c.started = true
	return nil
}

// renderManifest renders the manifest for the component defined by c and returns the resulting string.
func renderManifest(cf *IstioComponentBase) (string, error) {
	if !cf.started {
		metrics.CountManifestRenderError(cf.ComponentName(), metrics.RenderNotStartedError)
		return "", fmt.Errorf("component %s not started in RenderManifest", cf.CommonComponentFields.ComponentName)
	}

	}
	cp, err := controlplane.NewIstioControlPlane(iop.Spec, t, nil, ver)
	if err != nil {
		return 0, 0, 0, err
	}
	if err := cp.Run(); err != nil {
		return 0, 0, 0, err
	}

	manifests, errs := cp.RenderManifest()
	if len(errs) > 0 {
		return 0, 0, 0, errs.ToError()
	}

	builder := resource.NewBuilder(v.client.UtilFactory()).ContinueOnError().Unstructured()
	for cat, manifest := range manifests {

	cp, err := controlplane.NewIstioControlPlane(mergedIOPS.Spec, t, filter, ver)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, nil, err
	}
	if err := cp.Run(); err != nil {
		return nil, nil, err
	}

	manifests, errs := cp.RenderManifest()
	if errs != nil {
		return manifests, mergedIOPS, errs.ToError()
	}
	return manifests, mergedIOPS, nil
}

// GenerateConfig creates an IstioOperatorSpec from the following sources, overlaid sequentially: