It is a bit redundant, however, it adds a level of 'blackbox' to your architecture. So, for example, if the child needs to get a value from the parent, and you change the variable in the parent, all you would need to do is update the method, not the N children who extend the parent.
======================================================================= Raymond Camden, ColdFusion Jedi Master for Mindseye, Inc Member of Team Macromedia (http://www.macromedia.com/go/teammacromedia) Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Blog : www.camdenfamily.com/morpheus/blog Yahoo IM : morpheus "My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda > -----Original Message----- > From: Brad Howerter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 10:03 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: accessing parent cfc's variables > > > The child CFC automatically inherits all of its parents > values, so to me it seems redundant to call a method to get > them. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
