--- /dev/null
+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\block_content\Plugin\Block;
+
+use Drupal\Core\Access\AccessResult;
+use Drupal\Core\Block\BlockBase;
+use Drupal\Core\Block\BlockManagerInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityManagerInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\Plugin\ContainerFactoryPluginInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\Routing\UrlGeneratorInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\Session\AccountInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface;
+
+/**
+ * Defines a generic custom block type.
+ *
+ * @Block(
+ * id = "block_content",
+ * admin_label = @Translation("Custom block"),
+ * category = @Translation("Custom"),
+ * deriver = "Drupal\block_content\Plugin\Derivative\BlockContent"
+ * )
+ */
+class BlockContentBlock extends BlockBase implements ContainerFactoryPluginInterface {
+
+ /**
+ * The Plugin Block Manager.
+ *
+ * @var \Drupal\Core\Block\BlockManagerInterface.
+ */
+ protected $blockManager;
+
+ /**
+ * The entity manager service.
+ *
+ * @var \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityManagerInterface
+ */
+ protected $entityManager;
+
+ /**
+ * The Drupal account to use for checking for access to block.
+ *
+ * @var \Drupal\Core\Session\AccountInterface.
+ */
+ protected $account;
+
+ /**
+ * The block content entity.
+ *
+ * @var \Drupal\block_content\BlockContentInterface
+ */
+ protected $blockContent;
+
+ /**
+ * The URL generator.
+ *
+ * @var \Drupal\Core\Routing\UrlGeneratorInterface
+ */
+ protected $urlGenerator;
+
+ /**
+ * Constructs a new BlockContentBlock.
+ *
+ * @param array $configuration
+ * A configuration array containing information about the plugin instance.
+ * @param string $plugin_id
+ * The plugin ID for the plugin instance.
+ * @param mixed $plugin_definition
+ * The plugin implementation definition.
+ * @param \Drupal\Core\Block\BlockManagerInterface $block_manager
+ * The Plugin Block Manager.
+ * @param \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityManagerInterface $entity_manager
+ * The entity manager service.
+ * @param \Drupal\Core\Session\AccountInterface $account
+ * The account for which view access should be checked.
+ * @param \Drupal\Core\Routing\UrlGeneratorInterface $url_generator
+ * The URL generator.
+ */
+ public function __construct(array $configuration, $plugin_id, $plugin_definition, BlockManagerInterface $block_manager, EntityManagerInterface $entity_manager, AccountInterface $account, UrlGeneratorInterface $url_generator) {
+ parent::__construct($configuration, $plugin_id, $plugin_definition);
+
+ $this->blockManager = $block_manager;
+ $this->entityManager = $entity_manager;
+ $this->account = $account;
+ $this->urlGenerator = $url_generator;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * {@inheritdoc}
+ */
+ public static function create(ContainerInterface $container, array $configuration, $plugin_id, $plugin_definition) {
+ return new static(
+ $configuration,
+ $plugin_id,
+ $plugin_definition,
+ $container->get('plugin.manager.block'),
+ $container->get('entity.manager'),
+ $container->get('current_user'),
+ $container->get('url_generator')
+ );
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * {@inheritdoc}
+ */
+ public function defaultConfiguration() {
+ return [
+ 'status' => TRUE,
+ 'info' => '',
+ 'view_mode' => 'full',
+ ];
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Overrides \Drupal\Core\Block\BlockBase::blockForm().
+ *
+ * Adds body and description fields to the block configuration form.
+ */
+ public function blockForm($form, FormStateInterface $form_state) {
+ $uuid = $this->getDerivativeId();
+ $block = $this->entityManager->loadEntityByUuid('block_content', $uuid);
+ $options = $this->entityManager->getViewModeOptionsByBundle('block_content', $block->bundle());
+
+ $form['view_mode'] = [
+ '#type' => 'select',
+ '#options' => $options,
+ '#title' => $this->t('View mode'),
+ '#description' => $this->t('Output the block in this view mode.'),
+ '#default_value' => $this->configuration['view_mode'],
+ '#access' => (count($options) > 1),
+ ];
+ $form['title']['#description'] = $this->t('The title of the block as shown to the user.');
+ return $form;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * {@inheritdoc}
+ */
+ public function blockSubmit($form, FormStateInterface $form_state) {
+ // Invalidate the block cache to update custom block-based derivatives.
+ $this->configuration['view_mode'] = $form_state->getValue('view_mode');
+ $this->blockManager->clearCachedDefinitions();
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * {@inheritdoc}
+ */
+ protected function blockAccess(AccountInterface $account) {
+ if ($this->getEntity()) {
+ return $this->getEntity()->access('view', $account, TRUE);
+ }
+ return AccessResult::forbidden();
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * {@inheritdoc}
+ */
+ public function build() {
+ if ($block = $this->getEntity()) {
+ return $this->entityManager->getViewBuilder($block->getEntityTypeId())->view($block, $this->configuration['view_mode']);
+ }
+ else {
+ return [
+ '#markup' => $this->t('Block with uuid %uuid does not exist. <a href=":url">Add custom block</a>.', [
+ '%uuid' => $this->getDerivativeId(),
+ ':url' => $this->urlGenerator->generate('block_content.add_page')
+ ]),
+ '#access' => $this->account->hasPermission('administer blocks')
+ ];
+ }
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Loads the block content entity of the block.
+ *
+ * @return \Drupal\block_content\BlockContentInterface|null
+ * The block content entity.
+ */
+ protected function getEntity() {
+ $uuid = $this->getDerivativeId();
+ if (!isset($this->blockContent)) {
+ $this->blockContent = $this->entityManager->loadEntityByUuid('block_content', $uuid);
+ }
+ return $this->blockContent;
+ }
+
+}