manually implementing postsave (#815)

* manually implementing postsave

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composer.json

@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
     "drupal/token" : "^1.3",
     "drupal/flysystem" : "^1.0",
     "islandora/crayfish-commons": "dev-dev",
-    "drupal/hook_post_action" : "^1.0",
     "drupal/file_replace": "^1.1"
 
   },

islandora.info.yml

@@ -31,5 +31,4 @@ dependencies:
   - content_translation
   - flysystem
   - token
-  - hook_post_action
   - file_replace

islandora.module

@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ function islandora_media_insert(MediaInterface $media) {
       $media
     );
   }
+  // Wait until the media insert is complete, then fire file derivatives.
+  drupal_register_shutdown_function('_islandora_fire_media_file_derivative_reaction', $media);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -170,16 +172,22 @@ function islandora_media_delete(MediaInterface $media) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Implements hook_ENTITYTYPE_postsave().
+ * Helper to fire media derivative file reactions after a media 'insert'.
+ *
+ * This function should not be called on its own; it exists as a workaround to
+ * being unable to fire media events after a media insert operation. This
+ * behaviour will eventually be replaced by event listeners once these are
+ * implemented in Drupal 9.
+ *
+ * @param \Drupal\Core\Media\MediaInterface $media
+ *   The media that was just inserted.
+ *
+ * @see https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/issues/2551893
  */
-function islandora_media_postsave(EntityInterface $media, $op) {
-
+function _islandora_fire_media_file_derivative_reaction(MediaInterface $media) {
   $utils = \Drupal::service('islandora.utils');
-  // Add derived file to the media.
-  if ($op == 'insert') {
+  // Execute derivative file reactions.
   $utils->executeMediaReactions('\Drupal\islandora\Plugin\ContextReaction\DerivativeFileReaction', $media);
-  }
-
 }
 
 /**