Woops, typo, I meant import (not cfimport).
Thanks Barney. I've started slowly moving my library of UDFs into utility CFCs as you suggest (anytime I need one from a CFC I have to move it).
Since that's clearly the better way to handle the utility functions, under what conditions do you find yourself using UDFs?
- j.
On Jul 7, 2004, at 10:10 AM, Barney Boisvert wrote:
I'm not sure what you mean by a cfimport in Java.
I'd say make a utilities CFC containing those methods, and then use the CFC
where you need the functions, be it in another CFC, or in "normal" CF code.
CFINCLUDE is obviously bound to a relative path, while instantiating a CFC
is only tied to the search path. Gives you much greater flexibility,
because you can call them from anywhere.
Cheers, barneyb
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jay Gibb Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 8:56 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [CFCDev] using cfinclude within components (was Serialization of CFCs)
In a OO language like Java, you have the option of using cfimport if you need a low-level library function or any other utility function.
If a CF codebase has an organization of UDFs that serve the same type of purpose (ie: utility functions that may be useful in lots of places), what's the preferred way to "import" them into your CFCs so you can use them?
- j.
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