public function __construct( $args = array() ) {
		$function_args = func_get_args();

		// Backward compatibility with old method of passing arguments.
		if ( ! is_array( $args ) || count( $function_args ) > 1 ) {
			_deprecated_argument( __METHOD__, '2.0.0', sprintf( __( 'Arguments passed to %1$s should be in an associative array. See the inline documentation at %2$s for more details.', 'buddypress' ), __METHOD__, __FILE__ ) );

			$old_args_keys = array(
				0 => 'group_id',
				1 => 'per_page',
				2 => 'max',
			);

			$args = bp_core_parse_args_array( $old_args_keys, $function_args );
		}

		$r = bp_parse_args( $args, array(
			'page'     => 1,
			'per_page' => 10,
			'page_arg' => 'mrpage',
			'max'      => false,
			'type'     => 'first_joined',
			'group_id' => bp_get_current_group_id(),
		), 'groups_membership_requests_template' );

		$this->pag_arg  = sanitize_key( $r['page_arg'] );
		$this->pag_page = bp_sanitize_pagination_arg( $this->pag_arg, $r['page']     );
		$this->pag_num  = bp_sanitize_pagination_arg( 'num',          $r['per_page'] );

		$mquery = new BP_Group_Member_Query( array(
			'group_id' => $r['group_id'],
			'type'     => $r['type'],
			'per_page' => $this->pag_num,
			'page'     => $this->pag_page,

			// These filters ensure we only get pending requests.
			'is_confirmed' => false,
			'inviter_id'   => 0,
		) );

		$this->requests      = array_values( $mquery->results );
		$this->request_count = count( $this->requests );

		// Compatibility with legacy format of request data objects.
		foreach ( $this->requests as $rk => $rv ) {
			// For legacy reasons, the 'id' property of each
			// request must match the membership id, not the ID of
			// the user (as it's returned by BP_Group_Member_Query).
			$this->requests[ $rk ]->user_id = $rv->ID;
			$this->requests[ $rk ]->id      = $rv->membership_id;

			// Miscellaneous values.
			$this->requests[ $rk ]->group_id   = $r['group_id'];
		}

		if ( empty( $r['max'] ) || ( $r['max'] >= (int) $mquery->total_users ) ) {
			$this->total_request_count = (int) $mquery->total_users;
		} else {
			$this->total_request_count = (int) $r['max'];
		}

		if ( empty( $r['max'] ) || ( $r['max'] >= count( $this->requests ) ) ) {
			$this->request_count = count( $this->requests );
		} else {
			$this->request_count = (int) $r['max'];
		}

		$this->pag_links = paginate_links( array(
			'base'      => add_query_arg( $this->pag_arg, '%#%' ),
			'format'    => '',
			'total'     => ceil( $this->total_request_count / $this->pag_num ),
			'current'   => $this->pag_page,
			'prev_text' => '←',
			'next_text' => '→',
			'mid_size'  => 1,
			'add_args'  => array(),
		) );
	}