--- /dev/null
+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\file\Plugin\Field\FieldFormatter;
+
+use Drupal\Core\Field\FieldItemListInterface;
+
+/**
+ * Plugin implementation of the 'file_default' formatter.
+ *
+ * @FieldFormatter(
+ * id = "file_default",
+ * label = @Translation("Generic file"),
+ * field_types = {
+ * "file"
+ * }
+ * )
+ */
+class GenericFileFormatter extends FileFormatterBase {
+
+ /**
+ * {@inheritdoc}
+ */
+ public function viewElements(FieldItemListInterface $items, $langcode) {
+ $elements = [];
+
+ foreach ($this->getEntitiesToView($items, $langcode) as $delta => $file) {
+ $item = $file->_referringItem;
+ $elements[$delta] = [
+ '#theme' => 'file_link',
+ '#file' => $file,
+ '#description' => $item->description,
+ '#cache' => [
+ 'tags' => $file->getCacheTags(),
+ ],
+ ];
+ // Pass field item attributes to the theme function.
+ if (isset($item->_attributes)) {
+ $elements[$delta] += ['#attributes' => []];
+ $elements[$delta]['#attributes'] += $item->_attributes;
+ // Unset field item attributes since they have been included in the
+ // formatter output and should not be rendered in the field template.
+ unset($item->_attributes);
+ }
+ }
+
+ return $elements;
+ }
+
+}