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What things are configuration entity in D8?
Already in D8 core we have config entities for Views, Vocabularies, Contact form categories, User email templates, display settings, block instances, shortcut sets, custom menus and Image styles.
What are Entity rules?
Entity Rules provides an alternative method of triggering Rules. Instead of adding entity related events to Reaction Rules you are able to select which special Rules components will fire when different entity events are triggered.
What are configured entities?
Configuration entities are suitable for creating user-defined configuration, such as image styles, views, content types, etc. An example in core: image style. Overview of the process of creating your own configuration entity types in a module.
What are plugins in Drupal?
The Drupal plugin system allows a particular module or subsystem to provide functionality in an extensible, object-oriented way. The system aims to make it easy for developers to allow for management of these components via the user interface, giving more flexibility and control to site administrators.
Where to find configuration keys for data entities?
The data entity list page in the Data management workspace shows the configuration key settings for the entities. Start from this page to understand the impact from configuration keys on the data entity. This information is shown using the metadata that is built during entity refresh.
How to create configuration entity type in Drupal?
For an introduction to the concepts of simple configuration vs. configuration entities, see https://www.drupal.org/node/2120523#s-simple-configuration-vs-configurat… After enabling the example module containing the code below, the example configuration form should be available under ‘admin/config/system/example’, as shown in the screenshot:
What happens if the configuration key is disabled in an entity?
If the primary table in the entity has its configuration key disabled, then the system will act as though the entity’s configuration key were disabled.
What does the configuration API do in.net?
The configuration API supports configuration providers for in-memory .NET objects, INI files, JSON files, XML files, command-line arguments, environment variables, an encrypted user store, and any custom provider you create.