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+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\entity_test\Plugin\Field\FieldType;
+
+use Drupal\Core\Field\FieldItemBase;
+use Drupal\Core\Field\FieldStorageDefinitionInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\StringTranslation\TranslatableMarkup;
+use Drupal\Core\TypedData\DataDefinition;
+use Drupal\Core\TypedData\DataDefinitionInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\TypedData\TypedDataInterface;
+
+
+/**
+ * Defines the 'field_test' entity field type.
+ *
+ * @FieldType(
+ * id = "field_test",
+ * label = @Translation("Test field item"),
+ * description = @Translation("A field containing a plain string value."),
+ * category = @Translation("Field"),
+ * )
+ */
+class FieldTestItem extends FieldItemBase {
+
+ /**
+ * Counts how many times all items of this type are saved.
+ *
+ * @var int
+ */
+ protected static $counter = [];
+
+ /**
+ * {@inheritdoc}
+ */
+ public static function propertyDefinitions(FieldStorageDefinitionInterface $field_definition) {
+ // This is called very early by the user entity roles field. Prevent
+ // early t() calls by using the TranslatableMarkup.
+ $properties['value'] = DataDefinition::create('string')
+ ->setLabel(new TranslatableMarkup('Test value'))
+ ->setRequired(TRUE);
+
+ return $properties;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * {@inheritdoc}
+ */
+ public static function schema(FieldStorageDefinitionInterface $field_definition) {
+ return [
+ 'columns' => [
+ 'value' => [
+ 'type' => 'varchar',
+ 'length' => 255,
+ ],
+ ],
+ ];
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * {@inheritdoc}
+ */
+ public function __construct(DataDefinitionInterface $definition, $name = NULL, TypedDataInterface $parent = NULL) {
+ parent::__construct($definition, $name, $parent);
+
+ $name = $this->getFieldDefinition()->getName();
+ static::$counter[$name] = 0;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * {@inheritdoc}
+ */
+ public function preSave() {
+ $name = $this->getFieldDefinition()->getName();
+ static::$counter[$name]++;
+
+ // Overwrite the field value unless it is going to be overridden, in which
+ // case its final value will already be different from the current one.
+ if (!$this->getEntity()->isNew() && !$this->mustResave()) {
+ $this->setValue('overwritten');
+ }
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * {@inheritdoc}
+ */
+ public function postSave($update) {
+ // Determine whether the field value should be rewritten to the storage. We
+ // always rewrite on create as we need to store a value including the entity
+ // id.
+ $resave = !$update || $this->mustResave();
+
+ if ($resave) {
+ $entity = $this->getEntity();
+ $definition = $this->getFieldDefinition();
+ $name = $definition->getName();
+ $value = 'field_test:' . $name . ':' . $entity->id() . ':' . static::$counter[$name];
+ $this->setValue($value);
+ }
+
+ return $resave;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Checks whether the field item value should be resaved.
+ *
+ * @return bool
+ * TRUE if the item should be resaved, FALSE otherwise.
+ */
+ protected function mustResave() {
+ return $this->getValue()['value'] == 'resave';
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * {@inheritdoc}
+ */
+ public function delete() {
+ parent::delete();
+ $deleted_languages = \Drupal::state()->get('entity_test.delete.' . $this->getFieldDefinition()->getName()) ?: [];
+ $deleted_languages[] = $this->getLangcode();
+ \Drupal::state()->set('entity_test.delete.' . $this->getFieldDefinition()->getName(), $deleted_languages);
+ }
+
+}