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JObject is a generic object class. It provides:

• a mechanism that allows __construct() in PHP4;
• operations for creating and accessing arbitrary object variables;
• an array for storing errors (ordinary strings or JException objects) and operations for working with them.

Defined in

libraries/joomla/base/object.php

Methods

Method name	Description
JObject	A hack to support __construct() on PHP 4
__construct	Class constructor, overridden in descendant classes.
get	Returns a property of the object or the default value if the property is not set.
getProperties	Returns an associative array of object properties
getError	Get the most recent error message
getErrors	Return all errors, if any
set	Modifies a property of the object, creating it if it does not already exist.
setProperties	Set the object properties based on a named array/hash
setError	Add an error message
toString	Object-to-string conversion. Each class can override it as necessary.
getPublicProperties	Legacy Method, use JObject::getProperties() instead

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.base.object' );

Code Examples

Example

$bunny = new JObject;
$bunny->set('animalType', 'hare');
$bunny->set('color', 'white');
$bunny->set('ears', 2);

$wolfy = new JObject;
$wolfy->setProperties(
                     array(
                           'animalType'=>'wolf',
                           'color'=>'grey',
                           'teeth'=>42,
                           'stomach'=>null
                           )
                     );


$wolfy->stomach = $bunny;

print_r($wolfy);

would output

JObject Object
(
    [_errors] => Array
        (
        )

    [animalType] => wolf
    [color] => grey
    [teeth] => 42
    [stomach] => JObject Object
        (
            [_errors] => Array
                (
                )

            [animalType] => hare
            [color] => white
            [ears] => 2
        )

)

This example was originally provided by Artyom.

Chris Davenport 04:43, 17 April 2011 (CDT) Edit comment