Plugin hooks can now override services and models

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 5.1 EE SP4 (5.1.7), 5.2 EE SP1 (5.2.5)
• Fix Version/s: 5.1 EE SP5 (5.1.8), 5.2 EE SP2 (5.2.6)
• Component/s: Legacy > Extension Environment
• Labels:
  • 5.2_release_notes
• Environment: All

Plugin hooks can now override services and models. For example, to override UserLocalService, a developer can add use the following:

<hook>
<service>
<service-type>com.liferay.portal.service.UserLocalService</service-type>
<service-impl>com.liferay.test.hook.service.impl.MyUserLocalServiceImpl</service-impl>
</service>
</hook>