I noticed that you're using cfmodule. Have you tried just using
"tag('tapi')"?
----- Original Message -----
From: "S. Isaac Dealey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2003 10:47 PM
Subject: Re:_cfcomponent_cffunction_access="private"_--_what_the_!!??
> > 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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>
> 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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