[DX] [D8] Add a `validate()` method to entity classes

In Drupal 8, classes that are used in order to implement a content entity (which extend the ContentEntityBase class) have a validate() method that validates the values entered when creating the entity.

A similar method should be introduced in Backdrop and added to EntityInterface.

GitHub Link:

https://github.com/backdrop/backdrop-issues/issues/6061

GitHub Issue #:

6061

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Hi Editing I see this: The CSS looks like this: /* Level 1: Standard Numbers */ .field-name-body ol { list-style-type: decimal; } /* Level 2: Lowercase Letters */ .field...

Posted 1 day 7 hours ago by (Mike Kettle) on:

Numbered List format is different when editing

Done: https://github.com/backdrop/backdrop-issues/issues/7097 Feel free to edit it with better technical language. I'll have ago at vaccinating it but I'm only a user and the...

Posted 1 day 8 hours ago by (Mike Kettle) on:

Numbered List format is different when editing

Hi Mike. That looks like a bug. The CKE ordered lists when editing have the correct CSS to format those lists correctly, but when Backdrop displays the body field in Basis, it doesn't...

Posted 2 days 23 hours ago by Alejandro Cremaschi (argiepiano) on:

Numbered List format is different when editing