function getMenuItems()
 {
     $nav_menu_name = $this->args['nav_menu'];
     if (wp_get_nav_menu_object($nav_menu_name) == false) {
         return array();
     }
     $menu_items = wp_get_nav_menu_items($nav_menu_name);
     $outputNodes = array();
     foreach ($menu_items as $menu_item) {
         //Create the new Node
         $node = new RokMenuNode();
         $node->setId($menu_item->ID);
         $node->setParent($menu_item->menu_item_parent);
         $node->setTitle($menu_item->title);
         $node->setLink($menu_item->url);
         $node->setTarget($menu_item->target);
         if (!empty($menu_item->description)) {
             $node->addAttribute('description', $menu_item->description);
         }
         if (!empty($menu_item->xfn)) {
             $node->addLinkAttrib('rel', $menu_item->xfn);
         }
         if (!empty($menu_item->attr_title)) {
             $node->addLinkAttrib('title', $menu_item->attr_title);
         }
         foreach ($menu_item->classes as $miclass) {
             $node->addListItemClass($miclass);
         }
         $menu_item_vars = get_object_vars($menu_item);
         foreach ($menu_item_vars as $menu_item_var => $menu_item_value) {
             if (preg_match('/^' . self::PREFIX . '(\\w+)$/', $menu_item_var, $matches)) {
                 $node->addAttribute($matches[1], $menu_item_value);
             }
         }
         $node->addListItemClass("item" . $node->getId());
         $node->addSpanClass('menuitem');
         if ($node->getLink() == $this->current_url && $this->current_node == 0) {
             $this->current_node = $node->getId();
         }
         $outputNodes[$node->getId()] = $node;
     }
     $this->populateActiveBranch($outputNodes);
     return $outputNodes;
 }