What do you think of using a generic child array instead of explicitly
defining each child array in your parent bean. An example of an
explicit child array would be as follows:
<cfcomponent name="user">
init()
get()
set()
...
<cffunction name="getAddress" access="public" output="no" returntype="address">
<cfreturn variables.address>
</cffunction>
<cffunction name="setAddress" access="public" output="no" returntype="void">
<cfargument name="address" required="yes" type="address">
<cfset variables.address = arguments.address>
</cffunction>
</cfcomponent>
I was thinking a generic get and set for child arrays would be nice
for a base object. It would seem to encourage code reuse, just as
generic getters and setters do. Perhaps something like this:
<cffunction name="getChild" access="public" output="no" returntype="array">
<cfargument name="arrayName" required="yes" hint="The name of the
array to return">
<cfreturn variables.children.#arguments.arrayName# />
</cffunction>
<cffunction name="setChild" access="public" output="no" returntype="void">
<cfargument name="arrayName" required="yes" hint="The name of the array">
<cfargument name="array" required="yes" type="array" hint="The array">
<cfset arrayAppend(variables.children,#arguments.arrayName#,
#arguments.array#) />
</cffunction>
That code may or may not work, it's just something I mocked up right
now. Who is already doing this? Do you have a generic method for child
objects as well as arrays, or do you fill your array with objects?
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