> If I load CFC's into my application scope using create object, should they only contain methods and not properties, as any properties altered by one user would affect all other users accessing the cfc?
Not neccessarily, no. There are plenty of objects that might belong in the application scope that have properties as well as methods. For example, there is a last.fm API that requires an application key and secret key to access it. If you were to create a CFC to wrap that API, 'lastFmApiService.cfc' for example, you would want to pass your application key and secret credentials when you create an instance of the object. The app and secret keys would be properties and these would remain constant throughout the life of the application. These kind of objects are known as 'Singletons' (its a slight misuse of the term, but close enough). A Singleton would be a cfc that has a single instance per application, i.e. sit in the application scope. A non-singleton would have disposable instances that are created ad-hoc, perhaps per request or per session. Identifying your singletons and non-singletons may be a useful excersize and once done, would be a good primer to start looking at ColdSpring (for managing your singletons). Using onApplicationStart however, is a sound way to go. HTH Dominic On 19 February 2010 08:25, crippe crippe <crippe...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Ah right, ok. So a follow up question: > > If I load CFC's into my application scope using create object, should they > only contain methods and not properties, as any properties altered by one > user would affect all other users accessing the cfc? > > Additionally, once you've instantiated a copy into the application scope, > is their any way to instantiate a new copy from that copy, as CreateObject > function seems to want the name of the CFC as oppossed to the actual cfc and > what is loaded into application scope is the entire cfc object (without any > kind of "name" string)? > > Sorry for all the n00b questions but I am still trying to wrap my head > around OOP. I used to just access everything via application[property_name] > now it seems I am creating new copies of it for every user request. Seems > like a lot of extra memory being hogged, but "encapsulation is a good > thing", right??? > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:330936 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
