Object-oriented programming in ColdFusion : break free from procedural programming and learn how to optimize your applications and enhance your skills using objects and design patterns / / Matt Gifford

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910958884503321
• Autore: Gifford Matt (Web application developer)
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Birmingham [U.K.], : Packt Pub., 2010
• ISBN: 9786612882166; 9781282882164; 1282882163; 9781847196330; 1847196330
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (192 p.)
• Collana: Community experience distilled
• Disciplina: 005.117
• Soggetti: Object-oriented programming (Computer science)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Copyright; Credits; Foreword; About the Author; Acknowledgement; About the Reviewer; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Introducing ColdFusion Components; Why use CFCs?; Grouping your functions; Organizing your components; The ColdFusion component tags; Our first component; Defining a method; Returning the data; ColdFusion 9 scripted components; Creating your object; Restricting your functions to scopes; Using arguments within your methods; The Arguments scope; Redefine the function parameters; Combining your methods; Protecting your local variables; Using the Var scope; Placing your Var scoped variablesNaming your Var scoped variables; Accessing your CFC; Instantiating the object; Using the createObject function; Using the cfobject tag; Using the NEW operator; Using cfinvoke; The cfinvoke tag; Using cfinvokeargument; Using attributes as arguments; Using an argument collection; Passing arguments into an instance method call; As a list; As named values; As an argumentCollection; Arguments in action; Merging your functions into ; one; Using cfargument to combine your methods; Creating an object constructor; Creating an init() function; The Variables scope; Calling your init() functionThe This scope; Summary; Chapter 2: Effective Component Development; Pseudo-constructors; Using the pseudo method; Suppressing whitespace; Output attribute; Pseudo-constructor or init() method; Returning values and variables; returnType; Access properties; Private; Package; Public; Remote; Getting information about your CFC; Introspection; CFC Explorer; Component Doc; Document your code; Benefits of documentation; Displayname attribute; Hint attribute; Description attribute; User-defined metadata; Obtaining CFC metadata; getMetaData; getComponentMetaData; Returning metadataDetailed introspection; Summary; Chapter 3: Building Your First Bean; What is a Bean?; But what is it really?; The benefit of using beans; Creating our first Bean; An introduction to UML; Person object in UML; What makes a Bean a Bean; A default/no-argument constructor; Easily accessible for introspection; Completing our Projects Bean; Calling our project Bean; Populating the Bean; Read/Write Bean; Read-only Bean; Helpful objects; Implicit accessors; Summary; Chapter 4: Inheritance and Object-Oriented Concepts; What is Inheritance?; Avoiding code duplication; Inheriting our productsThe Super keyword; Overriding methods; Instantiating our products; The inheritance hierarchy; Specialization; The ""IS A"" relationship; Polymorphism; Composition; The ""HAS A"" Relationship; Implied ownership; Aggregation; Summary; Chapter 5: Data Access Objects; What is a Data Access Object?; Creating a Data Access Object; The create method; Storing a new user; The read method; Handling select results; The update method; The delete method; An alternative save method; The save method; The exists method; Caching the Data Access Objects; Dependency Injection; Summary; Chapter 6: Gateways
• Sommario/riassunto: Break free from procedural programming and learn how to optimize your applications and enhance your skills using objects and design patterns