No problem. I'd say it's a matter of preference -- personally, I tend to avoid defining init() methods in my controllers, and I prefer using the beans scope to getModelGlue().getBean(), so I'd go with the onApplicationStart approach instead.
-- Ezra On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 1:14 PM, byron <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Ezra. Will try this out. Any advantage/disadvantage doing one > vs the other? Or is it a stylistic preference? > > Byron > > On Jan 6, 4:06 pm, Ezra Parker <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 12:33 PM, byron <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Thanks, Ezra. Yes, I would like to see an example. >> >> Sure. First you'd add the message listener to your controller's XML config: >> >> <controller id="eHopeController" type="controller.eHopeController"> >> <message-listener message="onApplicationStart" /> >> </controller> >> >> Then add the corresponding controller function -- here's a minimalist >> example: >> >> <cffunction name="onApplicationStart" output="false"> >> <cfargument name="event" /> >> >> <cfset variables.settings = beans.applicationSettings.getConfig() /> >> </cffunction> >> >> > Would doing something like >> > getModelGlue().getBean("applicationSettings", true) work also? >> >> Yes, but with a caveat: >> >> I actually should have mentioned this in my first response, but if >> you're going to define an init() method in your controllers, you need >> to make sure to call super.init() in order to execute the base >> controller's constructor, as otherwise getModelGlue() is not going to >> work either. Here's the modification you would need to make to the >> init() method you posted: >> >> <cffunction name="init" access="public" returnType="eHopeController" >> output="false"> >> <cfargument name="framework" /> >> >> <cfset super.init(framework) /> >> >> <cfset variables.settings = >> getModelGlue().getBean("applicationSettings").getConfig() /> >> >> <cfreturn this /> >> </cffunction> >> >> -- >> Ezra > > -- > Model-Glue Sites: > Home Page: http://www.model-glue.com > Documentation: http://docs.model-glue.com > Bug Tracker: http://bugs.model-glue.com > Blog: http://www.model-glue.com/blog > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "model-glue" 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/model-glue?hl=en > -- Model-Glue Sites: Home Page: http://www.model-glue.com Documentation: http://docs.model-glue.com Bug Tracker: http://bugs.model-glue.com Blog: http://www.model-glue.com/blog You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "model-glue" 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/model-glue?hl=en
