Using cfscript to invoke components.

[superbullet]

I was wondering, if I use cfscript to invoke a coldfusion component, does it reinvoke the entire component when more than 1 method is called?

[Stressed_Simon]

If you invoke your component as a object then all its public methods will be
available for the rest of the template.

eg.

<cfscript>
// create component object
compObj = CreateObject("component", "myCFC");

// call init method
compObj.init(var1);

// call init method again
compObj.init(var2);
</cfscript>

you can also create objects in the session scope and you can then call methods
from that for the life of the session.

[superbullet]

That was my guess as well. But if you use <cfinvoke> then inorder to call a second method the entire component must be reinvoked right? So cfscript has an advantage.

[mpwoodward *TMM*]

On 2005-06-26 15:01:58 -0500, "superbullet"
<webforumsuser@macromedia.com> said:

> That was my guess as well. But if you use <cfinvoke> then inorder to
> call a second method the entire component must be reinvoked right? So
> cfscript has an advantage.

It's not cfscript that has an advantage so much as using cfobject or
CreateObject() as opposed to cfinvoke creates the advantage you
describe. You can use cfobject to instantiate your object and then
call multiple methods on it, and this would be more or less the same as
using CreateObject() in cfscript.

Matt
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Matt Woodward
[email]mpwoodward@gmail.com[/email]
Team Macromedia - ColdFusion

[superbullet]

Yes, that's what I meant. I just always use cfscript, and I forget that <cfobject> tag exists. Well, then that is strange, why did they ever even come up with a <cfinvoke> tag?