Destroying a CFC object

CF CFC's are not that object orientated. They do not need to be
specifically 'destroyed'. Clear all persistent variable references to
an object and garbage collection will come along and remove them.

So one just needs to set any persistent variable reference to the cfc to
an empty string or any other value not pointing to the object.

<cfset application.objFoo = "">

Or if one wants a tiny bit more OO feel to it.

<cfset structDelete(application, "objFoo">

This comes from ColdFusion being a web application language. Do to the
stateless nature of HTTP requests and responses, the default behavior of
the application server is to destroy and clear all instance data at the
end of the request, unless something has been done to persist it. Remove
that connection to persistence and the data is thrown back into the
recycling bin.

CF CFC's are not that object orientated. They do not need to be
specifically 'destroyed'. Clear all persistent variable references to
an object and garbage collection will come along and remove them.

So one just needs to set any persistent variable reference to the cfc to
an empty string or any other value not pointing to the object.

<cfset application.objFoo = "">

Or of one wants a tiny bit more OO feel to it.

<cfset structDelete(application, "objFoo">

This comes form ColdFusion being a web application language. Do the the
stateless nature of HTTP requests and responses, the default behavior of
the application server is to destroy and clear all instance data at the
end of the request, unless something has been done to persist it. Remove
that connection to persistence and the data is thrown back into the
recycling bin.