Implement your application as a set of CFCs that your UI's connect to. For HTML, they'll hit them directly. For Flash and JS Remoting, you'll use some facade CFCs. The application CFCs would be instantiated via Application.cf(m|c), so they're always present, no matter what type of connection is coming in.
You don't want to actually put the application into the web services, there should be an entirely separate facade layer (which is really the UI, the clients of the web services are irrelevant to you, the app developer). Each web service invocation instantiates the listening CFC, so it's important those CFCs are as lightweight as possible, and then delegates to the real application CFCs to do the actual processing. And it's worth mentioning that you can use Model-Glue without initializing the backend with a config bean. Though if you're going to go that route, I'd probably use a config bean that's simply a delegate to the real backend, so you're still using the config bean mechanism, just the bean you're loading is just a passthrough to the real app. That way both sides remain agnostic of the other. cheers, barneyb On 8/8/05, Marlon Moyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm tossing around ideas for the architecture for a new project. I'd > like to keep the interface flexible, meaning I'd like to have the > ability to use flash, html, "ajax",etc. I was thinking about creating > all of the business logic as a set of web services. Any thoughts, > pitfalls that I should avoid. > > I really like the idea of separating out the interface from the > business logic completely. I like the model-glue framework from a > high level but I get an icky feeling when I have to start initializing > the model with a config-bean from what should be the UI. > > Just thinking out loud I guess..... > > > -- > Marlon > > "A mulatto, an albino, a mosquito, my libido" > -- Barney Boisvert [EMAIL PROTECTED] 360.319.6145 http://www.barneyb.com/ Got Gmail? I have 50 invites. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:214114 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
