I don't think that is what he is asking Ben. He is not talking about making the CFC depend on request vars, rather, he is talking about putting an instance of a CFC in the request scope. So he can do crap like this:
application.cfm: <cfset request.logger = createObject("component","myKickButtLoggerCFC")> foo.cfm: <cfset request.logger.log("critical","App has broken")> sometag.cfm: <cfscript> stuff; stuff; more stuff; request.logger.log("info","Added user bob"); </cfscript> ======================================================================= Raymond Camden, ColdFusion Jedi Master for Macromedia Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo IM : morpheus "My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 10:44 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Opinion: CFC / Request scope question. > > > > However, I'd still like to know peoples > > thoughts on pushing a component into the request scope. > > I have not worked *too* much with CFCs, with the exception of > with Flash > Remoting, but the idea of putting the CFCs in the request > scope seems to be > a bit anti-OO to me. I have always thought that you should > pass references > or values to the CFC you are calling. It doesn't seem very > scalable to make > a CFC assume something is already created in the request > scope or even that > the variable that is created is specifically named a certain way. > > > > Ben Johnson > Hostworks, Inc. > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists