Where are the JRoute::_() - function? in joomla

Question

Why in the class JRoute there is no method with _ , but we use it??, the class JRoute only extends the JObjects, but where are the _ function? in joomla

Answer 1

What version are you using? If you go to the API page , you have this source code:

class JRoute
{
    /**
     * Translates an internal Joomla URL to a humanly readible URL.
     *
     * @param   string   $url    Absolute or Relative URI to Joomla resource.
     * @param   boolean  $xhtml  Replace & by & for XML compilance.
     * @param   integer  $ssl    Secure state for the resolved URI.
     *                              1: Make URI secure using global secure site URI.
     *                              0: Leave URI in the same secure state as it was passed to the function.
     *                             -1: Make URI unsecure using the global unsecure site URI.
     *
     * @return  The translated humanly readible URL.
     *
     * @since   11.1
     */
    public static function _($url, $xhtml = true, $ssl = null)
    {
        // Get the router.
        $app = JFactory::getApplication();
        $router = $app->getRouter();

        // Make sure that we have our router
        if (!$router)
        {

So the method is there, defined right from the beginning (line 33 more or less).
Look here for the method's documentation : http://api.joomla.org/Joomla-Platform/JRoute.html#method_