--- documentViewer/documentViewer.py	2010/10/11 13:12:16	1.117
+++ documentViewer/documentViewer.py	2010/10/11 13:40:37	1.118
@@ -51,7 +51,17 @@ def serializeNode(node, encoding='utf-8'
     buf.close()
     return s
 
-        
+def getBrowserType(self):
+        """get browser type object"""
+        if self.REQUEST.SESSION.has_key('browserType'):
+            return self.REQUEST.SESSION['browserType']
+        else:
+            bt = browserCheck(self)
+            self.REQUEST.SESSION.set('browserType', bt)    
+            logging.debug("documentViewer (BROWSER TYPE) bt %s"%bt)                    
+            return bt
+
+       
 def getParentDir(path):
     """returns pathname shortened by one"""
     return '/'.join(path.split('/')[0:-1])