I like using an instance structure sometimes to seperate out the instance
variables from anything else that may be in the variables scope. It can make
it easy to grab a memento of the object's state, for example
getMemento() {
return variables.instance ;
}
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Behalf Of Steve Bryant
> Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 2:48 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [CFCDev] variables.my (Was: Method parameters vs method names)
>
>
> Why the "my" in "variables.my.dsn"? What's the advantage over
> "variables.dsn"?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve
>
> At 03:08 AM 9/9/2005, Barney Boisvert wrote:
> >You've got it. Though I'd recommend the constructor, that's what it's
> >there for. No real need to have get/set methods; how often do you
> >change datasources without reloading your application? Easier to just
> >set it as an immutable property at instantiation time and forget about
> >it. And don't forget to scope your query name. Here's how I do it
> >(with lot of tag attributes missing for brevity):
> >
> ><cfcomponent>
> >
> > <cffunction name="init">
> > <cfargument name="dsn" />
> > <cfset variables.my.dsn = dsn />
> > <cfreturn this />
> > </cffunction>
> >
> > <cffunction name="getEmployees">
> > <cfset var getEmployees = "" />
> > <cfquery datasource="#variables.my.dsn#" name="getEmployees">
> > SELECT ....
> > </cfquery>
> > <cfreturn getEmployees />
> > </cffunction>
> >
> ></cfcomponent>
> >
> >cheers,
> >barneyb
>
>
>
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