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# Using Settings

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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:

{% code title="FrameworkSuperType.cfc" %}

```javascript
/**
 * 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 )
```

{% endcode %}

You can also get access to these methods via the ColdBox Controller component:

```javascript
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

```javascript
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";

}
```


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