public function EntityRepository::loadEntityByUuid

public EntityRepository::loadEntityByUuid($entity_type_id, $uuid)

Loads an entity by UUID.

Note that some entity types may not support UUIDs.

Parameters

string $entity_type_id: The entity type ID to load from.

string $uuid: The UUID of the entity to load.

Return value

\Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface|null The entity object, or NULL if there is no entity with the given UUID.

Throws

\Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityStorageException Thrown in case the requested entity type does not support UUIDs.

Overrides EntityRepositoryInterface::loadEntityByUuid

File

core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityRepository.php, line 45

Class

EntityRepository

Provides several mechanisms for retrieving entities.

Namespace

Drupal\Core\Entity

Code

public function loadEntityByUuid($entity_type_id, $uuid) {
  $entity_type = $this->entityTypeManager->getDefinition($entity_type_id);

  if (!$uuid_key = $entity_type->getKey('uuid')) {
    throw new EntityStorageException("Entity type $entity_type_id does not support UUIDs.");
  }

  $entities = $this->entityTypeManager->getStorage($entity_type_id)->loadByProperties([$uuid_key => $uuid]);

  return ($entities) ? reset($entities) : NULL;
}