From e160a772e228ef5a337d796077d6e0946b36bbef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@knowledgetree.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2005 19:18:24 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] getObject is a way to get an object when you don't know if you have the object or its unique identifier.

---
 lib/util/ktutil.inc | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/util/ktutil.inc b/lib/util/ktutil.inc
index f437ede..c8df98c 100644
--- a/lib/util/ktutil.inc
+++ b/lib/util/ktutil.inc
@@ -295,6 +295,19 @@ class KTUtil {
     }
     // }}}
 
+    // {{{ getObject
+    function getObject($sClassName, &$iId) {
+        if (is_object($iId)) {
+            return $iId;
+        }
+
+        if (is_numeric($iId)) {
+            return call_user_func(array($sClassName, 'get'), $iId);
+        }
+        return PEAR::raiseError('Non-entity object');
+    }
+    // }}}
+
     // {{{ meldOptions
     function meldOptions($aStartOptions, $aAddOptions) {
         if (!is_array($aStartOptions)) {
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