This has gotten a bit off topic, but it is an important discussion none the less. I want to see if I understand what the recommended practice is with regard to CFCs.
I use CFC is two different ways. I have some CFCs that are really just a grouping of functions. For example, a common.cfc that contains generic functions used by multiple applications or templates. Another kind of CFC in our applications is what sparked this thread. Say I have a cart.cfc that will contain all the logic for our shopping cart. Each user (session) has their own instance of the cart. In this cart.cfc, there are cart-related functions, such as addItemtoCart and removeItemFromCart. There are also instantiation variables set at the top of the CFC (outside of functions) such as this.cartCreatedDate and this.cartLastModified. These variables are accessible outside the CFC (which they should be) by referring to myobj.cartCreatedDate. Are you saying that a better practice would be to set up a structure local to the CFC that is not accessible outside the CFC directly? And then build in a function to getVariable and setVariable? If I have 30 of these variables, I have a hard time getting past the notion that 30 calls to getVariable would not be significanly slower than having them just by CreateObject call in the first place. It is just a gut feeling--maybe there is no major difference in speed and performance? Can you provide a really basic example of how you would construct this cart.cfc and call it? Thanks for your input-- Tim ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:236655 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=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
