Re: [CFCDev] Static CFC methods

[Sammy Larbi]

It was my understanding that using cfinvoke on a method would not create an instance of the cfc which contains the method anyway. Even still, I'd love to be able to declare a method as static.  About the "new CFML function,"  I personally don't like the way these are done in CF, so I'd probably find a way to avoid using it if I could.  I use createObject() but I'd much rather see an easier way to create objects in coldfusion.  Something akin to Java (or other OO languages) where you can include a class file, and then just do something like <cfset theObjOfTypeTheClass = new theClass()>  The way things stand now, its a big time waster in coding time to create objects, in my opinion. -Sammy Larbi Vince Bonfanti wrote: (The following is a duplicate of a blog entry I just posted. I assume not everyone reads my blog, and I'm very interested in getting feedback from this group in particular, so I hope no one minds that I reproduced the blog entry here).   We're wrapping up our implementation of abstract CFCs and CFC interfaces in BlueDragon 7.0, when the notion of implementing support for static CFC methods was raised once again. I'm curious to know how many people would be interested in this; along with abstract CFCs, interfaces, and support for "null", supporting static CFC methods would seem to round out our object-oriented enhancements in BlueDragon 7.0.   The main benefit of static CFC methods is the ability to invoke them without creating a CFC instance. That is, they'd work pretty much the same as a CFFUNCTION declared within a page, but could be encapsulated within a CFC. Here are some thoughts on how static methods might work:       - static methods can be invoked using CFINVOKE     - invoking a static method via CFINVOKE does not render the CFC pseudo-constructor or create an instance of the CFC     - static methods can be invoked on CFC instances the same way as any non-static method     - static methods cannot access the CFC "this" scope     - static methods cannot invoke non-static methods within the same CFC     - static methods are specified via CFFUNCTION TYPE="static"   We could possibly also add a new CFML function that will invoke a static method without creating a CFC instance or rendering the CFC pseudo-constructor:       <cfset returnVar = InvokeStatic( "component.name", "methodName", parm1, parm2 )>   So, what do you think? Should we try to fit this into BlueDragon 7.0?    Vince Bonfanti New Atlanta Communications, LLC http://www.newatlanta.com    ---------------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email to cfcdev@cfczone.org with the words 'unsubscribe cfcdev' as the subject of the email. CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported by CFXHosting (www.cfxhosting.com). An archive of the CFCDev list is available at www.mail-archive.com/cfcdev@cfczone.org ---------------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email to cfcdev@cfczone.org with the words 'unsubscribe cfcdev' as the subject of the email. CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported by CFXHosting (www.cfxhosting.com). An archive of the CFCDev list is available at www.mail-archive.com/cfcdev@cfczone.org