Creates an instance of a ColdFusion component (CFC) object.
<cfobject
name = "variable name"
component = "component name">
cfcollection, cfcomponent, cfexecute, cfindex, cfreport, cfsearch, cfwddx
| Attribute | Req/Opt | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
name |
Required |
|
String; name for the instantiated component. The name must not have a period as the first or last character. |
component |
Required |
|
Name of component to instantiate |
When the cfobject tag creates an instance of the CFC, ColdFusion executes any constructor code in the CFC; that is, it runs code that is not in the method definitions.
On UNIX systems, ColdFusion searches first for a file with a name that matches the specified component name, but is all lower case. If it does not find the file, it looks for a file name that matches the component name exactly, with the identical character casing.
<!--- separate instantiation and method invocation; permits multiple
invocations ---> <cfobject
name="quoteService"
component="nasdaq.quote"> <cfinvoke
component="#quoteService#"
method="getLastTradePrice"
symbol="macr"
returnVariable="res"> <cfoutput>#res#</cfoutput><br> <cfinvoke
component="#quoteService#"
method="getLastTradePrice"
symbol="mot"
returnVariable="res"> <cfoutput>#res#</cfoutput>