It sounds like creating some sort of 'collection' component may solve your problem. So, instead of having an array of objects available to the application at large, you have a collection object that contains the array as a private property plus a method for returning a read only form of those objects (such as a query).
I've only skimmed the answers here so apologies if this is way off. HTH Dominic On 6 October 2010 17:47, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thank you Dave, that was very succinct and helpful. > > Cheers, > Judah > > On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 9:03 AM, Dave Watts <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Matt, do you know of a good rundown on the difference between This and > >> Variables scope in a CFC? I have a basic understanding of it but it is > >> always been something I wanted to make sure I understood the fine > >> distinctions in, kind of like the difference between var scoped > >> variables and the local scope in CF9. > > > > The "this" scope makes variables public, and they can be read and > > written directly from outside the component, which breaks any > > validation that you might have to control their values within the > > component. > > > > The "variables" scope does not make them public. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:337933 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
