Use an arguments collection or name arguments so the order doesn¹t matter. Typically when you have more than 2-3 arguments for a method call you want to look at named arguments or arguments collections otherwise your code becomes hard to read and hard to maintain.
Best Wishes, Peter On 7/2/07 9:05 PM, "Casey Dougall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 7/2/07, Nando <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> <cfcomponent displayName="List" hint="I'm a List that belongs to a certain >> User" output="false"> >> >> <cffunction name="init" access="public" output="false"> >> <cfargument name="ListID" type="string" required="false" default="" >> /> >> <cfargument name="UserID" type="string" required="false" default="" >> /> >> <cfargument name="ListName" type="string" required="false" default="" >> /> >> <cfset setListID(arguments.ListID) /> >> <cfset setUserID(arguments.UserID) /> >> <cfset setListName(arguments.ListName) /> >> <cfreturn this /> >> </cffunction> > > > I'm not a OO guy myself but found it interesting as anything at cfunited. My > question about the above deals about changing the order of arguments. I > haven't see anything that really deals with this and I would think this is one > of the biggest challenges with anything using components and at some point > adding on to an application from somewhere in the middle. > > Using the example above, a few months down the line you need to access this > list not by ListID, but by ListCategoryID. Now where this may be the last > argument used, is this the best way to go about designing cffunctions? I'd > like to put ListCategoryID first without messing up my scripts that depend on > ListID being first. What's the best way to handle this? > > > You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, please follow the instructions > at http://www.cfczone.org/listserv.cfm > > CFCDev is supported by: > Katapult Media, Inc. > We are cool code geeks looking for fun projects to rock! > www.katapultmedia.com > > An archive of the CFCDev list is available at > www.mail-archive.com/cfcdev@cfczone.org You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, please follow the instructions at http://www.cfczone.org/listserv.cfm CFCDev is supported by: Katapult Media, Inc. We are cool code geeks looking for fun projects to rock! www.katapultmedia.com An archive of the CFCDev list is available at www.mail-archive.com/cfcdev@cfczone.org
