public static function getComponent($id = null, $option = 'com_jce')
{
if (!isset(self::$component)) {
self::$component = array();
}
$options = array($option);
if (isset($id)) {
$options[] = $id;
}
$signature = serialize($options);
if (!isset(self::$component[$signature])) {
if (defined('JPATH_PLATFORM')) {
// get component table
$component = JTable::getInstance('extension');
if (!$id) {
$id = $component->find(array('type' => 'component', 'element' => $option));
}
$component->load($id);
} else {
// get component table
$component = JTable::getInstance('component');
if ($id) {
$component->load($id);
} else {
$component->loadByOption($option);
}
}
self::$component[$signature] = $component;
}
return self::$component[$signature];
}
