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+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Post update functions for the Database Logging module.
+ */
+
+use Drupal\Core\Config\FileStorage;
+use Drupal\Core\Config\InstallStorage;
+use Drupal\views\Entity\View;
+
+/**
+ * Replace 'Recent log messages' with a view.
+ */
+function dblog_post_update_convert_recent_messages_to_view() {
+ // Only create if the views module is enabled and the watchdog view doesn't
+ // exist.
+ if (\Drupal::moduleHandler()->moduleExists('views')) {
+ if (!View::load('watchdog')) {
+ // Save the watchdog view to config.
+ $module_handler = \Drupal::moduleHandler();
+ $optional_install_path = $module_handler->getModule('dblog')->getPath() . '/' . InstallStorage::CONFIG_OPTIONAL_DIRECTORY;
+ $storage = new FileStorage($optional_install_path);
+
+ \Drupal::entityTypeManager()
+ ->getStorage('view')
+ ->create($storage->read('views.view.watchdog'))
+ ->save();
+
+ return t('The watchdog view has been created.');
+ }
+
+ return t("The watchdog view already exists and was not replaced. To replace the 'Recent log messages' with a view, rename the watchdog view and uninstall and install the 'Database Log' module");
+ }
+}