Sam, I do the same exact thing in my applications. I do it so that I do not need mappings for any of these calls. Works like a charm and I have never had a problem with it.
In addition to this, I also have an InitSession and InitApplication helper functions. Other than that, most things go in separate CFCs. Not really advice here, just saying that I do what you do - safety in numbers ;) ....................... Ben Nadel Web Developer Nylon Technology 6 West 14th Street New York, NY 10011 212.691.1134 212.691.3477 fax www.nylontechnology.com "Vote for Pedro" -----Original Message----- From: Sam Farmer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 3:32 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Best Practice: Additional Functions in Application.cfc Working on a website where cfc's will go in a cfc folder. In an effort to not cause additional mappings I created a function called newObj that I want to put in the application scope. The easiest way to do this is to put the function in the Application.cfc. What are peoples thoughts on a best practice for this? Should additional functions go in the Application.cfc or should be it exclusive of the various onStart and onEnd functions (onApplicationEnd, onApplicationStart, onError, onRequest, onRequestEnd, onRequestStart, onSessionEnd, onSessionStart)? <cffunction name="onApplicationStart" returnType="boolean" output="false"> <cfset application.newObj = newObj> <cfreturn true> </cffunction> <cffunction name="newObj" access="public" returntype="WEB-INF.cftags.component"> <cfargument name="cfc" type="string" required="true"> <cfset obj = createObject("component","cfc.#arguments.cfc#")> <cfreturn obj> </cffunction> Cheers, Sam F ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:226697 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
