/**
* Counts the News which exist for the given application key.
*
* @param string $appKey Optional. Default: Current context. The application identifier, which is used to differentiate different news instances.
*
* @return int The number of existing news.
*/
public function getNewsCount($appKey = null)
{
if ($appKey === null) {
$appKey = $this->getContext();
}
$crit = new GenericCriterionObject();
$crit->addPropertyIndicator('AppKey', $appKey);
return $this->ORM->loadObjectCount('News', $crit);
}
