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Description

Load a renderer

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Syntax

& loadRenderer($type)

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$type		The renderer type

Returns

object

Defined in

libraries/joomla/document/document.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.document.document' );

Source Body

function &loadRenderer( $type )
{
        $null   = null;
        $class  = 'JDocumentRenderer'.$type;

        if( !class_exists( $class ) )
        {
                $path = dirname(__FILE__).DS.$this->_type.DS.'renderer'.DS.$type.'.php';
                if(file_exists($path)) {
                        require_once($path);
                } else {
                        JError::raiseError(500,JText::_('Unable to load renderer class'));
                }
        }

        if ( !class_exists( $class ) ) {
                return $null;
        }

        $instance = new $class($this);
        return $instance;
}

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