I suppose i could adopt the benmisters method of XML menus and use this method ie;
http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/mx/coldfusion/extreme/xml_menu.html Everytime you update the "category" sytem, you write to an xml file and read from it in an ordered way. If you wanted to then bolt on an Object onto a branches properties it could contain a simple "load this component" style of instruction? I'll shutup now and try these methods out and when i come up with what i think is my solution, i'll post it for all to code review :D The overall goal is to limit the need for a data layer per say, in that I don't want to be locked into a specific data layer.. I'm finding XML to be an easier solution as its not really a enterprise level application. Scott -----Original Message----- From: Scott Barnes Sent: Monday, 7 April 2003 1:42 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [CFCDev] Arrays passed by value to a cffunction?!? Hey Sam, Suprisingly I found this: http://webforums.macromedia.com/coldfusion/messageview.cfm?catid=7&threadid=306238&highlight_key=y&keyword1=category I think thats it, i have had a quick glance and won't be able to put it into play until tonight, but i think thats what i am after? The general problem isn't the heirachy as in a nutshell if the data where to be sorted by: Parent,Level,Label and the array stayed in that format, i could easily convert that single array into a tree system, as most of the legwork in nesting is handeled by the "level" at which the branch is located. ie if the array stayed in this format: parent a parent b -- child a -- child b --- sib a --- sib b --- sib c -- child c parent c parent d It could easily be visually nested through various presentation layers (flashmx, jscript etc). As you could simply state <cfloop index="i" from="1" to"LevelAmt">--</cfloop> Label (for this example). Hardest part is sorting a jumbled array into that format: [1][1]Label = parent a [1][2]OtherProps = etc.. [2][1]Label = parent b [2][2]OtherProps = etc.. [3][1]Label = child a [3][2]OtherProps = etc.. [4][1]Label = child b [4][2]OtherProps = etc.. [5][1]Label = sib a [5][2]OtherProps = etc.. [6][1]Label = sib b [6][2]OtherProps = etc.. [7][1]Label = sib c [7][2]OtherProps = etc.. [8][1]Label = child c [8][2]OtherProps = etc.. [9][1]Label = parent c [9][2]OtherProps = etc.. [10][1]Label = parent d [10][2]OtherProps = etc.. Scott. -----Original Message----- From: Samuel Neff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 7 April 2003 1:29 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [CFCDev] Arrays passed by value to a cffunction?!? When putting together some code for the post I made a few minutes ago I ran into trouble manipulating arrays with a cffunction. It appears that arrays are being passed by value. Specifically, I originally wrote the example with this code: <cfset sortIdArray(rootArray)> <cffunction name="sortIdArray" returnType="void"> <cfargument name="arrayToSort" type="Array" required="true"> <cfset var i=0> <cfset var j=0> <cfset var a = arguments.arrayToSort> <cfset var al = arrayLen(a)> <cfset var t=""> <cfloop index="i" from="1" to="#al-1#"> <cfloop index="j" from="#i+1#" to="#al#"> <cfif recStruct[a[i]] GT recStruct[a[j]]> <cfset t = a[i]> <cfset a[i] = a[j]> <cfset a[j] = t> </cfif> </cfloop> </cfloop> </cffunction> But it didn't work. The sortIdArray ran, it seemed to do the proper sorting, but later uses of the array were not sorted. So, I changed it to this: <cfset rootArray = sortIdArray(rootArray)> <cffunction name="sortIdArray" returnType="Array"> <cfargument name="arrayToSort" type="Array" required="true"> <cfset var i=0> <cfset var j=0> <cfset var a = arguments.arrayToSort> <cfset var al = arrayLen(a)> <cfset var t=""> <cfloop index="i" from="1" to="#al-1#"> <cfloop index="j" from="#i+1#" to="#al#"> <cfif recStruct[a[i]] GT recStruct[a[j]]> <cfset t = a[i]> <cfset a[i] = a[j]> <cfset a[j] = t> </cfif> </cfloop> </cfloop> <cfreturn a> </cffunction> and it worked fine. Changes were in first cfset, returnType, and added cfreturn. This seems to indicate Arrays are passed by value. I didn't check if it's a deep copy (duplicate) or if it's just a first level copy. Is this expected/correct behavior? Sam ---------------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word 'unsubscribe cfcdev' in the message of the email. 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