Example of working with Response.cfc

Response-cfc-example

<cffunction name="validateDemo" access="public" returntype="any" output="false">
  <cfargument name="fname" type="string" required="true">
	<cfargument name="lname" type="string" required="true">
	<cfargument name="email" type="string" required="true">
	<cfargument name="throwerror" type="boolean" required="false" default="false">

	<cfset var local = {}>

	<cftry>
		<cfset local.responseobject = new Response()>

		<cfset local.responseobject.setData(arguments)>

		<cfif arguments.throwerror>
			<cfthrow type="customerror" message="test error message" detail="test error detail">
		</cfif>

		<cfif NOT len(trim(arguments.fname))>
			<cfset local.responseobject.appendError("First name is required.")>
		</cfif>
		<cfif NOT len(trim(arguments.lname))>
			<cfset local.responseobject.appendError("Last name is required.")>
		</cfif>
		<cfif NOT IsValid("email",arguments.email)>
			<cfset local.responseobject.appendError("Email address must be valid.")>
		</cfif>

		<cfif ArrayLen(local.responseobject.getErrors())>
			<cfset local.responseobject.setErrorCode(101)>
			<cfset local.responseobject.setErrorMessage("Please correct the following:")>
			<cfset local.responseobject.setSuccess(false)>			
		</cfif>

		<cfcatch type="any">
			<cfset local.responseobject.setErrorCode(100)>
			<cfset local.responseobject.setErrorDetail("Message: #cfcatch.message# Detail: #cfcatch.detail#")>
			<cfset local.responseobject.setErrorMessage("An error occurred processing your request.")>
			<cfset local.responseobject.setSuccess(false)>
		</cfcatch>
	</cftry>

	<cfreturn local.responseobject.getResponse()>
</cffunction>

<h3>Default Response</h3>
<cfset variables.demoresponse = validateDemo(fname="John",lname="Doe",email="johndoe@somedomain.com")>
<cfdump var="#variables.demoresponse#">
<cfdump var="#DeserializeJSON(variables.demoresponse)#">

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<h3>Validation Error Response</h3>
<cfset variables.demoresponse = validateDemo(fname="John",lname="Doe",email="bademail")>
<cfdump var="#variables.demoresponse#">
<cfdump var="#DeserializeJSON(variables.demoresponse)#">

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<h3>Unexpected Error Response</h3>
<cfset variables.demoresponse = validateDemo(fname="John",lname="Doe",email="johndoe@somedomain.com",throwerror=true)>
<cfdump var="#variables.demoresponse#">
<cfdump var="#DeserializeJSON(variables.demoresponse)#">