methods that are imported from traits as aliases can't be searched for

Created on 9 September 2019, almost 6 years ago

Updated 4 June 2025, 3 months ago

I was searching on api.d.org for 'drupalCreateUser', which I can see used in lots of functional tests.

All I could find was BrowserTestBase::drupalCreateUser() in 8.0, but nothing in recent branches.

It turns out it's this:

abstract class BrowserTestBase extends TestCase {

SNIP

  use UserCreationTrait {
    createRole as drupalCreateRole;
    createUser as drupalCreateUser;
  }

So there is no method drupalCreateUser() defined anywhere in Drupal code, but lots of code calls this because a trait import aliases it.

It there anything that can be done to allow this to be searched for, or linked to?

(Sorry, I keep filing issues here that are really awkward cases!)

✨ Feature request

Status

Active

Version

2.0

Component

Parser

Created by

🇬🇧United Kingdom joachim

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🇪🇸Spain fjgarlin
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🇪🇸Spain fjgarlin
Each class could alias a method differently. I don't think it needs storing, it just needs cross-linking, and that works.

Note that when the alias is used, like in here https://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/core%21profiles%21demo_umami%21tests%2..., the site already provide links to the actual unaliased function.

It also shows the alias information in the table below. You can see that same information in here too: https://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/core%21tests%21Drupal%21Tests%21Browse...

Also, using the global search finds the files/elements that use the alias.

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