eventespresso / event-espresso-core

		// ensure config class is set to something

		$config_class = $this->_set_config_class( $config_class, $name );

		// run tests 1-4, 6, and 7 to verify all config params are set and valid

		if ( ! $this->_verify_config_params( $section, $name, $config_class, null, array( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ) ) ) {

			return null;

		}

		$config_option_name = $this->_generate_config_option_name( $section, $name );

		// if the config option name hasn't been added yet to the list of option names we're tracking, then do so now

		if ( ! isset( $this->_addon_option_names[ $config_option_name ] ) ) {

		// get class name of the incoming object

		$config_class = get_class( $config_obj );

		// run tests 1-5 and 9 to verify config

		if ( ! $this->_verify_config_params(

			$section,

			$name,

			$config_class,

			$config_obj,

			array( 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9 )

		// ensure config class is set to something

		$config_class = $this->_set_config_class( $config_class, $name );

		// run tests 1-4, 6 and 7 to verify that all params have been set

		if ( ! $this->_verify_config_params( $section, $name, $config_class, null, array( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ) ) ) {

			return null;

		}

		// now test if the requested config object exists, but suppress errors

		if ( $this->_verify_config_params( $section, $name, $config_class, null, array( 7, 8 ), false ) ) {

			// config already exists, so pass it back