Creating ColdFusion Components In Parent Directories (From Sub Directories) Without Mapped Paths

code-1.cfm

<cffunction
	name="CreateCFC"
	access="public"
	returntype="any"
	output="false"
	hint="Creates a CFC Creation proxy. Does NOT initialize the component, only creates it.">

	<!--- Define arguments. --->
	<cfargument name="Path" type="string" required="true" />

	<!--- Return the created component. --->
	<cfreturn
		CreateObject(
			"component",
			("www_cfc." & ARGUMENTS.Path)
			)
		/>
</cffunction>

code-2.cfm

<cfcomponent
	displayname="Application"
	output="true"
	hint="I do pre-page processing for the application">

	<!---
		Run the pseudo constructor to set up default
		data structures.
	--->
	<cfscript>

		// Set up the application.
		THIS.Name = "CFC_TEST";
		THIS.ApplicationTimeout = CreateTimeSpan( 0, 0, 5, 0 );
		THIS.SessionManagement = false;
		THIS.SetClientCookies = false;

	</cfscript>


	<!--- Include the CFC creation proxy. --->
	<cfinclude template="../create_cfc.udf.cfm" />


	<cffunction
		name="OnRequestStart"
		access="public"
		returntype="boolean"
		output="true"
		hint="I do pre-page processing for the page request.">

		<!---
			Store the CreateCFC method in the application
			scope. We *wouldn't* do this for every page
			request... this is JUST an example.
		--->
		<cfset APPLICATION.CreateCFC = THIS.CreateCFC />

		<cfreturn true />
	</cffunction>

</cfcomponent>

code-3.cfm

<cfcomponent
	displayname="Girl"
	extends="AbstractBaseComponent"
	output="no"
	hint="I am a girl object.">

	<!--- Run the pseudo constructor to set up default data structures. --->
	<cfscript>

		// Set up default public properties.
		THIS.FirstName = "";
		THIS.LastName = "";
		THIS.ValidPickupLines = "";

	</cfscript>


	<cffunction name="Init" access="public" returntype="Girl" output="false"
		hint="Returns an initialized girl instance.">

		<!--- Define arguments. --->
		<cfargument name="FirstName" type="string" required="false" default="" />
		<cfargument name="LastName" type="string" required="false" default="" />
		<cfargument name="PickupLines" type="array" required="false" default="#ArrayNew( 1 )#" />

		<!--- Store arguments. --->
		<cfset THIS.FirstName = ARGUMENTS.FirstName />
		<cfset THIS.LastName = ARGUMENTS.LastName />
		<cfset THIS.ValidPickupLines = ARGUMENTS.PickupLines />

		<!--- Return This reference. --->
		<cfreturn THIS />
	</cffunction>


	<cffunction name="TryPickupLine" access="public" returntype="string" output="false"
		hint="This tries a pickup line on the Girl.">

		<!--- Define arguments. --->
		<cfargument name="Line" type="string" required="true" />

		<!--- Check to see if the pickup line is valid. --->
		<cfif (THIS.ValidPickupLines.IndexOf( JavaCast( "string", ARGUMENTS.Line ) ) GTE 0)>

			<!--- This was a valid pickup line. --->
			<cfreturn (
				"Hey, my name is " & THIS.FirstName & "." &
				" Why don't you buy me a drink?"
				) />

		<cfelse>

			<!--- This was NOT a valid pickup line. --->
			<cfreturn (
				"Does that line usually work with a woman? " &
				"Maybe you should try something else."
				) />

		</cfif>

	</cffunction>

</cfcomponent>

code-4.cfm

<!--- Create a set of pickup lines. --->
<cfset arrLines = ListToArray(
	"Hey baby, what's your sign?|" &
	"Excuse me miss, I think you are a hottie!|" &
	"Whoa! Where have you been all my life?!?",
	"|"
	) />


<!---
	Create a Girl object. Notice that we are not using
	ColdFusion's CreateObject() method directly. Instead we
	are going through the proxy method that calls it for us.
	We then, initialize the returned object just as we would
	for the standard CreateObject() method call.
--->
<cfset Girl = APPLICATION.CreateCFC( "Girl" ).Init(
	FirstName = "Libby",
	LastName = "Smith",
	PickupLines = arrLines
	) />


<!--- Try to pick up the girl. --->
<p>
	#Girl.TryPickupLine(
		"Can I buy you a drink?"
		)#
</p>

<p>
	#Girl.TryPickupLine(
		"You look hot in that dress!"
		)#
</p>

<p>
	#Girl.TryPickupLine(
		"Whoa! Where have you been all my life?!?"
		)#
</p>