public function hasHandler($entity_type, $handler_type);
/**
- * Creates a new handler instance for a entity type and handler type.
+ * Returns a handler instance for the given entity type and handler.
+ *
+ * Entity handlers are instantiated once per entity type and then cached
+ * in the entity type manager, and so subsequent calls to getHandler() for
+ * a particular entity type and handler type will return the same object.
+ * This means that properties on a handler may be used as a static cache,
+ * although as the handler is common to all entities of the same type,
+ * any data that is per-entity should be keyed by the entity ID.
*
* @param string $entity_type
* The entity type for this handler.