Hal Helms uses the same style of coding you're talking about. A master get/set method where you pass in the value AND name of the property you're trying to access.
andy -----Original Message----- From: Peterson, Chris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 2:52 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| CF 8 â Scorpio beta now available, easily build great internet experiences â Try it now on Labs http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs_adobecf8_beta Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:283311 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
