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unb-libraries/custom-entity
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A collection of Drupal modules to ease working with custom entities.

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[](#unb-librariescustom-entity-)

A Drupal module improving the developer experience of working with ***custom entities***.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

The module is a composer package hosted on packagist and can be installed by running

```
composer require unb-libraries/custom-entity
```

or by adding it to your project's `composer.json` file:

```
{
  "require": {
    "unb-libraries/custom-entity": "dev-9.x-1.x"
  }
}
```

Enable the module by running

```
drush en custom_entity
```

or via the Drupal UI under `/admin/modules`.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

The module enhances Drupal by providing implementations of:

### Access handlers

[](#access-handlers)

The `Drupal\custom_entity\Entity\Access\EntityAccessControlHandler` dynamically grants or denies access to an entity whether a user has permission of the form `  entities`.

For example, in order for a user to get permission to `edit` a `node` entity, the user would need to have the `edit node entities` permission assigned to them.

In order to activate the access control handler, set it in an entity's type definition:

```