Help needed with referencing external models

[Gary]

I am running Coldbox 3.1 on a local WindowsXP machine running CF9. I am going to be building multiple Coldbox apps and want to have a centralized location for some of the models that the apps will all need. But I've been unable to call any of these models. Here's what I've done:

My web root looks like this:

- app1

- app2

- sharedstuff

In app1.config.Coldbox.cfc I did this:

modelsExternalLocation = "sharedstuff.model",

I also tried this:

modelsExternalLocation = "D:\Programs\Coldfusion9\wwwroot\sharedstuff\model",

In app1.model.User.cfc, I have this:

component name="User" {

property name="sharedUser" type="model" scope="instance";

public struct function getUser(){

var user = instance.sharedUser.getGlobalUser();

return user;

}

}

My assumption is that since I have specified the external location, that the property call to sharedUser should work since Coldbox would look in the external location for sharedUser.cfc. But that doesn't seem to be happening.

The error I get is:

Element SHAREDUSER is undefined in a Java object of type class [Ljava.lang.String;.

Any help will be much appreciated!

[br...@bradwood.com]

Have you created a CF mapping for called "sharedstuff" that points to D:\Programs\Coldfusion9\wwwroot\sharedstuff\model?

~Brad

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[Gary]

I hadn't done that, but I have now, but am still seeing the same error. I made sure to reboot CF and Coldbox after the change, just in case.

[br...@bradwood.com]

Looking quickly at the code, I'm not actually sure if Wirebox even uses the modelsExternalLocation setting.  It's only referenced in the legacy bean factory code.

Set up your external folder as a scan location in your binder config in /config/wirebox.cfc.

// Package scan locations
scanLocations = ['sharedstuff.model'],

Now, if you reference a model named "foobar.BarService", it will be looked for in "sharedstuff.model.foobar.BarService".

Thanks!

~Brad

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Subject: Re: [coldbox:13669] Help needed with referencing external
models
From: Gary <garyt...@gmail.com>

[Gary]

Hi Brad,

Thanks for all your help. Unfortunately, it's still not working. Here's a summary of what I have in place:

CFAdmin

----------------

mapping of /SharedStuff  to  D:\Programs\Coldfusion9\wwwroot\SharedStuff

Wirebox.cfc

------------------

// Package scan locations

scanLocations = ['SharedStuff.models'],

app1.model.User.cfc

--------------------------------

component name="User" {

property name="GlobalUser" type="model" scope="instance";

// get the data for the user accessing the site

public struct function getUser(){

var user = instance.GlobalUser.getGlobalUser();

return user;

}

}

sharedStuff.models.globalUser.cfc

------------------------------------------------------

component name="GlobalUser" output=true {

// get the data for the user accessing the site

public struct function getGlobalUser(){

return {

name = "testnamehere"

};

}

}

Error message:  Element GLOBALUSER is undefined in a Java object of type class [Ljava.lang.String;.

[br...@bradwood.com]

This is the wrong injection syntax:

property name="GlobalUser" type="model" scope="instance";

Should be

property name="GlobalUser" inject="model" scope="instance";

Also, how are you creating the instance of your user CFC?  You need to be getting it via the framework, and not createObject() or it will not be injected with its dependencies.

Thanks!

~Brad

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [coldbox:13679] Help needed with referencing external
models
From: Gary <garyt...@gmail.com>

[Gary]

Hi Brad,

Problem fixed! I was indeed the wrong syntax for the property tag. Everything works like a charm now.

Thanks again for all your help.

Gary

[br...@bradwood.com]

Glad to hear it's working.  Happy injecting!

~Brad

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Subject: Re: [coldbox:13685] Help needed with referencing external
models
From: Gary <garyt...@gmail.com>