Cfobject: Component Object - MACROMEDIA COLDFUSION MX 61-CFML Reference

cfobject: component object

Description
Creates an instance of a ColdFusion component (CFC) object.
Syntax
<cfobject
name = "variable name"
component = "component name">
See also
cfcollection, cfcomponent, cfexecute, cfindex, cfreport, cfsearch,
Attributes
Attribute Req/Opt Default Description
name Required
component Required
Usage
When the
cfobject
code in the CFC; that is, it runs code that is not in the method definitions.
On UNIX systems, ColdFusion searches first for a file with a name that matches the specified
component name, but is all lower case. If it does not find the file, it looks for a file name that
matches the component name exactly, with the identical character casing.
Example
<!--- separate instantiation and method invocation; permits multiple
invocations --->
<cfobject
name="quoteService"
component="nasdaq.quote">
<cfinvoke
component="#quoteService#"
method="getLastTradePrice"
symbol="macr"
returnVariable="res">
<cfoutput>#res#</cfoutput><br>
<cfinvoke
component="#quoteService#"
method="getLastTradePrice"
symbol="mot"
returnVariable="res">
<cfoutput>#res#</cfoutput>
256 Chapter 2: ColdFusion Tags
String; name for the instantiated component. The name must not
have a period as the first or last character.
Name of component to instantiate
tag creates an instance of the CFC, ColdFusion executes any constructor
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