Something wrong with application.udf.isEmail(string) that is loaded with the app and makes convenience functions available from anywhere, at a very low cost?
Thanks, Jean -- Jean Moniatte UGAL http://www.ugal.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- On 11/9/07, Alan Livie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I was doing some validation inside a CFC 'bean' and wanted to validate > the email address. > > I didn't want the email validation inside the bean itself as I know > I'll be needing email validation in other beans very soon. > > I was going to put the email validation method in a generic > 'validation utilities' cfc and compose it into my beans that needed > it. > > I then remembered something from the Kent Beck book on Test Driven > Development where he mentioned he made a class called 'Money' that > acted almost like a custom data type with basic behaviour. He said > small objects were not only acceptable, they were desirable (or > something along those lines). > > Bearing this in mind I think maybe a simple bean called Email that can > be injected into other beans that need it and only methods it would > have was a getter, a setter and validate() > > I'd be interested what others think about this. Is it a good way to go > or is it overkill? > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CFCDev" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfcdev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
