\JFormHelper

JForm's helper class.

Provides a storage for filesystem's paths where JForm's entities reside and methods for creating those entities.
Also stores objects with entities' prototypes for further reusing.

Synopsis

class JFormHelper {

• // members
• protected  $paths;
• protected  $entities;
• // methods
• public static mixed loadFieldType()
• public static mixed loadRuleType()
• protected static mixed loadType()
• public static mixed loadFieldClass()
• public static mixed loadRuleClass()
• protected static mixed loadClass()
• public static array addFieldPath()
• public static array addFormPath()
• public static array addRulePath()
• protected static array addPath()
}


Hierarchy

Extended by

• FOFFormHelper

Members

protected

• $entities — array
  Static array of JForm's entity objects for re-use.
• $paths — array
  Array with paths where entities(field, rule, form) can be found.

Methods

protected

• addPath() — Method to add a path to the list of include paths for one of the form's entities.
• loadClass() — Load a class for one of the form's entities of a particular type.
• loadType() — Method to load a form entity object given a type.

public

• addFieldPath() — Method to add a path to the list of field include paths.
• addFormPath() — Method to add a path to the list of form include paths.
• addRulePath() — Method to add a path to the list of rule include paths.
• loadFieldClass() — Attempt to import the JFormField class file if it isn't already imported.
• loadFieldType() — Method to load a form field object given a type.
• loadRuleClass() — Attempt to import the JFormRule class file if it isn't already imported.
• loadRuleType() — Method to load a form rule object given a type.