protected function getOptions()
	{
		// Initialize variables.
		$options = array();

		// Initialize some field attributes.
		$key       = $this->element['key_field']   ? (string) $this->element['key_field']   : 'value';
		$value     = $this->element['value_field'] ? (string) $this->element['value_field'] : (string) $this->element['name'];
		$translate = $this->element['translate']   ? (string) $this->element['translate']   : false;
		$query     = (string) $this->element['query'];

		// Get the database object.
		$db = App::get('db');

		// Set the query and get the result list.
		$db->setQuery($query);
		$items = $db->loadObjectlist();

		// Check for an error.
		if ($db->getErrorNum())
		{
			return $options;
		}

		// Build the field options.
		if (!empty($items))
		{
			foreach ($items as $item)
			{
				if ($translate == true)
				{
					$options[] = Dropdown::option($item->$key, App::get('language')->txt($item->$value));
				}
				else
				{
					$options[] = Dropdown::option($item->$key, $item->$value);
				}
			}
		}

		// Merge any additional options in the XML definition.
		$options = array_merge(parent::getOptions(), $options);

		return $options;
	}