Adding items to the sidebar

[TODO: Explain how other extensions can easily add new items to the sidebar]

if (t3lib_extMgm::isLoaded('templavoilaplus'))    {
    require_once (t3lib_extMgm::extPath('templavoilaplus').'mod1/class.tx_templavoilaplus_mod1_sidebar.php');
}
class tx_myext_templavoila_sidebar {
    function init() {
            // Create / get instances:
        $thisObj =& t3lib_div::getUserObj ('tx_myext_templavoila_sidebar', '');
        $sideBarObj =& t3lib_div::getUserObj ('Ppi\\TemplaVoilaPlus\Module\\Mod1\\Sidebar', '');
            // Register sidebar item:
        $sideBarObj->addItem ('tx_myext_templavoila_sidebar_item1', $thisObj, 'renderItem_myext', 'My Extension', 50);
    }
    function renderItem_myext(&$pObj) {
            // Dummy output, just return the current page id:
        return $pObj->id;
    }
}

if (t3lib_extMgm::isLoaded('templavoilaplus'))    {
    require_once (t3lib_extMgm::extPath($_EXTKEY).'class.tx_myext_templavoila_sidebar.php');
    tx_myext_templavoila_sidebar::init();
}