# Class MarkdownFacade

A facade class for the Markdown library

Package: alpha::util
Copyright: Copyright (c) 2012, John Collins (founder of Alpha Framework). All rights reserved.

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License: The BSD License
Author: John Collins <dev@alphaframework.org>
Version: $Id: MarkdownFacade.inc 1624 2012-12-21 12:17:55Z alphadevx $
Since: 1.0
Located at util/MarkdownFacade.inc

Methods summary
`public` | # `__construct( `AlphaDAO` $BO, boolean $useCache = true )` The constructor The constructor #### Parameters $BO ``AlphaDAO`` $BO $useCache `boolean` $useCache #### Since 1.0
`public string` | # `markdown( mixed $text )` Facade method which will invoke our custom markdown class rather than the standard one Facade method which will invoke our custom markdown class rather than the standard one #### Returns `string` #### Since 1.0
`public string` | # `getContent( )` Getter for the content Getter for the content #### Returns `string` #### Since 1.0
`private` | # `cache( )` Saves the HTML generated by Markdown to the cache directory Saves the HTML generated by Markdown to the cache directory #### Since 1.0
`public boolean` | # `checkCache( )` Used to check the HTML cache for the BO cache file Used to check the HTML cache for the BO cache file #### Returns `boolean` #### Since 1.0
`public` | # `loadCache( )` Method to load the content of the cache file to the $content attribute of this object Method to load the content of the cache file to the $content attribute of this object #### Since 1.0

Properties summary
`private string` | $content | `` | # The markdown-format content that we will render The markdown-format content that we will render #### Since 1.0
`private `AlphaDAO`` | $BO | `null` | # The business object that stores the content will be rendered to Markdown The business object that stores the content will be rendered to Markdown #### Since 1.0
`private string` | $filename | `` | # The auto-generated name of the Markdown HTML cache file for the BO The auto-generated name of the Markdown HTML cache file for the BO #### Since 1.0