function BaseFieldDefinition::create

Creates a new field definition.

Parameters

string $type: The type of the field.

Return value

static A new field definition object.

Overrides ListDataDefinition::create

3 calls to BaseFieldDefinition::create()

BaseFieldDefinition::createFromItemType in core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/BaseFieldDefinition.php

Creates a new list data definition for items of the given data type.

FieldItemDataDefinition::createFromDataType in core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/TypedData/FieldItemDataDefinition.php

Creates a new data definition object.

Sql::getFieldSchema in core/modules/migrate/src/Plugin/migrate/id_map/Sql.php

Creates schema from an ID definition.

File

core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/BaseFieldDefinition.php, line 57

Class

BaseFieldDefinition

A class for defining entity fields.

Namespace

Drupal\Core\Field

Code

public static function create($type) {
    $field_definition = new static([]);
    $field_definition->type = $type;
    $field_definition->itemDefinition = FieldItemDataDefinition::create($field_definition);
    // Create a definition for the items, and initialize it with the default
    // settings for the field type.
    $field_type_manager = \Drupal::service('plugin.manager.field.field_type');
    $default_settings = $field_type_manager->getDefaultStorageSettings($type) + $field_type_manager->getDefaultFieldSettings($type);
    $field_definition->itemDefinition
        ->setSettings($default_settings);
    return $field_definition;
}