The reason it generates bean/dao, is only because it's a common design pattern. That a lot of frameworks use. So by using bean/dao (and the wizards also create Active Record style CFCs too if you only want one cfc) you can plug them right into a known framework.
---nimer On Mar 22, 2009, at 1:00 PM, Dave Watts wrote: > >> I am new to Flex - but been a Coldfusion programmer for a few years >> now. I am trying to >> make some sense out of how the Flex wizard creating the coldfusion >> CFC's is >> advantageous. It creates 2 layers (bean/DAO) - one is the Gateway >> file that is basically >> calling functions in the DAO. >> >> Is there an advantage to calling this 2-CFC-sequence instead of >> calling 1 single CFC? I >> know that these CFC's are created in a slick way to minimize >> programmer efforts in coding. >> But I question the efficiency... > > I really wouldn't worry about the inefficiency there. The much bigger > inefficiency is the use of beans on the server to represent the > individual records, but the advantage of doing this is that you can > then use corresponding value objects on the client and take full > advantage of the OO model in Flex. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > > Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized > instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, > Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. > Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more informati > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/flex/message.cfm/messageid:5829 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/flex/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.37
