Comments on: Inheritance between ColdFusion and Flex http://flexoop.com/2008/09/inheritance-between-coldfusion-and-flex/ Flex, AIR, ColdFusion, and everything in between Thu, 15 Dec 2011 04:02:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: whitemamba http://flexoop.com/2008/09/inheritance-between-coldfusion-and-flex/comment-page-1/#comment-93 whitemamba Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:57:33 +0000 http://flexfusion.archfamily.com/?p=31#comment-93 The reason you had to do that (for flashmech's knowledge) is that in CF, the cfproperty tags are stictly for instance data that is being passed remotely (Web Services, AMF, etc), and to provide additional "metadata" for a CFC. They are altogether useless otherwise and are not really a part of the class/object itself so to speak, so they are not inherited. Did that make sense? The reason you had to do that (for flashmech’s knowledge) is that in CF, the cfproperty tags are stictly for instance data that is being passed remotely (Web Services, AMF, etc), and to provide additional “metadata” for a CFC. They are altogether useless otherwise and are not really a part of the class/object itself so to speak, so they are not inherited. Did that make sense?

]]> By: flashmech http://flexoop.com/2008/09/inheritance-between-coldfusion-and-flex/comment-page-1/#comment-79 flashmech Mon, 15 Sep 2008 02:17:45 +0000 http://flexfusion.archfamily.com/?p=31#comment-79 ah! That's why I think my question was n00bish~ loL~ Thanks for answering! I should really try my hands on some backend programming one day. :) ah! That’s why I think my question was n00bish~ loL~

Thanks for answering! I should really try my hands on some backend programming one day. :)

]]> By: Gareth http://flexoop.com/2008/09/inheritance-between-coldfusion-and-flex/comment-page-1/#comment-77 Gareth Sun, 14 Sep 2008 23:44:36 +0000 http://flexfusion.archfamily.com/?p=31#comment-77 Ah, OK. I see what you mean. If these were just value Objects then yes, but in our system, these were actually predefined and had other methods and properties already associated with them in the CFC. Plus, by just putting the cfproperties, you lose the relationship between the 2 objects and the business objects (in my company's case) had a relationship that was shown by Review extending Activity. Ah, OK. I see what you mean. If these were just value Objects then yes, but in our system, these were actually predefined and had other methods and properties already associated with them in the CFC. Plus, by just putting the cfproperties, you lose the relationship between the 2 objects and the business objects (in my company’s case) had a relationship that was shown by Review extending Activity.

]]> By: flashmech http://flexoop.com/2008/09/inheritance-between-coldfusion-and-flex/comment-page-1/#comment-75 flashmech Sun, 14 Sep 2008 07:47:10 +0000 http://flexfusion.archfamily.com/?p=31#comment-75 haha.. actually what I meant is, since you have declare the properties again in the subclass, wouldn't it work the same way without the "extends" attribute altogether? haha.. actually what I meant is, since you have declare the properties again in the subclass, wouldn’t it work the same way without the “extends” attribute altogether?

]]> By: Gareth http://flexoop.com/2008/09/inheritance-between-coldfusion-and-flex/comment-page-1/#comment-74 Gareth Sun, 14 Sep 2008 02:24:02 +0000 http://flexfusion.archfamily.com/?p=31#comment-74 Hey Flashmech, No worries about the question. I probably didn't explain myself as well as I should have :) In the ColdFusion component tag, there is an "extends" attribute. This would specify the CFC (i.e. other object) that you are extending. There is going to be some duplication of cfproperty tags between the object it is extending and the object that is inheriting from it, but that appears to be the only way to get Flex to "know" about the properties when it accesses them remotely. In the above example, the 'extends="path.to.cfc.activity"' is the cfc that it is extending (in this case it would be activity.cfc) Hopefully that answers your question, but if not feel free to post again. Hey Flashmech,
No worries about the question. I probably didn’t explain myself as well as I should have :)

In the ColdFusion component tag, there is an “extends” attribute. This would specify the CFC (i.e. other object) that you are extending. There is going to be some duplication of cfproperty tags between the object it is extending and the object that is inheriting from it, but that appears to be the only way to get Flex to “know” about the properties when it accesses them remotely. In the above example, the ‘extends=”path.to.cfc.activity”‘ is the cfc that it is extending (in this case it would be activity.cfc)

Hopefully that answers your question, but if not feel free to post again.

]]> By: flashmech http://flexoop.com/2008/09/inheritance-between-coldfusion-and-flex/comment-page-1/#comment-73 flashmech Sat, 13 Sep 2008 23:05:33 +0000 http://flexfusion.archfamily.com/?p=31#comment-73 Hi Gareth! I am no ColdFusion programmer, so may sound a bit noobish in this question. Just asking out of curiousity, how would you know if it's extending if you're declaring the properties? Hi Gareth!

I am no ColdFusion programmer, so may sound a bit noobish in this question.

Just asking out of curiousity, how would you know if it’s extending if you’re declaring the properties?

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