1 entity.module entity_get_info($entity_type = NULL)

Gets the entity info array of an entity type.

Parameters

$entity_type: The entity type, e.g. node, for which the info shall be returned, or NULL to return an array with info about all types.

See also

hook_entity_info()

hook_entity_info_alter()

File

core/modules/entity/entity.module, line 316
Entity API for handling entities like nodes or users.

Code

function entity_get_info($entity_type = NULL) {
  global $language;

  // Use the advanced backdrop_static() pattern, since this is called very often.
  static $backdrop_static_fast;
  if (!isset($backdrop_static_fast)) {
    $backdrop_static_fast['entity_info'] = &backdrop_static(__FUNCTION__);
  }
  $entity_info = &$backdrop_static_fast['entity_info'];

  // hook_entity_info() includes translated strings, so each language is cached
  // separately.
  $langcode = $language->langcode;

  if (empty($entity_info)) {
    if ($cache = cache()->get("entity_info:$langcode")) {
      $entity_info = $cache->data;
    }
    else {
      $entity_info = module_invoke_all('entity_info');
      // Merge in default values.
      foreach ($entity_info as $name => $data) {
        $entity_info[$name] += array(
          'fieldable' => FALSE,
          'controller class' => 'DefaultEntityController',
          'static cache' => TRUE,
          'field cache' => TRUE,
          'load hook' => $name . '_load',
          'bundles' => array(),
          'view modes' => array(),
          'token type' => $name,
          'entity keys' => array(),
          'translation' => array(),
        );
        $entity_info[$name]['entity keys'] += array(
          'revision' => '',
          'bundle' => '',
        );
        // If no bundle key is provided, assume a single bundle, named after
        // the entity type.
        if (empty($entity_info[$name]['entity keys']['bundle']) && empty($entity_info[$name]['bundles'])) {
          $entity_info[$name]['bundles'] = array($name => array('label' => $entity_info[$name]['label']));
        }
        // Prepare entity schema fields SQL info for
        // EntityControllerInterface::buildQuery().
        if (isset($entity_info[$name]['base table'])) {
          $entity_info[$name]['schema_fields_sql']['base table'] = backdrop_schema_fields_sql($entity_info[$name]['base table']);
          if (isset($entity_info[$name]['revision table'])) {
            $entity_info[$name]['schema_fields_sql']['revision table'] = backdrop_schema_fields_sql($entity_info[$name]['revision table']);
          }
        }

        $view_mode_info = module_invoke_all('entity_view_mode_info');
        backdrop_alter('entity_view_mode_info', $view_mode_info);

        // Add in the variable entity display modes which override the
        // hook-provided display modes.
        $config = config_get('entity.view_modes', 'view_modes');
        if ($config) {
          $view_mode_info = backdrop_array_merge_deep($view_mode_info, $config);
        }

        // Add in the combined custom entity display modes which override the
        // existing display modes in the entity information.
        foreach ($view_mode_info as $type => $view_modes) {
          if (isset($entity_info[$type])) {
            if (!isset($entity_info[$type]['view modes'])) {
              $entity_info[$type]['view modes'] = array();
            }
            $entity_info[$type]['view modes'] = $entity_info[$type]['view modes'] + $view_modes;
          }
        }

        // Add a token view mode if it does not already exist. Only work with
        // fieldable entities.
        if (!empty($entity_info[$name]['fieldable'])) {
          if (!isset($entity_info[$name]['view modes']['token'])) {
            $entity_info[$name]['view modes']['token'] = array(
              'label' => t('Tokens'),
              'custom settings' => FALSE,
            );
          }
        }

        foreach ($entity_info[$name]['view modes'] as $view_mode => $view_mode_info) {
          $entity_info[$name]['view modes'][$view_mode] += array(
            'custom settings' => FALSE,
          );
        }
      }
      // Let other modules alter the entity info.
      backdrop_alter('entity_info', $entity_info);
      cache()->set("entity_info:$langcode", $entity_info);
    }
  }

  if (empty($entity_type)) {
    return $entity_info;
  }
  elseif (isset($entity_info[$entity_type])) {
    return $entity_info[$entity_type];
  }
}