First, I think that your apps are way more sophisticated then mine. All I have is a very basic controller (I am using Application.cfc in this role), a presentation layer and BusinessObjects (basic cfc's like Invoice, Order, Customer, Address, Person). I don't have a factory (although I could since I don't know what the heck it is). So my use of xml in my app is passing between Presentation Layer and 1 business object, sometimes a couple objects. Once in an object, I sometimes pass a node of XML to another function, but sometimes just 1 or two values directly.
Rest of comments below... -----Original Message----- From: S. Isaac Dealey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > 1. Data for a particular object is "bundled" nicely > together in a way that is very readable I just thought I'd point out that the syntax can often (although not always) be identical (re: very readable). AO: Yup. > 2. I can easily maintain before and after pictures > of an object at the client and do not have to create > session variables to do so. Why would you want them at the client? Is that really a big issue for online shoppers? I figured if they didn't complete the checkout they probably weren't that interested in the first place. AO: First, I am mostly a B-B site, albeit very small B to very small B. And failed completion is not always related to abandonment. I've been interrupted while placing an order and by the time I got back, I've timed out. So I need some mechanism for maintaining state. I like to let buyers know when they've made a change, so I need both current and past. This also gives me an unwind feature, even after committing the transaction. > 3. Now that I've found out that I can validate > against the schema, I don't have to maintain basic > validation rules at both the UI and > Business Object level. Even without that, I'd probably still only validate at the UI. AO: How does the UI know what to validate? Do you add Metadata to all of your attributes that has size and type features? In which case, you are created a schema, you've just rolled your own. > 6. I am starting to like the way using xmlSpy > to create schemas and xml helps me think through > how I am organizing, validating and representing > objects I just write the xml out by hand... Not that xmlSpy is bad, but it's not a big seller for me -- I find the interface actually gets in the way more than it's an aid. AO: I am new, so I may stop using xmlSpy for this real soon! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:4:217760 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
