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 @@ protected function _getEntity($path) {
 			return [$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 @@ public function testValBasic() {
 			'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 @@ public function testValAssociated() {
 			'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 @@ public function testIsRequiredStringValidator() {
 			'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 @@ public function testIsRequiredAssociatedHasMany() {
 		]);
 
 		$this->assertTrue($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'));
 	}
 
 /**