Nested CFC/Object?

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1

Hi,

I have a Customer.cfc and I'd like it to have a property that is
another object inside it. This other object is an Address.cfc

My hope is that when I <cfdump> out my Customer.cfc, it will have an
Address.cfc inside of it also.

How can I do this in ColdBox fashion?

Thanks,

West

2

Pass the Address Object in as a Property

Which version of ColdFusion are you using? Which version of ColdBox are you using? (doubt the later matters but I think it should start being in most questions just in case it helps.)

3

I'm using CF 9. So in the init method pass it in?

4

You can add these to ColdBox model…

/testObjects/Test.cfm

oCustomer = new testObjects.Customer();
writeDump(oCustomer);

/testObjects/Customer.cfc

/**

  • Customer
  • @accessors true
    */

component Customer displayname=“Customer” hint=“This is the Customer Object” output=“false”
{
property name=“ID” type=“numeric” displayname=“Unique ID” hint=“This is the Customers Unique ID”;
property name=“FirstName” type=“string” displayname=“FirstName” hint=“This is the Customers First Name”;
property name=“LastName” type=“string” displayname=“LastName” hint=“This is the Customers LastName”;
property name=“emailAddress” type=“string” displayname=“emailAddress” hint=“This is the Customers emailAddress”;
property name=“address” type=“any” displayname=“address” hint=“This is the Customers address”;

public function init()
displayname=“init” description=“init” output=“false”
{
var oAddress = new testObjects.Address();
setAddress(oAddress);
return this;
}

}

/testObjects/Address.cfc

/**

  • Address
  • @accessors true
    */

component Address displayname=“Address” hint=“This is the Address Object” output=“false”
{
property name=“ID” type=“numeric” displayname=“Unique ID” hint=“This is the Address Unique ID”;
property name=“Address1” type=“string” displayname=“Address1” hint=“This is the Address1”;
property name=“Address2” type=“string” displayname=“Address2” hint=“This is the Address2”;
property name=“City” type=“string” displayname=“City” hint=“This is the City”;
property name=“State” type=“string” displayname=“State” hint=“This is the State”;
property name=“Province” type=“string” displayname=“Province” hint=“This is the Province”;
property name=“Country” type=“string” displayname=“Country” hint=“This is the Country”;

public function init()
displayname=“init” description=“init” output=“false”
{
return this;
}

}

Not sure if this is the best way but this is what came to my mind.

5

test.cfm

oCustomer = new testObjects.Customer();
writeDump(oCustomer);

Customer.cfc

/**

  • Customer
  • @accessors true
    */

component Customer displayname=“Customer” hint=“This is the Customer Object” output=“false”
{
property name=“ID” type=“numeric” displayname=“Unique ID” hint=“This is the Customers Unique ID”;
property name=“FirstName” type=“string” displayname=“FirstName” hint=“This is the Customers First Name”;
property name=“LastName” type=“string” displayname=“LastName” hint=“This is the Customers LastName”;
property name=“emailAddress” type=“string” displayname=“emailAddress” hint=“This is the Customers emailAddress”;
property name=“address” type=“any” displayname=“address” hint=“This is the Customers address”;

public function init()
displayname=“init” description=“init” output=“false”
{
var oAddress = new testObjects.Address();
setAddress(oAddress);
return this;
}

}

Address.cfc

/**

  • Address
  • @accessors true
    */

component Address displayname=“Address” hint=“This is the Address Object” output=“false”
{
property name=“ID” type=“numeric” displayname=“Unique ID” hint=“This is the Address Unique ID”;
property name=“Address1” type=“string” displayname=“Address1” hint=“This is the Address1”;
property name=“Address2” type=“string” displayname=“Address2” hint=“This is the Address2”;
property name=“City” type=“string” displayname=“City” hint=“This is the City”;
property name=“State” type=“string” displayname=“State” hint=“This is the State”;
property name=“Province” type=“string” displayname=“Province” hint=“This is the Province”;
property name=“Country” type=“string” displayname=“Country” hint=“This is the Country”;

public function init()
displayname=“init” description=“init” output=“false”
{
return this;
}

}

This is the way I would do it. If you cannot get it working I can see if I can come up with a better example inside of ColdBox. This still should work.

6

Or passing it in like this

test.cfm

oAddress = new testObjects.Address(); oCustomer = new testObjects.Customer(oAddress); writeDump(oCustomer);

Customer.cfc

/**

  • Customer
  • @accessors true
    */

component Customer displayname=“Customer” hint=“This is the Customer Object” output=“false”
{
property name=“ID” type=“numeric” displayname=“Unique ID” hint=“This is the Customers Unique ID”;
property name=“FirstName” type=“string” displayname=“FirstName” hint=“This is the Customers First Name”;
property name=“LastName” type=“string” displayname=“LastName” hint=“This is the Customers LastName”;
property name=“emailAddress” type=“string” displayname=“emailAddress” hint=“This is the Customers emailAddress”;
property name=“address” type=“any” displayname=“address” hint=“This is the Customers address”;

public function init(pAddressObject)
displayname=“init” description=“init” output=“false”
{
setAddress(pAddressObject);
return this;
}

}

Address.cfc

/**

  • Address
  • @accessors true
    */

component Address displayname=“Address” hint=“This is the Address Object” output=“false”
{
property name=“ID” type=“numeric” displayname=“Unique ID” hint=“This is the Address Unique ID”;
property name=“Address1” type=“string” displayname=“Address1” hint=“This is the Address1”;
property name=“Address2” type=“string” displayname=“Address2” hint=“This is the Address2”;
property name=“City” type=“string” displayname=“City” hint=“This is the City”;
property name=“State” type=“string” displayname=“State” hint=“This is the State”;
property name=“Province” type=“string” displayname=“Province” hint=“This is the Province”;
property name=“Country” type=“string” displayname=“Country” hint=“This is the Country”;

public function init()
displayname=“init” description=“init” output=“false”
{
return this;
}

}

7

This makes sense, and thank you for the example. I'm going to try
that when I get in the office shortly.

Thanks!

8

So this way the address object is inside the customer object and is empty. When you create a new customer there are many ways to do it but here is one.

oAddress = new testObjects.Address(); newCustomer = new testObjects.Customer(oAddress); newCustomer.setFirstName("Jim"); newCustomer.setLastName("Sample"); newCustomer.setEmailAddress("Jim.Sample@gmail.com");

newCustomer.getAddress().setAddress1(“1 Abc Street”);
newCustomer.getAddress().setAddress2(“P.O. Box 1A”);
newCustomer.getAddress().setCity(“MyCity”);
newCustomer.getAddress().setState(“MyState”);
newCustomer.getAddress().setProvince(“MyProvinceCounty”);
newCustomer.getAddress().setCountry(“MyCountry”);

writeDump(newCustomer);

Create functions inside of Customer save(), insert(), update()

in Save check for ID of Customer and if no ID then insert if ID then Update.