Using Settings

Last updated 9 months ago
The ColdBox Controller (stored in ColdFusion application scope) stores all your application settings and also your system settings:
ColdboxSettings : Framework specific system settings
ConfigSettings : Your application settings
You can use the following methods to retrieve/set/validate settings in your handlers/layouts/views and interceptors:
FrameworkSuperType.cfc
/**
 * Get a setting from the system
 * @name The key of the setting
 * @fwSetting Retrieve from the config or fw settings, defaults to config
 * @defaultValue If not found in config, default return value
 */
function getSetting( required name, boolean fwSetting=false, defaultValue )
​
/**
 * Verify a setting from the system
 * @name The key of the setting
 * @fwSetting Retrieve from the config or fw settings, defaults to config
 */
boolean function settingExists( required name, boolean fwSetting=false )
​
/**
 * Set a new setting in the system
 * @name The key of the setting
 * @value The value of the setting
 *
 * @return FrameworkSuperType
 */
any function setSetting( required name, required value )
You can also get access to these methods via the ColdBox Controller component:
controller.getSetting()
controller.setSetting()
controller.settingExists()
controller.getConfigSettings()
controller.getColdBoxSettings()
Injecting Settings
You can use the WireBox injection DSL to inject settings in your models or non-coldbox objects. Below are the available DSL notations:
coldbox:setting:{key} : Inject a specified config setting key
coldbox:fwsetting:{key} : Inject a specified system setting key
coldbox:configSettings : Inject a reference to the application settings structure
coldbox:fwSettings : Inject a reference to the ColdBox System settings structure
component{
​
    property name="mysetting" inject="coldbox:setting:mysetting";
    property name="path" inject="coldbox:fwSetting:path";
    property name="config" inject="coldbox:configSettings";
    property name="settings" inject="coldbox:fwSettings";
​
}
System Settings (Java Properties and Environment Variables)
Bootstrapper - Application.cfc