/**
  * Returns associative array, keyed by primary key value with values being
  * the preferred label of the row from a suitable locale, ready for display 
  * 
  * @param $pa_ids indexed array of primary key values to fetch attribute for
  */
 public function getAttributeForIDs($pm_element_code_or_id, $pa_ids, $pa_options = null)
 {
     if (!($vn_element_id = $this->_getElementID($pm_element_code_or_id))) {
         return null;
     }
     return caExtractValuesByUserLocale(ca_attributes::getAttributeValueForIDs($this->getDb(), $this->tableNum(), $pa_ids, $vn_element_id, $pa_options));
 }