What Happens When I Cache Application.cfc Within The APPLICATION Scope?

Posted March 14, 2007 at 11:39 AM by Ben Nadel

Tags: ColdFusion

Pretty much nothing exciting :) But I wanted to try it to see if stuff would blow up. If nothing else, it proves that a new Application.cfc instance is created for every single page request. This test is super, ultra simple. Here is my Application.cfc ColdFusion component:

  • <cfcomponent>
  •  
  • <cfset THIS.Name = "App Cache Test" />
  • <cfset THIS.ApplicationTimeout = CreateTimeSpan( 0, 0, 5, 0 ) />
  •  
  • <!---
  • Here, I am creating a unique ID for this Application.cfc
  • just to help see if one instance is the same as another.
  • --->
  • <cfset THIS.ID = CreateUUID() />
  •  
  • <cffunction
  • name="OnRequestStart"
  • access="public"
  • returntype="boolean"
  • output="false">
  •  
  • <!---
  • Param an array in the APPLICATION scope to hold all
  • of our App.cfc instances.
  • --->
  • <cfparam
  • name="APPLICATION.Apps"
  • type="array"
  • default="#ArrayNew( 1 )#"
  • />
  •  
  • <!---
  • Append THIS application.cfc instance to our
  • cached array.
  • --->
  • <cfset ArrayAppend(
  • APPLICATION.Apps,
  • THIS
  • ) />
  •  
  • <cfreturn true />
  • </cffunction>
  •  
  • </cfcomponent>

Then, my index.cfm page merely CFDumps out the APPLICATION scope:

  • <!---
  • Dump out the APPLICATION scope. Put in a TOP 10 to
  • make sure nothing goes crazy.
  • --->
  • <cfdump
  • var="#APPLICATION#"
  • top="10"
  • />

After running that page a few times, here is what I get:


  
  
  

 
Application.cfc Caching In APPLICATION Scope  
 
  
  

As you can see, nothing exciting going on here. At least it didn't go kabooom!



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6mm6
Oct 8, 2009 at 11:58 AM // reply »
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thank you....


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