ColdFusion 10 CFScript Enhancements
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ColdFusion 10 introduces enhancements in cfscript, including the use of colon separators in structures for key:value pairs, support for looping over queries and Java arrays with the for-in loop, and new functions such as arrayeach() and structeach(). Additionally, it offers new tag equivalents for setting request parameters and cookies, as well as invoking CFC/web service methods directly in script. The update also allows for creating, managing, and searching Solr collections through cfscript, enhancing overall scripting capabilities in ColdFusion.
![colon separators in structures
(key:value pairs)
We can now define the key:value pairs within a structure
using colon (:) separator when defining them with implicit
structure notation.
Ex: <cfscript>
student = {firstname:"abc", lastname:"def",
grades:[12,23,45]};
</cfscript>
Also supported:
• <cfset student = {firstName:"Jane", lastName:"Doe",
grades:[77, 84, 91]}>
• Not supported: <cfset name:”Jane”> or name:”Jane”;](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/coldfusion10cfscriptenhancements-131113021805-phpapp02/85/ColdFusion-10-CFScript-Enhancements-3-320.jpg)
ColdFusion 10 CFScript Enhancements
- 2. WHAT’S NEW IN CF10? • • • • Colon separators in structures (key:value pairs). Use of FOR-IN loop over queries and Java arrays. Use of ArrayEach() And StructEach(). New tag equivalents in script statements(setting, cookie) • New tag equivalents as functions(invoke) • New tag equivalents as CFCs(collection, index, search)
- 3. colon separators in structures (key:value pairs) We can now define the key:value pairs within a structure using colon (:) separator when defining them with implicit structure notation. Ex: <cfscript> student = {firstname:"abc", lastname:"def", grades:[12,23,45]}; </cfscript> Also supported: • <cfset student = {firstName:"Jane", lastName:"Doe", grades:[77, 84, 91]}> • Not supported: <cfset name:”Jane”> or name:”Jane”;
- 4. Looping Over Queries and Java Arrays Using For-In Loop • ColdFusion has long been able to use the for-in statement to loop over structures • And ColdFusion 9.0.1 added the ability to loop over CFML arrays • Now can loop over query results. Various Java methods return java arrays • Can now loop over those in CFSCRIPT
- 5. Use of ArrayEach() And StructEach() • “ArrayEach” is used to loop over an array object. • The Handle Function can have each element of the array during looping. • We can apply our business logic inside the handler function . • We can write the handler function as inline function or a named function which we can reuse in multiple cases. • Similarly in StructEach, we can loop over a structure elements.
- 6. New tag equivalents in script statements(setting, cookie) • CFSETTING can be used to set requesttimeout, enablecfoutputonly, showdebugoutput. • Especially valuable for use in cfscript-based application.cfc. • Now it can set requesttimeout=0 Turns off any requesttimeout set in Admin or previously in request
- 7. Cookie • We could always set as cookie.name=“value”, but now can set all properties Example: <cfscript> cookie.firstname = {value="Charlie",expires="10"}; cookie.firstname = {value:"Charlie",expires:"10"}; </cfscript> • Properties that can be set: value, expires, domain, path, secure, and httponly.
- 8. New tag equivalents as functions(invoke) • We can now invoke CFC/web service methods using invoke(). • Example: <cfscript> retval=invoke("demo","helloWorld"); </cfscript> • Also we can pass arguments. <cfscript> retval=invoke("demo","helloFriend",{name="Charlie"}); </cfscript>
- 9. • Also We can use instances here. Example: helloInstance=createobject("component","demo"); retval=invoke(helloInstance,"helloWorld"); • We can invoke a web service using cfscript. <cfscript> tempSvc=createobject("webservice","http://wsf.cdyne. com/WeatherWS/Weather.asmx?WSDL"); retval=invoke(tempSvc,"GetCityWeatherByZIP",{zip="30 005"}); </cfscript>
- 10. New tag equivalents as CFCs(collection, index, search) • Can create a Solr collection in a directory anywhere on server. • Can create and delete collections inside cfscript. • Also can map, optimize, and categoryList (New for Solr)
- 11. Index • Now we can put data into the collection using cfindex, which is now possible inside cfscript. Example: m=new index(); m.update(collection="merchandise",query=merch,key="me rchid",type="custom",title="merchname",body="merchd escription"); Also we can use. • delete (to remove one or more items from the index) • purge (to remove all items from the index) • ColdFusion 10 adds other CFINDEX actions: abort, deltaimport, fullimport, and status
- 12. Search • CFSEARCH is used to search Solr collections which is now possible inside cfscript. Example: <cfscript> merch=new search().search(collection="merchandise",criteria="ti tle:ColdFusion",maxRows=10); writeDump(var=merch.getresult().name,show="score,ti tle,summary"); </cfscript>
- 13. Thank You
- 14. Questions??