I've been curious whether it is possible to dynamically create functions in CF with
names and return variable names decided at runtime. I took a stab at it once, but I
couldn't figure out how to create a function on the fly besides writing the function
declaration to a file and then cfincluding it.
Wouldn't it be nice to have something like this for simple getters?:
<cfset Getters = "ID,Name,Age,Height,Weight" >
<cfloop list="#Getters#" index="GetterVar" >
<cfset CreateSimpleGetter(GetterVar) >
</cfloop>
<cffunction name="CreateSimpleGetter" >
<cfargument name="GetterVar" />
<cfset FunctionText = "<cffunction name='get#GetterVar#'><cfreturn
Variables[#GetterVar#]></cffunction>" >
<cfset Evaluate(FunctionText) >
</cffunction>
Does anyone know if it is possilbe to create a function factory like this?
Jon
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/07/04 10:21AM >>>
I have a CFC with 26 properties. None are inherited. I find that
having 52 methods for getting and setting to be a bit cumbersome to keep
in my CFC with the "real" methods. I was thinking of including all my
getters and setters from a CF template. Let's say that the my code
looks like this:
facility.cfc
<cfcomponent hint="I am a facility">
<!--- Include the getters and setters --->
<cfinclude template= "facilitygetset.cfm">
<!--- Start the more complicated stuff --->
<cffunction name="firstrealmethod">
.
.
.
</cffunction>
..
..
..
..
</cfcomponent>
Any thoughts on this as a good idea, bad idea, unintended consequences?
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