2 files changed, 29 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/modules/system/system.api.php b/modules/system/system.api.php
index a5773c300..05c6d4241 100644
--- a/modules/system/system.api.php
+++ b/modules/system/system.api.php
@@ -2297,9 +2297,13 @@ function hook_modules_uninstalled($modules) {
  *   - 'class' A string specifying the PHP class that implements the
  *     DrupalStreamWrapperInterface interface.
  *   - 'description' A string with a short description of what the wrapper does.
- *   - 'type' A bitmask of flags indicating what type of streams this wrapper
- *     will access - local or remote, readable and/or writeable, etc. Many
- *     shortcut constants are defined in stream_wrappers.inc.
+ *   - 'type' (Optional) A bitmask of flags indicating what type of streams this
+ *     wrapper will access - local or remote, readable and/or writeable, etc.
+ *     Many shortcut constants are defined in stream_wrappers.inc. Defaults to
+ *     STREAM_WRAPPERS_NORMAL which includes all of these bit flags:
+ *     - STREAM_WRAPPERS_READ
+ *     - STREAM_WRAPPERS_WRITE
+ *     - STREAM_WRAPPERS_VISIBLE
  *
  * @see file_get_stream_wrappers()
  * @see hook_stream_wrappers_alter()
@@ -2311,18 +2315,35 @@ function hook_stream_wrappers() {
       'name' => t('Public files'),
       'class' => 'DrupalPublicStreamWrapper',
       'description' => t('Public local files served by the webserver.'),
+      'type' => STREAM_WRAPPERS_LOCAL_NORMAL,
     ),
     'private' => array(
       'name' => t('Private files'),
       'class' => 'DrupalPrivateStreamWrapper',
       'description' => t('Private local files served by Drupal.'),
+      'type' => STREAM_WRAPPERS_LOCAL_NORMAL,
     ),
     'temp' => array(
       'name' => t('Temporary files'),
       'class' => 'DrupalTempStreamWrapper',
       'description' => t('Temporary local files for upload and previews.'),
-      'type' => STREAM_WRAPPERS_HIDDEN,
-    )
+      'type' => STREAM_WRAPPERS_LOCAL_HIDDEN,
+    ),
+    'cdn' => array(
+      'name' => t('Content delivery network files'),
+      'class' => 'MyModuleCDNStreamWrapper',
+      'description' => t('Files served by a content delivery network.'),
+      // 'type' can be omitted to use the default of STREAM_WRAPPERS_NORMAL
+    ),
+    'youtube' => array(
+      'name' => t('YouTube video'),
+      'class' => 'MyModuleYouTubeStreamWrapper',
+      'description' => t('Video streamed from YouTube.'),
+      // A module implementing YouTube integration may decide to support using
+      // the YouTube API for uploading video, but here, we assume that this
+      // particular module only supports playing YouTube video.
+      'type' => STREAM_WRAPPERS_READ_VISIBLE,
+    ),
   );
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/system/system.module b/modules/system/system.module
index 6de3a8329..d450eadc5 100644
--- a/modules/system/system.module
+++ b/modules/system/system.module
@@ -1545,12 +1545,13 @@ function system_stream_wrappers() {
       'name' => t('Public files'),
       'class' => 'DrupalPublicStreamWrapper',
       'description' => t('Public local files served by the webserver.'),
+      'type' => STREAM_WRAPPERS_LOCAL_NORMAL,
     ),
     'temporary' => array(
       'name' => t('Temporary files'),
       'class' => 'DrupalTemporaryStreamWrapper',
       'description' => t('Temporary local files for upload and previews.'),
-      'type' => STREAM_WRAPPERS_HIDDEN,
+      'type' => STREAM_WRAPPERS_LOCAL_HIDDEN,
     ),
   );
 
@@ -1560,6 +1561,7 @@ function system_stream_wrappers() {
       'name' => t('Private files'),
       'class' => 'DrupalPrivateStreamWrapper',
       'description' => t('Private local files served by Drupal.'),
+      'type' => STREAM_WRAPPERS_LOCAL_NORMAL,
     );
   }