By nielsonm on
Change record status: 
Published (View all published change records)
Project: 
Drupal core
Introduced in branch: 
8.x
Introduced in version: 
8.x
Issue links: 
https://www.drupal.org/node/1950726
Description: 

hook_archiver_info has been replaced by the plugin system.

To implement an archiver in a module create a class in {module}/src/Plugin/Archiver/{ArchiverName}.php and implement ArchiverInterface.

The class must also declare a plugin annotation in its docblock comment. See the D8 example below and the @Archiver annotation declaration in the class' docblock.

D7

function system_archiver_info() {
  $archivers['tar'] = array(
    'class' => 'ArchiverTar',
    'extensions' => array('tar', 'tgz', 'tar.gz', 'tar.bz2'),
  );
}

D8

<?php

namespace Drupal\system\Plugin\Archiver;

use Drupal\Component\Archiver\Tar as BaseTar;

/**
 * Defines an archiver implementation for .tar files.
 *
 * @Archiver(
 *   id = "Tar",
 *   title = @Translation("Tar"),
 *   description = @Translation("Handles .tar files."),
 *   extensions = {"tar", "tgz", "tar.gz", "tar.bz2"}
 * )
 */
class Tar extends BaseTar {
}
?>

These classes are discovered by Drupal\Core\Archiver\ArchiverManager which is available (and overrideable) as a core service.

Note: hook_archiver_info_alter() still exists and shares the same arguments as the hook in Drupal 7.

Impacts: 
Module developers