Rick, Basic form validation is along the lines of "was the first name entered" and "is the length of the first name GT 0" are often specific to a single form in the site and don't benefit from being abstracted. >From an OOP standpoint, the object can be the page, the form, or a form field. A validation function is something that could be part of one of those objects. For example, if you consider your form to be an object, then a this.validate() method would be part of the form object and you wouldn't need to pass the form data en-mass to another CFC since you are staying within the same object. The question of how you pass the form scope to another CFC goes away and the problem is simplified.
I would guess that what you have is more of a function library and that you are putting them into a CFC because they are similar code, not because you are practicing OOP. You can certainly do this if you think this makes your site easier to maintain. I'm making assumptions about what your validation code is doing and have no way of knowing what is best for your site, but hopefully I explained my "taking a step back" comment on whether it makes more sense to call Object2.validate(Object1.data) instead of calling Object1.validate(this) since taking the latter approach might nullify your question. -Mike Chabot ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:314729 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
