From a20065c6494ea7895bdf6b9787a9d0a5bf3973f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fabio Manganiello <fabio@manganiello.tech>
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2023 15:50:31 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Exposed `_entities` utility property in `Plugin`.

It can be used by other plugins to easily access the `entities` plugin,
along the lines of `db` and `redis`.
---
 platypush/plugins/__init__.py | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/platypush/plugins/__init__.py b/platypush/plugins/__init__.py
index c57ffd678..fa6f5617e 100644
--- a/platypush/plugins/__init__.py
+++ b/platypush/plugins/__init__.py
@@ -91,6 +91,18 @@ class Plugin(EventGenerator, ExtensionWithManifest):  # lgtm [py/missing-call-to
         assert redis, 'db plugin not initialized'
         return redis
 
+    @property
+    def _entities(self):
+        """
+        :return: The reference to the :class:`platypush.plugins.entities.EntitiesPlugin`.
+        """
+        from platypush.context import get_plugin
+        from platypush.plugins.entities import EntitiesPlugin
+
+        entities: EntitiesPlugin = get_plugin(EntitiesPlugin)  # type: ignore
+        assert entities, 'entities plugin not initialized'
+        return entities
+
     def run(self, method, *args, **kwargs):
         assert (
             method in self.registered_actions