inheritance vs. non-inheritance Applicaiton.cfm

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The Coldbox distribution application templates include both inheritance and non-inheritance versions of Application.cfm. Prior to 3.7.0, the inheritance version was the default. The “What’s New With ColdBox 3.7.0” document includes the following:

Improvements
[COLDBOX-167] - Make non-inheritance approach the default for application templates
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Major Enhancements-Improvements
Make non-inhertance approach the default for application templates

I switched to the non-inheritance version long ago but, frankly, can’t remember why. What are the pros and cons to each? What was the reason for making the switch in the distribution?

Thanks
Bob

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I’m not sure why Luis switched the default, but the reason I typically use the non-inheritance approach is if I want to use app mappings. Application-specific mappings are configured inside of Application.cfc which means the mapping doesn’t exist in time to resolve the extends attribute of the Component itself.

Thanks!

~Brad

ColdBox Platform Evangelist
Ortus Solutions, Corp

E-mail: brad@coldbox.org
ColdBox Platform: http://www.coldbox.org
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Brad,

I use mappings so that must be why I switched. Thanks for the reply.

Bob