User Guide

GetMetaData 621
The following table lists the data returned by the function for supported object types:
Object Field Description
Component A structure containing the following fields:
displayname Value of the
cfcomponent tag displayname attribute, if any.
extends Metadata for the component’s ancestor component.
Components that do not explicitly extend another component
extend the WEB-INF.cftags.component.
functions Array of metadata structures for the component’s functions.
hint Value of the
cfcomponent tag displayname attribute, if any.
name Component name, including the period-delimited path from a
component search root such as the web root or a directory
specified in the administrator Custom Tag Paths page.
output Value of the
cfcomponent tag output attribute, if any
path Absolute path to the component.
properties Array of structures containing metadata specified by the
component’s
cfproperty tags, if any.
type Always, component.
userMetadata User-specified attributes in the
cfcomponent tag
Function A structure containing the following fields.
access Value of the
cffunction tag access attribute, if any.
displayname Value of the
cffunction tag displayname attribute, if any.
hint Value of the cffunction tag hint attribute, if any.
name Function name.
output Value of the
cffunction tag output attribute, if any.
parameters Array of structures containing metadata for the function
parameters.
returntype Value of the
cffunction tag returntype attribute, if any.
roles Value of the
cffunction tag output attribute, if any.
userMetadata User-specified attributes in the
cffunction tag.