+ #RT's system user is a genuine database user. its id lives here
+ require RT::CurrentUser;
+ $SystemUser = new RT::CurrentUser;
+ $SystemUser->LoadByName('RT_System');
+
+ #RT's "nobody user" is a genuine database user. its ID lives here.
+ $Nobody = new RT::CurrentUser;
+ $Nobody->LoadByName('Nobody');
+
+ require RT::System;
+ $System = RT::System->new( $SystemUser );
+}
+
+=head1 CLASS METHODS
+
+=head2 Config
+
+Returns the current L<config object RT::Config>, but note that
+you must L<load config /LoadConfig> first otherwise this method
+returns undef.
+
+Method can be called as class method.
+
+=cut
+
+sub Config { return $Config }
+
+=head2 DatabaseHandle
+
+Returns the current L<database handle object RT::Handle>.
+
+See also L</ConnectToDatabase>.
+
+=cut
+
+sub DatabaseHandle { return $Handle }
+
+=head2 Logger
+
+Returns the logger. See also L</InitLogging>.
+
+=cut
+
+sub Logger { return $Logger }
+
+=head2 System
+
+Returns the current L<system object RT::System>. See also
+L</InitSystemObjects>.
+
+=cut
+
+sub System { return $System }
+
+=head2 SystemUser
+
+Returns the system user's object, it's object of
+L<RT::CurrentUser> class that represents the system. See also
+L</InitSystemObjects>.
+
+=cut
+
+sub SystemUser { return $SystemUser }
+
+=head2 Nobody
+
+Returns object of Nobody. It's object of L<RT::CurrentUser> class
+that represents a user who can own ticket and nothing else. See
+also L</InitSystemObjects>.
+
+=cut
+
+sub Nobody { return $Nobody }
+
+=head2 Plugins
+
+Returns a listref of all Plugins currently configured for this RT instance.
+You can define plugins by adding them to the @Plugins list in your RT_SiteConfig
+
+=cut
+
+our @PLUGINS = ();
+sub Plugins {
+ my $self = shift;
+ unless (@PLUGINS) {
+ $self->InitPluginPaths;
+ @PLUGINS = $self->InitPlugins;
+ }
+ return \@PLUGINS;