I'm still trying to figure out this OOP/CFC/Layered development concept. I think I have a nice start. I have a page (view?) that takes an array representing a calendar month of data plus tails. It displays this calendar with controls to move up and down the year.
The calendar array and various other display-required information is built with a CFC. I think this is working well, the CFC has methods to figure out the first day to display which is the Monday before the first day of the given month and the last day which is the Sunday after the last day of the month. As well as other display parameters. I am planning on building a separate CFC to handle the data retrieval and manipulation from the database. My thoughts is that I would like this data to be cached as it will be large and could take several seconds to retrieve and organize, easily 45 to 60 or more. I also want all the viewers to share one data instance. I don't need each one to have their own copy of the hefty piece of data. This application does not update this data; it is a display/report only. Information is entered into the system in other locations outside of this web application. So the question is where do I put this CFC and how do I access it so that each user shares one instance of the data CFC? Do I just create the data object in application scope and have the display cfc access it with #application.dataCFC.method()# calls. Or would it be better to create a local pointer to the data in the display cfc: <cfcomponent...><cfset variables.dataCFC = application.dataCFC> .... <cfset something = variables.dataCFC.someMethod()> Or is there some other technique that I am complete missing? Thanks Ian -------------- Ian Skinner Web Programmer BloodSource www.BloodSource.org Sacramento, CA "C code. C code run. Run code run. Please!" - Cynthia Dunning Confidentiality Notice: This message including any attachments is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete any copies of this message. ---------------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] with the words 'unsubscribe cfcdev' as the subject of the email. CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported by CFXHosting (www.cfxhosting.com). CFCDev is supported by New Atlanta, makers of BlueDragon http://www.newatlanta.com/products/bluedragon/index.cfm An archive of the CFCDev list is available at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
