I'm cooking dinner and don't have time to do the OO explanation, but
this may help:
If you're using the CFLOGIN framework, you're allowed to set what
roles a user is a part of.
Then, on your CFFunction tag use the ROLES attribute to control who
can access that method. For example, a method called getClassesTaught
would use roles="teacher".
-joe
----- Original Message -----
From: Dawson, Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 14:58:09 -0500
Subject: CFC Design for Multiple Person Roles
To: CF-Talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
In our school, as would many other schools, we have people who are of
multiple roles. The roles would mainly include: Student, Faculty,
Employee.
Currently, I have a single CFC that wraps all three user roles in one.
I don't really care for that method, but I haven't seen a solution, good
or bad, that lets me break up the different roles into separate objects.
A user may be a(n):
Employee-only
Employee and faculty
Employee and student
Employee, faculty and student
Faculty-only
Faculty and student
Student-only
A "base class" would be "User", but how do I extend this base class to
include each possibility of the other roles?
Some differences are:
A faculty has a method that returns all courses they teach.
A student has a method that returns all courses in which they are
enrolled.
Can anyone suggest a OO design principle that may satisfy these needs?
Thanks!
M!chael A. Dawson
Manager, Programming and Software Development
Office of Technology Services
University of Evansville
1800 Lincoln Avenue
Evansville, IN 47722
812-479-2581
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