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+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\Core\Entity;
+
+use Drupal\Core\Field\FieldItemInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\Field\FieldItemListInterface;
+
+/**
+ * Defines an interface for entity view builders.
+ *
+ * @ingroup entity_api
+ */
+interface EntityViewBuilderInterface {
+
+ /**
+ * Builds the component fields and properties of a set of entities.
+ *
+ * @param &$build
+ * The renderable array representing the entity content.
+ * @param \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface[] $entities
+ * The entities whose content is being built.
+ * @param \Drupal\Core\Entity\Display\EntityViewDisplayInterface[] $displays
+ * The array of entity view displays holding the display options
+ * configured for the entity components, keyed by bundle name.
+ * @param string $view_mode
+ * The view mode in which the entity is being viewed.
+ */
+ public function buildComponents(array &$build, array $entities, array $displays, $view_mode);
+
+ /**
+ * Builds the render array for the provided entity.
+ *
+ * @param \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface $entity
+ * The entity to render.
+ * @param string $view_mode
+ * (optional) The view mode that should be used to render the entity.
+ * @param string $langcode
+ * (optional) For which language the entity should be rendered, defaults to
+ * the current content language.
+ *
+ * @return array
+ * A render array for the entity.
+ *
+ * @throws \InvalidArgumentException
+ * Can be thrown when the set of parameters is inconsistent, like when
+ * trying to view a Comment and passing a Node which is not the one the
+ * comment belongs to, or not passing one, and having the comment node not
+ * be available for loading.
+ */
+ public function view(EntityInterface $entity, $view_mode = 'full', $langcode = NULL);
+
+ /**
+ * Builds the render array for the provided entities.
+ *
+ * @param array $entities
+ * An array of entities implementing EntityInterface to view.
+ * @param string $view_mode
+ * (optional) The view mode that should be used to render the entity.
+ * @param string $langcode
+ * (optional) For which language the entity should be rendered, defaults to
+ * the current content language.
+ *
+ * @return
+ * A render array for the entities, indexed by the same keys as the
+ * entities array passed in $entities.
+ *
+ * @throws \InvalidArgumentException
+ * Can be thrown when the set of parameters is inconsistent, like when
+ * trying to view Comments and passing a Node which is not the one the
+ * comments belongs to, or not passing one, and having the comments node not
+ * be available for loading.
+ */
+ public function viewMultiple(array $entities = [], $view_mode = 'full', $langcode = NULL);
+
+ /**
+ * Resets the entity render cache.
+ *
+ * @param \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface[] $entities
+ * (optional) If specified, the cache is reset for the given entities only.
+ */
+ public function resetCache(array $entities = NULL);
+
+ /**
+ * Builds a renderable array for the value of a single field in an entity.
+ *
+ * The resulting output is a fully themed field with label and multiple
+ * values.
+ *
+ * This function can be used by third-party modules that need to output an
+ * isolated field.
+ * - Do not use inside node (or any other entity) templates; use
+ * render($content[FIELD_NAME]) instead.
+ * - The FieldItemInterface::view() method can be used to output a single
+ * formatted field value, without label or wrapping field markup.
+ *
+ * The function takes care of invoking the prepare_view steps. It also
+ * respects field access permissions.
+ *
+ * @param \Drupal\Core\Field\FieldItemListInterface $items
+ * FieldItemList containing the values to be displayed.
+ * @param string|array $display_options
+ * Can be either:
+ * - The name of a view mode. The field will be displayed according to the
+ * display settings specified for this view mode in the $field
+ * definition for the field in the entity's bundle. If no display settings
+ * are found for the view mode, the settings for the 'default' view mode
+ * will be used.
+ * - An array of display options. The following key/value pairs are allowed:
+ * - label: (string) Position of the label. The default 'field' theme
+ * implementation supports the values 'inline', 'above' and 'hidden'.
+ * Defaults to 'above'.
+ * - type: (string) The formatter to use. Defaults to the
+ * 'default_formatter' for the field type. The default formatter will
+ * also be used if the requested formatter is not available.
+ * - settings: (array) Settings specific to the formatter. Defaults to the
+ * formatter's default settings.
+ * - weight: (float) The weight to assign to the renderable element.
+ * Defaults to 0.
+ *
+ * @return array
+ * A renderable array for the field values.
+ *
+ * @see \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityViewBuilderInterface::viewFieldItem()
+ */
+ public function viewField(FieldItemListInterface $items, $display_options = []);
+
+ /**
+ * Builds a renderable array for a single field item.
+ *
+ * @param \Drupal\Core\Field\FieldItemInterface $item
+ * FieldItem to be displayed.
+ * @param string|array $display_options
+ * Can be either the name of a view mode, or an array of display settings.
+ * See EntityViewBuilderInterface::viewField() for more information.
+ *
+ * @return array
+ * A renderable array for the field item.
+ *
+ * @see \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityViewBuilderInterface::viewField()
+ */
+ public function viewFieldItem(FieldItemInterface $item, $display_options = []);
+
+ /**
+ * The cache tag associated with this entity view builder.
+ *
+ * An entity view builder is instantiated on a per-entity type basis, so the
+ * cache tags are also per-entity type.
+ *
+ * @return array
+ * An array of cache tags.
+ */
+ public function getCacheTags();
+
+}