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+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\Core\Entity\Element;
+
+use Drupal\Component\Utility\Crypt;
+use Drupal\Component\Utility\Tags;
+use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityReferenceSelection\SelectionInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityReferenceSelection\SelectionWithAutocreateInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\Render\Element\Textfield;
+use Drupal\Core\Site\Settings;
+
+/**
+ * Provides an entity autocomplete form element.
+ *
+ * The #default_value accepted by this element is either an entity object or an
+ * array of entity objects.
+ *
+ * @FormElement("entity_autocomplete")
+ */
+class EntityAutocomplete extends Textfield {
+
+ /**
+ * {@inheritdoc}
+ */
+ public function getInfo() {
+ $info = parent::getInfo();
+ $class = get_class($this);
+
+ // Apply default form element properties.
+ $info['#target_type'] = NULL;
+ $info['#selection_handler'] = 'default';
+ $info['#selection_settings'] = [];
+ $info['#tags'] = FALSE;
+ $info['#autocreate'] = NULL;
+ // This should only be set to FALSE if proper validation by the selection
+ // handler is performed at another level on the extracted form values.
+ $info['#validate_reference'] = TRUE;
+ // IMPORTANT! This should only be set to FALSE if the #default_value
+ // property is processed at another level (e.g. by a Field API widget) and
+ // it's value is properly checked for access.
+ $info['#process_default_value'] = TRUE;
+
+ $info['#element_validate'] = [[$class, 'validateEntityAutocomplete']];
+ array_unshift($info['#process'], [$class, 'processEntityAutocomplete']);
+
+ return $info;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * {@inheritdoc}
+ */
+ public static function valueCallback(&$element, $input, FormStateInterface $form_state) {
+ // Process the #default_value property.
+ if ($input === FALSE && isset($element['#default_value']) && $element['#process_default_value']) {
+ if (is_array($element['#default_value']) && $element['#tags'] !== TRUE) {
+ throw new \InvalidArgumentException('The #default_value property is an array but the form element does not allow multiple values.');
+ }
+ elseif (!empty($element['#default_value']) && !is_array($element['#default_value'])) {
+ // Convert the default value into an array for easier processing in
+ // static::getEntityLabels().
+ $element['#default_value'] = [$element['#default_value']];
+ }
+
+ if ($element['#default_value']) {
+ if (!(reset($element['#default_value']) instanceof EntityInterface)) {
+ throw new \InvalidArgumentException('The #default_value property has to be an entity object or an array of entity objects.');
+ }
+
+ // Extract the labels from the passed-in entity objects, taking access
+ // checks into account.
+ return static::getEntityLabels($element['#default_value']);
+ }
+ }
+
+ // Potentially the #value is set directly, so it contains the 'target_id'
+ // array structure instead of a string.
+ if ($input !== FALSE && is_array($input)) {
+ $entity_ids = array_map(function(array $item) {
+ return $item['target_id'];
+ }, $input);
+
+ $entities = \Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getStorage($element['#target_type'])->loadMultiple($entity_ids);
+
+ return static::getEntityLabels($entities);
+ }
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Adds entity autocomplete functionality to a form element.
+ *
+ * @param array $element
+ * The form element to process. Properties used:
+ * - #target_type: The ID of the target entity type.
+ * - #selection_handler: The plugin ID of the entity reference selection
+ * handler.
+ * - #selection_settings: An array of settings that will be passed to the
+ * selection handler.
+ * @param \Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface $form_state
+ * The current state of the form.
+ * @param array $complete_form
+ * The complete form structure.
+ *
+ * @return array
+ * The form element.
+ *
+ * @throws \InvalidArgumentException
+ * Exception thrown when the #target_type or #autocreate['bundle'] are
+ * missing.
+ */
+ public static function processEntityAutocomplete(array &$element, FormStateInterface $form_state, array &$complete_form) {
+ // Nothing to do if there is no target entity type.
+ if (empty($element['#target_type'])) {
+ throw new \InvalidArgumentException('Missing required #target_type parameter.');
+ }
+
+ // Provide default values and sanity checks for the #autocreate parameter.
+ if ($element['#autocreate']) {
+ if (!isset($element['#autocreate']['bundle'])) {
+ throw new \InvalidArgumentException("Missing required #autocreate['bundle'] parameter.");
+ }
+ // Default the autocreate user ID to the current user.
+ $element['#autocreate']['uid'] = isset($element['#autocreate']['uid']) ? $element['#autocreate']['uid'] : \Drupal::currentUser()->id();
+ }
+
+ // Store the selection settings in the key/value store and pass a hashed key
+ // in the route parameters.
+ $selection_settings = isset($element['#selection_settings']) ? $element['#selection_settings'] : [];
+ $data = serialize($selection_settings) . $element['#target_type'] . $element['#selection_handler'];
+ $selection_settings_key = Crypt::hmacBase64($data, Settings::getHashSalt());
+
+ $key_value_storage = \Drupal::keyValue('entity_autocomplete');
+ if (!$key_value_storage->has($selection_settings_key)) {
+ $key_value_storage->set($selection_settings_key, $selection_settings);
+ }
+
+ $element['#autocomplete_route_name'] = 'system.entity_autocomplete';
+ $element['#autocomplete_route_parameters'] = [
+ 'target_type' => $element['#target_type'],
+ 'selection_handler' => $element['#selection_handler'],
+ 'selection_settings_key' => $selection_settings_key,
+ ];
+
+ return $element;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Form element validation handler for entity_autocomplete elements.
+ */
+ public static function validateEntityAutocomplete(array &$element, FormStateInterface $form_state, array &$complete_form) {
+ $value = NULL;
+
+ if (!empty($element['#value'])) {
+ $options = [
+ 'target_type' => $element['#target_type'],
+ 'handler' => $element['#selection_handler'],
+ 'handler_settings' => $element['#selection_settings'],
+ ];
+ /** @var /Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityReferenceSelection\SelectionInterface $handler */
+ $handler = \Drupal::service('plugin.manager.entity_reference_selection')->getInstance($options);
+ $autocreate = (bool) $element['#autocreate'] && $handler instanceof SelectionWithAutocreateInterface;
+
+ // GET forms might pass the validated data around on the next request, in
+ // which case it will already be in the expected format.
+ if (is_array($element['#value'])) {
+ $value = $element['#value'];
+ }
+ else {
+ $input_values = $element['#tags'] ? Tags::explode($element['#value']) : [$element['#value']];
+
+ foreach ($input_values as $input) {
+ $match = static::extractEntityIdFromAutocompleteInput($input);
+ if ($match === NULL) {
+ // Try to get a match from the input string when the user didn't use
+ // the autocomplete but filled in a value manually.
+ $match = static::matchEntityByTitle($handler, $input, $element, $form_state, !$autocreate);
+ }
+
+ if ($match !== NULL) {
+ $value[] = [
+ 'target_id' => $match,
+ ];
+ }
+ elseif ($autocreate) {
+ /** @var \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityReferenceSelection\SelectionWithAutocreateInterface $handler */
+ // Auto-create item. See an example of how this is handled in
+ // \Drupal\Core\Field\Plugin\Field\FieldType\EntityReferenceItem::presave().
+ $value[] = [
+ 'entity' => $handler->createNewEntity($element['#target_type'], $element['#autocreate']['bundle'], $input, $element['#autocreate']['uid']),
+ ];
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
+ // Check that the referenced entities are valid, if needed.
+ if ($element['#validate_reference'] && !empty($value)) {
+ // Validate existing entities.
+ $ids = array_reduce($value, function ($return, $item) {
+ if (isset($item['target_id'])) {
+ $return[] = $item['target_id'];
+ }
+ return $return;
+ });
+
+ if ($ids) {
+ $valid_ids = $handler->validateReferenceableEntities($ids);
+ if ($invalid_ids = array_diff($ids, $valid_ids)) {
+ foreach ($invalid_ids as $invalid_id) {
+ $form_state->setError($element, t('The referenced entity (%type: %id) does not exist.', ['%type' => $element['#target_type'], '%id' => $invalid_id]));
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
+ // Validate newly created entities.
+ $new_entities = array_reduce($value, function ($return, $item) {
+ if (isset($item['entity'])) {
+ $return[] = $item['entity'];
+ }
+ return $return;
+ });
+
+ if ($new_entities) {
+ if ($autocreate) {
+ $valid_new_entities = $handler->validateReferenceableNewEntities($new_entities);
+ $invalid_new_entities = array_diff_key($new_entities, $valid_new_entities);
+ }
+ else {
+ // If the selection handler does not support referencing newly
+ // created entities, all of them should be invalidated.
+ $invalid_new_entities = $new_entities;
+ }
+
+ foreach ($invalid_new_entities as $entity) {
+ /** @var \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface $entity */
+ $form_state->setError($element, t('This entity (%type: %label) cannot be referenced.', ['%type' => $element['#target_type'], '%label' => $entity->label()]));
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
+ // Use only the last value if the form element does not support multiple
+ // matches (tags).
+ if (!$element['#tags'] && !empty($value)) {
+ $last_value = $value[count($value) - 1];
+ $value = isset($last_value['target_id']) ? $last_value['target_id'] : $last_value;
+ }
+ }
+
+ $form_state->setValueForElement($element, $value);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Finds an entity from an autocomplete input without an explicit ID.
+ *
+ * The method will return an entity ID if one single entity unambuguously
+ * matches the incoming input, and sill assign form errors otherwise.
+ *
+ * @param \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityReferenceSelection\SelectionInterface $handler
+ * Entity reference selection plugin.
+ * @param string $input
+ * Single string from autocomplete element.
+ * @param array $element
+ * The form element to set a form error.
+ * @param \Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface $form_state
+ * The current form state.
+ * @param bool $strict
+ * Whether to trigger a form error if an element from $input (eg. an entity)
+ * is not found.
+ *
+ * @return int|null
+ * Value of a matching entity ID, or NULL if none.
+ */
+ protected static function matchEntityByTitle(SelectionInterface $handler, $input, array &$element, FormStateInterface $form_state, $strict) {
+ $entities_by_bundle = $handler->getReferenceableEntities($input, '=', 6);
+ $entities = array_reduce($entities_by_bundle, function ($flattened, $bundle_entities) {
+ return $flattened + $bundle_entities;
+ }, []);
+ $params = [
+ '%value' => $input,
+ '@value' => $input,
+ ];
+ if (empty($entities)) {
+ if ($strict) {
+ // Error if there are no entities available for a required field.
+ $form_state->setError($element, t('There are no entities matching "%value".', $params));
+ }
+ }
+ elseif (count($entities) > 5) {
+ $params['@id'] = key($entities);
+ // Error if there are more than 5 matching entities.
+ $form_state->setError($element, t('Many entities are called %value. Specify the one you want by appending the id in parentheses, like "@value (@id)".', $params));
+ }
+ elseif (count($entities) > 1) {
+ // More helpful error if there are only a few matching entities.
+ $multiples = [];
+ foreach ($entities as $id => $name) {
+ $multiples[] = $name . ' (' . $id . ')';
+ }
+ $params['@id'] = $id;
+ $form_state->setError($element, t('Multiple entities match this reference; "%multiple". Specify the one you want by appending the id in parentheses, like "@value (@id)".', ['%multiple' => implode('", "', $multiples)] + $params));
+ }
+ else {
+ // Take the one and only matching entity.
+ return key($entities);
+ }
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Converts an array of entity objects into a string of entity labels.
+ *
+ * This method is also responsible for checking the 'view label' access on the
+ * passed-in entities.
+ *
+ * @param \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface[] $entities
+ * An array of entity objects.
+ *
+ * @return string
+ * A string of entity labels separated by commas.
+ */
+ public static function getEntityLabels(array $entities) {
+ /** @var \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityRepositoryInterface $entity_repository */
+ $entity_repository = \Drupal::service('entity.repository');
+
+ $entity_labels = [];
+ foreach ($entities as $entity) {
+ // Set the entity in the correct language for display.
+ $entity = $entity_repository->getTranslationFromContext($entity);
+
+ // Use the special view label, since some entities allow the label to be
+ // viewed, even if the entity is not allowed to be viewed.
+ $label = ($entity->access('view label')) ? $entity->label() : t('- Restricted access -');
+
+ // Take into account "autocreated" entities.
+ if (!$entity->isNew()) {
+ $label .= ' (' . $entity->id() . ')';
+ }
+
+ // Labels containing commas or quotes must be wrapped in quotes.
+ $entity_labels[] = Tags::encode($label);
+ }
+
+ return implode(', ', $entity_labels);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Extracts the entity ID from the autocompletion result.
+ *
+ * @param string $input
+ * The input coming from the autocompletion result.
+ *
+ * @return mixed|null
+ * An entity ID or NULL if the input does not contain one.
+ */
+ public static function extractEntityIdFromAutocompleteInput($input) {
+ $match = NULL;
+
+ // Take "label (entity id)', match the ID from inside the parentheses.
+ // @todo Add support for entities containing parentheses in their ID.
+ // @see https://www.drupal.org/node/2520416
+ if (preg_match("/.+\s\(([^\)]+)\)/", $input, $matches)) {
+ $match = $matches[1];
+ }
+
+ return $match;
+ }
+
+}