What are all the allowed `xsi:type` values in the xml's from Magento2

I've found all types by checking <xs:extension base="argumentType" in *.xsd files.

lib/internal/Magento/Framework/Data/etc/argument/types.xsd, these are base types:

  • "array"
  • "string"
  • "boolean"
  • "object"
  • "configurableObject"
  • "number"
  • "null"

lib/internal/Magento/Framework/ObjectManager/etc/config.xsd, can be found in di.xml files:

  • "object"
  • "init_parameter"
  • "const"

lib/internal/Magento/Framework/View/Layout/etc/elements.xsd, can be found in layout *.xml files:

  • "options"
  • "url"
  • "helper"

Magento/Ui/etc/ui_components.xsd, can be found in UI components' *.xml files:

  • "constant"
  • "url"

According to my researches, here is what I've found:

The argument interpreter is created in the lib\internal\Magento\Framework\App\ObjectManagerFactory.php :

protected function createArgumentInterpreter(
    \Magento\Framework\Stdlib\BooleanUtils $booleanUtils
) {
    $constInterpreter = new \Magento\Framework\Data\Argument\Interpreter\Constant();
    $result = new \Magento\Framework\Data\Argument\Interpreter\Composite(
        [
            'boolean' => new \Magento\Framework\Data\Argument\Interpreter\Boolean($booleanUtils),
            'string' => new \Magento\Framework\Data\Argument\Interpreter\StringUtils($booleanUtils),
            'number' => new \Magento\Framework\Data\Argument\Interpreter\Number(),
            'null' => new \Magento\Framework\Data\Argument\Interpreter\NullType(),
            'object' => new \Magento\Framework\Data\Argument\Interpreter\DataObject($booleanUtils),
            'const' => $constInterpreter,
            'init_parameter' => new \Magento\Framework\App\Arguments\ArgumentInterpreter($constInterpreter),
        ],
        \Magento\Framework\ObjectManager\Config\Reader\Dom::TYPE_ATTRIBUTE
    );
    // Add interpreters that reference the composite
    $result->addInterpreter('array', new \Magento\Framework\Data\Argument\Interpreter\ArrayType($result));
    return $result;
}

In this code, you can clearly see that different interpreters are used based on the type attribute of the argument \Magento\Framework\ObjectManager\Config\Reader\Dom::TYPE_ATTRIBUTE:

  • boolean => \Magento\Framework\Data\Argument\Interpreter\Boolean
  • string => \Magento\Framework\Data\Argument\Interpreter\StringUtils
  • number => \Magento\Framework\Data\Argument\Interpreter\Number
  • null => \Magento\Framework\Data\Argument\Interpreter\NullType
  • object => \Magento\Framework\Data\Argument\Interpreter\DataObject
  • const => \Magento\Framework\Data\Argument\Interpreter\Constant
  • init_parameter => \Magento\Framework\App\Arguments\ArgumentInterpreter (note that this one takes the \Magento\Framework\Data\Argument\Interpreter\Constant as parameter and not the constructor parameter)

Also an extra interpreter is added on the fly to handle array types:

  • array => \Magento\Framework\Data\Argument\Interpreter\ArrayType

Note: it seems like the init_parameter type is only used in the app\code\Magento\Store\etc\di.xml to initiate some constants:

<argument name="xFrameOpt" xsi:type="init_parameter">Magento\Framework\App\Response\XFrameOptPlugin::DEPLOYMENT_CONFIG_X_FRAME_OPT</argument>
...
<argument name="isCustomEntryPoint" xsi:type="init_parameter">Magento\Store\Model\Store::CUSTOM_ENTRY_POINT_PARAM</argument>
...
<argument name="runMode" xsi:type="init_parameter">Magento\Store\Model\StoreManager::PARAM_RUN_TYPE</argument>
<argument name="scopeCode" xsi:type="init_parameter">Magento\Store\Model\StoreManager::PARAM_RUN_CODE</argument>

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Xml

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