I can honestly say that there are always requests on the ColdBox lists or work that say, "Hey the application is taking my server memory, why does ColdBox do that!". First of all, the ColdBox platform when placed in memory is less than 1kb of memory. The rest that gets loaded into an application is because of your application code. Second, the biggest culprit is the misuse or the not using of var scoped variables in event handlers or domain objects.
This is KEY! Event handlers in ColdBox are cached by default so no unnecessary object creations occur. Therefore, your code within the event handler functions MUST be thread safe and var scoped. This is essential and key for ANY framework or ANY ColdFusion Component declaration, ALWAYS ALWAYS var scope. I cannot stress the importance of having to var scope your ColdFusion component method calls. I see this time and time again and we need to educated ourselves about it and also create a habit of ALWAYS var scoping our variables within function declarations. What do you think?
This is KEY! Event handlers in ColdBox are cached by default so no unnecessary object creations occur. Therefore, your code within the event handler functions MUST be thread safe and var scoped. This is essential and key for ANY framework or ANY ColdFusion Component declaration, ALWAYS ALWAYS var scope. I cannot stress the importance of having to var scope your ColdFusion component method calls. I see this time and time again and we need to educated ourselves about it and also create a habit of ALWAYS var scoping our variables within function declarations. What do you think?
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Sep 24, 2010 17:49:38 UTC
by Adrian J. Moreno
A few links with more information on var scoping:
My blog: http://www.iknowkungfoo.com/blog/index.cfm/2007/8/22/Object-Oriented-Coldfusion--4--The-var-scope
Dave Shuck: http://daveshuck.instantspot.com/blog/2006/11/28/Thread-safety-example--Var-scope-your-loop-index-in-ColdFusion-CFCs
Tyson Vanek: http://www.webapper.net/index.cfm/2007/2/9/The-REAL-reason-you-need-to-varscope-your-local-CFC-function-variables
Sep 30, 2010 10:28:54 UTC
by Allen
Not to be trite but the var keyword is a keyword, not a scope. Most of know that but I'd hate to see a newbie get confused.
Do you have some example code for a handler or controller that would help illustrate this?
And is there any reason if we're running CF9 why we shouldn't use the local scope in these situations?
TIA!
Sep 30, 2010 10:35:10 UTC
by Luis Majano
@Allen,
In cf9 you don't have to var scope if you use the local scope as that puts the variables in the local function scope. To me that is a matter of preference, like what color you like? They both achieve the same results.
Some example handler code of NOT var scoping:
function doThis(event){ rc = event.getCollection();
rc.data = service.getData(); }