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+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\menu_link_content\Plugin\Deriver;
+
+use Drupal\Component\Plugin\Derivative\DeriverBase;
+use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityManagerInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\Menu\MenuLinkManagerInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\Plugin\Discovery\ContainerDeriverInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface;
+
+/**
+ * Provides a deriver for user entered paths of menu links.
+ *
+ * The assumption is that the number of manually entered menu links are lower
+ * compared to entity referenced ones.
+ */
+class MenuLinkContentDeriver extends DeriverBase implements ContainerDeriverInterface {
+
+ /**
+ * The entity manager.
+ *
+ * @var \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityManagerInterface
+ */
+ protected $entityManager;
+
+ /**
+ * The menu link manager.
+ *
+ * @var \Drupal\Core\Menu\MenuLinkManagerInterface
+ */
+ protected $menuLinkManager;
+
+ /**
+ * Constructs a MenuLinkContentDeriver instance.
+ *
+ * @param \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityManagerInterface $entity_manager
+ * The entity manager.
+ * @param \Drupal\Core\Menu\MenuLinkManagerInterface $menu_link_manager
+ * The menu link manager.
+ */
+ public function __construct(EntityManagerInterface $entity_manager, MenuLinkManagerInterface $menu_link_manager) {
+ $this->entityManager = $entity_manager;
+ $this->menuLinkManager = $menu_link_manager;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * {@inheritdoc}
+ */
+ public static function create(ContainerInterface $container, $base_plugin_id) {
+ return new static(
+ $container->get('entity.manager'),
+ $container->get('plugin.manager.menu.link')
+ );
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * {@inheritdoc}
+ */
+ public function getDerivativeDefinitions($base_plugin_definition) {
+ // Get all custom menu links which should be rediscovered.
+ $entity_ids = $this->entityManager->getStorage('menu_link_content')->getQuery()
+ ->condition('rediscover', TRUE)
+ ->execute();
+ $plugin_definitions = [];
+ $menu_link_content_entities = $this->entityManager->getStorage('menu_link_content')->loadMultiple($entity_ids);
+ /** @var \Drupal\menu_link_content\MenuLinkContentInterface $menu_link_content */
+ foreach ($menu_link_content_entities as $menu_link_content) {
+ $plugin_definitions[$menu_link_content->uuid()] = $menu_link_content->getPluginDefinition();
+ }
+ return $plugin_definitions;
+ }
+
+}