After your comment I retested hard-coding (not mixing in) the
onMissingMethod() and the results were the same actually. Thanks Mark!
On Jan 8, 2008 3:59 PM, Mark Mandel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Baz,
>
> That's actually just the way that onMM() works.
>
> Firing a method from inside a CFC won't trigger the onMissingMethod()
> call if it doesn't exist. Only calls from outside the instance, and
> as you put it, on the 'this' scope fire the onMM.
>
> The only workaround is to use a this.methodname() approach to fire the
> onMM.
>
> Mark
>
> On Jan 9, 2008 10:45 AM, Baz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > If you mixin onMissingMethod() into a new object, then try to call some
> > nonExistentMethod() from within your new object, the onMissingMethod()
> > function does not get invoked and an error is thrown. However if you
> scope
> > that method call with the "THIS" scope: THIS.NonExistentMethod() it
> works
> > again. And if you call a missing method from another file outside the
> object
> > it works too. So basically the issue arises while trying to invoke a non
> > existent method through the "VARIABLES" scope. Is this normal and
> expected?
> > Has anyone seen this before? I know that if the onMissingMethod() was
> coded
> > directly into the CFC and not mixed in, this would not cause an issue.
> >
> > Here is my test case:
> >
> > I have 2 components:
> >
> > Mixin.cfc
> > Object.cfc Mixin.cfc simply contains the onMissingMethod() function:
> >
> > <cfcomponent>
> > <cffunction name="onMissingMethod" output="true">
> > <cfreturn arguments />
> > </cffunction>
> > </cfcomponent>
> >
> > Object.cfc contains 2 functions, one to perform the mixin (a la
> Corfield)
> > and one for testing:
> >
> > <cfcomponent>
> > <cfscript>
> > function mixin() {
> > var target = createObject("component",'test.mixin.mixin1');
> > structAppend(this,target);
> > structAppend(variables,target);
> > }
> > </cfscript>
> >
> > <cffunction name="testMissingMethod">
> > <cfreturn NonExistentMethod() />
> > </cffunction>
> > </cfcomponent>
> >
> > And lets say we have a third file index.cfm for testing these
> components:
> >
> > <!--- create object --->
> > <cfset ObjectInstance=createobject('component', 'test.mixin.cfc1') />
> >
> > <!--- mixin onMissingMethod() --->
> > <cfset ObjectInstance.mixin() />
> >
> > Now here's the weirdness.
> >
> > If you try to call a non-existent method from the index.cfm everything
> works
> > fine:
> >
> > <cfdump var="#ObjectInstance .someRandomMethodName()#"> (success,
> > onMissingMethod() is invoked)
> >
> > However, if you try to call a missing method from within the object
> itself,
> > the following error is thrown "Variable ZIZI is undefined":
> >
> >
> > <cfdump var="# ObjectInstance .testMissingMethod ()#"> (error)
> >
> > Now if you modify the testMissingMethod() function slightly by scoping
> the
> > method call with "this", like so:
> >
> > <cffunction name="testMissingMethod">
> > <cfreturn THIS.NonExistentMethod() />
> > </cffunction>
> >
> > The function works again:
> >
> > <cfdump var="# ObjectInstance. testMissingMethod()#"> (success, now it
> > works because we scope the inner method call with "THIS")
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Baz
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> >
>
>
>
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