Choose a tag:

see all tags

Tag <CFFUNCTION>

Body

Example

	<cffunction
		[abstract="boolean"]
		[access="string"]
		[bufferoutput="boolean"]
		[cachedwithin="object"]
		[description="string"]
		[displayname="string"]
		[hint="string"]
		[localmode="string"]
		name="string"
		[output="boolean"]
		[returnformat="string"]
		[returntype="string"]
		[roles="string"]
		[securejson="boolean"]
		[verifyclient="boolean"] ... >

	</cffunction>

Attributes

Name	Type	Required	Description
abstract	boolean	No	is the function abstract or not, abstract functions are only allowed inside interface or component tags
access	string	No	This attribute is used only for a component. The client security context from which the method can be invoked
bufferoutput	boolean	No	this attribute is only used when output of the function is set to false. if this attribute is set to true (default) the output written to the body of the function is buffered and in case of a exception also outputted. if set to false the content to body is ignored and not disabled when a failure in the body of the tag occur.
cachedwithin	any	No	possible values are: String "request": If original content was created within the current request, cached content data isused. a timespan (created with function CreateTimeSpan): If original content date falls within the time span, cached content data isused. To use cached data, the function must be called with the exact same arguments.
description	string	No	Supplies a short text description of the function.
displayname	string	No	Display Name of the Function
hint	string	No	Hint of the Function
localmode	string	No	Defines how the local scope of this function is invoked when a variable with no scope definition is used. Accepted values include: classic (default): The local scope is only invoked when the key already exists in it. modern: The local scope is always invoked.
name	string	Yes	A string; a component method that is used within the cfcomponent tag.
output	boolean	No	This attribute is used only for a component. yes: the function is processed as if it were within a cfoutput tag no: the function is processed as if it were within a cfsilent tag
returnformat	string	No	The format in which to return values to a remote caller.
returntype	string	No	String; a type name; data type of the function return value
roles	string	No	This attribute is used only for a component. If this attribute is omitted, all roles can invoke the method.
securejson	boolean	No	A Boolean value that specifies whether to add a security prefix in front of any value that the function returns in JSON-format in response to a remote call.
verifyclient	boolean	No	A Boolean value that specifies whether to require remote function calls to include an encrypted security token. For use with AJAX applications only.