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Mohamad
Mohamad

Reputation: 35359

Function access in ColdFusion

Is there a way to access functions through inheritance without setting function access to public?

For example: I have Foo.cfc and it extends Bar.cfc. If I want to call a Bar.cfc function from Foo.cfc, I have to set the function access to public.

If I set the function access to private, then it's only accessible from Foo.cfc. Is there no "intermediate" access level that is not quite public but not strictly private? i.e. it allows access through inheritance only...

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2276

Answers (3)

Dave Long
Dave Long

Reputation: 9759

You need to set the access property in cffunction to package. That will allow it to be accessed by any component that extends the component.

Upvotes: 1

Henry
Henry

Reputation: 32915

If I set the function access to private, then it's only accessible from Foo.cfc

NOT TRUE! private access level in ColdFusion is same as protected in Java, so you can still call that private method of Bar from Foo

Upvotes: 5

Leigh
Leigh

Reputation: 28873

Are you using the keyword super? Because private methods should be available to sub components like Foo.cfc.

Foo.cfc

<cfcomponent extends="Bar">
    .....
    <cffunction name="fooMethod" access="public" ...>
         <cfreturn super.nameOfAMethodInBarCFC() />
    </cffunction>
</cfcomponent>

Upvotes: 6

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