If you think method 2 is a good idea, just use a struct instead (because
at that point you've eliminated any encapsulation a CFC provides).
Why do you think maintaining getters/setters is a burden? Is it too much
typing (I hope no one is typing getters/setters by hand!).
-Dave
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/19/06 1:22 PM >>>
I like the use of beans as a bridge to transport data between the
presentation layer (forms) and business objects, which do all the
database interactions. Constructing beans can be a repetitive and
time-consuming task, so lately I have been toying around with a
different transfer object that acts like a bean, but it is easier to
build, add on, and maintain. I would like your opinions on it and
whether it is a good or bad.
Instead of writing a bean that has getters and setters and will
interface like this:
<cfset objFilter=CreateObject("component","reportFilter").init(dsn)>
Method #1
<cfset objFilter.setFirstname="John">
<cfset objFilter.setLastName="Doe">
I then pass this objFilter into my business object. Inside the business
object, the values in the filter object will be accessed like this:
Arguments.objFilter.getFirstName();
Arguments.objFilter.getLastName();
Method #2
I have been toying with this method:
<cfset objFilter.add('firstname','John')>
<cfset objFilter.add('lastname','Doe')>
Inside my business object, I would access the values of the objFilter
like this:
Arguments.objFilter.getValue('lastName')
Arguments.objFilter.getValue('firstname')
The advantage I see in Method 2 is that as the business object requires
additional filter parameters, the objFilter object doesn't require the
maintenance of adding more getters or setters.
Any thought on the good or bad on Method #2 is appreciated. Thanks.
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