Joomla! 4.x Coding • Re: Can an instance of Table() class refer to a join of two tables from a database?

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class CustomerModel extends AdminModel {.../** * Method to get a table object, load it if necessary. * * @param   string  $name     The table name. Optional. * @param   string  $prefix   The class prefix. Optional. * @param   array   $options  Configuration array for model. Optional. * * @return  Table  A Table object * * @since   3.0 * @throws  \Exception */public function getTable($name = '', $prefix = '', $options = array()){$name = 'customers';$prefix = 'Table';if ($table = $this->_createTable($name, $prefix, $options)){return $table;}throw new \Exception(Text::sprintf('JLIB_APPLICATION_ERROR_TABLE_NAME_NOT_SUPPORTED', $name), 0);}/** * Method to get the record form. * * @param   array    $data      Data for the form. * @param   boolean  $loadData  True if the form is to load its own data (default case), false if not. * * @return  Form|boolean  A Form object on success, false on failure * * @since   1.6 */public function getForm($data = array(), $loadData = true){// Get the form.$form = $this->loadForm('com_customers.customer', 'customer', array('control' => 'jform', 'load_data' => $loadData));if (empty($form)){return false;}return $form;}/** * Method to get the data that should be injected in the form. * * @return  mixed  The data for the form. * * @since   1.6 */protected function loadFormData(){// Check the session for previously entered form data.$app = Factory::getApplication();$data = $app->getUserState('com_customers.edit.customer.data', array());if (empty($data)){$data = $this->getItem();// Pre-select some filters (Status, Category, Language, Access) in edit form if those have been selected in Article Manager: Articles}$this->preprocessData('com_customers.customer', $data);return $data;}