>From my initial OO experience, I would say this is an acceptable practice. I have seen/done this very thing in DAOs to return beans to the caller.
Also, I use this to return error objects from form validator objects. It works quite well. If you haven't you should subscribe to the CFC Mailing list at http://www.cfczone.org/ M!ke -----Original Message----- From: James Holmes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 5:54 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Object composition and calling objects I'd like to check on some of the reading I've been doing. I am starting to use composition in my CFCs (because I only use inheritance for an "is-a" relationship). I want to reuse the objects I've instantiated in the central object from the outside; the reading I've done suggests the best way to do this is to use a getter method that returns the instantiated object. E.g. I have some sort of central component <cfcomponent output="no" hint="The central component"> <cffunction name="init" output="false" returntype="void" access="public" hint="The method to instantiate a new object"> <cfset oObject1 = CreateObject("component","Component1")> <cfset oObject2 = CreateObject("component","Component2")> </cffunction> <cffunction name="getObject1"> <cfreturn _oObject1> </cffunction> <cffunction name="getObject2"> <cfreturn _oObject2> </cffunction> ...etc etc </cfcomponent> I could then, in the CF page that uses the central component, do this: <cfset oMyCentralObject = CreateObject("component","CentralComponent").init()> <!--- now call a method1 in object1---> <cfset MyMethodReturn = oMyCentralObject.getObject1().Method1() This is how some articles say it should be done - any feedback? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:198932 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
