Update D7 documentation: plugin handler parent is no longer used [#1985264]

The export UI documentation at /help/export-ui.html gives this as an example:

   'handler' => array(
     'class' => 'ctools_export_ui_example',
     'parent' => 'ctools_export_ui',
   ),

I can't find anywhere in the ctools code where ['handler']['parent'] is used. Also, removing the parent from my plugin definition (Export UI) does not break anything, so I'm wondering if it's old cruft and could be removed from plugin definition.

Comment	File	Size	Author
#2	1985264_2_ctools_parent.patch	303 bytes	scor

Comments

Comment #1

merlinofchaos commented 3 May 2013 at 05:43

That is old cruft and was needed in D6 where Drupal did not have a class registry for autoload. You are correct that it can be removed.

Comment #2

scor commented 3 May 2013 at 12:50

Version:	7.x-1.3	» 7.x-1.x-dev
Status:	Active	» Needs review

Status	File	Size
new	1985264_2_ctools_parent.patch	303 bytes

ok, I've rolled a patch for D7. Are there other places where this is documented and where we need to fix this?

Comment #3

scor commented 3 May 2013 at 12:52

Title:

Is plugin handler parent used anywhere?

» Update D7 documentation: plugin handler parent is no longer used

Comment #4

2 January 2015 at 14:22

DamienMcKenna queued 2: 1985264_2_ctools_parent.patch for re-testing.

Comment #5

chris matthews commented 2 January 2019 at 03:54

Issue summary:

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The 6 year old patch in #2 to export-ui.html still applies cleanly to the latest ctools 7.x-1.x-dev, but still needs to be officially reviewed and tested by the community.

Applied patch help/export-ui.html cleanly.