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JView

Methods

Visibility	Method name	Description
public	addHelperPath	Adds to the stack of helper script paths in LIFO order.
public	addTemplatePath	Adds to the stack of view script paths in LIFO order.
public	assign	Assigns variables to the view script via differing strategies.
public	assignRef	Assign variable for the view (by reference).
public	display	Execute and display a template script.
public	escape	Escapes a value for output in a view script.
public	get	Method to get data from a registered model or a property of the view.
public	getLayout	Get the layout.
public	getLayoutTemplate	Get the layout template.
public	getModel	Method to get the model object.
public	getName	Method to get the view name.
public	loadHelper	Load a helper file.
public	loadTemplate	Load a template file -- first look in the templates folder for an override.
public	setEscape	Sets the _escape() callback.
public	setLayout	Sets the layout name to use.
public	setLayoutExt	Allows a different extension for the layout files to be used.
public	setModel	Method to add a model to the view.
protected	__construct	Constructor.
protected	_addPath	Adds to the search path for templates and resources.
protected	_setPath	Sets an entire array of search paths for templates or resources.

• Defined in libraries/joomla/application/component/view.php
• Extends JObject

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.application.component.view' );

See also

• JView source code on BitBucket
• Subpackage Application
• Other versions of JView

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