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+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\block_test\Plugin\Block;
+
+use Drupal\Core\Block\BlockBase;
+use Drupal\Core\Session\AccountInterface;
+use Drupal\user\UserInterface;
+
+/**
+ * Provides a context-aware block.
+ *
+ * @Block(
+ * id = "test_context_aware",
+ * admin_label = @Translation("Test context-aware block"),
+ * context = {
+ * "user" = @ContextDefinition("entity:user", required = FALSE)
+ * }
+ * )
+ */
+class TestContextAwareBlock extends BlockBase {
+
+ /**
+ * {@inheritdoc}
+ */
+ public function build() {
+ /** @var $user \Drupal\user\UserInterface */
+ $user = $this->getContextValue('user');
+ return [
+ '#prefix' => '<div id="' . $this->getPluginId() . '--username">',
+ '#suffix' => '</div>',
+ '#markup' => $user ? $user->getUsername() : 'No context mapping selected.' ,
+ ];
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * {@inheritdoc}
+ */
+ protected function blockAccess(AccountInterface $account) {
+ if ($this->getContextValue('user') instanceof UserInterface) {
+ drupal_set_message('User context found.');
+ }
+
+ return parent::blockAccess($account);
+ }
+
+}