How to get the path to the current template in Joomla 1.5?

IIRC, the $mainframe global object is eventually going away. Here is a way to do it through the framework:

$app = JFactory::getApplication();$templateDir = JURI::base() . 'templates/' . $app->getTemplate();

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What kind of path...On filesystem:

$templateDir = JPATH_THEMES.DS.JFactory::getApplication()->getTemplate().DS;

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I've figured out one method. Use the global $mainframe object.

$templateDir = $mainframe->getBasePath() . "templates/" . $mainframe->getTemplate();

Is there another (better) way?

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