Life cycle of Java CFX tags

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http://livedocs.macromedia.com/coldfusion/7/htmldocs/wwhelp/wwhimpl/js/html/wwhelp.htm

Life cycle of Java CFX tags
A new instance of the Java CFX object is created for each
invocation of the Java CFX tag. This means that it is safe to store
per-request instance data within the members of your CustomTag
object.

If you run the attached, the output is:

num message isOdd 
2 InputCounter=2 false 
3 InputCounter=3 true 
4 InputCounter=4 true 
5 InputCounter=5 true 
6 InputCounter=6 true 
7 InputCounter=7 true 
9 InputCounter=9 true 
11 InputCounter=11 true 
13 InputCounter=13 true

If a new instance is created for each invocation, then the
initial value of isOdd should be false. So why does <cfx_test
inputCounter="4"> return true and not false? What am I missing?

cf_dev2 · Accepted Answer

Yeah, you are right.The object appears to be invoked or not, willy nilly,depending on what kind of flow control structure it is in!See the attached code.This is definitely a bug.Yes, I thought it seemed like a bug. Thanks for theconfirm.

Anonymous · Answer

Shouldn't your link be: http://livedocs.macromedia.com/coldfusion/7/htmldocs/00001095.htm ?

Also, notice that that page says that you can use your custom tag to store data during the request.

CF only invokes the tag once per request (barring shenanigans) -- even though you call it multiple times.

That text is telling you that you do not normally have to worry about crosstalk between requests on any temporary data stored in the CFX.

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