Ahh okay... not sure why that didn't occur to me when I read it the first time. Maybe just my internal compartmentalization of data. :) Or because I tend not to attach functions directly to objects in the javascript DOM either, but that's a whole other story. In this light it all makes sense why you'd pose the question. I think I'd be prone to avoid doing this in CF at least for now anyway just because I'm still supporting CF 5 projects and of course then there's Blue Dragon, and I seem to be able to get plenty of OO-esque if not OO features and separation of logic from display without CFC's.
> To answer Michael's question, I was just thinking out > loud, but the > line of thinking came up because I had just completed the > first bits > of a generalized form validation cfc, and was thinking > about how it > contrasted to how I would do the same thing in OO > javascript. > Perhaps though, as you say, there may not really be a > need. > -- > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sunday, March 16, 2003, 10:41:22 PM, you wrote: > SID> I wouldn't expect it to be possible with the existing > scope collections like > SID> form or with native data types like arrays. In most > cases I wouldn't expect > SID> this to really be something people look for, largely > because it's not > SID> necessary for any custom framework (form validation > for instance) that I'm > SID> aware of -- using native functions and UDF's that > work on arrays and > SID> structures directly (<cfset checkformdata()> or > <cfset x = > arraylen(myarray)>>) isn't a workaround : it's the way > it's done to begin > SID> with. > SID> Now if you're talking about adding methods to CFC's > at runtime, such as > SID> <cfset myCFC.doSomething = myUDF> that's a whole > other story (and I suspect > SID> could be useful in some situations, just as it is > sometimes useful to group > SID> UDF's into request structures and the like). I > haven't got any clue if MX > SID> supports it. I half expect it to be supported > already, but I also half > SID> expect it to not be supported. If it is supported, > then rebuilding the > SID> scopes (form,url,attributes,variables,request,etc) as > CFC's similar to the > SID> new custom java class for the Arguments array in > functions, if these scopes > SID> aren't already defined this way would provide the > other functionality > SID> (although I'm not sure if I agree that would be an > advantage). >>> Is there a way to attach a method/function to cf >>> variable, >>> be it a >>> string, array, structure, etc at runtime? I don't think >>> this is >>> possible now, but it just popped into my head, and >>> before >>> I headed to >>> the wishform, I was wondering if it, or a creative >>> workaround already >>> existed. >>> For example, attaching a validate method to the form >>> collection, or a >>> length method to an array. >>> -- >>> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>> ~~ >>> ~~~~~~~~~~~| >>> Archives: >>> http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid= >>> 4 >>> Subscription: >>> http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index. >>> cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 >>> FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq >>> This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by >>> CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion >>> Hosting. >>> Unsubscribe: http://www.ho >>> useoffusion.com/cf_lists/u >>> ns >>> ubscribe.cfm?user=633.558. >>> 4 > SID> s. isaac dealey 954-776-0046 > SID> new epoch http://www.turnkey.to > SID> lead architect, tapestry cms > http://products.turnkey.to > SID> tapestry api is opensource > http://www.turnkey.to/tapi > SID> certified advanced coldfusion 5 developer > SID> > http://www.macromedia.com/v1/handlers/index.cfm?ID=21816 > SID> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~| > Archives: > http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 > Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index. > cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 > FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq > Get the mailserver that powers this list at > http://www.coolfusion.com > Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/uns > ubscribe.cfm?user=633.558.4 s. isaac dealey 954-776-0046 new epoch http://www.turnkey.to lead architect, tapestry cms http://products.turnkey.to tapestry api is opensource http://www.turnkey.to/tapi certified advanced coldfusion 5 developer http://www.macromedia.com/v1/handlers/index.cfm?ID=21816 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
