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+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\Core\Transliteration;
+
+use Drupal\Component\Transliteration\PhpTransliteration as BaseTransliteration;
+use Drupal\Core\Extension\ModuleHandlerInterface;
+
+/**
+ * Enhances PhpTransliteration with an alter hook.
+ *
+ * @ingroup transliteration
+ * @see hook_transliteration_overrides_alter()
+ */
+class PhpTransliteration extends BaseTransliteration {
+
+ /**
+ * The module handler to execute the transliteration_overrides alter hook.
+ *
+ * @var \Drupal\Core\Extension\ModuleHandlerInterface
+ */
+ protected $moduleHandler;
+
+ /**
+ * Constructs a PhpTransliteration object.
+ *
+ * @param string $data_directory
+ * The directory where data files reside. If NULL, defaults to subdirectory
+ * 'data' underneath the directory where the class's PHP file resides.
+ * @param \Drupal\Core\Extension\ModuleHandlerInterface $module_handler
+ * The module handler to execute the transliteration_overrides alter hook.
+ */
+ public function __construct($data_directory, ModuleHandlerInterface $module_handler) {
+ parent::__construct($data_directory);
+
+ $this->moduleHandler = $module_handler;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Overrides \Drupal\Component\Transliteration\PhpTransliteration::readLanguageOverrides().
+ *
+ * Allows modules to alter the language-specific $overrides array by invoking
+ * hook_transliteration_overrides_alter().
+ */
+ protected function readLanguageOverrides($langcode) {
+ parent::readLanguageOverrides($langcode);
+
+ // Let modules alter the language-specific overrides.
+ $this->moduleHandler->alter('transliteration_overrides', $this->languageOverrides[$langcode], $langcode);
+ }
+
+}