Remove automatic table alias handling.

As discussed in #2761 we shouldn't support automatic table aliases in
entity paths. They are not required and only really serve to bloat HTML.
Not having them makes reading entity properties, handling request data
and forms consistent.

src/View/Form/EntityContext.php

@@ -135,11 +135,6 @@ class EntityContext {
 			return [$entity, $this->_rootName];
 		}
 
-		// Remove the Table name if present.
-		if (count($path) > 1 && $path[0] === $this->_rootName) {
-			array_shift($path);
-		}
-
 		$lastProp = $this->_rootName;
 		foreach ($path as $prop) {
 			$next = $this->_getProp($entity, $prop);

tests/TestCase/View/Form/EntityContextTest.php

@@ -58,21 +58,12 @@ class EntityContextTest extends TestCase {
 			'entity' => $row,
 			'table' => 'Articles',
 		]);
-		$result = $context->val('Articles.title');
-		$this->assertEquals($row->title, $result);
-
 		$result = $context->val('title');
 		$this->assertEquals($row->title, $result);
 
-		$result = $context->val('Articles.body');
-		$this->assertEquals($row->body, $result);
-
 		$result = $context->val('body');
 		$this->assertEquals($row->body, $result);
 
-		$result = $context->val('Articles.nope');
-		$this->assertNull($result);
-
 		$result = $context->val('nope');
 		$this->assertNull($result);
 	}
@@ -99,28 +90,19 @@ class EntityContextTest extends TestCase {
 			'table' => 'Articles',
 		]);
 
-		$result = $context->val('Articles.user.fname');
-		$this->assertEquals($row->user->fname, $result);
-
 		$result = $context->val('user.fname');
 		$this->assertEquals($row->user->fname, $result);
 
-		$result = $context->val('Articles.comments.0.comment');
-		$this->assertEquals($row->comments[0]->comment, $result);
-
 		$result = $context->val('comments.0.comment');
 		$this->assertEquals($row->comments[0]->comment, $result);
 
-		$result = $context->val('Articles.comments.1.comment');
-		$this->assertEquals($row->comments[1]->comment, $result);
-
 		$result = $context->val('comments.1.comment');
 		$this->assertEquals($row->comments[1]->comment, $result);
 
-		$result = $context->val('Articles.comments.0.nope');
+		$result = $context->val('comments.0.nope');
 		$this->assertNull($result);
 
-		$result = $context->val('Articles.comments.0.nope.no_way');
+		$result = $context->val('comments.0.nope.no_way');
 		$this->assertNull($result);
 	}
 
@@ -138,9 +120,7 @@ class EntityContextTest extends TestCase {
 			'validator' => 'create',
 		]);
 
-		$this->assertTrue($context->isRequired('Articles.title'));
 		$this->assertTrue($context->isRequired('title'));
-		$this->assertFalse($context->isRequired('Articles.body'));
 		$this->assertFalse($context->isRequired('body'));
 
 		$this->assertFalse($context->isRequired('Herp.derp.derp'));
@@ -175,10 +155,7 @@ class EntityContextTest extends TestCase {
 		]);
 
 		$this->assertTrue($context->isRequired('comments.0.user_id'));
-		$this->assertTrue($context->isRequired('Articles.comments.0.user_id'));
-
 		$this->assertFalse($context->isRequired('comments.0.other'));
-		$this->assertFalse($context->isRequired('Articles.comments.0.other'));
 	}
 
 /**