public static function getTemplateHierarchy( $template, $args = array() ) {
			if ( ! is_array( $args ) ) {
				$args          = array();
				$passed        = func_get_args();
				$backwards_map = array( 'namespace', 'plugin_path' );
				$count = count( $passed );

				if ( $count > 1 ) {
					for ( $i = 1; $i < $count; $i ++ ) {
						$args[ $backwards_map[ $i - 1 ] ] = $passed[ $i ];
					}
				}
			}

			$args = wp_parse_args(
				$args, array(
					'namespace'          => '/',
					'plugin_path'        => '',
					'disable_view_check' => false,
				)
			);
			/**
			 * @var string $namespace
			 * @var string $plugin_path
			 * @var bool   $disable_view_check
			 */
			extract( $args );

			$tec = Tribe__Events__Main::instance();

			// append .php to file name
			if ( substr( $template, - 4 ) != '.php' ) {
				$template .= '.php';
			}

			// Allow base path for templates to be filtered
			$template_base_paths = apply_filters( 'tribe_events_template_paths', ( array ) Tribe__Events__Main::instance()->pluginPath );

			// backwards compatibility if $plugin_path arg is used
			if ( $plugin_path && ! in_array( $plugin_path, $template_base_paths ) ) {
				array_unshift( $template_base_paths, $plugin_path );
			}

			// ensure that addon plugins look in the right override folder in theme
			$namespace = ! empty( $namespace ) ? trailingslashit( $namespace ) : $namespace;

			$file = false;

			/* potential scenarios:

			- the user has no template overrides
				-> we can just look in our plugin dirs, for the specific path requested, don't need to worry about the namespace
			- the user created template overrides without the namespace, which reference non-overrides without the namespace and, their own other overrides without the namespace
				-> we need to look in their theme for the specific path requested
				-> if not found, we need to look in our plugin views for the file by adding the namespace
			- the user has template overrides using the namespace
				-> we should look in the theme dir, then the plugin dir for the specific path requested, don't need to worry about the namespace

			*/

			// check if there are overrides at all
			if ( locate_template( array( 'tribe-events/' ) ) ) {
				$overrides_exist = true;
			} else {
				$overrides_exist = false;
			}

			if ( $overrides_exist ) {
				// check the theme for specific file requested
				$file = locate_template( array( 'tribe-events/' . $template ), false, false );
				if ( ! $file ) {
					// if not found, it could be our plugin requesting the file with the namespace,
					// so check the theme for the path without the namespace
					$files = array();
					foreach ( array_keys( $template_base_paths ) as $namespace ) {
						if ( ! empty( $namespace ) && ! is_numeric( $namespace ) ) {
							$files[] = 'tribe-events' . str_replace( $namespace, '', $template );
						}
					}
					$file = locate_template( $files, false, false );
					if ( $file ) {
						_deprecated_function( sprintf( esc_html__( 'Template overrides should be moved to the correct subdirectory: %s', 'the-events-calendar' ), str_replace( get_stylesheet_directory() . '/tribe-events/', '', $file ) ), '3.2', $template );
					}
				} else {
					$file = apply_filters( 'tribe_events_template', $file, $template );
				}
			}

			// if the theme file wasn't found, check our plugins views dirs
			if ( ! $file ) {

				foreach ( $template_base_paths as $template_base_path ) {

					// make sure directories are trailingslashed
					$template_base_path = ! empty( $template_base_path ) ? trailingslashit( $template_base_path ) : $template_base_path;

					$file = $template_base_path . 'src/views/' . $template;

					$file = apply_filters( 'tribe_events_template', $file, $template );

					// return the first one found
					if ( file_exists( $file ) ) {
						break;
					} else {
						$file = false;
					}
				}
			}

			// file wasn't found anywhere in the theme or in our plugin at the specifically requested path,
			// and there are overrides, so look in our plugin for the file with the namespace added
			// since it might be an old override requesting the file without the namespace
			if ( ! $file && $overrides_exist ) {
				foreach ( $template_base_paths as $_namespace => $template_base_path ) {

					// make sure directories are trailingslashed
					$template_base_path = ! empty( $template_base_path ) ? trailingslashit( $template_base_path ) : $template_base_path;
					$_namespace         = ! empty( $_namespace ) ? trailingslashit( $_namespace ) : $_namespace;

					$file = $template_base_path . 'src/views/' . $_namespace . $template;

					$file = apply_filters( 'tribe_events_template', $file, $template );

					// return the first one found
					if ( file_exists( $file ) ) {
						_deprecated_function( sprintf( esc_html__( 'Template overrides should be moved to the correct subdirectory: tribe_get_template_part(\'%s\')', 'the-events-calendar' ), $template ), '3.2', 'tribe_get_template_part(\'' . $_namespace . $template . '\')' );
						break;
					}
				}
			}

			return apply_filters( 'tribe_events_template_' . $template, $file );
		}