Method processField

api/src/services/payload.ts:335–361

(
		field: SchemaOverview['collections'][string]['fields'][string],
		payload: Partial<Item>,
		action: PayloadAction,
		accountability: Accountability | null,
	)

	}

	async processField(
		field: SchemaOverview['collections'][string]['fields'][string],
		payload: Partial<Item>,
		action: PayloadAction,
		accountability: Accountability | null,
	): Promise<any> {
		if (!field.special) return payload[field.field];
		const fieldSpecials = field.special ? toArray(field.special) : [];

		let value = clone(payload[field.field]);

		for (const special of fieldSpecials) {
			if (special in this.transformers) {
				value = await this.transformers[special]!({
					action,
					value,
					payload,
					accountability,
					specials: fieldSpecials,
					helpers: this.helpers,
					overwriteDefaults: this.overwriteDefaults,
				});
			}
		}

		return value;
	}

	/**
	 * Native geometries are stored in custom binary format. We need to insert them with