Issue #1791554 by damiankloip: Added a view element type.

lib/Drupal/views/Tests/ViewElementTest.php

+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Definition of Drupal\views\Tests\ViewElementTest.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\views\Tests;
+
+/**
+ * Tests the 'view' element type.
+ */
+class ViewElementTest extends ViewTestBase {
+
+  /**
+   * The raw render data array to use in tests.
+   *
+   * @var array
+   */
+  protected $render;
+
+  public static function getInfo() {
+    return array(
+      'name' => 'View element',
+      'description' => 'Tests the view render element.',
+      'group' => 'Views'
+    );
+  }
+
+  protected function setUp() {
+    parent::setUp();
+
+    $this->enableViewsTestModule();
+
+    // Set up a render array to use. We need to copy this as drupal_render
+    // passes by reference.
+    $this->render = array(
+      'view' => array(
+        '#type' => 'view',
+        '#name' => 'test_view',
+        '#display_id' => 'default',
+        '#arguments' => array(25),
+      ),
+    );
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests the rendered output and form output of a view element.
+   */
+  public function testViewElement() {
+    $view = $this->getBasicView();
+
+    // Set the content as our rendered array.
+    $render = $this->render;
+    $this->drupalSetContent(drupal_render($render));
+
+    $xpath = $this->xpath('//div[@class="views-element-container"]');
+    $this->assertTrue($xpath, 'The view container has been found in the rendered output.');
+
+    $xpath = $this->xpath('//div[@class="view-content"]');
+    $this->assertTrue($xpath, 'The view content has been found in the rendered output.');
+    // There should be 5 rows in the results.
+    $xpath = $this->xpath('//div[@class="view-content"]/div');
+    $this->assertEqual(count($xpath), 5);
+
+    // Test a form.
+    $this->drupalGet('views_test_data_element_form');
+
+    $xpath = $this->xpath('//div[@class="views-element-container form-wrapper"]');
+    $this->assertTrue($xpath, 'The view container has been found on the form.');
+
+    $xpath = $this->xpath('//div[@class="view-content"]');
+    $this->assertTrue($xpath, 'The view content has been found on the form.');
+    // There should be 5 rows in the results.
+    $xpath = $this->xpath('//div[@class="view-content"]/div');
+    $this->assertEqual(count($xpath), 5);
+
+    // Add an argument and save the view.
+    $view->displayHandlers['default']->overrideOption('arguments', array(
+      'age' => array(
+        'default_action' => 'ignore',
+        'style_plugin' => 'default_summary',
+        'style_options' => array(),
+        'wildcard' => 'all',
+        'wildcard_substitution' => 'All',
+        'title' => '',
+        'breadcrumb' => '',
+        'default_argument_type' => 'fixed',
+        'default_argument' => '',
+        'validate' => array(
+          'type' => 'none',
+          'fail' => 'not found',
+        ),
+        'break_phrase' => 0,
+        'not' => 0,
+        'id' => 'age',
+        'table' => 'views_test_data',
+        'field' => 'age',
+        'validate_user_argument_type' => 'uid',
+      )
+    ));
+    $view->save();
+
+    // Test the render array again.
+    $render = $this->render;
+    $this->drupalSetContent(drupal_render($render));
+    // There should be 1 row in the results, 'John' arg 25.
+    $xpath = $this->xpath('//div[@class="view-content"]/div');
+    $this->assertEqual(count($xpath), 1);
+
+    // Test that the form has the same expected result.
+    $this->drupalGet('views_test_data_element_form');
+    $xpath = $this->xpath('//div[@class="view-content"]/div');
+    $this->assertEqual(count($xpath), 1);
+  }
+
+}

tests/views_test_data/views_test_data.module

@@ -124,3 +124,34 @@ function template_preprocess_views_view_mapping_test(&$variables) {
 function theme_views_view_mapping_test($variables) {
   return drupal_render($variables['element']);
 }
+
+/**
+ * Implements hook_menu().
+ */
+function views_test_data_menu() {
+  $items = array();
+
+  $items['views_test_data_element_form'] = array(
+    'title' => 'Views test data element form',
+    'description' => 'Views test data element form callback',
+    'page callback' => 'drupal_get_form',
+    'page arguments' => array('views_test_data_element_form'),
+    'access callback' => TRUE,
+  );
+
+  return $items;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Simple form page callback to test the view element.
+ */
+function views_test_data_element_form() {
+  $form['view'] = array(
+    '#type' => 'view',
+    '#name' => 'test_view',
+    '#display_id' => 'default',
+    '#arguments' => array(25),
+  );
+
+  return $form;
+}

views.module

@@ -144,6 +144,34 @@ function views_api_minimum_version() {
   return '2';
 }
 
+/**
+ * Implements hook_element_info().
+ */
+function views_element_info() {
+  $types['view'] = array(
+    '#theme_wrappers' => array('container'),
+    '#pre_render' => array('views_pre_render_view_element'),
+    '#name' => NULL,
+    '#display_id' => 'default',
+    '#arguments' => array(),
+  );
+  return $types;
+}
+
+/**
+ * View element pre render callback.
+ */
+function views_pre_render_view_element($element) {
+  $element['#attributes']['class'][] = 'views-element-container';
+
+  $view = views_get_view($element['#name']);
+  if ($view && $view->access($element['#display_id'])) {
+    $element['view']['#markup'] = $view->preview($element['#display_id'], $element['#arguments']);
+  }
+
+  return $element;
+}
+
 /**
  * Implement hook_theme(). Register views theming functions.
  */