> Just to be difficult, You mean like this:
<cfcomponent displayname="spy" output="false"> <cffunction name="init" access="public" output="false"> <cfargument name="obj" type="any" required="true" /> <cfset obj.leak = variables.leak /> <cfset this.tradeSecrets = obj.leak() /> <cfset structDelete(obj,"leak") /> </cffunction> <cffunction name="leak" access="private" output="false"> <cfreturn variables /> </cffunction> </cfcomponent> <cfset spy = CreateObject("component","spy").init(obj) /> <cfdump var="#spy.tradeSecrets#" /> -- s. isaac dealey ^ new epoch isn't it time for a change? ph: 617.365.5732 http://onTap.riaforge.org/blog ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:308007 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4