[CFCDev] CFINVOKE vs. CFOBJECT -- which way and why?

[Paul Giesenhagen]

I am curious about the code below ... is there a BETTER way to call this with CFOBJECt and if so, why?   Once I build the struct "customer" I am going to stick it into a session named customer.   I am using CFINVOKE This way:   <!--- CFM Template ---> <cfinvoke      component="customerController"      method="getCustomer"      returnvariable="customer">      <cfinvokeargument name="customerID" value="#checkCustomer.customerID#"> </cfinvoke>   <!--- customerController.cfc --->   <cfcomponent displayname="customer" hint="Controls all access to customer information add, edit, delete.">  <cffunction name="getCustomer" output="false" returntype="struct" displayname="Selects Customer" hint="Gets customer information and populates cthe customer structure.">   <cfquery datasource="qdc2" name="checkCustomer">    SELECT customerID, firstName, lastName, email, company, address1, address2,      city, state, country, zip, dayPhone, evePhone, mailList    FROM customer    WHERE customerID = <cfqueryparam value="#arguments.customerID#" cfsqltype="CF_SQL_INTEGER">   </cfquery>       <cfif checkCustomer.recordcount>    <cfset customer = StructNew()>    <cfset customer.customerID = checkCustomer.customerID>    <cfset customer.firstName = checkCustomer.firstName>    <cfset customer.lastName = checkCustomer.lastName>    <cfset customer.company = checkCustomer.company>    <cfset customer.email = checkCustomer.email>    <cfset customer.address1 = checkCustomer.address1>    <cfset customer.address2 = checkCustomer.address2>    <cfset customer.city = checkCustomer.city>    <cfset customer.state = checkCustomer.state>    <cfset customer.zip = checkCustomer.zip>    <cfset customer.country = checkCustomer.country>    <cfset customer.dayPhone = checkCustomer.dayPhone>    <cfset customer.evePhone = checkCustomer.evePhone>    <cfset customer.mailList = checkCustomer.mailList>        <!--- Insert Shipping Information --->      <cfset customer.shipFirstName = "">    <cfset customer.shipLastName = "">    <cfset customer.shipCompany = "">    <cfset customer.shipAddress1 = "">    <cfset customer.shipAddress2 = "">    <cfset customer.shipCity = "">    <cfset customer.shipState = "">    <cfset customer.shipZip = "">    <cfset customer.shipCountry = "">    <cfset customer.shipDayPhone = "">   <cfelse>    <!--- Do something else --->   </cfif>   <cfreturn customer>  </cffunction> </cfcomponent>