Application

Application abstract class designed for any applications. Any specific app class is a descendant of this abstract class.

The application is the entry base point (router) for query to kernel (core) global entities: connection with data sources, managed cache, etc. Also, the application contains global data that belongs to the site itself and do not depend on a specific hit. I.e. the application is an unaltered part not dependent on a specific hit.

Query the namespace

Additionally to applications.

Class methods

Method	Description	Available from version
[link=12296560]addBackgroundJob[/link]	Adds a background job, executed after passing content to browser.
getCache	Returns new cache object instance.
getConnection	Returns connection with database of specified name.
getConnectionPool	Returns object of database connection pool.
getContext	Returns current connection contents.
getDocumentRoot	Returns server's document root.
getInstance	Returns current application instance.
getManagedCache	Returns managed cache controls.
getPersonalRoot	Returns path to personal directory.
getTaggedCache	Manages tagged cache.
initializeBasicKernel	Performs primary core initialization.
initializeExtendedKernel	Fully initializes the kernel.
isUtfMode	Returns true when server operates in UTF-8
resetAccelerator	Relaunches accelerator.
setContext	Updates current query content.
start	Launches query execution.

Examples

App object can be retrieved as follows:

$application = Application::getInstance();

For example, application class can get connection with database and document_root:

$docRoot = Application::getDocumentRoot()
$connection = Application::getConnection();