Follow-up to #2490966: [Meta] Replace deprecated usage of entity_create with a direct call to the entity type class

Problem/Motivation

According to #2346261: Deprecate entity_create() in favor of a <EntityType>::create($values) or \Drupal::entityManager()->getStorage($entity_type)->create($values), entity_create() function is going to be deprecated so we shouldn't use it anymore. When the entity type is known we should directly call <EntityType>::create(). What to do when the entity type is not known or is variable is upon discussions.

Beta phase evaluation

Reference: https://www.drupal.org/core/beta-changes
Issue category Task
Issue priority Normal because it's just about code cleanup and good practices
Prioritized changes The main goal of this issue is DX, performance and removing code already deprecated for 8.0.0. (Direct calls to EntityType::create are better than generic calls to entity_create for readability)
Disruption This change is not disruptive at all as it only replaces deprecated functions call by their exact equivalent.

Proposed resolution

Replace the deprecated call to entity_create() by a proper call to <EntityType>::create().

Before:

entity_create('field_config', $field_values)->save();

After:

use Drupal\field\Entity\FieldConfig;
FieldConfig::create($field_values)->save();

Remaining tasks

Contributor tasks needed
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User interface changes

None.

API changes

None.

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Comments

Mac_Weber created an issue. See original summary.

Mac_Weber’s picture

jibran’s picture

Status: Needs review » Reviewed & tested by the community

  • catch committed 3220741 on 8.1.x
    Issue #2641616 by Mac_Weber: Replace deprecated usage of  entity_create...
catch’s picture

Status: Reviewed & tested by the community » Fixed

Committed/pushed to 8.1.x, thanks!

Just a note there's few enough usages of entity_create() these probably could have been combined into one issue, but also there's few enough ::create() methods I'm not sure it matters.

Mac_Weber’s picture

@catch some of the have a lot of changes, such as field_storage_config and field_config. Moreover, sometimes we get errors such as #2641518: Replace deprecated usage of entity_create('config_test') with a direct call to ConfigTest::create(), which is better to track if we have separated patches.

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed - issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.