Sticking our heads above the CF parapet for a moment, "neither" is also a valid answer. Transparent persistence is nice for some use cases. I'm not aware of any mature frameworks or even best practices for doing this in CF, but we should leave it on the radar, maybe someone will get inspired.
Jaime Metcher > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf > Of Peter Bell > Sent: Thursday, 31 January 2008 3:17 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [CFCDEV] Re: myBean.save() versus myServiceObj.save(myBean) > > > > Hi Alan, > > Been pretty much beaten to death on cfcdev over the years. Short > answer, it > isn't right or wrong - more a matter of preference. > > I prefer syntactically User.save() to UserService.save(User), but that's a > pure preference Others prefer it the other way round. > > Provisos: > - Don't put SQL in the bean - eithr way the saving should be > delegated to a > DAO > - For user.save() you need to inject a DAO into your transients which > requires ColdSpring with singleton=false, a custom factory or lightwire. > - If you need to support remote method cals, you're going to need a > Userservice.save() method. I have one for remote calls ad it just delgates > to a new bean it creates. Some may prefer just to have the service do the > save all the time, but again it's down to preferences. > > Best Wishes, > Peter > > > On 1/30/08 12:03 PM, "Alan Livie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > We currently use the service object to save a bean (which uses a > > gateway/DAO its composed with to do the work) > > > > Another developer has suggested the bean should save really be > > responsible for saving itself (again using a DAO its composed with). > > > > This looks like a good one for a discussion! :-) > > > > Alan > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
