====== render ======
{#JAPI Joomla.Framework Document JDocumentRenderer::render #}

Renders a script and returns the results as a string.  This is an abstract method and must be implemented in the child class.

===== Syntax =====
string render	( **$name**, **$params**, **$content**, **$array** )

| **$name** | string | is a string containing the name of the element to render.  This parameter is not used in the abstract method. |
| **$params** | array | is an associative array of parameters.  These are not used in the abstract method. |
| **$content** | string | is a string used to override the output of the renderer.  This parameter is not used in the abstract method. |
| **$array** | array | is an array that may be implemented in child methods. |

===== Examples =====
<code php|Example>
$document =& JFactory::getDocument();

jimport( 'joomla.document.renderer' );
jimport( 'joomla.document.html.renderer.head' );
$renderer = new JDocumentRendererHead( $document );
//echo $renderer->getContentType();
echo $renderer->render();
</code>
might produce:
<code php|Result>
<title>Joomla! 1.5 Testing - Administration</title>
  <meta name="description" content="Joomla! - the dynamic portal engine and content management system" />
  <meta name="generator" content="Joomla! 1.5 - Open Source Content Management" />
  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
  <meta name="robots" content="index, follow" />

  <meta name="keywords" content="joomla, Joomla" />
  <script type="text/javascript" src="../includes/js/mootools-uncompressed.js"></script>
  <script type="text/javascript" src="../includes/js/joomla.javascript.js"></script>
</code>

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