> You can see that derived.cfc inherits the function sayHelloWorld and > overrides sayHello (provides a different implementation). > > As Matt noted, you can't write an abstract 'class' or 'interface' style > component in the current release of CFMX. However, there are techniques > you can use to implement something like this but it does involve adding > machinery and it relies on introspection - using the component metadata > available through the call 'getMetadata(this)'. > > Sean A Corfield -- Director, Architecture > Web Technology Group -- Macromedia, Inc.
Looks like an implication of future OO features to me. -Matt > -----Original Message----- > From: Pete Freitag [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 5:38 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: I like CFMX > > > Finally, if CF is indeed better than those other platforms, > > why is MM trying to morph CF into those other platforms by > > introducing pseudo OO features and promising more later? > > I mentioned earlier today that I though MM would introduce more OO > features > in the future, I want to point out that it was purely speculation. There > has been a lot of speculation today on this list, it's important to > distinguish the facts from the speculations. So Matt I don't know if you > heard that from a Macromedia employee or from me earlier. > > So let me rephrase my statement from earlier... I *hope* MM adds more OO > features to CFC's so we can develop frameworks that are more strict (for > instance with abstract methods, abstract classes, final methods, etc). > > _____________________________________________ > Pete Freitag ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > CTO, CFDEV.COM > ColdFusion Developer Resources > http://www.cfdev.com/ > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
