thanks for making such a cool tool. I was wondering if there was one out there already for CF because your right, writing beans is pretty mind-numbing tedious stuff.
now I may have to copy your code and have it also make a TO for me as well :O) Bill On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 09:03:18 -0500, Peter J. Farrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Steven Brownlee wrote: > > I use this format for get/set property methods. Every time I do ColdFusion > development, I try to think of ways to code like I would (conceptually) in > C#, my other main language. That way I don't need to modify my brain > patterns too much when switching back and forth. Plus it cuts your > development time in half when creating property methods. > > ________________________________ > > > <cffunction name="setServer" access="private" returntype="string"> > <cfargument name="newValue" required="false" type="string"> > > <cfset var returnValue = "" /> > <cfif StructKeyExists(ARGUMENTS,newValue)> > <cfset variables.instance.server=arguments.newValue> > <cfelse> > <cfset returnValue = variables.instance.server> > </cfif> > > <cfreturn returnValue /> > </cffunction> ...Or you could cut your development of > beans/getters/setters into basically nil! ;-) [Shameless plug] You could > use an "semi-automated" bean creator like my Mach-II Bean Creator (thanks to > Jon Block for the initial beaner as I expanded it). It's a html/javascript > (ironically, no CFM needed to run it) based page that allows you to input > your parameters into text boxes and it pops out a complete CFC bean for you > to copy'n'paste. Although, it's not completely foolproof or complete - it > usually leaves me to set some defaults for numeric types usually - instead > of typing out the whole bean. Also, it includes an example bean button in > the lower left that we create a sample bean to show you the easy to use > syntax. > > For more info, just see my blog entry. There is a zip available for > download in my downloads pod on the right as well It's free...free I tell > you... > http://blog.maestropublishing.com/index.cfm?mode=entry&entry=A5EC4D60-B152-F6D1-4F1E634CBA2D5048 > (watch the wrap) > > You can allows check out a live version at: > http://blog.maestropublishing.com/mach-ii_beaner.htm > > Please be aware, I can't guarantee this link to be here forever - because I > might clean it out someday without knowing it. If you like it and want to > use it, please just download it to use locally. It's easy to modify the > javascript to change the syntax of the cfm code it generates to your > in-house or personal specs (sorry for having to break up all of cfml tags in > the javascript - it wouldn't validate at the w3c unless I did). Secondly, > you don't have to use it to create full beans - I also use it if I just need > a couple of getters and setters - just copy the section of the generated > code you need. It almost always open in a tab in my browser. Beans are > such low level coding - tedium to the max and they follow a simple format > that doesn't ever change. > > .Peter > -- Peter J. Farrell :: Maestro Publishing blog :: > http://blog.maestropublishing.com email :: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone > :: 651-204-0513 > Shields up, Mr. Sulu. Arm phasers. Ready photon torpedoes. > > -- ---------------------------------------------------------- > > You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email to > [email protected] with the words 'unsubscribe cfcdev' as the subject of the > email. > > CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported by CFXHosting > (www.cfxhosting.com). > > An archive of the CFCDev list is available at > www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://blog.rawlinson.us I have 47! gmail invites,want one? ---------------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] with the words 'unsubscribe cfcdev' as the subject of the email. CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported by CFXHosting (www.cfxhosting.com). An archive of the CFCDev list is available at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
