Chris, While I don't know what is *right*, here are the arguments that I have heard against the generic getter/setter:
* The CFC is not self documenting. Looking at its functions does not give you any insight into what it can set/get. * Not clear on what should be returned if an invalid "get" is requested. * It makes extending a component more difficult because the parent component now has to be smarter about where it looks for its data. Take that with a grain of salt ;) ...................... Ben Nadel Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX7 Developer www.bennadel.com Need ColdFusion Help? www.bennadel.com/ask-ben/ -----Original Message----- From: Peterson, Chris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 3:52 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Init method and getters / setters in cfc A lot of cfc's using init and 'good' OO practices have functions like getDSN(), setDSN('Blah') littered throughout. Can I ask any guru out there why you wouldn't use simple get('keyname') and set('keyname','keyvalue') like the following? <cffunction name="get" access="public" output="no" returntype="any"> <cfargument name="name" required="true" type="string"> <cfreturn evaluate('variables.' & arguments.name) /> </cffunction> <cffunction name="set" access="public" output="no" returntype="void"> <cfargument name="name" required="true" type="string"> <cfargument name="value" required="true" type="any"> <cfset variables[arguments.name] = arguments.value /> </cffunction> Then instead of littering your cfc with numerous getters / setter, you have 2 methods that should be able to handle simple or complex values without any problems with much less code. Chris Peterson Gainey IT Adobe Certified Advanced Coldfusion Developer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion MX7 by Adobe® Dyncamically transform webcontent into Adobe PDF with new ColdFusion MX7. Free Trial. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJV Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:283309 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
