$typeAlias — string
Model typeAlias string. Used for version history.
$typeAlias — string
The type alias for this content type (for example, 'com_content.article').

Methods

batchCopy() — Batch copy items to a new category or current.
canDelete() — Method to test whether a record can be deleted.
canEditState() — Method to test whether a record can have its state edited.
cleanCache() — Custom clean the cache of com_content and content modules
getReorderConditions() — A protected method to get a set of ordering conditions.
loadFormData() — Method to get the data that should be injected in the form.
prepareTable() — Prepare and sanitise the table data prior to saving.
preprocessForm() — Auto-populate the model state.

batchAccess() — Batch access level changes for a group of rows.
batchCopy() — Batch copy items to a new category or current.
batchLanguage() — Batch language changes for a group of rows.
batchMove() — Batch move items to a new category
batchTag() — Batch tag a list of item.
canDelete() — Method to test whether a record can be deleted.
canEditState() — Method to test whether a record can be deleted.
checkCategoryId() — Method to check the validity of the category ID for batch copy and move
generateNewTitle() — Method to change the title & alias.
getReorderConditions() — A protected method to get a set of ordering conditions.
populateState() — Stock method to auto-populate the model state.
prepareTable() — Prepare and sanitise the table data prior to saving.

batch() — Method to perform batch operations on an item or a set of items.
checkin() — Method override to check-in a record or an array of record
checkout() — Method override to check-out a record.
createTagsHelper() — Method to create a tags helper to ensure proper management of tags
delete() — Method to delete one or more records.
generateTitle() — A method to preprocess generating a new title in order to allow tables with alternative names for alias and title to use the batch move and copy methods
getItem() — Method to get a single record.
publish() — Method to change the published state of one or more records.
reorder() — Method to adjust the ordering of a row.
save() — Method to save the form data.
saveorder() — Saves the manually set order of records.

addIncludePath() — Add a directory where JModelLegacy should search for models. You may either pass a string or an array of directories.
addTablePath() — Adds to the stack of model table paths in LIFO order.
getDbo() — Method to get the database driver object
getInstance() — Returns a Model object, always creating it
getName() — Method to get the model name
getState() — Method to get model state variables
getTable() — Method to get a table object, load it if necessary.
loadHistory() — Method to load a row for editing from the version history table.
setDbo() — Method to set the database driver object
setState() — Method to set model state variables

__toString() — Magic method to convert the object to a string gracefully.
def() — Sets a default value if not alreay assigned
get() — Returns a property of the object or the default value if the property is not set.
getError() — Get the most recent error message.
getErrors() — Return all errors, if any.
getProperties() — Returns an associative array of object properties.
set() — Modifies a property of the object, creating it if it does not already exist.
setError() — Add an error message.
setProperties() — Set the object properties based on a named array/hash.