RE: [CFCDev] Calling a cfc method whose name is in a variable

[Dave Merrill]

Title: RE: [CFCDev] Calling a cfc method whose name is in a variable

Thanks everyone for these various approaches, I'll check them out. Definitely some issues here I wasn't aware of.

 

Adam, I hate to sound more OO-gnorant that I already have, but why is cfinvoke so evil? Is it cfexecute-like internally?

 

Dave Merrill

 

Eiither:
<cfset method = myObj[method] />
<cfset method() />

In CFMX61, anyway (dunno about CFMX7: but no reason to believe it's changed), you might find you have problems with this if myObj[method] contains calls to other methods within the CFC that are private.  Indeed, I've just tested this and I can't get it to work even if the embedded method call is public:

<!--- c.cfc --->
<cfcomponent>
        <cffunction name="f">
                <cfreturn p()>
        </cffunction>

        <cffunction name="p">
                <cfreturn "private!">
        </cffunction>
</cfcomponent>

<!--- caller.cfm --->

<cfset myObj = createObject("component", "c")>
<cfset method = "f">
<cfset method = myObj[method]>
<cfset method()>

This errors saying it can't find variable p.

(I'm sure it was only PRIVATE methods that had this issue, last time I tested, but samesame with public ones in this test...?)

So, anyway, to get around this issue, I do this instead:

<!--- caller.cfm --->

<cfset o = createObject("component", "c")>
<cfset dynamic = "f">
<cfset o.temp = o[dynamic]>
<cfoutput>
#o.temp()#
</cfoutput>

Much the same as your suggestion, except I poke the "non-dynamically-named method" back into the CFC.

Seems to work.  A bit grim, but.

I can't bring myself to use <cfinvoke>, but I'd recommend it to others if asked.
--
Adam

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