In Patterns of Enterprise Architecture, Martin Fowler defines Gateway as "An object that encapsulates access to an external system or resource."
Most discussions of Gateway on this list relate to Table Data Gateway: "An object that act as a Gateway to a database table. One instance handles all the rows in a table." In other words, you create a CFC that encapsulates access to a database table with functions like create(), retrieve(), update(), and delete(). Patrick -- Patrick McElhaney 704.560.9117 http://pmcelhaney.weblogs.us ---------------------------------------------------------- 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]
