diff --git a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/HandlerBase.php b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/HandlerBase.php
index 5912c76..14cadfd 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/HandlerBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/HandlerBase.php
@@ -279,11 +279,6 @@ protected function caseTransform($string, $option) {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Validate the options form.
-   */
-  public function validateOptionsForm(&$form, &$form_state) { }
-
-  /**
    * Build the options form.
    */
   public function buildOptionsForm(&$form, &$form_state) {
@@ -328,12 +323,6 @@ public function buildOptionsForm(&$form, &$form_state) {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Perform any necessary changes to the form values prior to storage.
-   * There is no need for this function to actually store the data.
-   */
-  public function submitOptionsForm(&$form, &$form_state) { }
-
-  /**
    * Provides the handler some groupby.
    */
   public function usesGroupBy() {
@@ -498,7 +487,14 @@ public function access() {
    * This gives all the handlers some time to set up before any handler has
    * been fully run.
    */
-  public function preQuery() { }
+  public function preQuery() {
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Don't run a query by default.
+   */
+  public function query() {
+  }
 
   /**
    * Run after the view is executed, before the result is cached.
@@ -561,7 +557,7 @@ public function ensureMyTable() {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Provide text for the administrative summary
+   * Provide text for the administrative summary.
    */
   public function adminSummary() { }
 
@@ -634,10 +630,12 @@ public function getJoin() {
   public function validate() { return array(); }
 
   /**
-   * Determine if the handler is considered 'broken', meaning it's a
+   * Determines if the handler is considered 'broken', meaning it's a
    * a placeholder used when a handler can't be found.
    */
-  public function broken() { }
+  public function broken() {
+    return FALSE;
+  }
 
   /**
    * Creates cross-database SQL date formatting.
diff --git a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/area/AreaPluginBase.php b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/area/AreaPluginBase.php
index 056aeef..329d44f 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/area/AreaPluginBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/area/AreaPluginBase.php
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 
 use Drupal\views\ViewExecutable;
 use Drupal\views\Plugin\views\display\DisplayPluginBase;
-use Drupal\views\Plugin\views\PluginBase;
 use Drupal\views\Plugin\views\HandlerBase;
 
 /**
@@ -47,6 +46,16 @@ public function init(ViewExecutable $view, DisplayPluginBase $display, array &$o
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function usesGroupBy() {
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
   protected function defineOptions() {
     $options = parent::defineOptions();
 
@@ -59,15 +68,14 @@ protected function defineOptions() {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Provide extra data to the administration form
+   * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   public function adminSummary() {
     return $this->adminLabel();
   }
 
   /**
-   * Default options form that provides the label widget that all fields
-   * should have.
+   * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   public function buildOptionsForm(&$form, &$form_state) {
     parent::buildOptionsForm($form, $form_state);
@@ -82,11 +90,6 @@ public function buildOptionsForm(&$form, &$form_state) {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Don't run a query
-   */
-  public function query() { }
-
-  /**
    * Performs any operations needed before full rendering.
    *
    * @param array $results
@@ -106,13 +109,6 @@ public function preRender(array $results) {
    */
   public abstract function render($empty = FALSE);
 
-  /**
-   * Area handlers shouldn't have groupby.
-   */
-  public function usesGroupBy() {
-    return FALSE;
-  }
-
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/area/Broken.php b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/area/Broken.php
index 08d3069..dff668b 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/area/Broken.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/area/Broken.php
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@
 
 namespace Drupal\views\Plugin\views\area;
 
-use Drupal\Component\Annotation\PluginID;
-use Drupal\views\ViewExecutable;
-
 /**
  * A special handler to take the place of missing or broken handlers.
  *
@@ -19,6 +16,9 @@
  */
 class Broken extends AreaPluginBase {
 
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
   public function adminLabel($short = FALSE) {
     $args = array(
       '@module' => $this->definition['original_configuration']['provider'],
@@ -26,11 +26,22 @@ public function adminLabel($short = FALSE) {
     return $this->isOptional() ? t('Optional handler is missing (Module: @module) …', $args) : t('Broken/missing handler (Module: @module) …', $args);
   }
 
-  public function defineOptions() { return array(); }
-  public function ensureMyTable() { /* No table to ensure! */ }
-  public function query($group_by = FALSE) { /* No query to run */ }
   /**
-   * Implements \Drupal\views\Plugin\views\area\AreaPluginBase::render().
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function defineOptions() {
+    return array();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function ensureMyTable() {
+    // No table to ensure.
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   public function render($empty = FALSE) {
     // Simply render nothing by returning an empty render array.
@@ -75,7 +86,7 @@ public function buildOptionsForm(&$form, &$form_state) {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Determine if the handler is considered 'broken'
+   * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   public function broken() {
     return TRUE;
diff --git a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/area/Entity.php b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/area/Entity.php
index 2684476..3d416d1 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/area/Entity.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/area/Entity.php
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 
 use Drupal\views\Plugin\views\display\DisplayPluginBase;
 use Drupal\views\ViewExecutable;
-use Drupal\Component\Annotation\PluginID;
 
 /**
  * Provides an area handler which renders an entity in a certain view mode.
@@ -89,7 +88,7 @@ protected function buildViewModeOptions() {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Overrides \Drupal\views\Plugin\views\area\AreaPluginBase::render().
+   * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   public function render($empty = FALSE) {
     if (!$empty || !empty($this->options['empty'])) {
diff --git a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/area/HTTPStatusCode.php b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/area/HTTPStatusCode.php
index d448876..f79b2fc 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/area/HTTPStatusCode.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/area/HTTPStatusCode.php
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 namespace Drupal\views\Plugin\views\area;
 
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;
-use Drupal\Component\Annotation\PluginID;
 
 /**
  * Alter the HTTP response status code used by the view.
diff --git a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/area/Result.php b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/area/Result.php
index f1276ca..b6a63ba 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/area/Result.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/area/Result.php
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 
 namespace Drupal\views\Plugin\views\area;
 
-use Drupal\Component\Annotation\PluginID;
 use Drupal\Component\Utility\String;
 use Drupal\Component\Utility\Xss;
 use Drupal\views\Plugin\views\style\DefaultSummary;
@@ -21,6 +20,9 @@
  */
 class Result extends AreaPluginBase {
 
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
   protected function defineOptions() {
     $options = parent::defineOptions();
 
@@ -32,6 +34,9 @@ protected function defineOptions() {
     return $options;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
   public function buildOptionsForm(&$form, &$form_state) {
     parent::buildOptionsForm($form, $form_state);
     $item_list = array(
@@ -67,7 +72,7 @@ public function query() {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Implements \Drupal\views\Plugin\views\area\AreaPluginBase::render().
+   * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   public function render($empty = FALSE) {
     // Must have options and does not work on summaries.
diff --git a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/area/Text.php b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/area/Text.php
index a9dd6c5..7206e5b 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/area/Text.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/area/Text.php
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
 
 namespace Drupal\views\Plugin\views\area;
 
-use Drupal\Component\Annotation\PluginID;
-
 /**
  * Views area text handler.
  *
@@ -19,7 +17,7 @@
 class Text extends TokenizeAreaPluginBase {
 
   /**
-   * Overrides \Drupal\views\Plugin\views\area\TokenizeAreaPluginBase::defineOptions().
+   * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   protected function defineOptions() {
     $options = parent::defineOptions();
@@ -29,7 +27,7 @@ protected function defineOptions() {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Overrides \Drupal\views\Plugin\views\area\TokenizeAreaPluginBase::buildOptionsForm().
+   * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   public function buildOptionsForm(&$form, &$form_state) {
     parent::buildOptionsForm($form, $form_state);
@@ -44,6 +42,9 @@ public function buildOptionsForm(&$form, &$form_state) {
     );
   }
 
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
   public function submitOptionsForm(&$form, &$form_state) {
     $form_state['values']['options']['format'] = $form_state['values']['options']['content']['format'];
     $form_state['values']['options']['content'] = $form_state['values']['options']['content']['value'];
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ public function submitOptionsForm(&$form, &$form_state) {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Implements \Drupal\views\Plugin\views\area\AreaPluginBase::render().
+   * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   public function render($empty = FALSE) {
     $format = isset($this->options['format']) ? $this->options['format'] : filter_default_format();
diff --git a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/area/TextCustom.php b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/area/TextCustom.php
index dac9815..4494caa 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/area/TextCustom.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/area/TextCustom.php
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
 
 namespace Drupal\views\Plugin\views\area;
 
-use Drupal\Component\Annotation\PluginID;
-
 /**
  * Views area text handler.
  *
@@ -42,7 +40,7 @@ public function buildOptionsForm(&$form, &$form_state) {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Implements \Drupal\views\Plugin\views\area\AreaPluginBase::render().
+   * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   public function render($empty = FALSE) {
     if (!$empty || !empty($this->options['empty'])) {
diff --git a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/area/Title.php b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/area/Title.php
index 7ee0197..66f3495 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/area/Title.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/area/Title.php
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
 
 namespace Drupal\views\Plugin\views\area;
 
-use Drupal\Component\Annotation\PluginID;
-
 /**
  * Views area title override handler.
  *
@@ -19,7 +17,7 @@
 class Title extends AreaPluginBase {
 
   /**
-   * Overrides Drupal\views\Plugin\views\AreaPluginBase::defineOptions().
+   * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   protected function defineOptions() {
     $options = parent::defineOptions();
@@ -28,7 +26,7 @@ protected function defineOptions() {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Overrides Drupal\views\Plugin\views\AreaPluginBase::buildOptionsForm().
+   * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   public function buildOptionsForm(&$form, &$form_state) {
     parent::buildOptionsForm($form, $form_state);
@@ -45,7 +43,7 @@ public function buildOptionsForm(&$form, &$form_state) {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Overrides Drupal\views\Plugin\views\AreaPluginBase::preRender().
+   * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   public function preRender(array $results) {
     parent::preRender($results);
@@ -58,7 +56,7 @@ public function preRender(array $results) {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Implements \Drupal\views\Plugin\views\area\AreaPluginBase::render().
+   * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   public function render($empty = FALSE) {
     // Do nothing for this handler by returning an empty render array.
diff --git a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/area/View.php b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/area/View.php
index 103df0a..3f2b17b 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/area/View.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/area/View.php
@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@
 
 /**
  * @file
- * Definition of Drupal\views\Plugin\views\area\View.
+ * Contains \Drupal\views\Plugin\views\area\View.
  */
 
 namespace Drupal\views\Plugin\views\area;
 
-use Drupal\Component\Annotation\PluginID;
+use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityStorageControllerInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface;
 
 /**
  * Views area handlers. Insert a view inside of an area.
@@ -18,6 +19,46 @@
  */
 class View extends AreaPluginBase {
 
+  /**
+   * The view storage controller.
+   *
+   * @var \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityStorageControllerInterface
+   */
+  protected $viewStorage;
+
+  /**
+   * Constructs a View object.
+   *
+   * @param array $configuration
+   *   An array of configuration data.
+   * @param string $plugin_id
+   *   The plugin ID.
+   * @param array $plugin_definition
+   *   The plugin definition.
+   * @param \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityStorageControllerInterface $view_storage
+   *  The view storage controller.
+   */
+  public function __construct(array $configuration, $plugin_id, array $plugin_definition, EntityStorageControllerInterface $view_storage) {
+    parent::__construct($configuration, $plugin_id, $plugin_definition);
+
+    $this->viewStorage = $view_storage;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public static function create(ContainerInterface $container, array $configuration, $plugin_id, array $plugin_definition) {
+    return new static(
+      $configuration,
+      $plugin_id,
+      $plugin_definition,
+      $container->get('entity.manager')->getStorageController('view')
+    );
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
   protected function defineOptions() {
     $options = parent::defineOptions();
 
@@ -27,8 +68,7 @@ protected function defineOptions() {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Default options form that provides the label widget that all fields
-   * should have.
+   * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   public function buildOptionsForm(&$form, &$form_state) {
     parent::buildOptionsForm($form, $form_state);
@@ -54,13 +94,14 @@ public function buildOptionsForm(&$form, &$form_state) {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Implements \Drupal\views\Plugin\views\area\AreaPluginBase::render().
+   * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   public function render($empty = FALSE) {
     if (!empty($this->options['view_to_insert'])) {
       list($view_name, $display_id) = explode(':', $this->options['view_to_insert']);
 
-      $view = views_get_view($view_name);
+      $view = $this->viewStorage->load($view_name);
+
       if (empty($view) || !$view->access($display_id)) {
         return array();
       }