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+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\Core\Field\Plugin\Field\FieldType;
+
+use Drupal\Component\Utility\Random;
+use Drupal\Core\Field\FieldDefinitionInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\Field\FieldStorageDefinitionInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\Field\FieldItemBase;
+use Drupal\Core\Render\Element\Email;
+use Drupal\Core\TypedData\DataDefinition;
+
+/**
+ * Defines the 'email' field type.
+ *
+ * @FieldType(
+ * id = "email",
+ * label = @Translation("Email"),
+ * description = @Translation("An entity field containing an email value."),
+ * default_widget = "email_default",
+ * default_formatter = "basic_string"
+ * )
+ */
+class EmailItem extends FieldItemBase {
+
+ /**
+ * {@inheritdoc}
+ */
+ public static function propertyDefinitions(FieldStorageDefinitionInterface $field_definition) {
+ $properties['value'] = DataDefinition::create('email')
+ ->setLabel(t('Email'))
+ ->setRequired(TRUE);
+
+ return $properties;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * {@inheritdoc}
+ */
+ public static function schema(FieldStorageDefinitionInterface $field_definition) {
+ return [
+ 'columns' => [
+ 'value' => [
+ 'type' => 'varchar',
+ 'length' => Email::EMAIL_MAX_LENGTH,
+ ],
+ ],
+ ];
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * {@inheritdoc}
+ */
+ public function getConstraints() {
+ $constraint_manager = \Drupal::typedDataManager()->getValidationConstraintManager();
+ $constraints = parent::getConstraints();
+
+ $constraints[] = $constraint_manager->create('ComplexData', [
+ 'value' => [
+ 'Length' => [
+ 'max' => Email::EMAIL_MAX_LENGTH,
+ 'maxMessage' => t('%name: the email address can not be longer than @max characters.', ['%name' => $this->getFieldDefinition()->getLabel(), '@max' => Email::EMAIL_MAX_LENGTH]),
+ ]
+ ],
+ ]);
+
+ return $constraints;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * {@inheritdoc}
+ */
+ public static function generateSampleValue(FieldDefinitionInterface $field_definition) {
+ $random = new Random();
+ $values['value'] = $random->name() . '@example.com';
+ return $values;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * {@inheritdoc}
+ */
+ public function isEmpty() {
+ return $this->value === NULL || $this->value === '';
+ }
+
+}