/**
* Returns a reference to the global JApplicationCli object, only creating it if it doesn't already exist.
*
* This method must be invoked as: $cli = JApplicationCli::getInstance();
*
* @param string $name The name (optional) of the JApplicationCli class to instantiate.
*
* @return JApplicationCli
*
* @since 11.1
*/
public static function getInstance($name = null)
{
// Only create the object if it doesn't exist.
if (empty(self::$instance)) {
if (class_exists($name) && is_subclass_of($name, 'JApplicationCli')) {
self::$instance = new $name();
} else {
self::$instance = new JApplicationCli();
}
}
return self::$instance;
}