protected function reverseItems()
 {
     $items = parent::items();
     if (is_array($items)) {
         return array_reverse($items);
     }
     return $items;
 }
 protected function items()
 {
     $page = intval((string) $this->getTemplateVariable('Page'));
     if ($page > 1) {
         return parent::items();
     }
     // apparently the orderBy isn't set when passthruTemplateVariable
     // is used so we'll set it directly on the NodeQuery
     $orderBy = (string) $this->getTemplateVariable('OrderBy');
     if (empty($orderBy)) {
         $orderBy = 'ActiveDate DESC';
     }
     $stickyOutTags = $this->getTemplateVariable('StickyOutTags.exist');
     $stickyMax = intval((string) $this->getTemplateVariable('StickyMax'));
     // i guess someone might want to turn da stickies off.  :(
     if ($stickyMax < 1 || empty($stickyOutTags)) {
         return parent::items();
     }
     if ($stickyMax > 10) {
         $stickyMax = 10;
     }
     $maxRows = intval((string) $this->getRequiredTemplateVariable('MaxRows'));
     if ($maxRows < 1 || $maxRows > 50) {
         $maxRows = 10;
     }
     $stickyMax = min($stickyMax, $maxRows);
     // pass thru all template settings to the node query
     $nq = new NodeQuery();
     foreach ($this->passThruVars as $var) {
         $this->passthruTemplateVariable($nq, $var);
     }
     $this->setMetaWhereParams($nq);
     $nq->setLimit($stickyMax);
     $nq->isRetrieveTotalRecords(false);
     $nq->setParameter('Status.isActive', true);
     $nq->setOrderBy($orderBy);
     $nq->setParameter('OutTags.exist', $stickyOutTags);
     // get the sticky-in nodes (up to StickyMax)
     $items = $this->RegulatedNodeService->findAll($nq)->getResults();
     // return early if sticky count satisfies the list size
     $stickiesFound = 0;
     if (is_array($items)) {
         $stickiesFound = count($items);
     } else {
         $items = array();
     }
     $nodeCountToFill = $maxRows - $stickiesFound;
     if ($nodeCountToFill < 1) {
         return $items;
     }
     // loop through other nodes and add them if they're
     // not already in the final list, up to the maxrows
     $nq = new NodeQuery();
     foreach ($this->passThruVars as $var) {
         $this->passthruTemplateVariable($nq, $var);
     }
     $this->setMetaWhereParams($nq);
     $nq->setLimit($maxRows + $stickiesFound);
     // since all of our listing pages are 10 or greater rows
     // it makes no sense to get total count when we are
     // requesting less than 10 as that means we're getting
     // items for a module that doesn't require paging.
     $nq->isRetrieveTotalRecords($maxRows >= 10);
     $nq->setParameter('Status.isActive', true);
     $nq->setOrderBy($orderBy);
     $this->buildLimitOffset($nq);
     $nonStickyItems = $this->RegulatedNodeService->findAll($nq)->getResults();
     if (is_array($nonStickyItems)) {
         foreach ($nonStickyItems as $item) {
             if ($nodeCountToFill == 0) {
                 break;
             }
             if (!in_array($item, $items)) {
                 $items[] = $item;
                 $nodeCountToFill--;
             }
         }
         $this->templateVars['TotalRecords'] = $nq->getTotalRecords();
         $this->templateVars['TotalPages'] = intval(($nq->getTotalRecords() - 1) / $nq->getLimit()) + 1;
     }
     return $items;
 }