> I think the docs mean that the private methods are
> accessible only within that CFC's (and those that
> extend it) code, not CFCs that instantiate it
> (that would make "private" pretty useless).
Right -- but I can't get functions within _the_same_ CFC to
access the method... that's afaik the definition of private
in OO languages... it has to be instantiated in order for a
private method to be called (cfinvoke against an
uninstantiated CFC for instance afaik falls in the category
of public access -- the method is being accessed from an
outside cf template) -- but private methods can only be
called from within the same instance of the class. The same
object... but I can't get any of the other methods in the
same object to access them. Which makes the private methods
essentially non-existant except for the meta data -- which
is useless for execution of the method.
> It does make sense that the metadata displays it.
> Just because something's declared private doesn't
> mean that it's not documented.
I did think it was a little odd that they don't appear in
<cfdump> ... for the same reason -- just because it's
private doesn't mean it's not there or shouldn't be
displayed necessarily...
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "S. Isaac Dealey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2003 8:35 PM
> Subject:
> cfcomponent_cffunction_access="private"_--_what_the_!!??
>> ... this strikes me as somewhat odd and I'm hoping
>> someone
>> here has run into this already:
>>
>> ColdFusion MX 6.1 Stand Alone - internal web server
>> Windows 2000 Server SP4
>>
>> I have this CFC
>>
>> ontap.cfc
>> <cfcomponent displayname="ontap">
>> <cffunction name="tag" access="private">
>> blah blah
>> </cffunction>
>>
>> <cffunction name="getFunction" access="public">
>> <cfmodule template="#this.tag('tapi')#" ...>
>> <cfreturn true>
>> </cffunction>
>> </cfcomponent>
>>
>> temp.cfm
>> <cfobject name="ontap" component="ontap">
>> <cfset temp = ontap.getFunction('blah')>
>>
>> I've removed everything but the pertinent bits from these
>> cfc's for the sake of explaining the problem... According
>> to
>> the documentation ( http://livedocs.macromedia.com )
>> functions declared as private are supposed to be
>> accessible
>> to the CFC which declares the function and any CFC's that
>> extend it. Now, if I use getMetaData() to view the
>> metadata
>> for the CFC the private method shows up. However, if I
>> call
>> the function ontap.getFunction() I get an error saying
>> that
>> the CFC doesn't have a function called "tag" ... which...
>> according to getMetaData it does. It also doesn't show up
>> if
>> I output the cfc as <cfdump var="#ontap#"> ...
>>
>> If I change the access level of the tag function to
>> package
>> or public, however, everything is hunky dory.
>>
>> It seems that for all intents and purposes, specifying
>> access="private" essentially comments out the function so
>> that no code, no matter where it's placed or how its
>> referenced can ever call the method. ??? ... (except it
>> still shows up in the meta data)
>>
>> I'm really confused. Is my server hozed. Has anyone else
>> seen this?
>>
>> While I could live with them potentially being
>> access="package" or even public the nature of these
>> functions I'm working with is that they shouldn't ever be
>> called from anywhere other than the CFC that declared
>> them
>> or a CFC that extends it (what the documentation says is
>> the
>> definition of private), so it'd be really nice to be able
>> to
>> use that.
>>
>> s. isaac dealey 972-490-6624
>>
>> team macromedia volunteer
>> http://www.macromedia.com/go/team
>>
>> chief architect, tapestry cms http://products.turnkey.to
>>
>> onTap is open source
>> http://www.turnkey.to/ontap
>>
>>
>>
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