Thanks for the suggestions. I'm still getting used to the OO stuff, so I'll move on to Factories, Coldspring etc once I'm more confident
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Sean Corfield > Sent: 05 November 2005 17:21 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [CFCDev] how do you implement different read methods? > > On 11/2/05, Gareth Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've set the Authenticator to receive an instance of UserGateway in the > > init() method, but have a slight problem with the type attribute. > ... > > But now I have application specific dependency again by having to use > > 'com.myApp.user.UserGateway', as 'myApp' will change for every new site. > > This is a situation where factories and IoC helps. You could pass a > factory into the authenticator (the factory is generic and would not > change between apps so its type is fixed). The authenticator asks the > factory for the user gateway without needing to know its type. The > factory config deals with the exact type of the gateway (so its XML > file differs in each app). > > Alternately, if we had some sort of interface in CFML, you could > specify a fixed interface type and have your various gateways > implement that (com.myApp.user.userGateway implements > genericUserGateway). > > Or you can just use type="any" or type="WEB-INF.cftags.component" > instead of the specific gateway type. > -- > Sean A Corfield -- http://corfield.org/ > Got frameworks? > > "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." > -- Margaret Atwood > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > 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). > > An archive of the CFCDev list is available at www.mail- > archive.com/[email protected] > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > 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). > > An archive of the CFCDev list is available at www.mail- > archive.com/[email protected] > > ---------------------------------------------------------- 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). An archive of the CFCDev list is available at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
