/**
* Retrieves a constant from the manifest.php file of the extension.
*
* @author Joel Bout, <*****@*****.**>
* @param string $key
* @return mixed
* @throws common_exception_Error If the constant cannot be found.
*/
public function getConstant($key)
{
$returnValue = null;
$constants = $this->getConstants();
if (isset($constants[$key])) {
$returnValue = $constants[$key];
} elseif (defined($key)) {
common_logger::w('constant outside of extension called: ' . $key);
$returnValue = constant($key);
} else {
throw new common_exception_Error('Unknown constant \'' . $key . '\' for extension ' . $this->id);
}
return $returnValue;
}
/**
* Short description of method getSection
*
* @access public
* @author Jerome Bogaerts, <*****@*****.**>
* @param string extension
* @param string perspectiveId
* @param string sectionId
* @return Section
*/
public static function getSection($extension, $perspectiveId, $sectionId)
{
$returnValue = null;
$structure = self::getPerspective($extension, $perspectiveId);
foreach ($structure->getChildren() as $section) {
if ($section->getId() == $sectionId) {
$returnValue = $section;
break;
}
}
if (empty($returnValue)) {
\common_logger::w('Section ' . $sectionId . ' not found found for perspective ' . $perspectiveId);
}
return $returnValue;
}
