Perhaps 'odd' is the wrong term. It's ambigious. I.e. does
"component" mean "component name/path", or does it mean "component
instance"? Leaving that ambiguity is an odd design choice to me. It
seems much less confusing to have two distinct attributes, be they
name/object, path/instance, or something else. Take, for example,
this code:
<cfset application.pathToCfcs = "monkey.dir.path.neat" />
<cfset application.service = "#application.pathToCfcs#.serviceimpl" />
<cfinvoke component="#application.service#" method="doSomething" />
Static invocation on the doSomething method of the CFC
monkey.dir.path.neat.serviceimpl. Now how about this (identical final
line):
<cfset appliation.service = application.factory.getBean("beanName") />
<cfinvoke component="#application.service#" method="doSomething" />
Stateful invocation of the doSomething method of the CFC instance
#application.service#.
Of course, I wouldn't generally recommend setting up your application
with fully dynamic paths like this, of course, but I've done it this
way where I needed to base parts of the path names on runtime-provided
configuration options. I use CFSET not CFINVOKE so there wan't a
problem, but if you prefer CFINVOKE, there's some lurking "nasty".
cheers,
barneyb
On 9/14/06, Raymond Camden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I don't think it's odd per se. One way lets you use an object you may
> not have an instance of:
>
> component="foo"
>
> and one lets you use an instance, which you may want to do for
> performance or data reasons
>
> component="#foo#"
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