Joomla dispatcher detach and register functions disappeared

Question

I use this code in Joomla 3 component:

$dispatcher = \JEventDispatcher::getInstance();


if (class_exists('PlgSystemFields'))
{
    //detach plugin
    $dispatcher->detach('PlgSystemFields');
}

$return = $this->save2($data);

if (class_exists('PlgSystemFields'))
{
    //register plugin
    $dispatcher->register('', 'PlgSystemFields');
}

I disable the PlgSystemFields plugin for a moment in this code (::detach and ::register function). But in Joomla 4 is this not working. Joomla 4 replace the JEventDespatcher with the 'joomla/event' package. But where are these functions/methods gone?

Answer 1

The equivalent would be Joomla\Event\DispatcherInterface::removeSubscriber() method but it's not going to work with System - Fields plugin because it does not implement Joomla\Event\SubscriberInterface yet.

There's also Joomla\Event\DispatcherInterface::removeListener() but that isn't going to work as well due to how legacy plugins are implemented in J4.

In short, there is no simple way to achieve this with the plugin in question. It is, however, possible with plugins that have been converted to modern architecture.