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Drupal 8 Module Development
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Drupal 8 Module Development

by Daniel Sipos
October 2017
Intermediate to advanced
566 pages
14h 31m
English
Packt Publishing
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DataType plugins

DataType plugins are responsible for defining the available types of data that can be used in the system. For example, the StringData plugin is used to model a simple primitive string. Moreover, they are responsible for interacting with the data itself; things like setting and accessing the respective values.

The DataType plugins are managed by the TypedDataManager and are annotated by the DataType annotation class. They implement the TypedDataInterface and typically extend the TypedData base class or one of its subclasses.

There are three main types of DataType plugins out there, depending on the interface they implement. First, there is the TypedDataInterface I mentioned before; this is typically used for simple primitive ...

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