Tim-
you as a GI Joe type should know that, under the Geneva Convention, all the
object has to tell you is its name, rank, and serial number.
<hee hee>
-Ben
> Also once you create an object can you get it to tell you what kind of an
> object it is?
>
> Right now lets say I create an object that's a user. Then when it has an
> access level of 3 I want to take it and turn it into an administrator so it
> looks something like this in the newUser function:
>
> <cfif thisUser.accessLevel eq 3>
> <cfset temp = createObject('component',
> 'questionaire.Administrator')>
> <cfset thisUser = temp.newAdministrator(thisUser)>
> </cfif>
>
> Timothy Heald
> Overseas Security Advisory Council
> U.S. Department of State
>
> "that the free Constitution, which is the work of your hands, may be
> sacredly maintained" - George Washington, Farewell Address 1796
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 3:30 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: OOCF, CFCs and the questionnaire app
>
>
> How do I let dream weaver and the CFMX administrator know that I changed the
> name of the CFIDE directory so I can stop getting 404 errors every time I
> try to use the tag inspection.
>
> Also I have the following line:
>
> <cfset temp = createObject('component', 'Administrator')>
>
> Inside my user.cfc if the person is an administrator. I was wondering three
> things.
>
> 1. Why does it say it can't find the template Administrator.cfc. It's
> their, in the same directory. Just to make sure I even used the specific
> path like:
>
> <cfset temp = createObject('component',
> 'questionaire.Administrator')>
> Still errors out.
>
> 2. Can someone finally please explain the var keyword in CFCs in plain
> english that I can understand when I need to use it and when I don't?
>
> 3. If I create an isAdmin() function in the user class, than an isAdmin() in
> the administrator class will it override correctly when I instantiate an
> administrator?
>
> Timothy Heald
> Overseas Security Advisory Council
> U.S. Department of State
>
> "that the free Constitution, which is the work of your hands, may be
> sacredly maintained" - George Washington, Farewell Address 1796
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Haggerty, Mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 2:44 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: OOCF, CFCs and the questionnaire app
>
>
> 1) The tag definitions are not set up correctly within studio (assuming that
> is what you are using). You can edit tag definitions by hitting F8,
> selecting 'Tag Completion', and adding these tags to the list.
>
> 2) Purely dependent on your object heirarchy, but it sounds like category is
> an attribute of question. Of course, if you are going to create objects
> called category which will possess other salient characteristics, such as
> name, value, etc. you might need to rethink this approach. The whole point
> is that objects have meaning enough that it makes sense to reuse them.
>
> M
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 2:10 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: OOCF, CFCs and the questionnaire app
>
>
> Ok,
> The boss and I are using the questionnaire app to expand our skill set
> some during lunch. We are looking at how to objectify it, what methods to
> have, what might be good to break into a web service. During this process
> several questions have arisen.
>
> 1. Why the hell won't CF 5 close my CFMX tags like cfcomponent or
> cffunction? I know I am being lazy but so what.
>
> 2. How do you break up things that deal with one of an object
> (getQuestion()) and deal with several instances at once
> (getQuestionsByCat())? Say I want to list all the questions in a category.
> Is that properly a method of the question object, or do I need a category
> object?
>
> So far we have decided on the following objects and methods
>
> User
> newUser - constructor, will be used after login to create as a
> session object that will go through the site with the users credentials,
> basically just a db query to pull the users info and check the login
>
> getUser - used to look up users, say in an address book like manner
>
> setUser - input new user info, used for registration. Should this
> be broken up more in to things like setAddress, setEmail? Also can your
> override functions in CFMX? I guess I could get the same effect just by
> doing some conditional work inside the method right?
>
> addQuestion - enter a new question. Question would still need to be
> approved by an administrator - calls question constructor??
>
> Administrator - extends user
> newAdministrtator - constructor - called if the user has admin
> rights. What's the way to make this happen in the newUser constructor
> automatically?
>
> approveQuestion - Approve a user entered question
>
> approveUsers - Approve a new user application. Figured make it so it
> can handle many users at once. Should it be for a single user and then just
> something you do many times?
>
> getNewUsers - Gets the listing of new user application
>
> Question
> newQuestion - question constructor
>
> getQuestion - pulls a specific question
>
> getAnswers - pulls the answers for a specific question
>
> getAnswersByUser - pulls a users answers
>
> getQuestions - list of all questions
>
> getQuestionsByCategory - pulls questions by category
>
> answer - answer a question
>
> setCategory - set the questions category
>
> setQuestion - edit/enter a question
>
> I guess that's about it. See anything I am missing? Am I putting anything
> in the wrong place?
>
> Timothy Heald
> Overseas Security Advisory Council
> U.S. Department of State
> "that the free Constitution, which is the work of your hands, may be
> sacredly maintained" - George Washington, Farewell Address 1796
>
>
>
>
>
>
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