/**
* Loads the config, connects to the session and gets any flash
* data from the previous request
*
* @return void
*/
protected static function initialize()
{
Flash::$config = Kohana::config('flash');
// Get a reference to the session data array
$session_data =& Session::instance(Flash::$config['session_group'])->as_array();
// Bind the flash session to the flash array within the session data
Flash::$session =& $session_data[Flash::$config['session_key']];
// Copy existing flash data into the data array
Flash::$data = is_array(Flash::$session) ? Flash::$session : array();
// Clear any old flash data
Flash::$session = array();
}
