Drupal 8 Development Cookbook - Second Edition

How to do it...

1. Let's create an Entity directory in our module's src folder. First, we will create an interface for our entity by creating a MessageInterface.php file:

2. The MessageInterface will extend \Drupal\Core\Entity\ContentEntityInterface:

<?php 
 
namespace Drupal\mymodule\Entity; 
 
use Drupal\Core\Entity\ContentEntityInterface; 
 
interface MessageInterface extends ContentEntityInterface { 
 
  /** 
   * Gets the message value. 
   * 
   * @return string 
   */ 
  public function getMessage(); 
 
} 
 

This will be implemented by our entity and will provide the method requirements. It is best practice to provide an interface for entities. This allows you to provide ...