API	Package	Subpackage	Class	Method	Reference	Last reviewed	Doc status
Home	Joomla.Framework	Base	JObservable	getState	getState()	Never	Work in Progress

Get the state of the JObservable object. This function returns the state of the JObservable object. The value returned is the _state property. This is a private property that can be utilised by child classes to communicate information about the state of the observable class in a standard way.

mixed getState ()

The _state property is a private property and must be set by the child class.

$dispatcher =& JEventDispatcher::getInstance();
echo "State: ". $dispatcher->getState();