--- /dev/null
+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\layout_builder\Plugin\Field\FieldType;
+
+use Drupal\Core\Field\FieldDefinitionInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\Field\FieldItemBase;
+use Drupal\Core\Field\FieldStorageDefinitionInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\StringTranslation\TranslatableMarkup;
+use Drupal\Core\TypedData\DataDefinition;
+use Drupal\layout_builder\Section;
+
+/**
+ * Plugin implementation of the 'layout_section' field type.
+ *
+ * @internal
+ *
+ * @FieldType(
+ * id = "layout_section",
+ * label = @Translation("Layout Section"),
+ * description = @Translation("Layout Section"),
+ * list_class = "\Drupal\layout_builder\Field\LayoutSectionItemList",
+ * no_ui = TRUE,
+ * cardinality = \Drupal\Core\Field\FieldStorageDefinitionInterface::CARDINALITY_UNLIMITED
+ * )
+ *
+ * @property \Drupal\layout_builder\Section section
+ */
+class LayoutSectionItem extends FieldItemBase {
+
+ /**
+ * {@inheritdoc}
+ */
+ public static function propertyDefinitions(FieldStorageDefinitionInterface $field_definition) {
+ $properties['section'] = DataDefinition::create('layout_section')
+ ->setLabel(new TranslatableMarkup('Layout Section'))
+ ->setRequired(FALSE);
+
+ return $properties;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * {@inheritdoc}
+ */
+ public function __get($name) {
+ // @todo \Drupal\Core\Field\FieldItemBase::__get() does not return default
+ // values for uninstantiated properties. This will forcibly instantiate
+ // all properties with the side-effect of a performance hit, resolve
+ // properly in https://www.drupal.org/node/2413471.
+ $this->getProperties();
+
+ return parent::__get($name);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * {@inheritdoc}
+ */
+ public static function mainPropertyName() {
+ return 'section';
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * {@inheritdoc}
+ */
+ public static function schema(FieldStorageDefinitionInterface $field_definition) {
+ $schema = [
+ 'columns' => [
+ 'section' => [
+ 'type' => 'blob',
+ 'size' => 'normal',
+ 'serialize' => TRUE,
+ ],
+ ],
+ ];
+
+ return $schema;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * {@inheritdoc}
+ */
+ public static function generateSampleValue(FieldDefinitionInterface $field_definition) {
+ // @todo Expand this in https://www.drupal.org/node/2912331.
+ $values['section'] = new Section('layout_onecol');
+ return $values;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * {@inheritdoc}
+ */
+ public function isEmpty() {
+ return empty($this->section);
+ }
+
+}