Source Reference:

• Component: bbPress :: bbp-topic

  File: /bbp-includes/bbp-topic-template.php :: Trac Source Line: 416

  		$_topic = get_object_vars( $topic );
  		return $_topic;
  
  	} elseif ( $output == ARRAY_N ) {
  		$_topic = array_values( get_object_vars( $topic ) );
  		return $_topic;
  
  	}
  
  	return apply_filters( 'bbp_get_topic', $topic, $output, $filter );
  }
  
  /**
   * Output the link to the topic in the topic loop
   *
   * @since bbPress (r2485)
   *
   * @param int $topic_id Optional. Topic id
   * @uses bbp_get_topic_permalink() To get the topic permalink
   */