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By fago on
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8.x
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While previously it was possible to fetch metadata directly from the data objects; e.g. by doing $field_item->getPropertyDefinitions(), this has been moved to the typed data definition classes now.
This means, field item properties are available via $field_definition->getFieldStorageDefinition()->getPropertyDefinitions().
This allows one to make use of the metadata without requiring run-time data objects. Check the issue summary of #2002134: Move TypedData metadata introspection from data objects to definition objects for a complete list of API changes and an usage example.
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Module developers
