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JApplication

Methods

Visibility	Method name	Description
public	__construct	Class constructor.
public	__toString	Returns the response.
public	checkSession	Checks the user session.
public	close	Exit the application.
public	dispatch	Dispatch the applicaiton.
public	enqueueMessage	Enqueue a system message.
public	getCfg
public	getClientId	Gets the client id of the current running application.
public	getMenu	Returns the application object.
public	getMessageQueue	Get the system message queue.
public	getName	Method to get the application name.
public	getPathway	Returns the application object.
public	getTemplate	Gets the name of the current template.
public	getUserState	Gets a user state.
public	getUserStateFromRequest	Gets the value of a user state variable.
public	initialise	Initialise the application.
public	isAdmin	Is admin interface?
public	isSite	Is site interface?
public	login	Login authentication function.
public	logout	Logout authentication function.
public	redirect	Redirect to another URL.
public	render	Render the application.
public	route	Route the application.
public	setUserState	Sets the value of a user state variable.
public	triggerEvent	Calls all handlers associated with an event group.
public static	getHash	Provides a secure hash based on a seed.
public static	getInstance	Returns the global object, only creating it if it doesn't already exist.
public static	getRouter	Returns the application object.
public static	isWinOS	Method to determine if the host OS is Windows.
public static	registerEvent	Registers a handler to a particular event group.
public static	stringURLSafe	This method transliterates a string into an URL safe string or returns a URL safe UTF-8 string based on the global configuration.
protected	_createConfiguration	Create the configuration registry.
protected	_createSession	Create the user session.

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

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.application.application' );

See also

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

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