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ColdFusion Member Functions

CF 11+ Member Functions allow variables of certain CFML data types to be treated as objects with functions. Invoking a member function on the object (the variable) allows you to skip passing the variable into the function because it already has a reference to the value. The use of member functions often lead to more concise and readable code.

For instance, consider the following headless function:

arrayAppend(empArr, emp)

Using a member function it can be written as:

empArr.append(emp)

Where empArr is a reference to an instance of a CFArray class (possibly a variable created with arrayNew).

The following example depicts the new usage of member functions:

// The standard way
var myArray = arrayNew(1);
arrayAppend(myArray, "objec_new");
arraySort(myArray, "ASC");

// The member way
myArray.append("objec_new");
myArray.sort("ASC");

// The member way
var myProductObject = createObject("java", "myJavaclass");
myjavaList = myProductObject.getProductList();
myjavaList.add("newProduct"); // Java API

myjavaList.append("newProduct"); // CF API
myjavaList.sort("ASC");

Member functions for the following data types are supported:

• Array
• String
• List
• Struct
• Date
• Spreadsheet
• XML
• Query
• Image

CF 2016 changed the return type for append member functions: anystruct.append() returns the appended structure anyarray.append() returns the appended array

Array member functions

• arrayAppend : someVar.append()
• arrayAvg : someVar.avg()
• arrayClear : someVar.clear()
• arrayContains : someVar.contains()
• arrayContainsNoCase : someVar.containsNoCase()
• arrayDelete : someVar.delete()
• arrayDeleteAt : someVar.deleteAt()
• arrayDeleteNoCase : someVar.deleteNoCase()
• arrayEach : someVar.each()
• arrayEvery : someVar.every()
• arrayFilter : someVar.filter()
• arrayFind : someVar.find()
• arrayFindAll : someVar.findAll()
• arrayFindAllNoCase : someVar.findAllNoCase()
• arrayFindNoCase : someVar.findNoCase()
• arrayFirst : someVar.first()
• arrayGetMetaData : someVar.getMetaData()
• arrayInsertAt : someVar.insertAt()
• arrayIsDefined : someVar.isDefined()
• arrayIsEmpty : someVar.isEmpty()
• arrayLast : someVar.last()
• arrayLen : someVar.len()
• arrayMap : someVar.map()
• arrayMax : someVar.max()
• arrayMin : someVar.min()
• arrayPrepend : someVar.prepend()
• arrayReduce : someVar.reduce()
• arrayReduceRight : someVar.reduceRight()
• arrayResize : someVar.resize()
• arraySet : someVar.set()
• arraySlice : someVar.slice()
• arraySome : someVar.some()
• arraySort : someVar.sort()
• arraySplice : someVar.splice()
• arraySum : someVar.sum()
• arraySwap : someVar.swap()
• arrayToList : someVar.toList()
• serializeJSON : someVar.toJSON()

String member functions

• binaryDecode : someVar.binaryDecode()
• binaryEncode : someVar.binaryEncode()
• canonicalize : someVar.canonicalize()
• charsetDecode : someVar.charsetDecode()
• charsetEncode : someVar.charsetEncode()
• cJustify : someVar.cJustify()
• compare : someVar.compare()
• compareNoCase : someVar.compareNoCase()
• decodeForHTML : someVar.decodeForHTML()
• decodeFromURL : someVar.decodeFromURL()
• decrypt : someVar.decrypt()
• encodeForCSS : someVar.encodeForCSS()
• encodeForHTML : someVar.encodeForHTML()
• encodeForHTMLAttribute : someVar.encodeForHTMLAttribute()
• encodeForJavaScript : someVar.encodeForJavaScript()
• encodeForURL : someVar.encodeForURL()
• encodeForXML : someVar.encodeForXML()
• encodeForXMLAttribute : someVar.encodeForXMLAttribute()
• encodeForXPath : someVar.encodeForXPath()
• encrypt : someVar.encrypt()
• find : someVar.find()
• findNoCase : someVar.findNoCase()
• findOneOf : someVar.findOneOf()
• formatBaseN : someVar.formatBaseN()
• generateSecretKey : someVar.generateSecretKey()
• getSafeHTML : someVar.getSafeHTML()
• getToken : someVar.getToken()
• hash : someVar.hash()
• htmlCodeFormat : someVar.htmlCodeFormat()
• htmlEditFormat : someVar.htmlEditFormat()
• insert : someVar.insert()
• isSafeHTML : someVar.isSafeHTML()
• jsStringFormat : someVar.jsStringFormat()
• lCase : someVar.lCase()
• left : someVar.left()
• len : someVar.len()
• lJustify : someVar.lJustify()
• lsIsCurrency : someVar.lsIsCurrency()
• lsIsDate : someVar.lsIsDate()
• lsIsNumeric : someVar.lsIsNumeric()
• lsParseCurrency : someVar.lsParseCurrency()
• lsParseDateTime : someVar.lsParseDateTime()
• lsParseEuroCurrency : someVar.lsParseEuroCurrency()
• lsParseNumber : someVar.lsParseNumber()
• mid : someVar.mid()
• paragraphFormat : someVar.paragraphFormat()
• parseDateTime : someVar.parseDateTime()
• reFind : someVar.reFind()
• reFindNoCase : someVar.reFindNoCase()
• reMatch : someVar.reMatch()
• reMatchNoCase : someVar.reMatchNoCase()
• removeChars : someVar.removeChars()
• repeatString : someVar.repeatString()
• replace : someVar.replace()
• replaceList : someVar.replaceList()
• replaceListNoCase : someVar.replaceListNoCase()
• replaceNoCase : someVar.replaceNoCase()
• reReplace : someVar.reReplace()
• reReplaceNoCase : someVar.reReplaceNoCase()
• reverse : someVar.reverse()
• right : someVar.right()
• rJustify : someVar.rJustify()
• rTrim : someVar.trim()
• serializeJSON : someVar.toJSON()
• spanExcluding : someVar.spanExcluding()
• spanIncluding : someVar.spanIncluding()
• stringEach : someVar.each()
• stringEvery : someVar.every()
• stringFilter : someVar.filter()
• stringMap : someVar.map()
• stringReduce : someVar.reduce()
• stringReduceRight : someVar.reduceRight()
• stringSome : someVar.some()
• stringSort : someVar.sort()
• stripCR : someVar.stripCR()
• toBase64 : someVar.toBase64()
• toBinary : someVar.toBinary()
• toString : someVar.toString()
• trim : someVar.trim()
• uCase : someVar.uCase()
• urlDecode : someVar.urlDecode()
• urlEncodedFormat : someVar.urlEncodedFormat()
• val : someVar.val()
• wrap : someVar.wrap()
• xmlFormat : someVar.xmlFormat()

List member functions

• listAppend : someVar.listAppend()
• listChangeDelims : someVar.listChangeDelims()
• listContains : someVar.listContains()
• listContainsNoCase : someVar.listContainsNoCase()
• listDeleteAt : someVar.listDeleteAt()
• listEach : someVar.listEach()
• listFind : someVar.listFind()
• listFindNoCase : someVar.listFindNoCase()
• listFirst : someVar.listFirst()
• listGetAt : someVar.listGetAt()
• listInsertAt : someVar.listInsertAt()
• listLast : someVar.listLast()
• listLen : someVar.listLen()
• listMap : someVar.listMap()
• listPrepend : someVar.listPrepend()
• listQualify : someVar.listQualify()
• listReduce : someVar.listReduce()
• listReduceRight : someVar.listReduceRight()
• listRemoveDuplicates : someVar.listRemoveDuplicates()
• listRest : someVar.listRest()
• listSetAt : someVar.listSetAt()
• listSort : someVar.listSort()
• listToArray : someVar.listToArray()
• listValueCount : someVar.listValueCount()
• listValueCountNoCase : someVar.listValueCountNoCase()
• serializeJSON : someVar.toJSON()

Struct member functions

• serializeJSON : someVar.toJSON()
• structAppend : someVar.append()
• structClear : someVar.clear()
• structCopy : someVar.copy()
• structCount : someVar.count()
• structDelete : someVar.delete()
• structEach : someVar.each()
• structEvery : someVar.every()
• structFilter : someVar.filter()
• structFind : someVar.find()
• structFindKey : someVar.findKey()
• structFindValue : someVar.findValue()
• structGet : someVar.get()
• structGetMetadata : someVar.getMetadata()
• structInsert : someVar.insert()
• structIsCaseSensitive : someVar.isCaseSensitive()
• structIsEmpty : someVar.isEmpty()
• structIsOrdered : someVar.isOrdered()
• structKeyArray : someVar.keyArray()
• structKeyExists : someVar.keyExists()
• structKeyList : someVar.keyList()
• structMap : someVar.map()
• structReduce : someVar.reduce()
• structSetMetadata : someVar.setMetadata()
• structSome : someVar.some()
• structSort : someVar.sort()
• structToSorted : someVar.toSorted()
• structUpdate : someVar.update()

Date member functions

• createODBCDate : someVar.createODBCDate()
• createODBCDateTime : someVar.createODBCDateTime()
• createODBCTime : someVar.createODBCTime()
• dateAdd : someVar.add()
• dateConvert : someVar.convert()
• dateDiff : someVar.diff()
• dateFormat : someVar.dateFormat()
• datePart : someVar.datePart()
• dateTimeFormat : someVar.dateTimeFormat()
• day : someVar.day()
• dayOfWeek : someVar.dayOfWeek()
• dayOfYear : someVar.dayOfYear()
• daysInMonth : someVar.daysInMonth()
• daysInYear : someVar.daysIn
• firstDayOfMonth : someVar.firstDayOfMonth()
• format : someVar.format()
• hour : someVar.hour()
• lsDateFormat : someVar.lsDateFormat()
• lsTimeFormat : someVar.lsTimeFormat()
• minute : someVar.minute()
• month : someVar.month()
• quarter : someVar.quarter()
• second : someVar.second()
• setDay : <DateObject>.setDay(day)
• setHour : <DateObject>.setHour(hour)
• setMinute : <DateObject>.setMinute(minute)
• setMonth : <DateObject>.setMonth(month)
• setSecond : <DateObject>.setSecond(second)
• setYear : <DateObject>.setYear(year)
• timeFormat : someVar.timeFormat()
• week : someVar.week()
• year : someVar.year()

Image member functions

• imageAddBorder : someVar.addBorder()
• imageBlur : someVar.blur()
• imageClearRect : someVar.clearRect()
• imageCopy : someVar.copy()
• imageCrop : someVar.crop()
• imageDrawArc : someVar.drawArc()
• imageDrawBeveledRect : someVar.drawBeveledRect()
• imageDrawCubicCurve : someVar.drawCubicCurve()
• imageDrawLine : someVar.drawLine()
• imageDrawLines : someVar.drawLines()
• imageDrawOval : someVar.drawOval()
• imageDrawPoint : someVar.drawPoint()
• imageDrawQuadraticCurve : someVar.drawQuadraticCurve()
• imageDrawRect : someVar.drawRect()
• imageDrawRoundRect : someVar.drawRoundRect()
• imageDrawText : someVar.drawText()
• imageFlip : someVar.flip()
• imageGetBlob : someVar.getBlob()
• imageGetBufferedImage : someVar.getBufferedImage()
• imageGetExifMetadata : someVar.getExifMetadata()
• imageGetEXIFTag : someVar.getEXIFTag()
• imageGetHeight : someVar.getHeight()
• imageGetIptcMetadata : someVar.getIptcMetadata()
• imageGetIPTCTag : someVar.getIPTCTag()
• imageGetWidth : someVar.getWidth()
• imageGrayscale : someVar.grayscale()
• imageInfo : someVar.info()
• imageNegative : someVar.negative()
• imageOverlay : someVar.overlay()
• imagePaste : someVar.paste()
• imageResize : someVar.resize()
• imageRotate : someVar.rotate()
• imageRotateDrawingAxis : someVar.rotateDrawingAxis()
• imageScaleToFit : someVar.scaleToFit()
• imageSetAntialiasing : someVar.setAntialiasing()
• imageSetBackgroundColor : someVar.setBackgroundColor()
• imageSetDrawingColor : someVar.setDrawingColor()
• imageSetDrawingStroke : someVar.setDrawingStroke()
• imageSetDrawingTransparency : someVar.setDrawingTransparency()
• imageSharpen : someVar.sharpen()
• imageShear : someVar.shear()
• imageShearDrawingAxis : someVar.shearDrawingAxis()
• imageTranslate : someVar.translate()
• imageTranslateDrawingAxis : someVar.translateDrawingAxis()
• imageWrite : someVar.write()
• imageWriteBase64 : someVar.writeBase64()
• imageXORDrawingMode : someVar.xorDrawingMode()

Spreadsheet member functions

• spreadsheetAddAutoFilter : someVar.addAutoFilter()
• spreadsheetAddColumn : someVar.addColumn()
• spreadsheetAddFreezePane : someVar.addFreezePane()
• spreadsheetAddImage : someVar.addImage()
• spreadsheetAddInfo : someVar.addInfo()
• spreadsheetAddPageBreaks : someVar.addPageBreaks()
• spreadsheetAddRow : someVar.addRow()
• spreadsheetAddRows : someVar.addRows()
• spreadsheetAddSplitPane : someVar.addSplitPane()
• spreadsheetCreateSheet : someVar.createSheet()
• spreadsheetDeleteColumn : someVar.deleteColumn()
• spreadsheetDeleteColumns : someVar.deleteColumns()
• spreadsheetDeleteRow : someVar.deleteRow()
• spreadsheetDeleteRows : someVar.deleteRows()
• spreadsheetFormatCell : someVar.formatCell()
• spreadsheetFormatCellRange : someVar.formatCellRange()
• spreadsheetFormatColumn : someVar.formatColumn()
• spreadsheetFormatColumns : someVar.formatColumns()
• spreadsheetFormatRow : someVar.formatRow()
• spreadsheetFormatRows : someVar.formatRows()
• spreadsheetGetCellComment : someVar.getCellComment()
• spreadsheetGetCellFormula : someVar.getCellFormula()
• spreadsheetGetCellValue : someVar.getCellValue()
• spreadsheetGetColumnCount : someVar.getColumnCount()
• spreadsheetInfo : someVar.info()
• spreadsheetMergeCells : someVar.mergeCells()
• spreadsheetReadBinary : someVar.readBinary()
• spreadsheetRemoveSheet : someVar.removeSheet()
• spreadsheetSetActiveSheet : someVar.setActiveSheet()
• spreadsheetSetActiveSheetNumber : someVar.setActiveSheetNumber()
• spreadsheetSetCellComment : someVar.setCellComment()
• spreadsheetSetCellFormula : someVar.setCellFormula()
• spreadsheetSetCellValue : someVar.setCellValue()
• spreadsheetSetColumnWidth : someVar.setColumnWidth()
• spreadsheetSetFooter : someVar.setFooter()
• spreadsheetSetHeader : someVar.setHeader()
• spreadsheetSetRowHeight : someVar.setRowHeight()
• spreadsheetShiftColumns : someVar.shiftColumns()
• spreadsheetShiftRows : someVar.shiftRows()
• spreadsheetWrite : someVar.write()

XML member functions

• duplicate : someVar.duplicate()
• toString : someVar.toString()
• xmlAppend : someVar.append()
• xmlChildPos : someVar.childPos()
• xmlCount : someVar.count()
• xmlElemNew : someVar.elemNew()
• xmlGetNodeType : someVar.getNodeType()
• xmlHasChild : someVar.hasChild()
• xmlKeyArray : someVar.keyArray()
• xmlKeyList : someVar.keyList()
• xmlLen : someVar.len()
• xmlSearch : someVar.search()
• xmlTransform : someVar.transform()
• xmlUpdate : someVar.update()

Query member functions

• len : someVar.len()
• queryAddColumn : someVar.addColumn()
• queryAddRow : someVar.addRow()
• queryAppend : someVar.append()
• queryClear : someVar.clear()
• queryConvertForGrid : someVar.convertForGrid()
• queryDeleteAt : someVar.deleteAt()
• queryDeleteColumn : someVar.deleteColumn()
• queryDeleteRow : someVar.deleteRow()
• queryEach : someVar.each()
• queryEvery : someVar.every()
• queryFilter : someVar.filter()
• queryGetResult : someVar.getResult()
• queryGetRow : someVar.getRow()
• queryInsertAt : someVar.insertAt()
• queryKeyExists : someVar.keyExists()
• queryMap : someVar.map()
• queryPrepend : someVar.prepend()
• queryRecordCount : someVar.recordCount()
• queryReduce : someVar.reduce()
• queryRowSwap : someVar.rowSwap()
• querySetCell : someVar.setCell()
• querySlice : someVar.slice()
• querySome : someVar.some()
• querySort : someVar.sort()
• serializeJSON : someVar.toJSON()
• valueArray : someVar.valueArray()

When using Query.cfc, you get your results from the execution by using:

• someVar.getResult()

Display and Formatting member functions

• booleanFormat : someVal.booleanFormat()
• yesNoFormat : someVal.yesNoFormat()

Numeric member functions

• abs : someVar.abs()
• aCos : someVar.aCos()
• aSin : someVar.aSin()
• atn : someVar.atn()
• bitAnd : someVar.bitAnd(number2)
• bitMaskClear : someVar.bitMaskClear(start, length)
• bitMaskRead : someVar.bitMaskRead(start, length)
• bitMaskSet : someVar.bitMaskSet(mask, start, length)
• bitNOT : someVar.bitNot()
• bitOR : someVar.bitOr(number2)
• bitSHLN : someVar.bitSHLN(count)
• bitSHRN : someVar.bitSHRN(count)
• bitXOR : someVar.bitXor(number2)
• ceiling : someVar.ceiling()
• cos : someVar.cos()
• decrementValue : someVar.decrementValue()
• exp : someVar.exp()
• fix : someVar.fix()
• floor : someVar.floor()
• formatBaseN : someVar.formatBaseN(radix)
• incrementValue : someVar.incrementValue()
• inputBaseN : someVar.inputBaseN()
• log : someVar.log()
• log10 : someVar.log10()
• max : someVar.max(number2)
• min : someVar.min(number2)
• precisionEvaluate : someVar.precisionEvaluate()
• randomize : someVar.randomize([algorithm])
• randRange : someVar.randRange(number2[, algorithm])
• round : someVar.round()
• sgn : someVar.sgn()
• sin : someVar.sin()
• sqr : someVar.sqr()
• tan : someVar.tan()

Future member functions

• cancel : FutureObject.cancel()
• error : FutureObject.error(UDFMethod method)
• error : FutureObject.then((UDFMethod method, long timeout)
• get : FutureObject.get()
• get : FutureObject.get(long timeout)
• get : FutureObject.get(long timeout, String timeUnit)
• isCancelled : FutureObject.isCancelled()
• isDone : FutureObject.isDone()
• then : FutureObject.then(UDFMethod method)
• then : FutureObject.then((UDFMethod method, long timeout)

Empty Future member functions

• cancel : EmptyFutureObject.cancel()
• complete : EmptyFutureObject.complete(Object val)
• get : EmptyFutureObject.get()
• isCancelled : EmptyFutureObject.isCancelled()
• isDone : EmptyFutureObject.isDone()

Member Functions can also be chained (on Lucee or CF 2018+), for example:

s = "the";
s = s.listAppend("quick brown fox", " ")
     .listAppend("jumps over the lazy dog", " ")
     .uCase()
     .reverse();

result: GOD YZAL EHT REVO SPMUJ XOF NWORB KCIUQ EHT

Important Note on a potential Member Function Gotcha

Some member functions might fall into underlying Java methods if the strict ColdFusion syntax is not followed.