You would not want to call the child object from the parent object. The child extends the parent, so when you call the child you will automatically have all of the parents capabilities available.
I can't think of any reason you would want a parent calling a child from the parent. Does that make sense? Ken Ingle [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kicweb.com/blog I have 3 Gmail Invites Left, email me for one. On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 19:14:41 +0100, Nando <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm just noticing that if i declare a function as public in a subtype, i can > call it from within it's supertype in CF. At least that's what i think i'm > seeing. > > Is that the way it "should be"? Sorry, i just have a few grey areas here > that i'm trying to fill in from my lack of OO experience. > > I haven't had time to create a test case yet to isolate this, i'm on a > deadline for tomorrow morning, but the strange thing is i don't get an error > if the function in the subtype is private, like you would from outside the > object. It seems to just get ignored. > > ??? > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email > to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words '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 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ---------------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words '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 [EMAIL PROTECTED]