/**
* Creates a new field definition.
*
* @param string $type
* The type of the field.
*
* @return static
* A new field definition object.
*/
public static function create($type)
{
$field_definition = new static(array());
$field_definition->type = $type;
$field_definition->itemDefinition = FieldItemDataDefinition::create($field_definition);
// Create a definition for the items, and initialize it with the default
// settings for the field type.
// @todo Cleanup in https://drupal.org/node/2116341.
$field_type_manager = \Drupal::service('plugin.manager.field.field_type');
$default_settings = $field_type_manager->getDefaultSettings($type) + $field_type_manager->getDefaultInstanceSettings($type);
$field_definition->itemDefinition->setSettings($default_settings);
return $field_definition;
}
/**
* {@inheritdoc}
*/
public function getItemDefinition()
{
if (!isset($this->itemDefinition)) {
$this->itemDefinition = FieldItemDataDefinition::create($this)->setSettings($this->getSettings());
}
return $this->itemDefinition;
}
