This is a static method to return an already-created instance of a validator rule. There are at most about a hundred unique rule objects in use durring any given execution cycle, but rule objects are instantiated hundreds of thousands of times.

This method follows a modified Singleton pattern

• since: 3/28/05
• static:
• access: public

• AlwaysTrueValidatorRule::getRule() : This is a static method to return an already-created instance of a validator rule. There are at most about a hundred unique rule objects in use durring any given execution cycle, but rule objects are instantiated hundreds of thousands of times.
• AndValidatorRule::getRule() : This is a static method to return an already-created instance of a validator rule. There are at most about a hundred unique rule objects in use durring any given execution cycle, but rule objects are instantiated hundreds of thousands of times.
• ArrayValidatorRuleWithRule::getRule() : This is a static method to return an already-created instance of a validator rule. There are at most about a hundred unique rule objects in use durring any given execution cycle, but rule objects are instantiated hundreds of thousands of times.
• ArrayValidatorRule::getRule() : This is a static method to return an already-created instance of a validator rule. There are at most about a hundred unique rule objects in use durring any given execution cycle, but rule objects are instantiated hundreds of thousands of times.
• BooleanValidatorRule::getRule() : This is a static method to return an already-created instance of a validator rule. There are at most about a hundred unique rule objects in use durring any given execution cycle, but rule objects are instantiated hundreds of thousands of times.
• ChoiceValidatorRule::getRule() : This is a static method to return an already-created instance of a validator rule. There are at most about a hundred unique rule objects in use durring any given execution cycle, but rule objects are instantiated hundreds of thousands of times.
• DoubleValidatorRule::getRule() : This is a static method to return an already-created instance of a validator rule. There are at most about a hundred unique rule objects in use durring any given execution cycle, but rule objects are instantiated hundreds of thousands of times.
• ExtendsValidatorRule::getRule() : This is a static method to return an already-created instance of a validator rule. There are at most about a hundred unique rule objects in use durring any given execution cycle, but rule objects are instantiated hundreds of thousands of times.
• HasMethodsValidatorRule::getRule() : This is a static method to return an already-created instance of a validator rule. There are at most about a hundred unique rule objects in use durring any given execution cycle, but rule objects are instantiated hundreds of thousands of times.
• IntegerRangeValidatorRule::getRule() : This is a static method to return an already-created instance of a validator rule. There are at most about a hundred unique rule objects in use durring any given execution cycle, but rule objects are instantiated hundreds of thousands of times.
• IntegerValidatorRule::getRule() : This is a static method to return an already-created instance of a validator rule. There are at most about a hundred unique rule objects in use durring any given execution cycle, but rule objects are instantiated hundreds of thousands of times.
• NumericValidatorRule::getRule() : This is a static method to return an already-created instance of a validator rule. There are at most about a hundred unique rule objects in use durring any given execution cycle, but rule objects are instantiated hundreds of thousands of times.
• OptionalRule::getRule() : This is a static method to return an already-created instance of a validator rule. There are at most about a hundred unique rule objects in use durring any given execution cycle, but rule objects are instantiated hundreds of thousands of times.
• OrValidatorRule::getRule() : This is a static method to return an already-created instance of a validator rule. There are at most about a hundred unique rule objects in use durring any given execution cycle, but rule objects are instantiated hundreds of thousands of times.
• RegexValidatorRule::getRule() : This is a static method to return an already-created instance of a validator rule. There are at most about a hundred unique rule objects in use durring any given execution cycle, but rule objects are instantiated hundreds of thousands of times.
• DottedPairValidatorRule::getRule() : This is a static method to return an already-created instance of a validator rule. There are at most about a hundred unique rule objects in use durring any given execution cycle, but rule objects are instantiated hundreds of thousands of times.
• CSSColorValidatorRule::getRule() : This is a static method to return an already-created instance of a validator rule. There are at most about a hundred unique rule objects in use durring any given execution cycle, but rule objects are instantiated hundreds of thousands of times.
• CSSFontFamilyValidatorRule::getRule() : This is a static method to return an already-created instance of a validator rule. There are at most about a hundred unique rule objects in use durring any given execution cycle, but rule objects are instantiated hundreds of thousands of times.
• CSSLengthValidatorRule::getRule() : This is a static method to return an already-created instance of a validator rule. There are at most about a hundred unique rule objects in use durring any given execution cycle, but rule objects are instantiated hundreds of thousands of times.
• CSSLengthValidatorRuleWithOptions::getRule() : Note: this class takes a parameter and may have several instantiations.
• EmailValidatorRule::getRule() : This is a static method to return an already-created instance of a validator rule. There are at most about a hundred unique rule objects in use durring any given execution cycle, but rule objects are instantiated hundreds of thousands of times.
• FieldRequiredValidatorRule::getRule() : This is a static method to return an already-created instance of a validator rule. There are at most about a hundred unique rule objects in use durring any given execution cycle, but rule objects are instantiated hundreds of thousands of times.
• ResourceValidatorRule::getRule() : This is a static method to return an already-created instance of a validator rule. There are at most about a hundred unique rule objects in use durring any given execution cycle, but rule objects are instantiated hundreds of thousands of times.
• StringValidatorRule::getRule() : This is a static method to return an already-created instance of a validator rule. There are at most about a hundred unique rule objects in use durring any given execution cycle, but rule objects are instantiated hundreds of thousands of times.
• NonzeroLengthStringValidatorRule::getRule() : This is a static method to return an already-created instance of a validator rule. There are at most about a hundred unique rule objects in use durring any given execution cycle, but rule objects are instantiated hundreds of thousands of times.
• TrueValidatorRule::getRule() : This is a static method to return an already-created instance of a validator rule. There are at most about a hundred unique rule objects in use durring any given execution cycle, but rule objects are instantiated hundreds of thousands of times.