Help with CreateObject()

[mega_L]

I have just learned to use CreateObject() with CF.
I understand this syntax:
request.initFnds = createObject("component","#application.cfcroot#.system.loadFndSettings")
However,
I don't understand this (especially the string start with .init....), what is this for, can someone explain to me?
request.initFnds = createObject("component","#application.cfcroot#.system.loadFndSettings") .init(dsn="#application.mainDSN#",pID="#attributes.pID#",tempSecID="#attributes.secID#",
DocID="#attributes.DocID#");

[Dan_Bracuk]

It means that the cfc has a function called init that accepts arguments called dsn, pid, tempsecid, and docid. Another way to code this is:

Variable1 = createObject("component","#application.cfcroot#.system.loadFndSettings")

Variable2 = Variable1.init(dsn="#application.mainDSN#" pID="#attributes.pID#" tempSecID="#attributes.secID#"
DocID="#attributes.DocID#");

I'm not sure about the commas between the arguments, I rarely if ever use that syntax.

[mega_L]

Oh I see, I didn't know that we can do that. thank you!!

[Newsgroup_User]

mega_L wrote:
> Oh I see, I didn't know that we can do that. thank you!!

Yes, it is called method chaining and can be used as a short cut. It is
often used as a defacto constructor since CF does not have the concept
of a constructor that one can pass arguments to. Developers create an
'init' method that returns an instance of the object created with the
arguments passed into that function.