[TYPO3-mvc] Persisting extbase FileReference does not work with default TCA configuration

[Philipp Kerling]

I try to programatically create a sys_file_reference in a field of a custom domain object in an extbase FE plugin.

This is the code I use:

/* @var $coverImage \TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Domain\Model\FileReference */
$coverImage = $this->objectManager->get('TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Domain\Model\FileReference');
$imageReference = $this->resourceFactory->createFileReferenceObject(array(
    'uid_local' => $imageFile->getUid(),
    'uid_foreign' => \uniqid('NEW_'),
    'uid' => \uniqid('NEW_')
));
$coverImage->setOriginalResource($imageReference);
$object->setCoverImage($coverImage);

Sadly, this does not work, as the fields "tablenames" and "table_local" in the sys_file_reference will be empty.

The cover_image field is defined in the TCA as follows:

'cover_image' => array(
    'exclude' => 1,
    'label' => 'LLL:EXT:openimmo_import/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_db.xlf:tx_openimmoimport_domain_model_realestateobject.cover_image',
    'config' => \TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\ExtensionManagementUtility::getFileFieldTCAConfig(
        'coverImage',
        array(
            'maxitems' => 1
        ),
        $GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['GFX']['imagefile_ext']
    ),
),


As you can see, it uses the standard recommended function getFileFieldTCAConfig to generate the field definition.

Now it does work if you add "tablenames" and "table_local" to "foreign_match_fields", like this:

    'config' => \TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\ExtensionManagementUtility::getFileFieldTCAConfig(
        'coverImage',
        array(
            'maxitems' => 1,
            'foreign_match_fields' => array(
            'tablenames' => 'tx_openimmoimport_domain_model_realestateobject',
            'table_local' => 'sys_file'
            )
        ),
        $GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['GFX']['imagefile_ext']
    ),


This is also how the upload_example extension does it.

Is this intended? If it is, why doesn't getFileFieldTCAConfig do it like this by default?

(This was originally issue #66813 - I think it might be a bug anyway but I'll try to get confirmation here first)