Can an argument be defined outside a function?

[aporosoff]

I have several functions that all require the same cfarguments. Is there a way to define those arguments in one place and have them shared by several functions? I've looked around in the forums and so far the closest option I've found is to create a struct of arguments and deal with them from there. However, I'm still a little hazy as to what I would do with the struct once passed. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
--Anne

[Guest · Accepted solution]

you could store those arguments in a struct...and store the struct in the application or session scope (depending on usage).

pass the struct in as "argumentcollection".

let's say your struct is in the application scope as 'myArgumentsStruct'.

<cfset myVar = myCFCInstance.myFunction(argumentcollection=application.myArgumentStruct) />

in the function itself, each key in the argumentcollection structure becomes a distinct argument.

see:
http://livedocs.macromedia.com/coldfusion/7/htmldocs/00001051.htm

[Newsgroup_User]

I have never ever tried anything like this and I have no idea if it will
work. But feel free to give it a try.

arguments_inc.txt
--------
<cfargument ...>
<cfargument ...>
<cfargument ...>

aFunction.cfm
<cffunction ...>
<cfinclude template="arguments_inc.txt">
...
</cffunction>

[aporosoff]

Awesome, just what I was looking for. Thanks! 😃

[Newsgroup_User]

> I have never ever tried anything like this and I have no idea if it will
> work. But feel free to give it a try.

Bet ya five quid it doesn't ;-)

--
Adam