This class searches for Joomla! version override Layouts. For example,
if you have run this under Joomla! 3.0 and you try to load
mylayout.default it will automatically search for the
layout files default.j30.php, default.j3.php and default.php, in this
order.
/**
* Method to render the layout.
*
* @param Container $container The container of your component
* @param string $layoutFile Dot separated path to the layout file, relative to base path
* @param object $displayData Object which properties are used inside the layout file to build displayed output
* @param string $basePath Base path to use when loading layout files
*
* @return string
*/
public static function render(Container $container, $layoutFile, $displayData = null, $basePath = '')
{
$basePath = empty($basePath) ? self::$defaultBasePath : $basePath;
// Make sure we send null to LayoutFile if no path set
$basePath = empty($basePath) ? null : $basePath;
$layout = new LayoutFile($layoutFile, $basePath);
$layout->container = $container;
$renderedLayout = $layout->render($displayData);
return $renderedLayout;
}
