original_string: public function getMetadata()
  	{
  		if (!($this->metadata instanceof Registry))
  		{
  			$temp = new Registry;
  			$temp->loadString($this->metadata);
  			$this->metadata = $temp;
  		}
  
  		return $this->metadata;
  	}
code: public function getMetadata()
  	{
  		if (!($this->metadata instanceof Registry))
  		{
  			$temp = new Registry;
  			$temp->loadString($this->metadata);
  			$this->metadata = $temp;
  		}
  
  		return $this->metadata;
  	}
code_tokens: public function getMetadata ( ) { if ( ! ( $ this -> metadata instanceof Registry ) ) { $ temp = new Registry ; $ temp -> loadString ( $ this -> metadata ) ; $ this -> metadata = $ temp ; } return $ this -> metadata ; }
docstring: Returns the category metadata
  
  @return  Registry  A Registry object containing the metadata
  
  @since   11.1
docstring_tokens: Returns the category metadata