Ian, You can simplify your code, IMHO by using inheritance between your CFC objects. For example, here's how one might apply an MVC structure and inheritance to your CFC's:
Controller: Table DECK Array of Players addPlayer() removePlayer() deal() Player: (extends controller.Table) HAND receiveCard() showCards() Model: Deck (extends controller.Table) array of Cards Shuffle() Deal() Hand: (extends controller.Player) Array of Cards addCard() removeCard() Card (extends model.Deck) Rank Suit Description View: ( Add your user interface here in which content is directed through the controller and delivered through the Model objects.) Using inheritance above, your Player component, once instantiated, can call the methods from the Table. Then, per your example below, the player object can call the getCard () method directly while still maintaining it's own set of variables. Since your Hand extends the Player, you can call that object and inherit it's methods and so on... You could then store your player object variables at the SESSION level and maintain the array of players through the APPLICATION scope. ( A side question is to whether the Player object should extend the Table object or should be an extension of the Deck - kind of like a Chicken or the Egg discussion) HTH, Jon On Nov 15, 2006, at 12:35 PM, Ian Skinner wrote: > My question is about calling functions on component objects > composited inside of other component objects. For example, during > the play of a game, it is time for players to play a card, removing > it from their hands. What is the best practice to tell the table > to get a card from all the players? > > Do you write a getCard() function in table that calls a getCard() > function in player that calls the Hand.removeCard() function. > > That just seems a bit tightly coupled, but I can't think of any > other way to go about it. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:260546 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
