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scribu / gist:5ee61a934a8c38fe8e2b

Created 2012-08-10

<?php
 
class WP_Image_Editor {
 
	final public static function get_instance( $path ) {
		$implementation = apply_filters( 'image_editor_class', self::choose_implementation(), $path );
 
		if ( $implementation )
			return new $implementation( $path );
 
		return false;
	}
 
	// Chooses the best available image handling library available
	private static function choose_implementation() {
		static $implementation;
 
		if ( null === $implementation ) {
			// actual logic for setting $implementation goes here
 
			...
		}
 
		return $implementation;
	}
 
	...
}