Joomla - Overriding getItem method

Question

I want to override the method getItem() found in file \administrator\components\com_content\models\article.php

line 257 public function getItem($pk = null)

I need to modify the return value based on the value of variable $pk.

How do I do this?

I am hoping to find a way to not to modify the core.

Also, if override is possible, can I make a plugin out of it?

Am using Joomla 2.5.9

Answer 1

With some more searching, came across a beautiful solution.

All I needed was to override the model (article.php) under com_content. This got it done.

Using the Plugin Override plugin the Joomla core can be overridden. Found a great article on the same on digitaldisseny

The documentation on overriding Joomla! core's MVC using this is here

Hope it helps others too.

Any better ideas are highly welcome.