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cfproperty 343
cfproperty
Description
Defines properties of a ColdFusion component (CFC). Used to create complex data types for web
services. The attributes of this tag are exposed as component metadata and are subject to
inheritance rules.
Category
Extensibility tags
Syntax
<cfproperty
name="name"
type="type"
required="boolean"
default="default value"
displayname="descriptive name"
hint="extended description"
>
See also
cfargument
, cfcomponent, cffunction, cfinvoke, cfinvokeargument, cfobject, cfreturn;
“Documenting CFCs” in Chapter 10, “Building and Using ColdFusion Components,” in
ColdFusion MX Developer’s Guide
History
ColdFusion MX: Added this tag.