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Container Services

Console command that prints all available container services with their implementing classes:

bin/command app-info --container

Most often used services are listed below.

entityManager

Class: Espo\ORM\EntityManager

A central access point to ORM functionality.

metadata

Class: Espo\Core\Utils\Metadata

Application metadata.

config

Class: Espo\Core\Utils\Config

A main application config.

ormDefs

As of v7.0.

Class: Espo\ORM\Defs\Defs

Entity definitions (fields, attributes, relations).

fileManager

Class: Espo\Core\Utils\File\Manager

Provides functions for reading and storing files.

applicationState

Class: Espo\Core\ApplicationState

Provides information about an application, current user, portal.

log

Class: Espo\Core\Utils\Log

A logger. Messages are written into data/log.

user

Class: Espo\Entities\User

A current user. If an application does not require an authentication, then the system user is substituted.

preferences

Class: Espo\Entities\Preferences

Preferences of a current user.

aclManager

Class: Espo\Core\AclManager

Provides access checking functions for any user.

acl

Class: Espo\Core\Acl

Provides access checking functions for a current user. A wrapper for aclManager.

selectBuilderFactory

As of v7.0.

Class: Espo\Core\Select\SelectBuilderFactory

The layer over ORM. Provides the ability to apply filters, access control. Converts search parameters received from the front-end to ORM query.

fieldUtil

Class: Espo\Core\Utils\FieldUtil

An utility class for obtaining information about fields.

dateTime

Class: Espo\Core\Utils\DateTime

Date-time utility functions.

number

Class: Espo\Core\Utils\NumberUtil

Number utility functions.

fileStorageManager

Class: Espo\Core\FileStorage\Manager

Stores and reads attachment entities.

language

Class: Espo\Core\Utils\Language

Language util of a current user.

defaultLanguage

Class: Espo\Core\Utils\Language

A util for a default language of the system.

baseLanguage

Class: Espo\Core\Utils\Language

A util for en_US language.