Is there a concrete use case for this feature?
There seems quite some examples in core which try to fetch the provider, one example is FilterBase
FilterBase
If we add methods to that for definition data, we can keep ourselves very busy for a while.
As an alternative I'd like to propose #2458789: Introduce PluginDefinitionInterface.
Postponing to 8.1.x after talking to EclipseGc.
This is part of the plugin definition. We shouldn't force plugin classes to implement methods to retrieve specific definition data.
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Comment #1
xanoIs there a concrete use case for this feature?
Comment #2
dawehnerThere seems quite some examples in core which try to fetch the provider, one example is
FilterBaseComment #3
xanoIf we add methods to that for definition data, we can keep ourselves very busy for a while.
As an alternative I'd like to propose #2458789: Introduce PluginDefinitionInterface.
Comment #4
xanoPostponing to 8.1.x after talking to EclipseGc.
Comment #5
xanoComment #6
xanoThis is part of the plugin definition. We shouldn't force plugin classes to implement methods to retrieve specific definition data.