Nathan, <snip> Other than the issue of name collisions on multi-home machines, what else are you looking for clarification on? </snip>
I'm trying to understand if name collisions are really an issue on a shared hosting environment, and if so, figure out a naming strategy that would pretty much ensure uniqueness, which is not too difficult to do, but as i think someone else pointed out, it's a pain in the ass to go through your whole application and rename all the references to all your components for every new application you reuse them in. So before i set myself up for that, i want to make sure that this is really an issue, and understand what the issue really is. > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Behalf Of Nando > > Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 10:42 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [CFCDev] cfc paths > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > <snip author="Massimo"> > > The issues raised by Jim are important, but they scare me much > > less than the > > risk for name clashing... I don't pretend to say relative paths are the > > ultimate solution, but we have a problem, a pretty serious one, > > and we need > > a solution. > > </snip> > > > > I've been following this thread, and i'm wondering if this is a > > "confirmed" > > problem, especially as Ben Curtis couldn't replicate it. Right > now, i have > > all my components under a "com" subdirectory and the site will be > > hosted on > > CrystalTech. And they all have pretty ordinary names, like Person, Text, > > etc. So the potential for a clash, if this can actually occur, is pretty > > high with my naming scheme so far. > > > > <snip author="Robby"> > > I'm on Crystal Tech as well Jim ... I noticed when they brought > > in the 'add > > your own mappings' that they have reserved the com mapping. I love the > > convention, but I could see why the death of it's use on their > part. Heh, > > try being a mach-ii developer to boot. From what I gathered in a > > light email > > conversation with a CT tech on the issue it's been going off > the hotplate > > faster than domain names on ebay in the 90s. All in all when it comes to > > conventions such as package naming, ColdFusion and sharedhosting > > isn't going > > to play nice. period. > > </snip> > > > > Ummm, that's a little confusing ... so I thought I'd write > CrystalTech and > > ask them directly why that mapping was reserved on their system > ... here's > > the answer i got back: > > > > <snip author="CrystalTech Support"> > > It is reserved by MX6.1, not our system. Therefore, there should be > > more information about that on their website www.macromedia.com . > > </snip> > > > > ??? - Well, that didn't help. I can map to a subdirectory named > > "com" on my > > dev installation without any problem. > > > > <snip author="Macromedia LiveDocs"> > > http://livedocs.macromedia.com/coldfusion/6/Developing_ColdFusion_ > MX_Applica > tions_with_CFML/buildingComponents5.htm > > When you refer to a component using the fully qualified name, ColdFusion > looks for the component in the following order: > > * ColdFusion attempts to resolve the physical path from the request, > such as /com/mycompany/catalog/product/saw.cfc, to a component > file located > in directories under the web root or directories under ColdFusion > mappings. > * Otherwise, ColdFusion attempts to resolve the physical path in the > custom tag root, such as > {customTagRoot}/com/mycompany/catalog/product/saw.cfc,. > > When a component is invoked using any of the interfaces mentioned > previously, ColdFusion generates the key name in the component metadata > structure in the following order: > > * If a component file exists in a directory accessible by ColdFusion > mappings, use GetRealPath function to evaluate the component > physical path. > The URI path string after .cfc and the leading slash is removed, and all > slashes are replaced with dots. > * Otherwise, ColdFusion loops over the custom tag roots > looking for the > ancestor directory of the component. The physical path string > after the root > path and file extension are removed, and all slashes are replaced > with dots > * Otherwise, ColdFusion uses the file name without the > extension as the > component name. > > </snip> > > Ok, now i'm totally lost. If anyone can clear something up here, i'd > appreciate it - > > Thanks! > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email > to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word 'unsubscribe cfcdev' > in the message of the email. > > CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported > by Mindtool, Corporation (www.mindtool.com). > > An archive of the CFCDev list is available at www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------- 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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