I think I see what you're saying. I'll have to give it some thought and work on implementation.
Thanks. Rick Mike Chabot wrote: > Regarding this.validate, I'm writing abstractly to refer to validating > an object's data within the object as opposed to sending it out to a > separate validation object. You won't find this in any manual. > > Back when CFCs first came out I extensively researched how best to > handle function libraries since I was creating a very high profile, > high traffic, mission critical Web application. I was trying to make > use of CFCs extensively because I saw that as the direction CF was > headed and it was the hot new feature. My conclusion was that CFCs > treated as function libraries incurred unnecessary overhead while > offering no additional benefit over a pre-CFC function library. With > CF8 things are different in that CFCs in CF8 are much faster, plus > they play nice with technologies such as AJAX and Flex. > > Going back to your original question, you can pass the form structure > into a CFC function if you want to. It still seems strange to me, but > many decisions in CF come down to personal preference. > > -Mike Chabot > > On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 5:49 PM, Rick Faircloth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> You're right, Mike... >> >> I'm just using the CFC as more of a function library, not so much from >> an OOP standpoint. (I only learned to use CFC's effectively in the last >> week or so :o) >> >> I'll have to dig into the "this.validate()" method a little more to >> understand it. >> I did see it discussed in the livedocs, but figured that would slow >> things down >> a little too much for now. >> >> Once I get CFC's down, I'll work on the OOP style more. >> >> Don't want overload my little rowboat with too much of a motor! >> I still need a trolling motor, not a twin-engine! :o) >> >> Rick >> >> Mike Chabot wrote: >> >>> 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:314742 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
