public any createBean( string beanType, [struct initArgs] )

Creates a bean and calls its init() function.

Parameters:

string beanType

[struct initArgs]

Code:

	<cffunction name="createBean" access="public" returntype="any" output="false"
		hint="Creates a bean and calls its init() function.">
		<cfargument name="beanType" type="string" required="true"
			hint="A fully qualified path to the bean CFC." />
		<cfargument name="initArgs" type="struct" required="false" 
			hint="Optional. The set of arguments to pass to the init() function as an argument collection." />
		
		<cfset var bean = CreateObject("component", arguments.beanType) />
		
		<cfif StructKeyExists(arguments, "initArgs")>
			<cfset bean.init(argumentcollection=arguments.initArgs) />
		<cfelse>
			<cfset bean.init() />
		</cfif>

		<cfreturn bean />
	</cffunction> 

public struct describeBean( any bean )

Returns a struct of bean properties/values based on getters.

Parameters:

any bean

Code:

	<cffunction name="describeBean" access="public" returntype="struct" output="false"
		hint="Returns a struct of bean properties/values based on getters.">
		<cfargument name="bean" type="any" required="true" />
		
		<cfset var map = StructNew() />
		<cfset var meta = GetMetaData(arguments.bean) />
		<cfset var metaFunctions = meta.functions />
		<cfset var metaFunction = "" /> 
		<cfset var fieldName = "" />
		<cfset var fieldValue = "" />
		<cfset var i = 0 />
		
		<cfloop from="1" to="#ArrayLen(metaFunctions)#" index="i">
			<cfset metaFunction = metaFunctions[i] />
			<cfif metaFunction.name.toLowerCase().startsWith("get")
				AND metaFunction.access.equalsIgnoreCase("public")
				AND ArrayLen(metaFunction.parameters) EQ 0>
				<cfset fieldName = Right(metaFunction.name, Len(metaFunction.name)-3) />
				<cfset fieldName = LCase(Left(fieldName,1)) & Right(fieldName, Len(fieldName)-1) />
				<cfinvoke component="#arguments.bean#" method="#metaFunction.name#" 
					returnVariable="fieldValue" />
				<cfset map[fieldName] = fieldValue />
			</cfif>
		</cfloop>
		
		<cfreturn map />
	</cffunction> 

public any getBeanField( any bean, string field )

Returns the value of a field in a bean using method call getBeanField().

Parameters:

any bean

string field

Code:

	<cffunction name="getBeanField" access="public" returntype="any" output="false"
		hint="Returns the value of a field in a bean using method call getBeanField().">
		<cfargument name="bean" type="any" required="true" />
		<cfargument name="field" type="string" required="true" />
		
		<cfset var fieldValue = "" />
		<cfinvoke component="#arguments.bean#" method="get#arguments.field#" 
			returnvariable="fieldValue" />
		<cfreturn fieldValue />
	</cffunction> 

public BeanUtil init( )

Used by the framework for initialization.

Parameters:

Code:

	<cffunction name="init" access="public" returntype="BeanUtil" output="false"
		hint="Used by the framework for initialization.">
		<cfreturn this />
	</cffunction> 

public void setBeanAutoFields( any bean, struct fieldCollection )

Sets the value of fields in a bean (determined by describeBean()) using method calls setBeanField().

Parameters:

any bean

struct fieldCollection

Code:

	<cffunction name="setBeanAutoFields" access="public" returntype="void" output="false"
		hint="Sets the value of fields in a bean (determined by describeBean()) using method calls setBeanField().">
		<cfargument name="bean" type="any" required="true"
			hint="The bean to populate." />
		<cfargument name="fieldCollection" type="struct" required="true"
			hint="A struct of field names mapped to values." />
		
		<cfset var field = 0 />
		<cfset var map = describeBean(arguments.bean) />
		
		<cfloop collection="#map#" item="field">
			<cfif StructKeyExists(arguments.fieldCollection, field)>
				<cfset setBeanField(arguments.bean, field, arguments.fieldCollection[field]) />
			</cfif>
		</cfloop>
	</cffunction> 

public void setBeanField( any bean, string field, any value )

alue).

Parameters:

any bean

string field

any value

Code:

	<cffunction name="setBeanField" access="public" returntype="void" output="false"
		hint="Sets the value of a field in a bean using method call setBeanField(beanField=value).">
		<cfargument name="bean" type="any" required="true" />
		<cfargument name="field" type="string" required="true" />
		<cfargument name="value" type="any" required="true" />
		
		<cfinvoke component="#arguments.bean#" method="set#arguments.field#">
			<cfinvokeargument name="#arguments.field#" value="#arguments.value#" />
		</cfinvoke>
	</cffunction> 

public void setBeanFields( any bean, string fields, struct fieldCollection )

Sets the value of fields in a bean using method calls setBeanField().

Parameters:

any bean

string fields

struct fieldCollection

Code:

	<cffunction name="setBeanFields" access="public" returntype="void" output="false"
		hint="Sets the value of fields in a bean using method calls setBeanField().">
		<cfargument name="bean" type="any" required="true"
			hint="The bean to populate." />
		<cfargument name="fields" type="string" required="true"
			hint="A comma-delimited list of fields to set in the bean." />
		<cfargument name="fieldCollection" type="struct" required="true"
			hint="A struct of field names mapped to values." />
		
		<cfset var field = 0  />
		
		<cfloop list="#arguments.fields#" index="field" delimiters=",">
			<cfif StructKeyExists(arguments.fieldCollection, field)>
				<cfset setBeanField(arguments.bean, field, arguments.fieldCollection[field]) />
			</cfif>
		</cfloop>
	</cffunction>