/**
* Dispenses a new bean (a OODBBean Bean Object)
* of the specified type. Always
* use this function to get an empty bean object. Never
* instantiate a OODBBean yourself because it needs
* to be configured before you can use it with RedBean. This
* function applies the appropriate initialization /
* configuration for you.
*
* @param string $type type of bean you want to dispense
* @param string $number number of beans you would like to get
* @param boolean $alwaysReturnArray if TRUE always returns the result as an array
*
* @return OODBBean
*/
public function dispense($type, $number = 1, $alwaysReturnArray = FALSE)
{
if ($number < 1) {
if ($alwaysReturnArray) {
return array();
}
return NULL;
}
return $this->repository->dispense($type, $number, $alwaysReturnArray);
}
