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Creates a link to a Class Method in the Joomla! Framework.

See #Known issues below about the trouble with static and private methods starting with an underscore in their name (_) and how it has been solved.

Usage

{{jmeth|class|method|[byref]}} Examples

• {{jmeth|JWhatever|foo}} gives

  

  foo() -- regular method notation
• {{jmeth|JWhatever|bar|&}} gives

  

  &bar() -- return by reference notation
• {{jmeth|JWhatever|bat|}} gives

  

  bat()

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  bat()
• {{jmeth|JWhatever|_}} gives

  

  _() -- "magic" underscore trick _ (U+005D) vs ‗ (U+2017)

Parameters

Parameter Name	Parameter Description	req./opt.
{{{1}}}	name of class, i.e JObject	Required.
{{{2}}}	name of method, i.e toString	Required.
{{{3}}}	by-ref prefix, given literally as &	optional.

Known issues

Several classes contain static methods called "_" (underscore) such as JHTML::_ and JText::_
In Mediawiki the underscore character is a placholder for the space character in page titles. In order to have a page named "_" these pages are renamed using the double underscore Unicode character U+2017: ‗ -- This template takes care of the issue.

If a subpage is supposed to be named "_", like JHTML/_, Mediawiki will remove this leading space which results in the pagename to become JHTML/ -- a trailing slash. This is a legitimate name for a page in MW (at least up to 1.11), but nobody would be able to find it... To prevent dead links for these (rare) pagenames, the page [[JHTML/_]] (given wih an underscore) will redirect to JHTML/‗ (double underscore, the real page.)