Example of defining a default set of variables, setting default values & identifying actual values for debugging or unit tests.

variable-collection-for-unit-test-debugging.cfm

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Example of defining a default set of ColdFusion scoped variables, setting default values & identifying actual values for debugging or unit tests.
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<cfscript>
// Define default scoped variables;
variable_config = [
	["id": "attributes.promotionID", "value": ""]
	,["id": "attributes.options", "value": ""]
	,["id": "attributes.FilteredDateStart", "value": ""]
	,["id": "attributes.FilteredDateEnd", "value": ""]
	,["id": "attributes.Keyword", "value": ""]
	,["id": "attributes.City", "value": ""]
	,["id": "attributes.IDs", "value": ""]
	,["id": "attributes.Category", "value": ""]
	,["id": "attributes.ExcludeID", "value": ""]
	,["id": "attributes.Sort", "value": ""]
	,["id": "variables.isDetail", "value": false]
	,["id": "variables.isFestival", "value": false]
	,["id": "request.isPortal", "value": false]
	,["id": "request.Categories", "value": {}]
];

// create "default" & "actual" collections of variables for debugging or unit testing
variable_default = [:];
variable_debug = [:];

for (thisParam in variable_config){
	variable_default[thisParam.id] = thisParam.value;
	cfparam(name=thisParam.id, default=thisParam.value);
	variable_debug[thisParam.id] = structget(thisParam.id);
}

writedump(var=variable_config, label="configuration");
writedump(var=variable_default, label="default parameters");
writedump(var=variable_debug, label="actual parameters (debug)");
</cfscript>