having said that, if you had the time and patience, you could do both. have many individual arguments that each had a matching FORM scope variable. That way you could be really picky with CFARGUMENT's type checking and "required=no" for each one - use it either with argumentCollection or individually...
just a thought On 3/31/06, Barry Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ah ha! > > argument collection is the "super struct" that contains all arguments > (for want of a better description) > > cfset mybean.setMemento(#form#) /> > > have you got only one argument (a struct) in setMemento()? it's not a > collection. the "argumentcollection" would work if you had many > arguments, each matching an item in FORM scope. Alternativelty, > ommitting all the argument declarations in setMemento() should work > too. > > yes? > barry.b > > On 3/31/06, David Mineer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The error I get is when using <cfset > > mybean.setMemento(argumentcollection:form) />: > > > > Error casting an object of type to an incompatible type. This usually > > indicates a programming error in Java, although it could also mean you > > have tried to use a foreign object in a different way than it was > > designed. > > > > However, after trying different things this does work perfectly: > > > > cfset mybean.setMemento(#form#) /> > > > > This is exactly what I was hoping for. The bean is populated with all > > the form values with that one little line. > > > > Thank you for all your help. > > > > On 3/30/06, Chris Stoner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Interesting, are you trying to copy the data (or any part of it) into a > > > java > > > object or make use of it from a java object in your method? If you post > > > your error message and the offending method I can probably help. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 3/30/06, David Mineer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I can't get argumentcollection:form to work. I get some kind of > > > > Javacast error or such. Only had a minute to try it real quick > > > > yesterday. > > > > > > > > I would be interested in some code also. > > > > > > > > Thank you everybody for your responses. > > > > > > > > On 3/29/06, Cody Caughlan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > You can write a Util function/class to populate a bean from a struct > > > > > of > > > > > data. ColdSpring has this functionality and I wrote a simplified > > > > > version > > > > > that takes a bean and a struct as input. The object loops over the > > > struct > > > > > keys and if an appropriate "set" method exists in the bean (using > > > > > introspection you can retrieve the methods of a bean/CFC) and then > > > > > calls > > > the > > > > > set method with the struct key-value as input. Usually I just pass in > > > the > > > > > whole FORM scope to my Util object and all form fields are then > > > > > auto-populated into my bean. > > > > > > > > > > Let me know if you're interested and I might be able to pass along > > > > > some > > > > > code. > > > > > > > > > > /cody > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] On > > > Behalf > > > > > Of Joe Ferraro > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 12:25 PM > > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > > Subject: Re: [CFCDev] passing from values to bean > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I don't know if this is worth mentioning. > > > > > > > > > > I remember back in the day talking about the arguments scope and > > > > > noting > > > that > > > > > though it looks like a struct it is actually a scope and doesn't > > > > > exactly > > > > > work the same way. I don't know if that has changed at in the new > > > release of > > > > > CF. Since form is a scope too I wonder if you would encounter any > > > > > struct > > > > > related incompatability issues there. The issues were minor. I think > > > > > something like the key count returning different numbers based on if > > > > > you > > > > > were using ver 6 or 7 > > > > > > > > > > On 3/29/06, Chris Stoner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > The form itself is a struct. As long as the field names match the > > > > > argument names in your setMomento method you can do something like > > > > > this: > > > > > > > > > > > > myBean.setMomento( argumentscollection:form ) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 3/29/06, David Mineer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > I am missing something simple here, but what is the easiest way to > > > > > > > pass form field values to a bean. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have a bean and I initialize it with default values. The form > > > > > > > is > > > > > > > populated with those default values. 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