function _views_create_handler

3.x handlers.inc	`_views_create_handler($definition, $type = 'handler', $handler_type = NULL)`
2.x handlers.inc	`_views_create_handler($definition, $type = 'handler')`

Instantiate and construct a new handler

3 calls to _views_create_handler()

views_get_handler in ./views.module: Fetch a handler from the data cache.
views_get_plugin in ./views.module: Get a handler for a plugin
_views_prepare_handler in includes/handlers.inc: Prepare a handler's data by checking defaults and such.

File

includes/handlers.inc, line 10: handlers.inc Defines the various handler objects to help build and display views.

Code

function _views_create_handler($definition, $type = 'handler') {
  //  vpr('Instantiating handler ' . $definition['handler']);
  if (empty($definition['handler'])) {
    return;
  }

  if (!class_exists($definition['handler']) && !views_include_handler($definition, $type)) {
    return;
  }

  $handler = new $definition['handler'];
  $handler->set_definition($definition);
  // let the handler have something like a constructor.
  $handler->construct();

  return $handler;
}