[META] Widgets as Plugins
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<p><strong>Edit : Patch is now posted in the core queue:</strong> <span class="drupalorg-gitlab-issue-link project-issue-status-info project-issue-status-7"><a href="https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/issues/1785256" title="Status: Closed (fixed)">#1785256: Widgets as Plugins</a></span></p>
<p>Let's start with widgets only.</p>
<p>Code is in branch <a href="http://drupalcode.org/sandbox/yched/1736366.git/shortlog/refs/heads/field-plugins-widgets-1742734">field-plugins-widgets-1742734</a></p>
<p><strong>Core issue used for testbot runs</strong> (until we have a patch ready to push for review in the wild):<br>
<span class="drupalorg-gitlab-issue-link project-issue-status-info project-issue-status-7"><a href="https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/issues/1777218" title="Status: Closed (fixed)">#1777218: Testbot helper issue for 'Widgets as Plugins"</a></span></p>
<p><strong>Subtasks</strong> :<br>
<span class="drupalorg-gitlab-issue-link project-issue-status-info project-issue-status-7"><a href="https://www.drupal.org/project/1736366/issues/1781250" title="Status: Closed (fixed)">#1781250: Run performance tests</a></span><br>
<span class="drupalorg-gitlab-issue-link project-issue-status-info project-issue-status-7"><a href="https://www.drupal.org/project/1736366/issues/1778818" title="Status: Closed (fixed)">#1778818: Convert test widgets</a></span><br>
<span class="drupalorg-gitlab-issue-link project-issue-status-info project-issue-status-7"><a href="https://www.drupal.org/project/1736366/issues/1774254" title="Status: Closed (fixed)">#1774254: Switch to annotation-based discovery</a></span><br>
<span class="drupalorg-gitlab-issue-link project-issue-status-info project-issue-status-7"><a href="https://www.drupal.org/project/1736366/issues/1762828" title="Status: Closed (fixed)">#1762828: Figure out hook_field_widget_properties_alter()</a></span><br>
<span class="drupalorg-gitlab-issue-link project-issue-status-info project-issue-status-7"><a href="https://www.drupal.org/project/1736366/issues/1774316" title="Status: Closed (fixed)">#1774316: Account for new "weight' property in hook_field_widget_info()</a></span><br>
<span class="drupalorg-gitlab-issue-link project-issue-status-info project-issue-status-7"><a href="https://www.drupal.org/project/1736366/issues/1761030" title="Status: Closed (fixed)">#1761030: Lose the entity_type parameter when the entity is available</a></span><br>
<span class="drupalorg-gitlab-issue-link project-issue-status-info project-issue-status-7"><a href="https://www.drupal.org/project/1736366/issues/1753602" title="Status: Closed (fixed)">#1753602: Create a LegacyWidget plugin for BC with old-style widgets</a></span><br>
<span class="drupalorg-gitlab-issue-link project-issue-status-info project-issue-status-7"><a href="https://www.drupal.org/project/1736366/issues/1744216" title="Status: Closed (fixed)">#1744216: Implementation of Number widgets</a></span><br>
<span class="drupalorg-gitlab-issue-link project-issue-status-info project-issue-status-7"><a href="https://www.drupal.org/project/1736366/issues/1751020" title="Status: Closed (fixed)">#1751020: Rename BaseWidget to WidgetBase</a></span></p>
<p><strong>Followups</strong>:<br>
<span class="drupalorg-gitlab-issue-link project-issue-status-info project-issue-status-7"><a href="https://www.drupal.org/project/1736366/issues/1762802" title="Status: Closed (fixed)">#1762802: Create a custom WidgetFactory</a></span><br>
<span class="drupalorg-gitlab-issue-link project-issue-status-info project-issue-status-7"><a href="https://www.drupal.org/project/1736366/issues/1751164" title="Status: Closed (fixed)">#1751164: Implement the test_field_widget_multiple widget as a Plugin</a></span><br>
<span class="drupalorg-gitlab-issue-link project-issue-status-info project-issue-status-7"><a href="https://www.drupal.org/project/1736366/issues/1751156" title="Status: Closed (fixed)">#1751156: Implement the test_field_widget widget as a Plugin</a></span><br>
<span class="drupalorg-gitlab-issue-link project-issue-status-info project-issue-status-7"><a href="https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/issues/1751174" title="Status: Closed (fixed)">#1751174: Convert file and image module widgets / formatters to Plugin system</a></span><br>
<span class="drupalorg-gitlab-issue-link project-issue-status-info project-issue-status-3"><a href="https://www.drupal.org/project/1736366/issues/1751186" title="Status: Closed (duplicate)">#1751186: Convert image module widgets to Plugin system</a></span><br>
<span class="drupalorg-gitlab-issue-link project-issue-status-info project-issue-status-7"><a href="https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/issues/1770172" title="Status: Closed (fixed)">#1770172: Convert email module widgets and formatters to Plugin system</a></span><br>
<span class="drupalorg-gitlab-issue-link project-issue-status-info project-issue-status-5"><a href="https://www.drupal.org/project/1736366/issues/1751232" title="Status: Closed (won't fix)">#1751232: Implement the options_onoff widget as a plugin</a></span><br>
<span class="drupalorg-gitlab-issue-link project-issue-status-info project-issue-status-7"><a href="https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/issues/1751234" title="Status: Closed (fixed)">#1751234: Convert option widgets to Plugin system</a></span><br>
<span class="drupalorg-gitlab-issue-link project-issue-status-info project-issue-status-5"><a href="https://www.drupal.org/project/1736366/issues/1751236" title="Status: Closed (won't fix)">#1751236: Implement the options_select widget as a Plugin</a></span><br>
<span class="drupalorg-gitlab-issue-link project-issue-status-info project-issue-status-7"><a href="https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/issues/1751244" title="Status: Closed (fixed)">#1751244: Convert taxonomy module widgets to Plugin system</a></span></p>
<p><strong>Upstream blockers</strong>:<br>
<span class="drupalorg-gitlab-issue-link project-issue-status-info project-issue-status-7"><a href="https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/issues/1751100" title="Status: Closed (fixed)">#1751100: Bump minimum version of php required to 5.3.5</a></span> - our use of ArrayAccess requires PHP 5.3.4 [UPDATE: core requirements haven't been actually bumped yet, but the testbots now run 5.3.4, so we can at least run tests in the core queue, which is good enough for now]</p>
<p><strong>Upstream issues we currently circumvent in our code</strong>:<br>
<span class="drupalorg-gitlab-issue-link project-issue-status-info project-issue-status-7"><a href="https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/issues/1764232" title="Status: Closed (fixed)">#1764232: CacheDecorator provides no way to clear cached definitions</a></span><br>
<span class="drupalorg-gitlab-issue-link project-issue-status-info project-issue-status-7"><a href="https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/issues/1764278" title="Status: Closed (fixed)">#1764278: Run PluginManagerBase::processDefinition() in a ProcessDecorator</a></span><br>
<span class="drupalorg-gitlab-issue-link project-issue-status-info project-issue-status-7"><a href="https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/issues/1778942" title="Status: Closed (fixed)">#1778942: Discovery::getDefinition() / getDefinitions() : inconsistent return values for "no result"</a></span></p>
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