>> If I have a CFC that has a lot of methods and I create, say, 1000 of
>> these
>> objects, does coldFusion use a lot of memory, or is it not much worse
>> than
>> creating 1 of the objects? In other words, are the methods shared
>> across
>> objects, or does it recreate them for each new object?
>
>Well, the method *code* is certainly shared across all the objects - a
>method name="foo" becomes a Java method "funcFOO" on the class (to
>which the component is compiled). The method code is compiled into the
>.class file and exists in only one place, regardless of how many
>objects are created.
>
>However, I believe that when you create a CFC instance, you get
>(effectively) a Java Map (actually an implementation of a Map) that has
>entries for each method. Each entry is merely a 'pointer' to the
>representation of the method. I'm guessing that based on the fact that
>you can access methods of a CFC instance as variables:
>
>fn.cfc:
> <cfcomponent>
> <cffunction name="foo">
> </cffunction>
> </cfcomponent>
>
>tfn.cfm:
> <cfscript>
> x = createObject("component","fn");
> y = x["foo"];
> y = x.foo;
> </cfscript>
>
>So, in each CFC instance you create, you will get entries in the Map
>for every method (or, at least, every public method) but those entries
>won't take up a great deal of space (since they are just "name,
>pointer" pairs).
>
>Sean
>
> Pacific Coast Cat Fanciers
>"Summer In The City" -- June 7 & 8, 2003 -- San Jose, CA
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>
Good answer; that's just what I wanted to hear. Thanks very much!
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