No. Properties in THIS can be overwritten from outside the component with no checks or business logic - getter and setter methods prevent this from happening.
On 5/30/06, Aaron Roberson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In Forta's model layer cfc (ArticleEntity.cfc) he creates a struct > named instance. Wouldn't it be better to call the psuedo-constructor > function and then just reference all of the values with the "this" > keyword? In that case, would I still use the <cfproperty /> tages in > the constructor area? I am new to OOP, so please bear with me as I try > to connect all of the "dots". -- CFAJAX docs and other useful articles: http://jr-holmes.coldfusionjournal.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:241717 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

