.
   *
   * This method is supposed to be overwritten by extending classes that
   * do their own custom access checking.
   *
   * @param \Drupal\Core\Session\AccountInterface $account
   *   The user for which to check access.
   * @param array $context
   *   An array of key-value pairs to pass additional context when needed.
   * @param string|null $entity_bundle
   *   (optional) The bundle of the entity. Required if the entity supports
   *   bundles, defaults to NULL otherwise.
   *
   * @return \Drupal\Core\Access\AccessResultInterface
   *   The access result.
   */
  protected function checkCreateAccess(AccountInterface $account, array $context, $entity_bundle = NULL) {
    if ($admin_permission = $this->entityType
      ->getAdminPermission()) {
      return AccessResult::allowedIfHasPermission($account, $admin_permission);
    }
    else {
      // No opinion.
      return AccessResult::neutral();
    }
  }
  
  /**
   * Loads the current account object, if it does not exist yet.
   *
   * @param \Drupal\Core\Session\AccountInterface $account
   *   The account interface instance.
   *
   * @return \Drupal\Core\Session\AccountInterface
   *   Returns the current account object.
   */
  protected function prepareUser(AccountInterface $account = NULL) {
    if (!$account) {
      $account = \Drupal::currentUser();
    }
    return $account;
  }
  
  /**
   * {@inheritdoc}
   */
  public function fieldAccess($operation, FieldDefinitionInterface $field_definition, AccountInterface $account = NULL, FieldItemListInterface $items = NULL, $return_as_object = FALSE) {
    $account = $this->prepareUser($account);
    // Get the default access restriction that lives within this field.
    $default = $items ? $items->defaultAccess($operation, $account) : AccessResult::allowed();
    // Explicitly disallow changing the entity ID and entity UUID.
    $entity = $items ? $items->getEntity() : NULL;
    if ($operation === 'edit' && $entity) {
      if ($field_definition->getName() === $this->entityType
        ->getKey('id')) {
        // String IDs can be set when creating the entity.
        if (!($entity->isNew() && $field_definition->getType() === 'string')) {
          return $return_as_object ? AccessResult::forbidden('The entity ID cannot be changed.')->addCacheableDependency($entity) : FALSE;
        }
      }
      elseif ($field_definition->getName() === $this->entityType
        ->getKey('uuid')) {
        // UUIDs can be set when creating an entity.
        if (!$entity->isNew()) {
          return $return_as_object ? AccessResult::forbidden('The entity UUID cannot be changed.')->addCacheableDependency($entity) : FALSE;
        }
      }
    }
    // Get the default access restriction as specified by the access control
    // handler.
    $entity_default = $this->checkFieldAccess($operation, $field_definition, $account, $items);
    // Combine default access, denying access wins.
    $default = $default->andIf($entity_default);
    // Invoke hook and collect grants/denies for field access from other
    // modules.
    $grants = [];
    $this->moduleHandler()
      ->invokeAllWith('entity_field_access', function (callable $hook, string $module) use ($operation, $field_definition, $account, $items, &$grants) {
      $grants[] = [
        $module => $hook($operation, $field_definition, $account, $items),
      ];
    });
    // Our default access flag is masked under the ':default' key.
    $grants = array_merge([
      ':default' => $default,
    ], ...$grants);
    // Also allow modules to alter the returned grants/denies.
    $context = [
      'operation' => $operation,
      'field_definition' => $field_definition,
      'items' => $items,
      'account' => $account,
    ];
    $this->moduleHandler()
      ->alter('entity_field_access', $grants, $context);
    $result = $this->processAccessHookResults($grants);
    return $return_as_object ? $result : $result->isAllowed();
  }
  
  /**
   * Default field access as determined by this access control handler.
   *
   * @param string $operation
   *   The operation access should be checked for.
   *   Usually one of "view" or "edit".
   * @param \Drupal\Core\Field\FieldDefinitionInterface $field_definition
   *   The field definition.
   * @param \Drupal\Core\Session\AccountInterface $account
   *   The user session for which to check access.
   * @param \Drupal\Core\Field\FieldItemListInterface $items
   *   (optional) The field values for which to check access, or NULL if access
   *   is checked for the field definition, without any specific value
   *   available. Defaults to NULL.
   *
   * @return \Drupal\Core\Access\AccessResultInterface
   *   The access result.
   */
  protected function checkFieldAccess($operation, FieldDefinitionInterface $field_definition, AccountInterface $account, FieldItemListInterface $items = NULL) {
    return AccessResult::allowed();
  }
}
Members
| Title Sort descending | Modifiers | Object type | Summary | Overriden Title | Overrides | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DependencySerializationTrait::$_entityStorages | protected | property | An array of entity type IDs keyed by the property name of their storages. | ||
| DependencySerializationTrait::$_serviceIds | protected | property | An array of service IDs keyed by property name used for serialization. | ||
| DependencySerializationTrait::__sleep | public | function | 2 | ||
| DependencySerializationTrait::__wakeup | public | function | #[\ReturnTypeWillChange] | 2 | |
| EntityAccessControlHandler::$accessCache | protected | property | Stores calculated access check results. | ||
| EntityAccessControlHandler::$entityType | protected | property | Information about the entity type. | ||
| EntityAccessControlHandler::$entityTypeId | protected | property | The entity type ID of the access control handler instance. | ||
| EntityAccessControlHandler::$viewLabelOperation | protected | property | Allows to grant access to just the labels. | 5 | |
| EntityAccessControlHandler::access | public | function | Checks access to an operation on a given entity or entity translation. | Overrides EntityAccessControlHandlerInterface::access | 1 | 
| EntityAccessControlHandler::checkAccess | protected | function | Performs access checks. | 34 | |
| EntityAccessControlHandler::checkCreateAccess | protected | function | Performs create access checks. | 14 | |
| EntityAccessControlHandler::checkFieldAccess | protected | function | Default field access as determined by this access control handler. | 4 | |
| EntityAccessControlHandler::createAccess | public | function | Checks access to create an entity. | Overrides EntityAccessControlHandlerInterface::createAccess | 1 | 
| EntityAccessControlHandler::fieldAccess | public | function | Checks access to an operation on a given entity field. | Overrides EntityAccessControlHandlerInterface::fieldAccess | |
| EntityAccessControlHandler::getCache | protected | function | Tries to retrieve a previously cached access value from the static cache. | ||
| EntityAccessControlHandler::prepareUser | protected | function | Loads the current account object, if it does not exist yet. | ||
| EntityAccessControlHandler::processAccessHookResults | protected | function | Determines entity access. | ||
| EntityAccessControlHandler::resetCache | public | function | Clears all cached access checks. | Overrides EntityAccessControlHandlerInterface::resetCache | |
| EntityAccessControlHandler::setCache | protected | function | Statically caches whether the given user has access. | ||
| EntityAccessControlHandler::__construct | public | function | Constructs an access control handler instance. | 7 | |
| EntityHandlerBase::$moduleHandler | protected | property | The module handler to invoke hooks on. | 5 | |
| EntityHandlerBase::moduleHandler | protected | function | Gets the module handler. | 5 | |
| EntityHandlerBase::setModuleHandler | public | function | Sets the module handler for this handler. | ||
| StringTranslationTrait::$stringTranslation | protected | property | The string translation service. | 3 | |
| StringTranslationTrait::formatPlural | protected | function | Formats a string containing a count of items. | ||
| StringTranslationTrait::getNumberOfPlurals | protected | function | Returns the number of plurals supported by a given language. | ||
| StringTranslationTrait::getStringTranslation | protected | function | Gets the string translation service. | ||
| StringTranslationTrait::setStringTranslation | public | function | Sets the string translation service to use. | 2 | |
| StringTranslationTrait::t | protected | function | Translates a string to the current language or to a given language. | 
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