Your probably better off with a java.util.Hashtable, as it is already syncronised (thread safe), and more often than not, where are using Hashtables in a web environment, they need to be thread safe.
That being said, java.util.Collections gives you some easy to use utilities to create synchronised Maps very easily. HTH Mark On 10/2/06, Dave Carabetta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/1/06, D F <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks Dave, so presumably this HashMap object can be passed around through > > various methods etc? > > > > If I'm understanding what you're trying to to do, then yes, you can > pass Java objects just like you can pass CF objects around. The big > difference is that, if you pass it as an argument to a cffunction > call, then the cfargument tag should expect a type of "any" to use the > Java object correctly. > > Regards, > Dave. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:254942 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
