Devel generate cannot generate content if a node uses typed_link field
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<p>Devel generate module cannot generate content if a node uses typed_link field.</p>
<p><code>Drupal\Core\Database\IntegrityConstraintViolationException: SQLSTATE[23000]: Integrity constraint violation: 1048 Column 'blah-blah' cannot be null: INSERT INTO {blah-blah} (entity_id, revision_id, bundle, delta, langcode, blah-blah, blah-blah, blah-blah, blah-blah) VALUES (:db_insert_placeholder_0, :db_insert_placeholder_1, :db_insert_placeholder_2, :db_insert_placeholder_3, :db_insert_placeholder_4, :db_insert_placeholder_5, :db_insert_placeholder_6, :db_insert_placeholder_7, :db_insert_placeholder_8); Array ( [:db_insert_placeholder_0] => 2 [:db_insert_placeholder_1] => 2 [:db_insert_placeholder_2] => node [:db_insert_placeholder_3] => 0 [:db_insert_placeholder_4] => en [:db_insert_placeholder_5] => http://www.chocruh.edu [:db_insert_placeholder_6] => Brevitas damnum distineo immitto modo qui refoveo saluto utinam. [:db_insert_placeholder_7] => a:0:{} [:db_insert_placeholder_8] => ) in Drupal\Core\Database\Connection->handleQueryException() (line 692 of /var/www/html/web/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Connection.php).</code></p>
<p>TypedLinkItem extends LinkItem which uses this static method to generate content:</p>
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<pre><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br></span><span style="color: #007700">..</span><span style="color: #0000BB">web</span><span style="color: #007700">/</span><span style="color: #0000BB">core</span><span style="color: #007700">/</span><span style="color: #0000BB">modules</span><span style="color: #007700">/</span><span style="color: #0000BB">link</span><span style="color: #007700">/</span><span style="color: #0000BB">src</span><span style="color: #007700">/</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Plugin</span><span style="color: #007700">/</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Field</span><span style="color: #007700">/</span><span style="color: #0000BB">FieldType</span><span style="color: #007700">/</span><span style="color: #0000BB">LinkItem</span><span style="color: #007700">.</span><span style="color: #0000BB">php<br>?></span></span></pre></div>
<pre>public static function generateSampleValue(FieldDefinitionInterface $field_definition) {<br> $random = new Random();<br> if ($field_definition->getItemDefinition()->getSetting('link_type') & LinkItemInterface::LINK_EXTERNAL) {<br> // Set of possible top-level domains.<br> $tlds = ['com', 'net', 'gov', 'org', 'edu', 'biz', 'info'];<br> // Set random length for the domain name.<br> $domain_length = mt_rand(7, 15);<br><br> switch ($field_definition->getSetting('title')) {<br> case DRUPAL_DISABLED:<br> $values['title'] = '';<br> break;<br> case DRUPAL_REQUIRED:<br> $values['title'] = $random->sentences(4);<br> break;<br> case DRUPAL_OPTIONAL:<br> // In case of optional title, randomize its generation.<br> $values['title'] = mt_rand(0, 1) ? $random->sentences(4) : '';<br> break;<br> }<br> $values['uri'] = 'http://www.' . $random->word($domain_length) . '.' . $tlds[mt_rand(0, (count($tlds) - 1))];<br> }<br> else {<br> $values['uri'] = 'base:' . $random->name(mt_rand(1, 64));<br> }<br> return $values;<br> }</pre><p>This method only fills title and uri columns in the database table.<br>
Typed_link column is never filled in this case. The error is thrown because this field cannot be null and in this case<br>
it is null.</p>
<p>Suggestion:<br>
We can sort of override in the TypedLinkItem class the static method generating the content. Although it is not really overriding as anything static is not supposed to be overridden in the OOP. But ok:).</p>
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