isFileObject

Checks if the given object is a filestream-object. A filestream-object you usually get, when calling fileOpen-function.

isFileObject(object); → returns boolean

This function requires Adobe ColdFusion 11 and up.  Not supported on Lucee, etc.
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See Also:   isPDFObject   isSpreadsheetObject   isObject

Argument Reference

object variableName
Required

The object you want to check, if it is a filestream-object.

Examples
Sample code invoking the isFileObject function

Checks if the fileObj is a filestream-object.

filePath = expandPath("./myfile.txt");
fileObj = fileOpen(filePath);
writeOutput(isFileObject(fileObj));

Expected Result: true

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