The dependency stack (DependencyStack
) is provided by the DepCalc module, and is involved in the content
import and export processes. It functions as an object map of proxy objects to
entities after they’ve been properly loaded.
The dependency stack is usually invisible to the developer, but during various events (such as the tamper layer), entities are explicitly manipulated for tracking by the dependency stack.
The dependency stack should always track entities by their remote UUID from the Content Hub service.
The dependency stack contains
\Drupal\depcalc\DependentEntityWrapperInterface
objects in an object map
keyed by remote UUID. DependentEntityWrapper
objects are not entities, but
understand how to retrieve an entity. This approach allows a large number of
objects to be placed into a DependencyStack
while keeping memory
consumption needs relatively low.