- Issue created by @BenStallings
- Status changed to Closed: won't fix
8 months ago 4:10pm 29 May 2024 - 🇺🇸United States BenStallings
Apologies, I meant to post this on entity_share module and got confused!
Drupal core provides an Entity/SynchronizableEntityTrait that would appear to be related to what Entity Sync does. I was unfamiliar with it, so I asked claude.ai to summarize what it does. I do not know whether this is 100% accurate:
The `SynchronizableEntityTrait` in Drupal is a trait that provides functionality for entities to be synchronized with a remote source. It is primarily used in scenarios where entities are being imported or updated from an external system or service.
The main purpose of this trait is to assist in the process of keeping local entities in sync with their remote counterparts. It provides methods and properties that facilitate tracking changes, identifying conflicts, and resolving them during the synchronization process.
Here are some of the key features and responsibilities of the `SynchronizableEntityTrait`:
1. **Remote ID Tracking**: It provides a way to store and retrieve the remote identifier (ID) of an entity, which is crucial for mapping local entities to their remote counterparts.
2. **Change Tracking**: The trait keeps track of changes made to the local entity, allowing it to determine whether the entity has been modified locally since the last synchronization.
3. **Conflict Resolution**: When changes are detected both locally and remotely, the trait provides methods to help resolve conflicts. It offers strategies like preferring the remote changes or the local changes, or even more advanced methods for merging changes.
4. **Synchronization Hooks**: The trait exposes hooks or events that other modules or code can subscribe to, allowing them to perform custom actions before or after synchronization, or during conflict resolution.
5. **Synchronization Metadata**: It stores synchronization-related metadata, such as the last synchronization time, the number of synchronization attempts, and any error messages encountered during the process.
The `SynchronizableEntityTrait` is typically used in conjunction with other Drupal modules or custom code that handles the actual synchronization process with the remote source. It provides a standardized way of managing the synchronization lifecycle, allowing developers to focus on the specifics of their integration with the external system.
While not a requirement, this trait is often used in scenarios involving content staging, multi-site content sharing, data migrations, or integrations with external content management systems or services.
Would it be desirable to implement this trait in Entity Share, for example so that other modules that check whether $entity->isSyncing() can tell whether an Entity Sync is in progress?
Closed: won't fix
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Apologies, I meant to post this on entity_share module and got confused!