From 837e629c8a588ed06b1dff1fb36a695b11062914 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Story <mark@mark-story.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2018 23:16:49 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Allow Plugin::getCollection() to be used

Add this method to the public API of `Plugin` as it has some use cases
for plugin test case setup.

Refs #12682
---
 src/Core/Plugin.php | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/Core/Plugin.php b/src/Core/Plugin.php
index 4604c0bc5be..171d10a81aa 100644
--- a/src/Core/Plugin.php
+++ b/src/Core/Plugin.php
@@ -411,7 +411,9 @@ protected static function _includeFile($file, $ignoreMissing = false)
     /**
      * Get the shared plugin collection.
      *
-     * @internal
+     * This method should generally not be used during application
+     * runtime as plugins should be set during Application startup.
+     *
      * @return \Cake\Core\PluginCollection
      */
     public static function getCollection()