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public function ContentEntityForm::buildEntity

public ContentEntityForm::buildEntity(array $form, FormStateInterface $form_state)

Builds an updated entity object based upon the submitted form values.

For building the updated entity object the form's entity is cloned and the submitted form values are copied to entity properties. The form's entity remains unchanged.

Parameters

array $form: A nested array form elements comprising the form.

\Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface $form_state: The current state of the form.

Return value

\Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface An updated copy of the form's entity object.

Overrides EntityForm::buildEntity

See also

\Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityFormInterface::getEntity()

File

core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/ContentEntityForm.php, line 72

Class

ContentEntityForm
Entity form variant for content entity types.

Namespace

Drupal\Core\Entity

Code

public function buildEntity(array $form, FormStateInterface $form_state) {
  /** @var \Drupal\Core\Entity\ContentEntityInterface $entity */
  $entity = parent::buildEntity($form, $form_state);

  // Mark the entity as requiring validation.
  $entity->setValidationRequired(!$form_state->getTemporaryValue('entity_validated'));

  return $entity;
}

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