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Defined in

libraries/joomla/application/component/controller.php

Methods

Method name	Description
getInstance	Method to get a singleton controller instance.
addModelPath	Adds to the stack of model paths in LIFO order.
addViewPath	Add one or more view paths to the controller's stack, in LIFO order.
__construct	Constructor.
execute	Execute a task by triggering a method in the derived class.
authorize	Authorization check
display	Typical view method for MVC based architecture
redirect	Redirects the browser or returns false if no redirect is set.
getModel	Method to get a model object, loading it if required.
getTasks	Gets the available tasks in the controller. public array Array[i] of task names. 1.5
getTask	Get the last task that is or was to be performed.
getName	Method to get the controller name
getView	Method to get a reference to the current view and load it if necessary.
registerTask	Register (map) a task to a method in the class.
registerDefaultTask	Register the default task to perform if a mapping is not found.
setMessage	Sets the internal message that is passed with a redirect
setRedirect	Set a URL for browser redirection.
setAccessControl	Sets the access control levels.

Importing

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

Examples

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