function EntityReferenceItem::generateSampleValue

File

core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/Plugin/Field/FieldType/EntityReferenceItem.php, line 334

Class

EntityReferenceItem

Defines the 'entity_reference' entity field type.

Namespace

Code

public static function generateSampleValue(FieldDefinitionInterface $field_definition) {
    // An associative array keyed by the reference type, target type, and
    // bundle.
    static $recursion_tracker = [];
    $manager = \Drupal::service('plugin.manager.entity_reference_selection');
    // Instead of calling $manager->getSelectionHandler($field_definition)
    // replicate the behavior to be able to override the sorting settings.
    $options = [
        'target_type' => $field_definition->getFieldStorageDefinition()
            ->getSetting('target_type'),
        'handler' => $field_definition->getSetting('handler'),
        'entity' => NULL,
    ] + $field_definition->getSetting('handler_settings') ?: [];
    $entity_type = \Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getDefinition($options['target_type']);
    $options['sort'] = [
        'field' => $entity_type->getKey('id'),
        'direction' => 'DESC',
    ];
    $selection_handler = $manager->getInstance($options);
    // Select a random number of references between the last 50 referenceable
    // entities created.
    if ($referenceable = $selection_handler->getReferenceableEntities(NULL, 'CONTAINS', 50)) {
        $group = array_rand($referenceable);
        $values['target_id'] = array_rand($referenceable[$group]);
        return $values;
    }
    // Attempt to create a sample entity, avoiding recursion.
    $entity_storage = \Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getStorage($options['target_type']);
    if ($entity_storage instanceof ContentEntityStorageInterface) {
        $bundle = static::getRandomBundle($entity_type, $options);
        // Track the generated entity by reference type, target type, and bundle.
        $key = $field_definition->getTargetEntityTypeId() . ':' . $options['target_type'] . ':' . $bundle;
        // If entity generation was attempted but did not finish, do not continue.
        if (isset($recursion_tracker[$key])) {
            return [];
        }
        // Mark this as an attempt at generation.
        $recursion_tracker[$key] = TRUE;
        // Mark the sample entity as being a preview.
        $values['entity'] = $entity_storage->createWithSampleValues($bundle, [
            'in_preview' => TRUE,
        ]);
        // Remove the indicator once the entity is successfully generated.
        unset($recursion_tracker[$key]);
        return $values;
    }
}