JApplication/1.5

JApplication is the base class for a Joomla Application. It acts as a Factory class for application specific objects and provides many supporting API functions. Derived clases should supply the route(), dispatch() and render() functions.

Defined in

libraries/joomla/application/application.php

Subpackage

Application

Extends

JObject

Methods

Method name	Description
__construct	Class constructor.
_createConfiguration	Create the configuration registry.
_createSession	Create the user session.
addCustomHeadTag	Deprecated, use JDocument->addCustomTag instead (only when document type is HTML).
addMetaTag	Deprecated, use JDocument->setMetaData instead.
appendMetaTag	Deprecated, use JDocument->setMetaData instead.
appendPathWay	Deprecated functions.
close	Exit the application.
dispatch	Dispatch the applicaiton.
enqueueMessage	Enqueue a system message.
getBasePath	Deprecated, use instead.
getBlogCategoryCount	Deprecated.
getBlogSectionCount	Deprecated.
getCfg
getClientId	Gets the client id of the current running application.
getContentItemLinkCount	Deprecated.
getCustomPathWay	Deprecated, use JPathway->getPathWayNames() method instead.
getGlobalBlogSectionCount	Deprecated.
getHead	Deprecated, use JDocument->get( 'head' ) instead.
getInstance	Returns a reference to the global object, only creating it if it doesn't already exist.
getItemid	Deprecated, use ContentHelper::getItemid instead.
getMenu	Return a reference to the application object.
getMessageQueue	Get the system message queue.
getName	Method to get the application name.
getPageTitle	Deprecated, use instead.
getPath	Deprecated, use instead.
getPathway	Return a reference to the application object.
getRouter	Return a reference to the application object.
getStaticContentCount	Deprecated.
getTemplate	Gets the name of the current template.
getUser	Deprecated, use instead.
getUserState	Gets a user state.
getUserStateFromRequest	Gets the value of a user state variable.
initialise	Initialise the application.
isAdmin	Is admin interface?
isSite	Is site interface?
login	Login authentication function.
logout	Logout authentication function.
prependMetaTag	Deprecated, use JDocument->setMetaData instead.
redirect	Redirect to another URL.
render	Render the application.
route	Route the application.
setPageTitle	Deprecated, use instead.
setUserState	Sets the value of a user state variable.
registerEvent	Registers a handler to a particular event group.
triggerEvent	Calls all handlers associated with an event group.

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.application.application' );

See Also

• JApplication on api.joomla.org
• JApplication source code on JoomlaCode
• Subpackage Application
• Other versions of JApplication
• Other versions of this class
• JApplication on api.joomla.org

Examples

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