public function EntityAccessControlHandlerInterface::access

public EntityAccessControlHandlerInterface::access(EntityInterface $entity, $operation, AccountInterface $account = NULL, $return_as_object = FALSE)

Checks access to an operation on a given entity or entity translation.

Use \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityAccessControlHandlerInterface::createAccess() to check access to create an entity.

Parameters

\Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface $entity: The entity for which to check access.

string $operation: The operation access should be checked for. Usually one of "view", "view label", "update" or "delete".

\Drupal\Core\Session\AccountInterface $account: (optional) The user session for which to check access, or NULL to check access for the current user. Defaults to NULL.

bool $return_as_object: (optional) Defaults to FALSE.

Return value

bool|\Drupal\Core\Access\AccessResultInterface The access result. Returns a boolean if $return_as_object is FALSE (this is the default) and otherwise an AccessResultInterface object. When a boolean is returned, the result of AccessInterface::isAllowed() is returned, i.e. TRUE means access is explicitly allowed, FALSE means access is either explicitly forbidden or "no opinion".

File

core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityAccessControlHandlerInterface.php, line 39

Class

EntityAccessControlHandlerInterface

Defines an interface for entity access control handlers.

Namespace

Drupal\Core\Entity

Code

public function access(EntityInterface $entity, $operation, AccountInterface $account = NULL, $return_as_object = FALSE);