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Recent Blog Comments By Mark Mandel

• Using A State Machine To Parse Tokenized Data In ColdFusion

  Posted on Mar 1, 2010 at 4:47 PM

  Ben, If you are really interested in parsing, I really suggest you check out ANTLR http://www.antlr.org/. Its an amazing parser generator, that allows you to do some really great stuff in short order. The book Terrance (the author)... read more »

• Calling ColdFusion Components And Methods From Groovy

  Posted on Dec 5, 2009 at 12:53 AM

  @Ben, Re: 'is that you have to uphold *some* interface, right'. Right - because Java is typed, you have to tell it is a type of 'something', otherwise it doesn't know what to do with it. In theory, with Groovy you could probably work around this. The interesting question w... read more »

• Calling ColdFusion Components And Methods From Groovy

  Posted on Dec 2, 2009 at 5:35 PM

  @Ben, You are right, the JavaProxy.cfc is CF->Java. What I'm actually referring to is the CFC Dynamic Proxy documented here: http://www.compoundtheory.com/j... read more »

• Calling ColdFusion Components And Methods From Groovy

  Posted on Dec 2, 2009 at 4:58 PM

  Any reason you aren't using my ColdFusion Component Dynamic Proxy, in JavaLoader 1.0? It works with Java objects, and since Groovy works with Java objects, it should work as well, and would be a much more seamless experience as Groovy won't know the CFC isn't actually just a plain ol' POJO.... read more »

• Learning ColdFusion 9: When Does An ORM-Enabled Object Get Persisted

  Posted on Jul 31, 2009 at 8:23 PM

  Oh wait.. you knew that. I didn't read your post properly. Oops. Ignore me! * crawls under rock *... read more »

• Learning ColdFusion 9: When Does An ORM-Enabled Object Get Persisted

  Posted on Jul 31, 2009 at 8:22 PM

  It should also be noted Ben - to update an object, you actually don't have to call EntitySave() at all! Have a look at my examples from my DevNet article: http://www.compoundtheory.com/?action=displayPos... read more »

• Presenting Ideas vs. Teaching Techniques

  Posted on Jul 12, 2009 at 6:21 PM

  Re: But, my concern is that if my slides don't contain all the key points that I want to cover, then I might forget to cover them. I totally hear you on that one ;o) I started presenting a little while ago with *very* minimal slide decks, i.e. just a picture and a title. I... read more »

• OOPhoto - Refactoring "With Transaction" Methods To BaseService.cfc

  Posted on Aug 6, 2008 at 6:08 PM

  What I was trying to say in the previous comment, was: 'With some clever state settings, you could set it up so you could NEST transactions'. So one method that contained a saveInTranaction() could call another method that also contained a saveInTransaction() and it wouldn't matter, i... read more »

• OOPhoto - Handling Database Transactions With Ease

  Posted on Aug 6, 2008 at 4:06 AM

  Just as a side note, this could be written just as: <cftransaction> <cfreturn THIS.Save( ARGUMENTS.Photo ) /> </cftransaction> And you would be done. If an error happens inside the <transaction> tags, then the db is automatically rolled back.... read more »

• cf.Objective() 2008: Walking Among Giants

  Posted on May 5, 2008 at 9:55 AM

  Thanks a lot Ben! I really appreciated it :oD I really enjoyed writing and giving that presentation - so I doubt it will be the last time you will see it being presented :oD... read more »

• cf.Objective() 2008: Walking Among Giants

  Posted on May 5, 2008 at 9:44 AM

  Ben, Was a pleasure finally meeting you in the flesh, I wish I had had more time to sit down and chat with you more than I did :oD I totally hear what you are sayng about the conference. I walk away this year, just as much as last year, with a whole load of new ideas and inspirations... read more »

• Getting Excited For cf.Objective() 2008

  Posted on Apr 22, 2008 at 5:51 PM

  Awesome Ben! I didn't know you were coming to cf.Objective()! Be great to finally meet you!... read more »

• ColdFusion 8 Coming Soon??? (Saucy)

  Posted on May 29, 2007 at 8:32 PM

  Love your work, keep it up ;)... read more »

• Project HUGE: Active Release Technique With Foam Roller (Very Painful)

  Posted on Mar 20, 2007 at 5:49 PM

  Ben - I highly recommend you find yourself a *good* remedial sports masseuse. I have one, and I don't see him near often enough, but he is a g-d send. The combination of strenuous workouts and spending most of your day sitting down can lead to all sorts of instabilities. You s... read more »

• Reinventing The Wheel As A Reflection Of Skill Level (RE: Mark Mandel)

  Posted on Feb 20, 2007 at 9:16 PM

  Now I'm all blushing.... awww stop it ;)... read more »

• Testing For NULL Values In A ColdFusion Query Result Set

  Posted on Feb 20, 2007 at 7:25 PM

  Oh, you know it totally does ;o)... read more »

• Testing For NULL Values In A ColdFusion Query Result Set

  Posted on Feb 20, 2007 at 7:08 PM

  Hey Ben, Just curious how this different from what I posted here: http://www.compound... read more »

• Loading Java Classes With coldfusion.runtime.java.JavaProxy

  Posted on Dec 4, 2006 at 8:40 PM

  Ben! Woah! Lots of questions! Well first off = what you've done there is actually pretty much a mimic of what JavaLoader does behind the scenes. Not that that is a bad thing, but is pretty much what it does. read more »

• Loading Java Classes With coldfusion.runtime.java.JavaProxy

  Posted on Dec 4, 2006 at 6:35 PM

  Ben, Glad to see you having lots of fun with Java and CF. The difference between a Class object and an Object object, is that a Class object is basically metadata for an actual class. With it you can do all sorts of neat things, like ask it what methods you have on that class et... read more »

• Passing Arrays By Reference In ColdFusion - SWEEET!

  Posted on Sep 20, 2006 at 6:02 AM

  I was thinking about this on the way home - A Coldfusion array extends java.util.Vector (which implements List, and is syncronised), so I wonder if you create a java.util.Vector, will the reference trick work or not... Figured I'd leave it to you to work out for us ;o)... read more »