Extending CFC's is great, use it all the time for creating Base CFC's for DAO, Beans, and Gateways. Easy way to add common functionality to existing cfc's throughout the development of your app.
On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 9:43 PM, Clarke Bishop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Dusty and Doug for your thoughts last week. Also, I wanted to > report back on what I ended up with as I think it's working really well now. > > What I ended up with is: > > /webroot/ > Application.cfc > accessibleStuff.cfm > > /secure/ > Application.cfc > stuffThatRequiresLogin.cfm > > I think I needed to stop and restart the server when I wrote the previous > message, because this is working and making sense now. > > I added one thing to the onSessionStart method of the > webroot/Application.cfc: > > SESSION.isLoggedIn = False > > This, of course initializes the isLoggedIn value when the session first > starts. > > I have other stuff that runs in webroot/Application.cfc methods/events, and > I didn't want to mess that up or complicate it. > > So, I added another Application.cfc in webroot/secure/Application.cfc. The > second Application.cfc was setup to extend the one in the webroot. > Just add extends="Application" (where Application includes the full path > to the CFC) as a parameter in the <cfcomponent> tag. > > Then add an onRequestStart method the the second Application.cfc which > overrides the method in webroot/Application.cfc. And in that method, all I > do is: > > <cfif SESSION.isLoggedIn EQ False> > <cflocation url="../login.cfm"> > </cfif> > > So any request for a page in my /secure/ directory gets automatically > checked to see if the user is logged in, and if not, they get redirected. > The login.cfm page is up a level from the /secure/ directory, so it doesn't > get checked for login or redirected. > > A lot of you may know how to do all this, but I have been very pleased with > how clean and straightforward it is. So, just in case, I wanted to tell > everyone. > > Thanks again for the help! > > Clarke > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Douglas > Knudsen > *Sent:* Saturday, May 24, 2008 1:07 AM > *To:* discussion@acfug.org > *Subject:* Re: [ACFUG Discuss] Multiple Application.CFC files > > Clarke, yup, should be able to just extend the root Application.cfc with > the one(s) below to get all that 'inheritance' goodness. One thing though > is a little issue with CF in this regard. You can't extend the root > Applicaiton.cfc do to some pathing thing. To get around this though you can > create a proxy. You can read all about it on that CF super hero's blog > > http://corfield.org/blog/index.cfm/do/blog.entry/entry/Extending_Your_Root_Applicationcfc > > Also, Ray Camden has a great write up using this Application.cfc animal > > http://www.coldfusionjedi.com/index.cfm/2007/11/9/Applicationcfc-Methods-and-Example-Uses > > DK > > > On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 6:53 PM, Clarke Bishop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> In my webroot, I am trying to setup a secure directory where a login is >> required. I got some good ideas the other day from Doug, but I'm still >> having trouble. >> >> Here's what I'm trying to do >> >> /webroot/ >> accessibleStuff.cfm >> /secure/ >> stuffThatRequiresLogin.cfm >> >> So, anything in the secure directory requires a login. >> >> Now, I've got an Application.cfc in my webroot. All, I have to do, is put >> another Application.cfc in the secure directory and check for login. >> >> Problem 1. >> >> CF only processes one Application.cfc. So, when I add the second >> Application.cfc, all my session initialization, error handling, etc. in >> webroot.Application doesn't run. >> >> I think the answer to this is to make the second Application.cfc extend >> webroot.Application, but maybe there's a better way. >> >> Problem 2. >> >> When I did have the second Application.cfc extend webroot.Application, cfm >> pages in the secure directory don't fire the OnSessionStart event located >> in >> webroot.Application. >> >> My plan was to test the value of SESSION.IsLoggedIn, but it's failing >> because IsLoggedIn did not get initialized by OnSessionStart. >> >> What am I missing? Is there a better way to do this? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Clarke >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ >> http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform >> >> For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists >> Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ >> List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Douglas Knudsen > http://www.cubicleman.com > this is my signature, like it? > ------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ > http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform > > For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists > Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ > List hosted by FusionLink <http://www.fusionlink.com> > ------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ > http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform > > For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists > Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ > List hosted by FusionLink <http://www.fusionlink.com> > ------------------------------------------------------------- > -- Steven Ross web application & interface developer http://blog.stevensross.com [mobile] 404-488-4364 [fax] (404) 592-6885 [ AIM / Yahoo! : zeriumsteven ] [googleTalk : nowhiding ] ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com -------------------------------------------------------------
