protected function getNestedDefs($viewdefs, $view, $validateOnly = false)
 {
     // Get the view variable, or in Sidecar's case, the path
     $var = MetaDataFiles::getViewDefVar($view);
     // Sidecar should always be an array of metadata path elements
     if (is_array($var)) {
         $levels = count($var);
         // For example, 3 - portal -> view -> edit
         $checks = 0;
         for ($i = 0; $i < $levels; $i++) {
             if (isset($viewdefs[$var[$i]])) {
                 $checks++;
                 $viewdefs = $viewdefs[$var[$i]];
             }
         }
         $valid = $checks == $levels;
         return $validateOnly ? $valid : $viewdefs;
     }
     return $validateOnly ? false : array();
 }
 /**
  * Gets the panel defs from the viewdef array
  *
  * @param array $viewdef The view def array
  * @return array
  */
 protected function getPanelsFromViewDef($viewdef)
 {
     if (isset($viewdef['panels'])) {
         $panels = $viewdef['panels'];
     } else {
         $defs = MetaDataFiles::mapArrayToPath(MetaDataFiles::getViewDefVar($this->_view), $viewdef);
         $panels = isset($defs['panels']) ? $defs['panels'] : null;
     }
     return $panels;
 }