====== getACL ======
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| {{references:package.png?nolink}} [[references:joomla.framework|Joomla.Framework]] | [[JFactory|JFactory]] | [[http://api.joomla.org/Joomla-Framework//JFactory.html|JFactory->getACL]] |

This method returns a reference to the global [[references:joomla.framework:application:jauthorization|JAuthorization]] object, only creating it if it doesn't already exist.
===== Syntax =====
JAuthorization &getACL ()

===== Examples =====
Retrieve the number of objects that are in the current acl.
<code php|Example>
$acl =& JFactory::getACL();
echo "There are ". $acl->acl_count ." objects in the acl.";
</code>
might produce:
<code php|Result>
There are 92 objects in the acl.
</code>