Changes

GUI Changes

• The legacy sparql collection view is no more.
• Configuring Solr fields is only allowed on those fields that have been saved to the DB.
• The 'reset' functionality has been removed from admin screens. If you need to reset please reinstall the module.
• Search breadcrumbs have been removed.

API Changes

• Many functions have been moved to classes due to Drupal 8 design patterns.
• Many classes have moved due to Drupal 8 design patterns.
• islandora_get_object_token has moved to Drupal\islandora\Authentication\Provider\TokenAuth::getObjectToken
  • the token parameter is now 'islandora_token'
• islandora_view_object has moved to Drupal\islandora\Controller\DefaultController::viewObject with a Request object as a second parameter.
  • the Request object can be gotten with Drupal::request()

Hook changes

• From the former the 'configuration' portion of the 'hook_islandora_metadata_display_info' has been changed to ask for a route name as opposed to path but will still work with existing hooks if ported naively.
• Ingest steps form_id now form_class and takes the form class name
• the undo_submit callback used in forms will now will call undoSubmit on form classes
• derivative logging no longer uses 'watchdog' but 'log'
• the hook islandora_solr_query_blocks has been removed
• viewer configuration now takes a route name

Function changes

• islandora_user_access() has became islandora_user_access_check due to a hook collision
• islandora_system_settings_form_default_value has been removed

Removed functions

• islandora_system_settings_form_default_value
• dom_document_pretty_print_include_files
• islandora_prepare_new_object

Removed constants

• ISLANDORA_BASIC_COLLECTION_LEGACY_BACKEND

Deprecated Functions

• islandora_as_renderable_array

Removed Classes

• xml_form_elements: Element

Themeing Changes

• islandora_datastream_*_link theme implementations are no more; they've been replaced with methods of the \Drupal\islandora\Utility\Links class.
• The islandora_default_edit theme implementation is no more; replaced with logic in the \Drupal\islandora\Controller\ManageDatastreamController class.
• The islandora_object_overview theme implementation is no more; replaced with logic in the \Drupal\islandora\Controller\DefaultController::islandora_manage_overview_object() method.
• Theme hook suggestions for the islandora_object_print theme no longer exist.
• The legacy sparql collection view is not more.
• islandora_solr_advanced_search_form theme has been removed
• islandora_solr_admin_primary_display theme has been removed
• islandora_solr_admin_fields theme has been removed
• islandora_basic_collection_wrapper template is no more
• In some places where function calls have been made in templates they have been replaced by variables.
• When porting theme work one should make sure reference the base D8 templates.

Misc

• We introduced a setter for viewer information.
• The default default users/roles for the XACML editor have been removed as they were inaccurate and posed a security risk.

Other

• Tuque can no longer be loaded from within the module directory. Only as a library.
• Rules integration has been taken as far as it can be but some functionality from D7 will not be present as the rules module is incomplete in D8.