From 0a4ab845a5addfe9953464802315b78f1a1e1dbd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jackson Darlow <jackson.e.darlow@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 May 2021 15:26:20 +1200
Subject: [PATCH] [#26] Disabled LinkField class's save logic

---
 src/LinkField.php | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/LinkField.php b/src/LinkField.php
index fe25676..326bd1a 100644
--- a/src/LinkField.php
+++ b/src/LinkField.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace gorriecoe\LinkField;
 
 use gorriecoe\Link\Models\Link;
+use SilverStripe\ORM\DataObjectInterface;
 use SilverStripe\View\Requirements;
 use SilverStripe\Forms\FormField;
 use SilverStripe\Forms\CompositeField;
@@ -239,4 +240,26 @@ public function getSortColumn()
         }
         return $this->config()->get('sort_column');
     }
+
+    /**
+     * We need this field to be considered a data field for request handing
+     * purposes, so we want to leave {@see FormField::hasData()} in tact,
+     * but we do not want to submit data
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function canSubmitValue()
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This field acts as a container, so should not save data into the record
+     *
+     * @param DataObjectInterface $record
+     */
+    public function saveInto(DataObjectInterface $record)
+    {
+        // noop
+    }
 }