February 12, 2009 | In: AOP, coldfusion, coldspring, design patterns
Following up on my original post about ColdFusion performance hits on creating objects - it was suggested that I return an array of typed structures instead of an array of components. I already had a nice AOP class for each of these scenarios, so all I...
October 2, 2008 | In: AOP, cfml, coldspring, flex
The Value Objects Otherwise known as a transfer object is simply a design pattern for exchanging data between disparate systems. I'm working on a application with a Flex UI and a ColdFusion backend, and I initially discovered that if I return a query...
September 15, 2008 | In: cfml, coldspring, design patterns, model-glue
Autowiring in ColdFusion Most of you may have heard of autowiring, and many of you may have implemented it in an application by now (most likely with Spring, ColdSpring, or Google Guice). If you don't know what autowiring is, or are curious about how...
August 27, 2008 | In: SOA, cfml, coldspring, design patterns
I've been meaning to share this for many reasons, but I've been bogged down with projects lately. However, it has allowed the code to mature and get streamlined a bit, so it's good that some time has passed. This is a pattern that we've come up with at...
July 16, 2008 | In: coldfusion, coldspring
I don't know, when I was thinking about a name for the post, all the terms I was coming up with made me think of those coffee freaks at StarBucks ordering their custom cup o' Joe. Anyway, just wanted to share something that made my ColdSpring.xml file...