D8 - Entity Load Cache

Question

First of all. Are

$ent = Drupal\custom_entity\Entity\MyEntity::load(1);

and

 $ent = \Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getStorage('custom_entity')->load(1);

the same?

Also I know that \Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getStorage('custom_entity')->load() is getting cached.

When I talk directly to the class's load function also?

Thanks

Answer 1

First of all. Are ... and ... the same?

Assuming your entity type class doesn't override Entity::load to do something different, yes they are the same. If you look at that method you can see it uses exactly the same op:

public static function load($id) {
  $entity_type_repository = \Drupal::service('entity_type.repository');
  $entity_type_manager = \Drupal::entityTypeManager();
  $storage = $entity_type_manager
    ->getStorage($entity_type_repository
    ->getEntityTypeFromClass(get_called_class()));
  return $storage
    ->load($id);
}

So Entity::load is simply a shortcut to loading the entity via the manager service.

When I talk directly to the class's load function also?

They're identical operations, so yes, they share the same caching.