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+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\views;
+
+use Drupal\Component\Utility\Unicode;
+use Drupal\Component\Utility\SafeMarkup;
+
+/**
+ * Defines a helper class for stuff related to views data.
+ */
+class ViewsDataHelper {
+
+ /**
+ * The views data object, containing the cached information.
+ *
+ * @var \Drupal\views\ViewsData
+ */
+ protected $data;
+
+ /**
+ * A prepared list of all fields, keyed by base_table and handler type.
+ *
+ * @param array
+ */
+ protected $fields;
+
+ /**
+ * Constructs a ViewsData object.
+ *
+ * @param \Drupal\views\ViewsData $views_data
+ * The views data object, containing the cached table information.
+ */
+ public function __construct(ViewsData $views_data) {
+ $this->data = $views_data;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Fetches a list of all fields available for a given base type.
+ *
+ * @param array|string $base
+ * A list or a single base_table, for example node.
+ * @param string $type
+ * The handler type, for example field or filter.
+ * @param bool $grouping
+ * Should the result grouping by its 'group' label.
+ * @param string $sub_type
+ * An optional sub type. E.g. Allows making an area plugin available for
+ * header only, instead of header, footer, and empty regions.
+ *
+ * @return array
+ * A keyed array of in the form of 'base_table' => 'Description'.
+ */
+ public function fetchFields($base, $type, $grouping = FALSE, $sub_type = NULL) {
+ if (!$this->fields) {
+ $data = $this->data->get();
+ // This constructs this ginormous multi dimensional array to
+ // collect the important data about fields. In the end,
+ // the structure looks a bit like this (using nid as an example)
+ // $strings['nid']['filter']['title'] = 'string'.
+ //
+ // This is constructed this way because the above referenced strings
+ // can appear in different places in the actual data structure so that
+ // the data doesn't have to be repeated a lot. This essentially lets
+ // each field have a cheap kind of inheritance.
+
+ foreach ($data as $table => $table_data) {
+ $bases = [];
+ $strings = [];
+ $skip_bases = [];
+ foreach ($table_data as $field => $info) {
+ // Collect table data from this table
+ if ($field == 'table') {
+ // calculate what tables this table can join to.
+ if (!empty($info['join'])) {
+ $bases = array_keys($info['join']);
+ }
+ // And it obviously joins to itself.
+ $bases[] = $table;
+ continue;
+ }
+ foreach (['field', 'sort', 'filter', 'argument', 'relationship', 'area'] as $key) {
+ if (!empty($info[$key])) {
+ if ($grouping && !empty($info[$key]['no group by'])) {
+ continue;
+ }
+ if ($sub_type && isset($info[$key]['sub_type']) && (!in_array($sub_type, (array) $info[$key]['sub_type']))) {
+ continue;
+ }
+ if (!empty($info[$key]['skip base'])) {
+ foreach ((array) $info[$key]['skip base'] as $base_name) {
+ $skip_bases[$field][$key][$base_name] = TRUE;
+ }
+ }
+ elseif (!empty($info['skip base'])) {
+ foreach ((array) $info['skip base'] as $base_name) {
+ $skip_bases[$field][$key][$base_name] = TRUE;
+ }
+ }
+ foreach (['title', 'group', 'help', 'base', 'aliases'] as $string) {
+ // First, try the lowest possible level
+ if (!empty($info[$key][$string])) {
+ $strings[$field][$key][$string] = $info[$key][$string];
+ }
+ // Then try the field level
+ elseif (!empty($info[$string])) {
+ $strings[$field][$key][$string] = $info[$string];
+ }
+ // Finally, try the table level
+ elseif (!empty($table_data['table'][$string])) {
+ $strings[$field][$key][$string] = $table_data['table'][$string];
+ }
+ // We don't have any help provided for this field. If a better
+ // description should be used for the Views UI you use
+ // hook_views_data_alter() in module.views.inc or implement a
+ // custom entity views_data handler.
+ // @see hook_views_data_alter()
+ // @see \Drupal\node\NodeViewsData
+ elseif ($string == 'help') {
+ $strings[$field][$key][$string] = '';
+ }
+ else {
+ if ($string != 'base') {
+ $strings[$field][$key][$string] = SafeMarkup::format("Error: missing @component", ['@component' => $string]);
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ foreach ($bases as $base_name) {
+ foreach ($strings as $field => $field_strings) {
+ foreach ($field_strings as $type_name => $type_strings) {
+ if (empty($skip_bases[$field][$type_name][$base_name])) {
+ $this->fields[$base_name][$type_name]["$table.$field"] = $type_strings;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
+ // If we have an array of base tables available, go through them
+ // all and add them together. Duplicate keys will be lost and that's
+ // Just Fine.
+ if (is_array($base)) {
+ $strings = [];
+ foreach ($base as $base_table) {
+ if (isset($this->fields[$base_table][$type])) {
+ $strings += $this->fields[$base_table][$type];
+ }
+ }
+ uasort($strings, ['self', 'fetchedFieldSort']);
+ return $strings;
+ }
+
+ if (isset($this->fields[$base][$type])) {
+ uasort($this->fields[$base][$type], [$this, 'fetchedFieldSort']);
+ return $this->fields[$base][$type];
+ }
+ return [];
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Sort function for fetched fields.
+ *
+ * @param array $a
+ * First item for comparison. The compared items should be associative arrays
+ * that include a 'group' and a 'title' key.
+ * @param array $b
+ * Second item for comparison.
+ *
+ * @return int
+ * Returns -1 if $a comes before $b, 1 other way round and 0 if it cannot be
+ * decided.
+ */
+ protected static function fetchedFieldSort($a, $b) {
+ $a_group = Unicode::strtolower($a['group']);
+ $b_group = Unicode::strtolower($b['group']);
+ if ($a_group != $b_group) {
+ return $a_group < $b_group ? -1 : 1;
+ }
+
+ $a_title = Unicode::strtolower($a['title']);
+ $b_title = Unicode::strtolower($b['title']);
+ if ($a_title != $b_title) {
+ return $a_title < $b_title ? -1 : 1;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+}