Loads an entity by the config target identifier.

Parameters

string $entity_type_id: The entity type ID to load from.

string $target: The configuration target to load, as returned from \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface::getConfigTarget().

Return value

\Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface|null The entity object, or NULL if there is no entity with the given config target identifier.

Overrides EntityRepositoryInterface::loadEntityByConfigTarget

File

core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityRepository.php, line 72

Class

EntityRepository

Provides several mechanisms for retrieving entities.

Namespace

Drupal\Core\Entity

Code

public function loadEntityByConfigTarget($entity_type_id, $target) {
  $entity_type = $this->entityTypeManager
    ->getDefinition($entity_type_id);
  // For configuration entities, the config target is given by the entity ID.
  // @todo Consider adding a method to allow entity types to indicate the
  //   target identifier key rather than hard-coding this check. Issue:
  //   https://www.drupal.org/node/2412983.
  if ($entity_type instanceof ConfigEntityTypeInterface) {
    $entity = $this->entityTypeManager
      ->getStorage($entity_type_id)
      ->load($target);
  }
  else {
    $entity = $this->loadEntityByUuid($entity_type_id, $target);
  }
  return $entity;
}

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