Some more info. With CFMX, it is better to only use custom tags to encapsulate re-usable presentation logic (ex.: button, menu, nav...) that outputs content. If you want to encapsulate generic processing function (such as text formatting), you should use UDF. (and if you want to encapsulate re-usable business logic, you should use CFCs)
I understand that you would like to build something similar to a java CFX? Then build your java class and wrap it into a UDF function (where you will call your java class with createObject()). I am not sure that you'll get performance gains by putting the function in the application scope. You could do a <cfinclude> of your UDF lib, each time you plan to use it or you could put it in the application.cfm (then all the pages will be able to use the UDF library). I suppose it would the best way to do what you need, isn't it? Benoit PS : That's just some personal thoughts about how to organize your code in CFMX, not universal ones ; ). -----Message d'origine----- De : S. Isaac Dealey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoy� : mercredi 21 ao�t 2002 06:41 � : CF-Talk Objet : RE: CFMX and Java Libraries > A good link about it : > http://cfguru.daemon.com.au/archives/000030.html > I personally like very much how <cfimport> works now. > (it is very similar to the JSP taglib mecanism, strange > isn't it?...) > I don't use the old custom tag naming anymore (<cf_...>). > All my custom tags are in the "/WEB-INF/cftags" directory > or somewhere > inside my application folder (for example : > "/myapp/system/cftags"). > The prefix system allows you to specify what kind of tag > you are using, for > example : > - <ui:...> for user interface, > - <i18n:...> for internationalization, > .. > It is excellent for code readability. Ahh, excellent point! :) So I guess what I originally thought of as a potential annoyance is actually a good thing. :) I still don't like the fact that they can't be imported in the application.cfm ... . Does this also mean that we can't create functions with imported java libraries? ... Currently I copy all my functions to the application scope so they don't have to be recreated/reinterpreted on each request, then copy them back down to the request scope, but it would be so much nicer to be able to use phormat() instead of request.udf.phormat() for my turbo-charged paragraphformat() function ( not only does it insert <br> tags for single line feeds, it ignores any section of the string contained in <pre> <table> <ul> and <ol> tags -- by default and this list can also be modified ) ... Isaac Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer www.turnkey.to 954-776-0046 ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
