How does \Magento\Customer\Model\Customer\DataProvider::getAttributesMeta() work?

dmitry_fedyuk · April 19, 2016, 11:18pm

magento/magento2/blob/1aa5f73e/app/code/Magento/Customer/Model/Customer/DataProvider.php#L170-L187


/**
 * Get attributes meta
 *
 * @param Type $entityType
 * @return array
 * @throws \Magento\Framework\Exception\LocalizedException
 */
protected function getAttributesMeta(Type $entityType)
{
    $meta = [];
    $attributes = $entityType->getAttributeCollection();
    /* @var \Magento\Eav\Model\Entity\Attribute\AbstractAttribute $attribute */
    foreach ($attributes as $attribute) {
        $this->processFrontendInput($attribute, $meta);


        $code = $attribute->getAttributeCode();
        // use getDataUsingMethod, since some getters are defined and apply additional processing of returning value
        foreach ($this->metaProperties as $metaName => $origName) {

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magento/magento2/blob/1aa5f73e/app/code/Magento/Customer/Model/Customer/DataProvider.php#L188-L194


$value = $attribute->getDataUsingMethod($origName);
$meta[$code]['arguments']['data']['config'][$metaName] = ($metaName === 'label') ? __($value) : $value;
if ('frontend_input' === $origName) {
    $meta[$code]['arguments']['data']['config']['formElement'] = isset($this->formElement[$value])
        ? $this->formElement[$value]
        : $value;
}

dmitry_fedyuk · April 19, 2016, 11:18pm