alexpott

So I think that we're breaking an important principle here... that config should return the data in an identical format to what you provided. At Barcelona @merlinofchaos said that CMI should be a dumb as possible and I think that here we are breaking that maxim.

Just because FAPI returns everything as strings is not a reason to go ahead here. We can leave all the simple config as strings if we want or we can use the schema (if available) to save typed config. But config entities should be allowed to save their data in the types stored on the object. 

alexpott

  <?php
  $context = new \Drupal\Core\Config\Context\ConfigContext($this->event_dispatcher);
  $context->set('locale.language', WHATEVER_LANGCODE);
  $this->configFactory->enterContext($context);

alexpott

+function field_create_field(array $field) {
+  $field = entity_create('field_entity', $field);
+  $field->save();
   return $field;
 }

alexpott

 function hook_field_attach_purge(\Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface $entity, $field, $instance) {
   // find the corresponding data in mymodule and purge it
-  if ($entity->entityType() == 'node' && $field->field_name == 'my_field_name') {
+  if ($entity->entityType() == 'node' && $field['field_name'] == 'my_field_name') {
     mymodule_remove_mydata($entity->nid);
   }
 }

alexpott

Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Exception' with message 'The configuration directory type <em class="placeholder">active</em> does not exist.' in /Users/alex/dev/sites/drupal8alt.dev/core/includes/bootstrap.inc on line 496

Exception: The configuration directory type <em class="placeholder">active</em> does not exist. in /Users/alex/dev/sites/drupal8alt.dev/core/includes/bootstrap.inc on line 496

Call Stack:
    0.0004     709584   1. {main}() /Users/alex/dev/drush5/drush.php:0
    0.0152    5153000   2. drush_main() /Users/alex/dev/drush5/drush.php:14
    0.0608   12112608   3. _drush_bootstrap_and_dispatch() /Users/alex/dev/drush5/drush.php:59
    0.0779   12123136   4. drush_dispatch() /Users/alex/dev/drush5/drush.php:90
    0.1052   12142080   5. call_user_func_array() /Users/alex/dev/drush5/includes/command.inc:165