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diff --git a/includes/actions.inc b/includes/actions.inc
index 5650bc64f..65089b6ac 100644
--- a/includes/actions.inc
+++ b/includes/actions.inc
@@ -7,35 +7,31 @@
*/
/**
- * Perform a given list of actions by executing their callback functions.
+ * Performs a given list of actions by executing their callback functions.
*
- * Given the IDs of actions to perform, find out what the callbacks
- * for the actions are by querying the database. Then call each callback
- * using the function call $function($object, $context, $a1, $a2)
- * where $function is the name of a function written in compliance with
- * the action specification; that is, foo($object, $context).
+ * Given the IDs of actions to perform, this function finds out what the
+ * callback functions for the actions are by querying the database. Then
+ * it calls each callback using the function call $function($object, $context,
+ * $a1, $a2), passing the input arguments of this function (see below) to the
+ * action function.
*
* @param $action_ids
- * The ID of the action to perform. Can be a single action ID or an array
- * of IDs. IDs of instances will be numeric; IDs of singletons will be
- * function names.
+ * The IDs of the actions to perform. Can be a single action ID or an array
+ * of IDs. IDs of configurable actions must be given as numeric action IDs;
+ * IDs of non-configurable actions may be given as action function names.
* @param $object
- * Parameter that will be passed along to the callback. Typically the
- * object that the action will act on; a node, user or comment object.
+ * The object that the action will act on: a node, user, or comment object.
* @param $context
- * Parameter that will be passed along to the callback. $context is a
- * keyed array containing extra information about what is currently
- * happening at the time of the call. Typically $context['hook'] and
- * $context['op'] will tell which hook-op combination resulted in this
- * call to actions_do().
+ * Associative array containing extra information about what triggered
+ * the action call, with $context['hook'] giving the name of the hook
+ * that resulted in this call to actions_do().
* @param $a1
- * Parameter that will be passed along to the callback.
+ * Passed along to the callback.
* @param $a2
- * Parameter that will be passed along to the callback.
- *
+ * Passed along to the callback.
* @return
- * An associative array containing the result of the function that
- * performs the action, keyed on action ID.
+ * An associative array containing the results of the functions that
+ * perform the actions, keyed on action ID.
*/
function actions_do($action_ids, $object = NULL, $context = NULL, $a1 = NULL, $a2 = NULL) {
// $stack tracks the number of recursive calls.
@@ -109,49 +105,20 @@ function actions_do($action_ids, $object = NULL, $context = NULL, $a1 = NULL, $a
}
/**
- * Discover all action functions by invoking hook_action_info().
- *
- * @code
- * mymodule_action_info() {
- * return array(
- * 'mymodule_functiondescription_action' => array(
- * 'type' => 'node',
- * 'description' => t('Save node'),
- * 'configurable' => FALSE,
- * 'hooks' => array(
- * 'node' => array('delete', 'insert', 'update', 'view'),
- * 'comment' => array('delete', 'insert', 'update', 'view'),
- * )
- * )
- * );
- * }
- * @endcode
+ * Discovers all available actions by invoking hook_action_info().
*
- * The description is used in presenting possible actions to the user for
- * configuration. The type is used to present these actions in a logical
- * grouping and to denote context. Some types are 'node', 'user', 'comment',
- * and 'system'. If an action is configurable it will provide form,
- * validation and submission functions. The hooks the action supports
- * are declared in the 'hooks' array.
+ * This function contrasts with actions_get_all_actions(); see the
+ * documentation of actions_get_all_actions() for an explanation.
*
* @param $reset
* Reset the action info static cache.
- *
* @return
- * An associative array keyed on function name. The value of each key is
- * an array containing information about the action, such as type of
- * action and description of the action, e.g.:
- * @code
- * $actions['node_publish_action'] = array(
- * 'type' => 'node',
- * 'description' => t('Publish post'),
- * 'configurable' => FALSE,
- * 'hooks' => array(
- * 'node' => array('presave', 'insert', 'update', 'view'),
- * 'comment' => array('delete', 'insert', 'update', 'view'),
- * ),
- * );
- * @endcode
+ * An associative array keyed on action function name, with the same format
+ * as the return value of hook_action_info(), containing all
+ * modules' hook_action_info() return values as modified by any
+ * hook_action_info_alter() implementations.
+ *
+ * @see hook_action_info()
*/
function actions_list($reset = FALSE) {
static $actions;
@@ -165,19 +132,24 @@ function actions_list($reset = FALSE) {
}
/**
- * Retrieve all action instances from the database.
+ * Retrieves all action instances from the database.
*
- * Compare with actions_list() which gathers actions by invoking
- * hook_action_info(). The two are synchronized by visiting
- * /admin/structure/actions (when actions.module is enabled) which runs
- * actions_synchronize().
+ * This function differs from the actions_list() function, which gathers
+ * actions by invoking hook_action_info(). The actions returned by this
+ * function and the actions returned by actions_list() are partially
+ * synchronized. Non-configurable actions from hook_action_info()
+ * implementations are put into the database when actions_synchronize() is
+ * called, which happens when admin/config/system/actions is visited. Configurable
+ * actions are not added to the database until they are configured in the
+ * user interface, in which case a database row is created for each
+ * configuration of each action.
*
* @return
- * Associative array keyed by action ID. Each value is an associative array
- * with keys 'callback', 'description', 'type' and 'configurable'.
+ * Associative array keyed by numeric action ID. Each value is an associative
+ * array with keys 'callback', 'label', 'type' and 'configurable'.
*/
function actions_get_all_actions() {
- $actions = db_query("SELECT aid, type, callback, parameters, description FROM {actions}")->fetchAllAssoc('aid', PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
+ $actions = db_query("SELECT aid, type, callback, parameters, label FROM {actions}")->fetchAllAssoc('aid', PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
foreach ($actions as &$action) {
$action['configurable'] = (bool) $action['parameters'];
unset($action['parameters']);
@@ -187,28 +159,26 @@ function actions_get_all_actions() {
}
/**
- * Create an associative array keyed by md5 hashes of function names.
+ * Creates an associative array keyed by md5 hashes of function names or IDs.
*
* Hashes are used to prevent actual function names from going out into HTML
* forms and coming back.
*
* @param $actions
- * An associative array with function names as keys and associative arrays
- * with keys 'description', 'type', etc. as values. Generally the output of
- * actions_list() or actions_get_all_actions() is given as input to this
- * function.
- *
+ * An associative array with function names or action IDs as keys
+ * and associative arrays with keys 'label', 'type', etc. as values.
+ * This is usually the output of actions_list() or actions_get_all_actions().
* @return
- * An associative array keyed on md5 hash of function names. The value of
- * each key is an associative array of function, description, and type for
- * the action.
+ * An associative array whose keys are md5 hashes of the input array keys, and
+ * whose corresponding values are associative arrays with components
+ * 'callback', 'label', 'type', and 'configurable' from the input array.
*/
function actions_actions_map($actions) {
$actions_map = array();
foreach ($actions as $callback => $array) {
$key = md5($callback);
$actions_map[$key]['callback'] = isset($array['callback']) ? $array['callback'] : $callback;
- $actions_map[$key]['description'] = $array['description'];
+ $actions_map[$key]['label'] = $array['label'];
$actions_map[$key]['type'] = $array['type'];
$actions_map[$key]['configurable'] = $array['configurable'];
}
@@ -216,17 +186,19 @@ function actions_actions_map($actions) {
}
/**
- * Given an md5 hash of a function name, return the function name.
+ * Given an md5 hash of an action array key, returns the key (function or ID).
*
- * Faster than actions_actions_map() when you only need the function name.
+ * Faster than actions_actions_map() when you only need the function name or ID.
*
* @param $hash
- * MD5 hash of a function name.
- *
+ * MD5 hash of a function name or action ID array key. The array key
+ * is a key into the return value of actions_list() (array key is the action
+ * function name) or actions_get_all_actions() (array key is the action ID).
* @return
- * The corresponding function name or FALSE if none is found.
+ * The corresponding array key, or FALSE if no match is found.
*/
function actions_function_lookup($hash) {
+ // Check for a function name match.
$actions_list = actions_list();
foreach ($actions_list as $function => $array) {
if (md5($function) == $hash) {
@@ -234,26 +206,26 @@ function actions_function_lookup($hash) {
}
}
- // Must be an instance; must check database.
+ // Must be a configurable action; check database.
return db_query("SELECT aid FROM {actions} WHERE MD5(aid) = :hash AND parameters <> ''", array(':hash' => $hash))->fetchField();
}
/**
- * Synchronize actions that are provided by modules.
+ * Synchronizes actions that are provided by modules in hook_action_info().
*
- * Actions provided by modules are synchronized with actions that are stored in
- * the actions table. This is necessary so that actions that do not require
- * configuration can receive action IDs. This is not necessarily the best
- * approach, but it is the most straightforward.
+ * Actions provided by modules in hook_action_info() implementations are
+ * synchronized with actions that are stored in the actions database table.
+ * This is necessary so that actions that do not require configuration can
+ * receive action IDs.
*
* @param $delete_orphans
- * Boolean if TRUE, any actions that exist in the database but are no longer
+ * If TRUE, any actions that exist in the database but are no longer
* found in the code (for example, because the module that provides them has
* been disabled) will be deleted.
*/
function actions_synchronize($delete_orphans = FALSE) {
$actions_in_code = actions_list(TRUE);
- $actions_in_db = db_query("SELECT aid, callback, description FROM {actions} WHERE parameters = ''")->fetchAllAssoc('callback', PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
+ $actions_in_db = db_query("SELECT aid, callback, label FROM {actions} WHERE parameters = ''")->fetchAllAssoc('callback', PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
// Go through all the actions provided by modules.
foreach ($actions_in_code as $callback => $array) {
@@ -272,10 +244,10 @@ function actions_synchronize($delete_orphans = FALSE) {
'type' => $array['type'],
'callback' => $callback,
'parameters' => '',
- 'description' => $array['description'],
+ 'label' => $array['label'],
))
->execute();
- watchdog('actions', "Action '%action' added.", array('%action' => filter_xss_admin($array['description'])));
+ watchdog('actions', "Action '%action' added.", array('%action' => filter_xss_admin($array['label'])));
}
}
}
@@ -285,10 +257,10 @@ function actions_synchronize($delete_orphans = FALSE) {
$orphaned = array_keys($actions_in_db);
if ($delete_orphans) {
- $actions = db_query('SELECT aid, description FROM {actions} WHERE callback IN (:orphaned)', array(':orphaned' => $orphaned))->fetchAll();
+ $actions = db_query('SELECT aid, label FROM {actions} WHERE callback IN (:orphaned)', array(':orphaned' => $orphaned))->fetchAll();
foreach ($actions as $action) {
actions_delete($action->aid);
- watchdog('actions', "Removed orphaned action '%action' from database.", array('%action' => filter_xss_admin($action->description)));
+ watchdog('actions', "Removed orphaned action '%action' from database.", array('%action' => filter_xss_admin($action->label)));
}
}
else {
@@ -301,7 +273,7 @@ function actions_synchronize($delete_orphans = FALSE) {
}
/**
- * Save an action and its associated user-supplied parameter values to the database.
+ * Saves an action and its user-supplied parameter values to the database.
*
* @param $function
* The name of the function to be called when this action is performed.
@@ -311,16 +283,15 @@ function actions_synchronize($delete_orphans = FALSE) {
* @param $params
* An associative array with parameter names as keys and parameter values as
* values.
- * @param $desc
- * A user-supplied description of this particular action, e.g., 'Send e-mail
+ * @param $label
+ * A user-supplied label of this particular action, e.g., 'Send e-mail
* to Jim'.
* @param $aid
* The ID of this action. If omitted, a new action is created.
- *
* @return
* The ID of the action.
*/
-function actions_save($function, $type, $params, $desc, $aid = NULL) {
+function actions_save($function, $type, $params, $label, $aid = NULL) {
// aid is the callback for singleton actions so we need to keep a separate
// table for numeric aids.
if (!$aid) {
@@ -333,29 +304,28 @@ function actions_save($function, $type, $params, $desc, $aid = NULL) {
'callback' => $function,
'type' => $type,
'parameters' => serialize($params),
- 'description' => $desc,
+ 'label' => $label,
))
->execute();
- watchdog('actions', 'Action %action saved.', array('%action' => $desc));
+ watchdog('actions', 'Action %action saved.', array('%action' => $label));
return $aid;
}
/**
- * Retrieve a single action from the database.
+ * Retrieves a single action from the database.
*
* @param $aid
* The ID of the action to retrieve.
- *
* @return
* The appropriate action row from the database as an object.
*/
function actions_load($aid) {
- return db_query("SELECT aid, type, callback, parameters, description FROM {actions} WHERE aid = :aid", array(':aid' => $aid))->fetchObject();
+ return db_query("SELECT aid, type, callback, parameters, label FROM {actions} WHERE aid = :aid", array(':aid' => $aid))->fetchObject();
}
/**
- * Delete a single action from the database.
+ * Deletes a single action from the database.
*
* @param $aid
* The ID of the action to delete.