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+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\Tests\field\Functional;
+
+use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\Language\LanguageInterface;
+use Drupal\Tests\BrowserTestBase;
+
+/**
+ * Parent class for Field API tests.
+ */
+abstract class FieldTestBase extends BrowserTestBase {
+
+ /**
+ * Generate random values for a field_test field.
+ *
+ * @param $cardinality
+ * Number of values to generate.
+ * @return
+ * An array of random values, in the format expected for field values.
+ */
+ public function _generateTestFieldValues($cardinality) {
+ $values = [];
+ for ($i = 0; $i < $cardinality; $i++) {
+ // field_test fields treat 0 as 'empty value'.
+ $values[$i]['value'] = mt_rand(1, 127);
+ }
+ return $values;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Assert that a field has the expected values in an entity.
+ *
+ * This function only checks a single column in the field values.
+ *
+ * @param EntityInterface $entity
+ * The entity to test.
+ * @param $field_name
+ * The name of the field to test
+ * @param $expected_values
+ * The array of expected values.
+ * @param $langcode
+ * (Optional) The language code for the values. Defaults to
+ * \Drupal\Core\Language\LanguageInterface::LANGCODE_DEFAULT.
+ * @param $column
+ * (Optional) The name of the column to check. Defaults to 'value'.
+ */
+ public function assertFieldValues(EntityInterface $entity, $field_name, $expected_values, $langcode = LanguageInterface::LANGCODE_DEFAULT, $column = 'value') {
+ // Re-load the entity to make sure we have the latest changes.
+ $storage = $this->container->get('entity_type.manager')
+ ->getStorage($entity->getEntityTypeId());
+ $storage->resetCache([$entity->id()]);
+ $e = $storage->load($entity->id());
+
+ $field = $values = $e->getTranslation($langcode)->$field_name;
+ // Filter out empty values so that they don't mess with the assertions.
+ $field->filterEmptyItems();
+ $values = $field->getValue();
+ $this->assertEqual(count($values), count($expected_values), 'Expected number of values were saved.');
+ foreach ($expected_values as $key => $value) {
+ $this->assertEqual($values[$key][$column], $value, format_string('Value @value was saved correctly.', ['@value' => $value]));
+ }
+ }
+
+}