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Description
Creates and defines a component object; encloses functionality that you build in CFML and enclose within cffunction tags. This tag contains one or more cffunction tags that define methods. Code within the body of this tag, other than cffunction tags, is executed when the component is instantiated. A component file has the extension CFC and is stored in any directory of an application. A component is invoked in the following ways:
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Category
Extensibility tags | |
Syntax<cfcomponent extends ="anotherComponent" output = "yes" or "no"> <cffunction ...> ... </cffunction> <cffunction ...> ... </cffunction> </cfcomponent> | |
See also
cfargument, cffunction, cfinvoke, cfinvokeargument, cfobject, cfproperty, cfreturn
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Usage
ColdFusion processes output expressions as follows:
This tag requires an end tag. |
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Example <cfcomponent> <cffunction name="getEmp"> <cfquery name="empQuery" datasource="ExampleApps" > SELECT FIRSTNAME, LASTNAME, EMAIL FROM tblEmployees </cfquery> <cfreturn empQuery> </cffunction> <cffunction name="getDept"> <cfquery name="deptQuery" datasource="ExampleApps" > SELECT * FROM tblDepartments </cfquery> <cfreturn deptQuery> </cffunction> </cfcomponent> |
EXTENDS | |
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Name of parent component from which to inherit methods and properties. |
OUTPUT | |
Optional | |
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