BaseApplication

Extends AbstractApplication

Joomla Platform Base Application Class

abstract
property-read JInput

The application input object

since

3.0.0

package

Joomla CMS

Methods

__construct

Class constructor.

__construct(\Joomla\CMS\Input\Input input = null, \Joomla\Registry\Registry config = null) : mixed
since

3.0.0

Arguments

input

\Joomla\CMS\Input\InputAn optional argument to provide dependency injection for the application's input object. If the argument is a \JInput object that object will become the application's input object, otherwise a default input object is created.

config

\Joomla\Registry\RegistryAn optional argument to provide dependency injection for the application's config object. If the argument is a Registry object that object will become the application's config object, otherwise a default config object is created.

Response

mixed

doExecute

Method to run the application routines. Most likely you will want to instantiate a controller and execute it, or perform some sort of task directly.

doExecute() : void
deprecated
since

3.4

deprecated

4.0 The default concrete implementation of doExecute() will be removed, subclasses will need to provide their own implementation.

getIdentity

Get the application identity.

getIdentity() : mixed
since

3.0.0

Response

mixedA \JUser object or null.

loadDispatcher

Allows the application to load a custom or default dispatcher.

loadDispatcher(\JEventDispatcher dispatcher = null) : \Joomla\CMS\Application\BaseApplication

The logic and options for creating this object are adequately generic for default cases but for many applications it will make sense to override this method and create event dispatchers, if required, based on more specific needs.

since

3.0.0

Arguments

dispatcher

\JEventDispatcherAn optional dispatcher object. If omitted, the factory dispatcher is created.

Response

\Joomla\CMS\Application\BaseApplicationThis method is chainable.

loadIdentity

Allows the application to load a custom or default identity.

loadIdentity(\JUser identity = null) : \Joomla\CMS\Application\BaseApplication

The logic and options for creating this object are adequately generic for default cases but for many applications it will make sense to override this method and create an identity, if required, based on more specific needs.

since

3.0.0

Arguments

identity

\JUserAn optional identity object. If omitted, the factory user is created.

Response

\Joomla\CMS\Application\BaseApplicationThis method is chainable.

registerEvent

Registers a handler to a particular event group.

registerEvent(string event, callable handler) : \Joomla\CMS\Application\BaseApplication
since

3.0.0

Arguments

event

stringThe event name.

handler

callableThe handler, a function or an instance of an event object.

Response

\Joomla\CMS\Application\BaseApplicationThe application to allow chaining.

triggerEvent

Calls all handlers associated with an event group.

triggerEvent(string event, array args = null) : array
since

3.0.0

Arguments

event

stringThe event name.

args

arrayAn array of arguments (optional).

Response

arrayAn array of results from each function call, or null if no dispatcher is defined.

Properties

dispatcher

The application dispatcher object.

since

3.0.0

Type(s)

\JEventDispatcher

identity

The application identity object.

since

3.0.0

Type(s)

\JUser

input

The application input object

Type(s)

\JInput