> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://coldbox.ortusbooks.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://coldbox.ortusbooks.com/digging-deeper.md). # Digging Deeper - [Delegates](https://coldbox.ortusbooks.com/digging-deeper/delegates.md): Compose ColdBox superpowers into any object via WireBox delegation - [Core Delegates](https://coldbox.ortusbooks.com/digging-deeper/delegates/core-delegates.md): General-purpose delegates available in any WireBox-managed application - [ColdBox Delegates](https://coldbox.ortusbooks.com/digging-deeper/delegates/coldbox-delegates.md): ColdBox-specific delegates for rendering, routing, settings, interception, and more - [Async Programming](https://coldbox.ortusbooks.com/digging-deeper/promises-async-programming.md): ColdBox Promises, Executors, Async programming and Parallel Computations. Leverage the entire JDK arsenal for asynchronous pipelines, parallel workloads, and scheduled tasks. - [Async Pipelines & Futures](https://coldbox.ortusbooks.com/digging-deeper/promises-async-programming/async-pipelines-and-futures.md): To The Future with ColdBox Futures - [Parallel Computations](https://coldbox.ortusbooks.com/digging-deeper/promises-async-programming/parallel-computations.md): Run parallel computations with the AsyncManager's all(), allApply(), anyOf(), and withTimeout() methods backed by Java CompletableFuture. - [Executors](https://coldbox.ortusbooks.com/digging-deeper/promises-async-programming/executors.md): Register and manage fixed, single, cached, and scheduled executors in the ColdBox AsyncManager to run asynchronous tasks. - [Scheduled Tasks](https://coldbox.ortusbooks.com/digging-deeper/scheduled-tasks.md): The ColdBox Scheduled Tasks offers a fresh, programmatic and human approach to scheduling tasks on your server and multi-server application - [ColdBox Proxy](https://coldbox.ortusbooks.com/digging-deeper/coldbox-proxy.md): The ColdBox Proxy lets remote applications like Flex, AIR, SOAP/REST web services, and event gateways talk to ColdBox as a remote event-driven framework. - [Getting Started](https://coldbox.ortusbooks.com/digging-deeper/coldbox-proxy/getting-started.md): Create proxy classes extending coldbox.system.remote.ColdboxProxy to process remote requests into the ColdBox event model via process(). - [The Base Proxy Object](https://coldbox.ortusbooks.com/digging-deeper/coldbox-proxy/the-base-proxy-object.md): Common ColdBox proxy methods including process(), loadColdBox(), getInstance(), getCacheBox(), getWireBox(), and announce(). - [The Event Handlers](https://coldbox.ortusbooks.com/digging-deeper/coldbox-proxy/the-event-handlers.md): Event handlers for remote proxy requests return data back to ColdBox proxy callers instead of setting views. - [Distinguishing Request Types](https://coldbox.ortusbooks.com/digging-deeper/coldbox-proxy/the-event-handlers/distinguishing-request-types.md): Use the request context's isProxyRequest() method to distinguish between normal MVC requests and ColdBox proxy requests. - [RenderData()](https://coldbox.ortusbooks.com/digging-deeper/coldbox-proxy/the-event-handlers/renderdata.md): Use the request context's renderData() method in proxy handlers to transform data into XML, JSON, or HTML for multiple request types. - [Proxy Events](https://coldbox.ortusbooks.com/digging-deeper/coldbox-proxy/proxy-events.md): The ColdBox Proxy life cycle fires all request interception points plus preProxyResults before returning results to proxy callers. - [Standard Return Types](https://coldbox.ortusbooks.com/digging-deeper/coldbox-proxy/standard-return-types.md): The ProxyReturnCollection setting controls whether the ColdBox proxy returns handler results or the request collection structure from process(). - [Caveats & Gotchas](https://coldbox.ortusbooks.com/digging-deeper/coldbox-proxy/caveats-and-gotchas.md): Pathing caveats for the ColdBox Proxy when using expandPath() and per-application mappings in remoting and event gateways. - [Desktop Applications](https://coldbox.ortusbooks.com/digging-deeper/desktop-applications.md): Build cross-platform desktop applications with ColdBox and the BoxLang Desktop runtime. - [Controller Decorator](https://coldbox.ortusbooks.com/digging-deeper/controller-decorator.md): Decorate the ColdBox Controller by extending coldbox.system.web.ControllerDecorator to add or override framework behavior per application. - [Flash RAM](https://coldbox.ortusbooks.com/digging-deeper/flash-ram.md): Flash RAM persists variables across requests for the same user with discard(), keep(), and re-inflation into the RC or PRC scopes. - [Flash Storage](https://coldbox.ortusbooks.com/digging-deeper/flash-ram/flash-storage.md): Configure Flash RAM storage via the flash configuration structure with scope, properties, inflateToRC, inflateToPRC, autoPurge, and autoSave keys. - [Using Flash RAM](https://coldbox.ortusbooks.com/digging-deeper/flash-ram/using-flash-ram.md): Interact with Flash RAM via the flash scope object, persistVariables(), or the persistence arguments of the relocate() method. - [Creating Your Own Flash Scope](https://coldbox.ortusbooks.com/digging-deeper/flash-ram/creating-your-own-flash-scope.md): Create custom Flash RAM scopes by extending AbstractFlashScope and implementing clearFlash(), saveFlash(), flashExists(), and getFlash(). - [HTML Helper](https://coldbox.ortusbooks.com/digging-deeper/html-helper.md): The HTML Helper is a core ColdBox class that abstracts the creation of HTML entities, available as the html object in layouts and views. - [REST Handler](https://coldbox.ortusbooks.com/digging-deeper/rest-handler.md): ColdBox supports native REST handling via the RestHandler and native routing. - [HTTP Caching](https://coldbox.ortusbooks.com/digging-deeper/http-caching.md): Conditional-GET (ETag/Last-Modified) and Cache-Control support, usable in any handler or piggybacked automatically on event caching. - [Request Context Decorator](https://coldbox.ortusbooks.com/digging-deeper/request-context-decorator.md): Decorate the ColdBox request context by extending coldbox.system.web.context.RequestContextDecorator to add or override request context behavior. --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. 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