The 'argumentname' argument passed to the 'Methodename 'function is not of type 'Dto name'

[NewFlo]

Hi, there!

Sr for that question, because it should be pretty easy to answer, but i'm totally new to coldfusion

and googled for about an hour now. I have a orm DTO.cfc:

<cfcomponent entityname="testDTO" persistent="true" table="test"  schema="informix" output="false">
    <!---- properties ----> 
</cfcomponent>

and have a service Methode in test.cfc

    <!---- Add test---->
    <cffunction name="createTest" returntype="testDTO" access="remote">
        <cfargument name="item" type="testDTO" required="true" />
        <!---- Auto-generated method
          Insert a new record in test---->
        <cfset entitysave(item) />
        <!---- return created item ---->
        <cfreturn item/>
    </cffunction>

i try to call via the the <cfInvoke>-Tag

<cfset lieferant = entityNew('test')>

<cfinvoke
    component="#request.componentbase#.test"
    method="createTest"
    item="#test#"
    returnvariable="test">

but the error

'The ITEM argument passed to the createLieferant function is not of type testDTO.'
appears on function call. I just can't find a way to tell cf that lieferant is of type testDTO.
When i type the methodes parameter to struct the methode call works well.

Thanks for your help in advance!
Florian

[saurav Pandit]

Hi NewFlo,

Though i have not worked with ORM, but it seems error is not related to ORM. It is simply type mismatch.

The value you are passing to the function "createTest" is not a object of "testDTO".

I think the problem is your calling, you are providing wrong value for "item" which should be object of "testDTO".

Thanks

Saurav

[NewFlo]

Thx for your reply.

But you got me wrong on the problem i have.

I understand what the error wants to tell me, but i don't

know why the error happens.

I create a variable using the entity Method, passing the class name testDTO

<cfset test = entitynew("testDTO")>

In my opinion the should result in the variable set to type testDTO.

Wenn i dump the variable it also shows this class name as header of the structure.

But when i try to pass the var to the methode the error appears.

I also tried the createObject-Methode resulting in the same error.

all the best,

florian

[Owainnorth]

I'm assuming your extract there isn't quite right:

<cfset lieferant = entityNew('test')>

<cfinvoke
    component="#request.componentbase#.test"
    method="createTest"
    item="#test#"
    returnvariable="test">

You're doing item="#test#", surely this should be item="#lieferant#"?

In which case, you've done  <cfset lieferant = entityNew('test')>, which is of type "test", not "testDTO"?

If you're still having trouble, remove the item="" attribute from CFINVOKE and use CFINVOKEARGUMENTs instead.

[NewFlo]

@Owain

You are right, sorry for that i was in a hurry and made a mistake changing my var names for the example.

I will give the CFINVOKEARGUMENTs a try as soon as i find time to play around with the orm feature

again. Thx for your reply!

[BKBK]

From the example you've given, the type is DTO(name of CFC), not testDTO.