Coldfusion Design Patterns

Prototype Pattern in ColdFusion 8

December 26th, 2007

The prototype means making a clone. This implies cloning of an object to avoid creation. If the cost of creating a new object is large and creation is resource intensive, we clone the object. This article explains how this pattern can be used in coldfusion

I set out tonight to determine if the Prototype design pattern would be useful in object factories in ColdFusion 8. The Prototype pattern, in a nutshell, is to create a new instance of an object by copying an existing object instantiation. The object to copy is an object instantiated once and then used as a blueprint for future objects of the same type. The thought is that copying an object holds a lesser cost than instantiating a new object.

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