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+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\taxonomy\Plugin\views\argument_validator;
+
+use Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityManagerInterface;
+use Drupal\views\Plugin\views\argument_validator\Entity;
+
+/**
+ * Validates whether a term name is a valid term argument.
+ *
+ * @ViewsArgumentValidator(
+ * id = "taxonomy_term_name",
+ * title = @Translation("Taxonomy term name"),
+ * entity_type = "taxonomy_term"
+ * )
+ */
+class TermName extends Entity {
+
+ /**
+ * The taxonomy term storage.
+ *
+ * @var \Drupal\taxonomy\TermStorageInterface
+ */
+ protected $termStorage;
+
+ /**
+ * {@inheritdoc}
+ */
+ public function __construct(array $configuration, $plugin_id, $plugin_definition, EntityManagerInterface $entity_manager) {
+ parent::__construct($configuration, $plugin_id, $plugin_definition, $entity_manager);
+ // Not handling exploding term names.
+ $this->multipleCapable = FALSE;
+ $this->termStorage = $entity_manager->getStorage('taxonomy_term');
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * {@inheritdoc}
+ */
+ protected function defineOptions() {
+ $options = parent::defineOptions();
+ $options['transform'] = ['default' => FALSE];
+
+ return $options;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * {@inheritdoc}
+ */
+ public function buildOptionsForm(&$form, FormStateInterface $form_state) {
+ parent::buildOptionsForm($form, $form_state);
+
+ $form['transform'] = [
+ '#type' => 'checkbox',
+ '#title' => $this->t('Transform dashes in URL to spaces in term name filter values'),
+ '#default_value' => $this->options['transform'],
+ ];
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * {@inheritdoc}
+ */
+ public function validateArgument($argument) {
+ if ($this->options['transform']) {
+ $argument = str_replace('-', ' ', $argument);
+ }
+ $terms = $this->termStorage->loadByProperties(['name' => $argument]);
+
+ if (!$terms) {
+ // Returned empty array no terms with the name.
+ return FALSE;
+ }
+
+ // Not knowing which term will be used if more than one is returned check
+ // each one.
+ foreach ($terms as $term) {
+ if (!$this->validateEntity($term)) {
+ return FALSE;
+ }
+ }
+
+ return TRUE;
+ }
+
+}