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7.23.1. generate()

Construct	Abstract method
Visibility	public
Reference	`mixed generate(string $what)`
Argument list	`$what` - string The section name that the generator was used in.
Returned value	The section data.

Generates the data for the section. The data format provides the section name with the $what attribute, so that one class may support different sections.

A sample generator:

class myGenerator implements Opt_Generator_Interface
{
    public function generate($what)
    {
        return array(0 =>
            array('item' => 'Item 1'),
            array('item' => 'Item 2'),
            array('item' => 'Item 3'),
        );
    } // end generate();
} // end myGenerator;
 
$view = new Opt_View('view.tpl');
$view->section = new myGenerator();
$view->setFormat('section', 'RuntimeGenerator/Array');

The template:

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<opt:root>
    <opt:section name="section">
        <p>{$section.item}</p>
    </opt:section>
</opt:root>

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7.23.1. generate()