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abstract class ControllerBase

Utility base class for thin controllers.

Controllers that use this base class have access to a number of utility methods and to the Container, which can greatly reduce boilerplate dependency handling code. However, it also makes the class considerably more difficult to unit test. Therefore this base class should only be used by controller classes that contain only trivial glue code. Controllers that contain sufficiently complex logic that it's worth testing should not use this base class but use ContainerInjectionInterface instead, or even better be refactored to be trivial glue code.

The services exposed here are those that it is reasonable for a well-behaved controller to leverage. A controller that needs other services may need to be refactored into a thin controller and a dependent unit-testable service.

Hierarchy

See also

\Drupal\Core\DependencyInjection\ContainerInjectionInterface

Related topics

Routing API
Route page requests to code based on URLs.

File

core/lib/Drupal/Core/Controller/ControllerBase.php, line 33

Namespace

Drupal\Core\Controller

Members

Name Modifiers Type Description
ControllerBase::$configFactory protected property The configuration factory.
ControllerBase::$currentUser protected property The current user service.
ControllerBase::$entityFormBuilder protected property The entity form builder.
ControllerBase::$entityManager protected property The entity manager.
ControllerBase::$entityTypeManager protected property The entity type manager.
ControllerBase::$formBuilder protected property The form builder.
ControllerBase::$keyValue protected property The key-value storage.
ControllerBase::$languageManager protected property The language manager.
ControllerBase::$loggerFactory protected property The logger factory.
ControllerBase::$moduleHandler protected property The module handler.
ControllerBase::$stateService protected property The state service.
ControllerBase::cache protected function Returns the requested cache bin.
ControllerBase::config protected function Retrieves a configuration object.
ControllerBase::container private function Returns the service container.
ControllerBase::create public static function Instantiates a new instance of this class. Overrides ContainerInjectionInterface::create
ControllerBase::currentUser protected function Returns the current user.
ControllerBase::entityFormBuilder protected function Retrieves the entity form builder.
ControllerBase::entityManager Deprecated protected function Retrieves the entity manager service.
ControllerBase::entityTypeManager protected function Retrieves the entity type manager.
ControllerBase::formBuilder protected function Returns the form builder service.
ControllerBase::getLogger protected function Returns a channel logger object.
ControllerBase::keyValue protected function Returns a key/value storage collection.
ControllerBase::languageManager protected function Returns the language manager service.
ControllerBase::moduleHandler protected function Returns the module handler.
ControllerBase::state protected function Returns the state storage service.
LinkGeneratorTrait::$linkGenerator protected property The link generator.
LinkGeneratorTrait::getLinkGenerator protected function Returns the link generator.
LinkGeneratorTrait::l Deprecated protected function Renders a link to a route given a route name and its parameters.
LinkGeneratorTrait::setLinkGenerator public function Sets the link generator service.
RedirectDestinationTrait::$redirectDestination protected property The redirect destination service.
RedirectDestinationTrait::getDestinationArray protected function Prepares a 'destination' URL query parameter for use with \Drupal\Core\Url.
RedirectDestinationTrait::getRedirectDestination protected function Returns the redirect destination service.
RedirectDestinationTrait::setRedirectDestination public function Sets the redirect destination service.
StringTranslationTrait::$stringTranslation protected property The string translation service.
StringTranslationTrait::formatPlural protected function Formats a string containing a count of items.
StringTranslationTrait::getNumberOfPlurals protected function Returns the number of plurals supported by a given language.
StringTranslationTrait::getStringTranslation protected function Gets the string translation service.
StringTranslationTrait::setStringTranslation public function Sets the string translation service to use.
StringTranslationTrait::t protected function Translates a string to the current language or to a given language.
UrlGeneratorTrait::$urlGenerator protected property The url generator.
UrlGeneratorTrait::getUrlGenerator protected function Returns the URL generator service.
UrlGeneratorTrait::redirect protected function Returns a redirect response object for the specified route.
UrlGeneratorTrait::setUrlGenerator public function Sets the URL generator service.
UrlGeneratorTrait::url Deprecated protected function Generates a URL or path for a specific route based on the given parameters.

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